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(3) A grant or the cost of direct services provided under this section may not exceed $500,000
per project. A grant or payment for direct services may be provided only if the amount of the grant
or the cost of the direct services is matched by funding from another source that is not less than
a dollar-for-dollar match of the amount or cost.
(4) Grants and the cost of direct services provided under this section must be paid for from
moneys available in the Water Conservation, Reuse and Storage Investment Fund.
(5)(a) In evaluating above ground storage projects for awards of grants or payments for direct
services under this section, the department shall give priority to projects that include provisions for
using stored water to augment in-stream flows to conserve, maintain and enhance aquatic life, fish
life or other ecological values.
(b) In evaluating all other eligible projects, the department shall give priority to projects iden-
tified by the department in a statewide water assessment and inventory for the award of grants or
provision of payment for direct services under this section.
SECTION 18. ORS 541.659 is amended to read:
541.659. Loans and grants may be made from the Water Supply Development Account to persons
as defined in ORS 536.007, [ Indian tribes as defined in ORS 391.802] to a federally recognized In-
dian tribe in Oregon that has members residing on a reservation or tribal trust lands in
Oregon and nonprofit organizations. If an applicant is required to have a water management and
conservation plan, the plan must be submitted to the Water Resources Department and receive ap-
proval prior to department acceptance of an application for a loan or grant from the account.
OPERATIVE DATE
SECTION 19. (1) Sections 1 and 2 of this 2020 special session Act and the amendments
to statutes by sections 4 to 7 and 9 to 18 of this 2020 special session Act become operative
on July 1, 2023.
(2) The Department of Transportation may take any action before the operative date
specified in subsection (1) of this section that is necessary to enable the department to ex-
ercise, on and after the operative date specified in subsection (1) of this section, all of the
duties, functions and powers conferred on the department by sections 1 and 2 of this 2020
special session Act and the amendments to statutes by sections 4 to 7 and 9 to 18 of this 2020
special session Act.
MORATORIUM ON CERTAIN TRAFFIC OFFENSES
SECTION 20. Section 21 of this 2020 special session Act is added to and made a part of
the Oregon Vehicle Code.
SECTION 21. (1) As used in this section, “document or credential” includes but is not
limited to documents or credentials issued or accepted by the Department of Transportation
such as vehicle registration, registration stickers, driving privileges, declaration of weight,
disabled person parking permits, trip permits, driver licenses and driver permits.
(2) Notwithstanding any other provision of law, a police officer may not issue a citation
for a traffic offense based upon a document or credential that expired or a document that
was not submitted to the department during the period beginning on March 1, 2020, and
ending on December 31, 2020. This subsection applies to the following offenses:
(a) Unlawful parking in a space reserved for persons with disabilities under ORS 811.615.
This paragraph applies only to individuals who displayed a disabled person parking permit,
issued by this state or another jurisdiction, at the time of the offense but the permit expired
during the period described in this subsection.
(b) Operating a vehicle without driving privileges under ORS 807.010.
(c) Failure to register a vehicle under ORS 803.300.
(d) Failure to pay the appropriate registration fee under ORS 803.315.
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