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Oregon Revised Statutes Chapter 538 § 538.200 — shall not prevent the condemnation for public park purposes of any

Oregon Revised Statutes Chapter 538 ·
Oregon Code § 538.200 · Enacted · Last updated March 01, 2026
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shall not prevent the condemnation for public park purposes of any lands through which any of the streams flow; nor affect vested rights or the rights of riparian proprietors of such lands in or to the waters of the creeks or streams; nor prevent the condemnation of any lands through which any of the streams flow, for the purpose of establishing, maintaining and operating thereon salmon fish culture work, nor prevent the State Fish and Wildlife Commission from appropriating any waters for fish culture work; nor prevent the appropriation, for irrigation purposes, of waters between the Union Pacific Railroad tracks and the Columbia River that flow from any of the streams other than Herman Creek; provided, that no waters shall be taken from above the falls in the streams mentioned in ORS 538.200. [Amended by 1978 s.s. c.2 §1]
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