Oregon Revised Statutes Water Resources: Irrigation, Drainage, Flood Control, Reclamation § 549.635

The Water Resources Commission may enter into agreements with the federal government, public and quasi-public bodies, including but not limited to drainage and irrigation districts organized under the laws of Oregon, water control districts and subdistricts formed under ORS chapter 553 and district improvement companies formed under ORS chapter 554, and other persons for the purpose of participating jointly with such bodies or persons in federal flood control projects or aiding such bodies or persons in meeting obligations imposed upon them in connection with federal flood control project agreements. The commission shall not aid or agree to aid any public or quasi-public body or person unless such body or person is meeting satisfactorily or to the best of its ability all obligations imposed upon it under such agreements.