Requires the Department of Land Conservation and Development to study the formation of a new city in the Stafford triangle area in Clackamas County and submit a report to the interim committees of the Legislative Assembly related to land use no later than September 15, 2026.

Plain English Breakdown

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Requires the Department of Land Conservation and Development to study the formation of a new city in the Stafford triangle area in Clackamas County and submit a report to the interim committees of the Legislative Assembly related to land use no later than September 15, 2026.

Digest: The Act would have DLCD study the formation of a new city in the Stafford triangle area of Clackamas County.

What This Bill Does

• Digest: The Act would have DLCD study the formation of a new city in the Stafford triangle area of Clackamas County.
• The Act would require a report to be turned in next year.
• (Flesch Readability Score: 68.9).
• Requires the Department of Land Conservation and Development to study the formation of a new city in the Stafford triangle area in Clackamas County and submit a report to the interim committees of the Legislative Assembly related to land use no later than September 15, 2026.

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Official Summary Text

Digest: The Act would have DLCD study the formation of a new city in the Stafford triangle area of Clackamas County. The Act would require a report to be turned in next year. (Flesch Readability Score: 68.9).
Requires the Department of Land Conservation and Development to study the formation of a new city in the Stafford triangle area in Clackamas County and submit a report to the interim committees of the Legislative Assembly related to land use no later than September 15, 2026.
Sunsets on January 2, 2027.
Relating to: Relating to the Stafford triangle area in Clackamas County.
Current location: In Senate Committee

Current Bill Text

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83rd OREGON LEGISLATIVE ASSEMBLY--2025 Regular Session
Senate Bill 592
Sponsored by Senator MEEK (Presession filed.)
SUMMARY
The following summary is not prepared by the sponsors of the measure and is not a part of the body thereof subject
to consideration by the Legislative Assembly. It is an editor’s brief statement of the essential features of the
measure as introduced. The statement includes a measure digest written in compliance with applicable readability
standards.
Digest: The Act would have DLCD study the formation of a new city in the Stafford triangle
area of Clackamas County. The Act would require a report to be turned in next year. (Flesch
Readability Score: 68.9).
Requires the Department of Land Conservation and Development to study the formation of a
new city in the Stafford triangle area in Clackamas County and submit a report to the interim
committees of the Legislative Assembly related to land use no later than September 15, 2026.
Sunsets on January 2, 2027.
A BILL FOR AN ACT
Relating to the Stafford triangle area in Clackamas County.
Be It Enacted by the People of the State of Oregon:
SECTION 1.
The Department of Land Conservation and Development shall conduct a
study of the formation of a new city in the Stafford triangle area in Clackamas County. The
department shall submit a report in the manner provided by ORS 192.245 to the interim
committees of the Legislative Assembly related to land use no later than September 15, 2026.
The report may include recommendations for legislation.
SECTION 2. Section 1 of this 2025 Act is repealed on January 2, 2027.
NOTE: Matter in boldfaced type in an amended section is new; matter [ italic and bracketed] is existing law to be omitted.
New sections are in boldfaced type.
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