Legislative and Budget

2025-2027 Budget

• 2025-2027 Legislatively Adopted Budget
  
• Summary
• 2025-2027 Governor's Recommended Budget
  
• Summary
• Governor's Recommended Budget
• 2025-2027 Agency Request Budget
  
• Summary
  
• Agency Request Budget
  
• Policy Option Packages Only
  

2025 Legislative and Agency Request
Budget Development

Legislative and Budget Public Meetings

These public meetings will be focused on gathering feedback from the public on the Department's potential legislative and budget concepts for the 2025 legislative session and agency request budget.

• March 13, 2024 (Virtual Meeting)
• Meeting Agenda
  
• 2025 Legislative and Budget Kick-Off Presentation
  
• 2025 OWRD Potential Legislative Concept Topics
  
• 2025 OWRD Potential Legislative Concept Feedback Worksheet
• Meeting Recording 
  
  
• April 9, 2024 (Virtual Meeting)
  
• Meeting Agenda
  
• 2025-2027 OWRD Potential Budget Issues 
  
• 2025-2027 OWRD Potential Budget Issues Worksheet
  
• Meeting Presentation
• Meeting Recording

• May 7, 2024
  
• Meeting Agenda
  
• Harney Conservation Reserve Enhancement Program DRAFT Legislative Concept
  
• 2025-27 Draft Policy Option Packages List
  
• Meeting Recording
  

OWRD Legislative Discussions

These workgroup meetings will cover several topics including options for addressing projected fee revenue shortfalls for several of the Department's fee-supported programs and discussions on opportunities for water right processing efficiencies. 

• March 13, 2024 (Virtual Meeting)
• Meeting Agenda
  
• Fee-Supported Workgroup Kick-Off Presentation
• This meeting focused on projected fee revenue shortfalls and dam safety annual fees.
  
  
• April 3, 2024 (Hybrid Meeting)
  
• Meeting Agenda
  
• Presentation on Water Right Transaction and Well Program Fees
  
• This meeting focused on water right transaction fees and well program fees
  
  
• April 22, 2024 (Virtual Meeting)
  
• Meeting Agenda
  
• This meeting was a general discussion on fee revenue shortfalls.
  
  
• April 30, 2024 (Virtual Meeting)
  
• Meeting Agenda
  
• Concepts from Public Survey
  
• OWRD identified areas for improvement
  
• This meeting will be a discussion on water right transaction process improvements.
  
  
• May 10, 2024
  
• Meeting Agenda
  
• This meeting will be a general discussion on fee revenue shortfalls.
  
  
• May 24, 2024
  
• Meeting Agenda
  
• This meeting will be a general discussion on fee revenue shortfalls.
  
  
• Briefing Papers
  
• Department Budget Gaps and Drivers
  
• Dam Safety Program
  
• Water Right Transactions
  
• Well Programs
  

2023-2025 Budget

• 2023-2025 Legislatively Adopted Budget
  
• Summary
  
• Legislatively Adopted Budget
  
• 2023-2025 Governor's Recommended Budget
  
• Summary
  
• Governor's Recommended Budget 
  
• 2023-2025 Agency Request Budget
• Summary
  
• Agency Request Budget
  
• Policy Option Packages Only
  

2021-23 Budget

• 2021-23 Legislatively Adopted Budget
  
• Summary
  
• Legislatively Adopted Budget 
  
• 2021-23 Governor's Recommended Budget
  
• Summary
  
• Governor's Recommended Budget
  
• 2021-23 Agency Request Budget
  
• Agency Request Budget
  
• Policy Option Packages Only
  

2019-21 Budget

• 2019-21 Legislatively Adopted Budget
  
• Summary
  
• Legislatively Adopted Budget
  
• 2019-21 Governor's Recommended Budget
  
• Summary
• Governor's Recommended Budget
  
• 2019-21 Agency Request Budget
  
• Agency Request Budget
  
• Policy Option Packages Only
  

2017-19 Budget

• 2017 Legislative Recap
• 2017-19 Legislatively Adopted Budget