Oregon Code § 541.937·Enacted ·Last updated March 01, 2026
Statute Text
Flexible Incentives Account; sources; uses.
(1) There is created a Flexible Incentives Account in
the State Treasury, separate and distinct from the General Fund. Interest
earned by the account shall be credited to the account. The moneys in the
account are continuously appropriated to the Oregon Watershed Enhancement Board
for the purposes specified in this section.
(2) The Oregon
Watershed Enhancement Board shall use the Flexible Incentives Account to assist
landowners in the implementation of strategies intended to protect and restore
native species of fish, wildlife and plants and to maintain long-term
ecological health, diversity and productivity in a manner consistent with
statewide, regional or local conservation plans. The board shall seek to fund
those strategies that offer the greatest public benefit at the lowest cost. The
account may also be used to fund activities to achieve the purposes of
stewardship agreements entered into under ORS 541.973 between a landowner, or a
representative of the landowner, and the State Department of Agriculture or the
State Board of Forestry.
(3) The account
shall consist of moneys appropriated to it by the Legislative Assembly and
moneys provided to the board by federal, state, regional or local governments
for the purposes specified in this section. The board may accept private moneys
in the form of gifts, grants and bequests for deposit into the account. [Formerly
541.381]
Note:
See note under 541.890.