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Committee narrows scope of general ocean-shore permits, adds public notice requirement
Summary
House Bill 2925’s dash-1 amendment narrowed the Department of Parks and Recreation's authority to issue general authorizations for ocean-shore improvements and authorized a public notice-and-comment period; the committee adopted the amendment and sent the bill to Ways and Means with a due-pass recommendation.
The House Agriculture, Land Use, Natural Resources, and Water Committee on March 17 adopted a dash-1 amendment to House Bill 2925 that narrows the Oregon Parks and Recreation Department’s authority to issue general authorization permits for certain ocean-shore improvements and authorizes the department to require a public notice-and-comment period before issuing such permits.
Committee staff summarized the bill as modifying permitting procedures for ocean-shore permitting and emergency permits for certain alterations, and said the dash-1 amendment narrowed the scope of the department’s authority and added an explicit public-notice requirement. Vice Chair Finger McDonald moved to adopt the amendment; the motion passed on a voice vote. The committee then moved the amended bill to the House floor with a due-pass recommendation and referred it to the Joint Committee on Ways and Means.
Why it matters: Testimony and committee comment flagged the need to balance expedited emergency permitting with tribal and local-government consultation; Representative Hartman requested sensitivity to timelines for federally recognized tribes, noting that a standard 30-day notice period may not always be appropriate for sovereign governments.
Next steps: The amended bill will proceed to Ways and Means for fiscal consideration. The committee closed the work session on HB 2925; no roll-call tally was recorded in the transcript.
