ORS
537.334¹
Findings
The people of the State of Oregon find and declare that:
(1) Public uses are beneficial uses.
(2) The recognition of an in-stream water right under ORS 537.336 (State agencies authorized to request in-stream water rights) to 537.348 (Purchase, lease or gift of water right for conversion to in-stream water right) shall not diminish the publics rights in the ownership and control of the waters of this state or the public trust therein. The establishment of an in-stream water right under the provisions of ORS 537.332 (Definitions for ORS 537.332 to 537.360) to 537.360 (Relationship between application for in-stream water right and application for certain hydroelectric permits) shall not take away or impair any permitted, certificated or decreed right to any waters or to the use of any waters vested prior to the date the in-stream water right is established pursuant to the provisions of ORS 537.332 (Definitions for ORS 537.332 to 537.360) to 537.360 (Relationship between application for in-stream water right and application for certain hydroelectric permits). [1987 c.859 §3]
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