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\"Clarity is the problem,\" Ryan said, summarizing the department’s view that unclear ownership creates clouds on title that impede sales and refinancing. He said many historically filled parcels identified by prior work were small, outside city limits and of limited revenue value, and that implementing the prior statewide identification process proved more costly than anticipated.

Under SB 165 A as described to the committee, the state would retain the ability to declare ownership only for historically filled lands within city limits that are zoned commercial, industrial, or marine industrial, and would be given until Dec. 31, 2028 to make those claims. The bill would remove the state’s authority to perform ownership determinations for other categories of filled lands going forward. The department said the change would include releasing state mineral rights on lands where the claim is removed, reducing split estate issues.

Castelli described background work by the Field Lands Advisory Group (FLAG) and the 2015 law (Senate Bill 912) that created a process and a 2025 deadline for state claims. He said DSL’s experience implementing SB 912 showed the process could be expensive relative to likely recoveries and that the department had resolved a small number of claims directly with property owners.

The department said the bill retains the option to pursue higher‑value, in-city parcels where public benefit may be greatest and noted Astoria’s waterfront was largely resolved by the Astoria Quit Claim Act of 1969. There was no fiscal note presented at the hearing; DSL said costs are expected to be absorbable within its current service-level budget and that some contract work (research, mapping, document recording) would be required to implement the narrower program.

Committee members had no further questions recorded at the close of the public hearing. DSL said it would continue to work with committee staff and stakeholders on implementation details and timelines.","mediaType","Video","parentTitle","House Committee On Agriculture, Land Use, Natural Resources, and Water 04/28/2025 8:00 AM","oneSentenceSummary","Bill Ryan and Chris Castelli of the Department of State Lands told the Senate committee on April 28 that Senate Bill 165 A would narrow and finalize the state's remaining ownership claims for historically filled lands, focusing on in‑city commercial and industrial parcels through Dec. 31, 2028.","taxTitle","Agriculture, Land Use, Natural Resources, and Water, House of Representatives, Committees, Legislative, Oregon","taxId",17399,"location","Oregon","headline","","shortSummary",{"_33":77,"_35":36,"_37":38,"_39":78,"_41":79,"_43":80,"_45":81,"_47":82,"_49":83,"_51":84,"_53":85,"_55":56,"_57":58,"_59":86,"_61":62,"_63":64,"_65":87,"_67":68,"_69":70,"_71":72,"_73":74,"_75":74},6259390,"PUC seeks authority to order sale of mismanaged private water utilities as last resort",1379,2687000,4066000,"/Search/View?dp=1&key=3141532-a04e45ceca6c58e066beb71da418691f&start=2687&end=4066","https://assets.pipeline.soar.com/3141532-a04e45ceca6c58e066beb71da418691f/thumbnail_2687000.jpg","/articles/6259390/Oregon/PUC-seeks-authority-to-order-sale-of-mismanaged-private-water-utilities-as-last-resort","https://secure.pipeline.soar.com/6259390-9c33d6ec93ef054867cb01f99fe184d5/orig.mp4?Expires=1771155209&Signature=L9cQ9Lv4ze0VnXsMNLr9DlNz8T9xWStVpKpDZbySfjAXdeyhQufJy10sgHfG2D6WmnUMTAyaHiAKGR9W9dB90zsquVIsTSODqo5Ku9f937HSaiJhVB9mfjjqQwy-R1d-pz6c407tZIP-B-buCHrD-6G~ahGFuZZYlGU75INoRXtD8AL8a2EIpv7s~086cFr60-RrWEfh9MwTiiTKzwSGWvE1d8ru0x7IbxwHTUp~nnV-KWZG6iiBaX9TA4rm6oo1sV1nvkPj7GT9CHa-UEOnceXw2fD66rqnaKucBaV3RosQu11SQ3nvgRs-OMe8cqvdJx7zpV0amn65lp3OfxQFdQ__&Key-Pair-Id=KUT5TJCACFTXG","Nolan Moser, executive director of the Oregon Public Utility Commission, told the Senate Committee on Agriculture, Land Use, Natural Resources, and Water on April 28 that Senate Bill 845 A would create a carefully circumscribed, last‑resort authority for the commission to order the sale of a private water utility that persistently fails to provide safe, adequate service.

Moser said the proposal grew from a multi‑year regulatory problem involving an owner of several small, private systems near Bend whose poor management caused boil notices and extended service disruptions. He described a process modeled on other states where the commission would complete a full contested case under ORS chapter 183, demonstrate that all alternative remedies were impractical or infeasible, and then could order a sale. The ordered sale would still require the purchaser to be identified by a competitive solicitation and would then proceed through local court condemnation procedures if necessary.

\"Only after the commission shows that there is no alternative option ... can we order a sale,\" Moser said, describing steps the commission would be required to take first: attempts at reorganization, appointment of an independent administrator, soliciting municipal interest and other operational remedies.

Moser and others emphasized the authority would not apply to municipal water providers and would not allow the commission to compel a municipality or any purchaser to buy a system. He said the commission expects the tool to be used rarely and only when customer health and safety is at risk. The commission also acknowledged the process will be costly, including legal costs with the Department of Justice, and that the commission would try to recover expenditures from the utility when feasible.

Sarah Satimo, chief of staff to Senator Jeff Golden, read key statutory language in the bill to the committee, quoting the elements the commission must find before ordering a sale. Her reading highlighted that the bill requires the commission to find violations affecting safety and adequacy, a failure to comply with orders within a reasonable time, inability to furnish safe and adequate service, or an unreasonable risk to public health or safety.

County counsel Anthony Pope of Clatsop County raised concerns about the county being left to take over systems and urged clearer statutory language on the sales process; Moser and committee members said the bill does not give the commission authority to force a county or municipality to acquire a system. Northwest Natural’s Nels Johnson testified in support, saying the bill gives regulators tools to protect customers.

The committee closed the public hearing on SB 845 A. No committee vote was taken at this hearing.","Nolan Moser, executive director of the Oregon Public Utility Commission, told the Senate committee on April 28 that Senate Bill 845 A would allow the commission, after a formal contested process and exhaustion of alternatives, to order the sale of a mismanaged private water utility as a last resort.",{"_33":89,"_35":36,"_37":38,"_39":90,"_41":91,"_43":92,"_45":93,"_47":94,"_49":95,"_51":96,"_53":97,"_55":56,"_57":58,"_59":98,"_61":62,"_63":64,"_65":99,"_67":68,"_69":70,"_71":72,"_73":74,"_75":74},6259400,"Oregon bill would let state declare current riverbeds state-owned if landowners agree, DSL says",2047,132000,2179000,"/Search/View?dp=1&key=3141532-a04e45ceca6c58e066beb71da418691f&start=132&end=2179","https://assets.pipeline.soar.com/3141532-a04e45ceca6c58e066beb71da418691f/thumbnail_132000.jpg","/articles/6259400/Oregon/Oregon-bill-would-let-state-declare-current-riverbeds-state-owned-if-landowners-agree-DSL-says","https://secure.pipeline.soar.com/6259400-688214445da1b7cf9d52149161f0d050/orig.mp4?Expires=1771155209&Signature=fFf-pOrTNmopumh42SsDu7YZl1DsEdv0l1iQDqN4XzGyFF9VaP3IzU7PQ-w--PiMRwwT1-0qDm~XMpmnI6BoSgg7YyK6H0LqSeXFA3qT0qweUzmfBfHAm3gs9Z7hDyXQufpfyLHGv6pRPiggekKsl8bDZDcZP6H0Yizm13Z3UebwLPvAGaPFL8Je1eYCycyWoz28E2dZIaCiueKF-dhH2io-K4wImIzi~C0qWswXMXpUN6yBPXQ6WSwAbasPLqffB2AhiEE0gXkOSwR02n4YMqzhUX1lKXBFqMmMBq0Qr9pR8sYegaOyTDz3Ya0E4tpA7h--Mn~j1JWMdbb0TUSa~A__&Key-Pair-Id=KUT5TJCACFTXG","Vicki Walker, director of the Oregon Department of State Lands, told the Senate Committee on Agriculture, Land Use, Natural Resources, and Water on April 28 that the department supports Senate Bill 74 A and that the bill would add a second, optional method for declaring waterways \"title navigable\" and therefore state-owned.

\"We are in support of Senate Bill 74 a,\" Walker said, adding the bill preserves existing options and was developed with stakeholder input. Walker said the department’s interest is “protecting the existing waterway for the public trust uses.”

The bill would let the state, with an adjacent property owner’s agreement, treat the current riverbed and bank to the ordinary high water line as state-owned. Chris Castelli, deputy director of the Land Management Division at DSL, told the committee that current law requires detailed, time-consuming mapping of river channel changes since statehood to determine ownership. That approach requires distinguishing gradual change (accretion) from sudden change (avulsion), a process Castelli said is costly, technically complex and creates uncertainty for property owners and the state.

\"To declare a waterway navigable for title and Oregon owned, existing law requires the state to exactly map all the gradual and sudden changes that have happened since statehood,\" Castelli said. He illustrated the issue with historical and current channel maps of the Rogue River and said the requirement can leave the state owning dry land or private parties owning parts of the riverbed depending on how past channel changes are classified.

Under the option SB 74 A would add, the department could elect to treat all channel movement as accretion for the purpose of mapping the legal boundary (so ownership follows the current physical boundary), but only when an adjacent landowner agrees. Castelli and Walker emphasized the bill does not eliminate the existing mapping process and that landowners may still choose the current, more detailed route if they prefer.

The amended bill also clarifies several technical points, the DSL witnesses said: the option would not apply to lakes (lake ownership is governed by a different statute); exchanges negotiated under the bill would not leave mineral rights with the state; and the law would allow the state to offer land exchanges that may favor landowners’ monetary value in order to secure public ownership of riverbeds.

Several legislators asked for clarifications about definitions and process. Representative McLean asked whether terms like \"ordinary high water\" or \"property owner preference\" are defined in the bill; Castelli said \"ordinary high water\" is defined in statute (chapter 274) and that other terms are not newly defined by the bill. Representative Marsh and others pressed about how the department would handle long rivers with multiple landowners; Castelli and Walker said the department’s intent is not to force any owner into the new option but also not to let a single landowner indefinitely delay a navigability determination.

Stakeholder witnesses who testified in support included Sarah Satimo, chief of staff to Senator Jeff Golden; Bob Olson of the Northwest Steelheaders; and James Fraser, Oregon policy director at Trout Unlimited. Fraser noted the bill creates an additional pathway to resolve ownership uncertainty and said it can benefit both the public and landowners by clearing clouds on title and improving access.

The committee closed the public hearing on SB 74 A after questions and did not take a committee vote at this hearing. DSL staff offered to provide committee members a short comparison of the existing navigability process and the new option in SB 74 A, and they identified the Rogue River and the North Santiam River as examples of waterways with outstanding or ongoing navigability issues.","The Department of State Lands told a Senate committee that Senate Bill 74 A would add an optional pathway to declare waterways \"navigable for title\" by treating present riverbeds and banks as state-owned when adjacent landowners consent, while keeping the existing, more detailed mapping process as an alternative.",{"_33":101,"_35":36,"_37":38,"_39":102,"_41":103,"_43":104,"_45":105,"_47":106,"_49":107,"_51":108,"_53":109,"_55":56,"_57":58,"_59":110,"_61":62,"_63":64,"_65":111,"_67":68,"_69":70,"_71":72,"_73":74,"_75":74},6259381,"Committee advances bill tightening labeling and tonnage reporting for some soil enhancement products",42,82000,124000,"/Search/View?dp=1&key=3141532-a04e45ceca6c58e066beb71da418691f&start=82&end=124","https://assets.pipeline.soar.com/3141532-a04e45ceca6c58e066beb71da418691f/thumbnail_82000.jpg","/articles/6259381/Oregon/Committee-advances-bill-tightening-labeling-and-tonnage-reporting-for-some-soil-enhancement-products","https://secure.pipeline.soar.com/6259381-64383e9d78b97f6c014444d0e13af955/orig.mp4?Expires=1771155209&Signature=PO8d34C2n5Zudd1yeXBrCzwSgJBxiz~FkBkFPnkXlaKO3lL6AQeHF4QRH3FL0qw-0ugabDpirEFbpHDS8-uWpzZ4~SpzOpgObHLsOOB4uZqhpVKaQuTXxLDIGvSOz4pKzfADGK44aM~bqvNoDrJgS4Ewbba91SUwAWR5MQ0I8BZbbhBjJYVIVaVT-uhRTa5iwJn-dBwKb6CswIwr74D4PURS5nX1sZFcMRQXC9GWdMIkTr1Kjm9o2Ngb-2UwbNfI8IVX5x3G3ObLkXmDxyd4V1-A0K0r9lVXu9M2vObPDh9rWPMbRZopEe2EwznyZ-VTr855dMGMhp4qDWCXHmUNUA__&Key-Pair-Id=KUT5TJCACFTXG","Committee staff summarized Senate Bill 833 A as legislation that \"modifies labeling requirements for certain soil enhancement products and changes reporting requirements for filing a tonnage report with the Oregon Department of Agriculture,\" and said there was no amendment, minimal fiscal impact and no revenue impact.

A motion was made and seconded to move SB 833 A to the floor with a due‑pass recommendation; the committee approved the motion and requested a carrier. Multiple members volunteered to carry the bill during the floor process and the work session was closed.

No additional public testimony on SB 833 A was recorded during this meeting.","Senate Bill 833 A, described by staff as changing labeling requirements and tonnage reporting to the Oregon Department of Agriculture, moved to the Senate floor with a due‑pass recommendation after a brief committee work session; a carrier was sought and volunteers agreed to carry the bill.",{"_33":113,"_35":36,"_37":38,"_39":114,"_41":115,"_43":116,"_45":117,"_47":118,"_49":119,"_51":120,"_53":121,"_55":56,"_57":58,"_59":122,"_61":62,"_63":64,"_65":123,"_67":68,"_69":70,"_71":72,"_73":74,"_75":74},6259385,"Committee forwards derelict-vessel cleanup bill to the floor with due‑pass recommendation",45,23000,68000,"/Search/View?dp=1&key=3141532-a04e45ceca6c58e066beb71da418691f&start=23&end=68","https://assets.pipeline.soar.com/3141532-a04e45ceca6c58e066beb71da418691f/thumbnail_23000.jpg","/articles/6259385/Oregon/Committee-forwards-derelict-vessel-cleanup-bill-to-the-floor-with-duepass-recommendation","https://secure.pipeline.soar.com/6259385-4336bd6425092030dc2e42a5f5fd0640/orig.mp4?Expires=1771155209&Signature=CDcCCiUMRYJO9grB-1GQl9gWM4a7ZOl5aItfYn5FwCPc3c27HhdxvqjTQtmJvJs3Psml5d6sP1B9PA39ggFO2P~f4jewnmqXfNNklha89yE1ZjaEdsxnc6KJ9rig5A~jLWcYKWCI3mgekeiAZscR4WiI-kf11EHVRYwIxSB-pOjY~hlq5Gshkb6RYJn2WO3CwV2Da6dXTK19B~sG0OtCpnBX3wq0oUX5P7v1h4BlKzW0AUh23uSA1pqJKZUlbkKtyYlASHNNN8sz3jZ9IUCn-HkVKgpG1ZvT2jAb115PjDdfd1TZStWrq0qUDc3eP3wXZ73zNWwFDHsbMhAVp0iz1g__&Key-Pair-Id=KUT5TJCACFTXG","At the committee opening on April 28, staff summarized Senate Bill 795 A as a measure that \"modifies laws regarding the cleanup of abandoned or derelict vessels,\" saying there is no amendment, minimal fiscal impact and no revenue impact.

Co‑chair Owens moved SB 795 A to the floor with a due‑pass recommendation. \"I move Senate Bill 795 a to the floor with a due pass recommendation,\" Owens said. The motion carried without recorded opposition at the committee session and the committee asked for a carrier for the bill; Rip Scharf was named as a volunteer to carry it.

The committee closed the related work session and did not take additional testimony on the bill during this meeting.","The Senate ALUNW committee moved Senate Bill 795 A, which modifies laws regarding cleanup of abandoned and derelict vessels, to the Senate floor with a due‑pass recommendation; the motion passed in committee and a carrier was requested.","actionData","errors"]

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