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Action Alert:---State Legislation HB2173---Updated 3/13/2013

3/13/2013

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Hey Folk,
This bill has been shelfed in committee.  Please, continue to send emails and letters in support of
HB 2173.....Rob T.
House Committee On Land Use

Action Alert: First meeting on HB 2173   Please, call or email Representative Clem and all the members of the Land Use committee and tell them to protect private property and pass HB 2173.   Email of the committee members are below.......Rob T.
 
2013 Regular Session 
Current Location:  In House Committee  
Current  Committee:  Land Use 
Next Hearing Date:  2/28/2013 3:00:00 PM 

https://olis.leg.state.or.us/liz/2013R1/Committees/HLU/2013-02-28-15-00/Agenda
 
Relating to water projects; declaring an emergency.  Changes status of activities conducted to create, restore or
enhance wetlands on land zoned for exclusive farm use from outright permitted use to conditional use. 

May have fiscal impact, but no statement yet issued
No Revenue impact

 
Measure History For HB 2173
By Representatives KRIEGER, CLEM (at the request of Oregon Farm Bureau) (Presession filed.)
-- Relating to water projects; declaring an emergency.
 
1-14(H) | First reading. Referred to  Speaker's desk. 
 
1-22(H) | Referred to Land Use. 
 
2-28(H) | Public Hearing and Possible Work  Session scheduled.  
Chair Representative Brian Clem

Vice-Chair Representative Kevin Cameron

Vice-Chair Representative Lew Frederick

Member Representative Paul Holvey

Member Representative Kim Thatcher

Member Representative Ben Unger

Member Representative John Davis
Hey folks,
Here is some information of the first piece of State Legislation that will need our support.  Please, read the bill and contact your State Congressman and tell them to pass HB2173....Rob T.

Action Alert Update

The Oregon Citizen Lobby has scored this bill please review at:
 http://www.tracktheirvote.org/ttv/TrackBill.aspx
You will also be able to access the actual bill as introduced!

  From a Watchdog in Salem: 
We, in the Coquille Valley and other parts of Oregon need your  help.  Please either call or email Rep. Brian Clem, Chairman of the  House Land Use Committee and tell him you want a hearing on this very  important bill to protect and conserve agriculture lands for food and  future generations of farmers and ranchers. Without creating a venue or  process for wetland creation, restoration or enhancement, hundreds of  acres of agriculture lands will continue to be converted out of  agriculture production and into "permanent" wetlands.  The latest  proposal in the Coquille Valley is 742 acres in Winter Lake, Beaver  Slough, and Lowe Creek.
 
Chair, Land Use Committee Rep. Brian Clem:  
rep.brianclem@state.or.us       (503) 986-1421

House District 9 Rep:  Caddie McKeown  
503-986-1409
From a Watchdog in The Coquille Valley
In August another farmer in the Willamette Valley and I met with Rep. Krieger and LC to draft a bill to provide a process for these wetland restoration projects plus address the lack of liability on EFU lands should the operation be impacted by the restoration project. Currently Oregon statutes provide for fish restoration projects to be exempt from liability except for "gross negligence".

 Currently there are two bills in legislature.  One is HB2173, which is sponsored by Rep. Krieger and Rep. Brian Clem (Salem).  The bill has been sent to
the House Land Use Committee of which Rep. Clem is Chair.   I have done an overview plus provided some background information concerning what is happening.  I also did an overview plus documents for the Coquille Valley.  I'll send those to you in a second email. 
 
I had a conference call this morning and the issue that was brought up is that the "restoration" groups (TNC, Joint Venture, OWEB, etc) are not pleased with these bills.  We need to be proactive in getting our story out to the legislature. 
 
Senator Betsy Johnson has a companion bill in the house which is similar to HB2173 but it also addresses the issues of appraisals by these NGO's.  

Her bill is SB338 and she is also getting a lot of
comments.
 
Please take the time to call your legislators or friends at the Capitol and ask them to support these bills. You will notice the overview deals primarily with the need to support Goal 3 and retain productive agriculture land. Right or wrong,  this is the approach I think that needs to be taken and we can back up that with the Coquille Valley information.

You can get a copy of these bills on-line however since they are land use bills, they 30 plus pages long.
 
Thanks for any assistance you can provide.
 sharon
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Info on HB2173

Oregon Live Track a Bill
http://gov.oregonlive.com/bill/ 
 
Link to the State Website
 http://www.leg.state.or.us/ 
 
Link to the page on the State Legislature’s website 
http://www.leg.state.or.us:8765/query.html?qt=hb2173&charset=iso-8859-1
  
Link to the wording of the bill
 HB2173
Below is the Committee and its member for the two wetland bills. These committee members need letters from you supporting the legislation and your story. 
 
SB 338: Senate Environment and Natural Resources Committee

 Sen. Jackie Dingfelder, Chair sen.jackiedingfelder@state.or.us

 Sen. Alan Olsen, Vice-Chair sen.alanolsen@state.or.us

 Sen. Mark Haas
sen.markhaas@state.or.us

 Sen. Alan Bates
sen.alanbates@state.or.us

 Sen. Bill Hansell
sen.billhansell@state.or.us
  
Also I would recommend you send your letters to:
 sen.betsyjohnson@state.or.us

 sen.dougwhitsett@state.or.us

 sen.tedferrioli@state.or.us

 sen.jeffkruse@state.or.us

 sen.arnieroblan@state.or.us

 sen.jeffknopp@state.or.us

 sen.brucestarr@state.or.us

 sen.jackiewinters@state.or.us
I also checked to see if there was a venue to email all legislators at once without typing them and there is not.  I checked this afternoon with our OFBF lobbyist.   You can go on-line and get the list of 2013 legislators.
Here are some others that need emails:
rep.deborahboone@state.or.us

rep.salesquivel@state.or.us

rep.brucehanna@state.or.us

rep.waynekrieger@state.or.us

rep.tinakotek@state.or.us

rep.mikemclane@state.or.us

rep.gailwhitsett@state.or.us
HB2173 has gone to the House Land Use Committee.   Chair Brian Clem signed onto this bill. Special "thank you" to Rep. Clem who was raised in Coos County.  
 
Rep. Brian Clem, Chair rep.brianclem@state.or.us

Rep. Lew Frederick, V-Chair rep.lewfrederick@state.or.us

Rep. Kevin Cameron, V-Chair rep.kevincameron@state.or.us

Rep. John Davis rep.johndavis@state.or.us
 
Rep. Paul Holvey rep.paulholvey@state.or.us

Rep. Kim Thatcher rep.kimthatcher@state.or.us
 
Ben Unger rep.benunger@state.or.us 
  

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