2021 Oregon Revised Statutes
Chapter 199 - Local Government Boundary Commissions; City-County Consolidation
Section 199.750 - Status of city-county.


(2) The city-county shall be a county for purposes of Articles IV, VI, VII (Amended), VII (Original) and VIII of the Oregon Constitution and in its relationship to any city in the city-county excluded from the consolidation under ORS 199.740 (2). That relationship shall continue until the excluded city disincorporates or merges into the city-county.
(3) The city-county shall be a county in its relationship to the unincorporated area excluded from the consolidation under ORS 199.740 (2).
(4) The city-county shall have the powers and duties of counties and county officers and cities and city officers under state law and the city-county charter. The charter shall prescribe or make provision for prescribing what officers and agencies of the city-county shall exercise those powers and duties. The charter may prescribe or make provision for prescribing which duties or functions shall be county, city or jointly city-county powers.
(5) The charter may also prescribe or make provision for prescribing that state officers elected in the city-county alone shall simultaneously be city-county and state officers and have city-county functions prescribed by the charter or ordinances of the city-county.
(6) The city-county shall be both a city and a county entitled to receive funds under state and federal laws allocating funds to cities or counties or both. [1971 c.731 §10; 1973 c.745 §4; 1997 c.494 §6]

Structure 2021 Oregon Revised Statutes

2021 Oregon Revised Statutes

Volume : 05 - State Government, Government Procedures, Land Use

Chapter 199 - Local Government Boundary Commissions; City-County Consolidation

Section 199.310

Section 199.410 - Policy.

Section 199.415 - Definitions for ORS 199.410 to 199.534.

Section 199.420 - "District" defined for ORS 199.410 to 199.534.

Section 199.430 - Procedure for creating commissions by local resolution or petition.

Section 199.432 - Status of commission as state agency; application of certain laws.

Section 199.435 - Organization of commission created under ORS 199.430.

Section 199.440 - Membership; appointment; qualifications; term; vacancy.

Section 199.445 - Quorum; voting requirements for certain matters.

Section 199.450 - Advisory committee; membership; function; term.

Section 199.455 - Expenses of members; employees; cooperation of local governments.

Section 199.457 - Finances; tax levy by county; donations; service charges; assessments.

Section 199.460 - Jurisdiction of boundary commission over boundary changes.

Section 199.461 - Study of proposed boundary change or other action; hearing; action by commission; judicial review; notice to public officials.

Section 199.462 - Standards for review of boundary changes; territory that may not be included in certain boundary changes.

Section 199.463 - Notice; hearing.

Section 199.464 - Commission approval for exercise of additional district function, to extraterritorially extend district or city sewer or water line or to establish privately owned community water system.

Section 199.466 - Approval of annexation or extraterritorial extension without study or hearing; conditions; appeal.

Section 199.476 - When petition for major boundary change required; when economic feasibility statement required; effect of filing petition; effect of appeal.

Section 199.480 - Filing of major boundary change order; effect of filing.

Section 199.485 - Commission authority to initiate major boundary change; resolution as petition; content and filing of resolution.

Section 199.487 - Commission authority to initiate minor boundary change; nonapplicability of certain boundary change procedures; effect of commission action.

Section 199.490 - Procedure for minor boundary changes or transfers of territory.

Section 199.495 - Effective date of certain annexations; nonapplicability of certain health hazard annexation procedures.

Section 199.500 - Commission to notify counties of certain annexations with delayed effective date.

Section 199.505 - Effective date of minor boundary changes; objections; election.

Section 199.507 - Effective date of transfer of territory; objections; election.

Section 199.510 - Financial effects of transfer or withdrawal; exceptions.

Section 199.512 - Commission proceedings for district formation or annexation to relieve public health danger.

Section 199.519 - Effective date of boundary change; filing boundary change with county assessor and Department of Revenue.

Section 199.526 - Time limit for obtaining signatures on petition for incorporation of city.

Section 199.531 - Policy.

Section 199.705 - Definitions for ORS 199.705 to 199.795.

Section 199.720 - Initiation of consolidation proceedings by resolution or petition.

Section 199.725 - Charter commission; appointment; term; first meeting; chairperson; appropriation for expenses.

Section 199.730 - Functions of charter commission; rules.

Section 199.735 - Election on consolidation; on merger.

Section 199.740 - Effect of election.

Section 199.742 - Charter requirements if consolidation is rejected in unincorporated area.

Section 199.743 - Financial affairs of city-county if charter becomes effective during fiscal year.

Section 199.745 - First governing body of city-county.

Section 199.750 - Status of city-county.

Section 199.753 - City-county service district.

Section 199.755 - Receipt of state funds by city-county.

Section 199.760 - Boundaries of city-county; effect of change; filing boundary change with county assessor and Department of Revenue.

Section 199.770 - Status of employees after consolidation.

Section 199.775 - Effect of city-county incorporation.

Section 199.777 - New county or county boundary change authorized when unincorporated area rejects consolidation.

Section 199.783 - Division of assets when petition is for boundary change; commissioners to adopt plan for division; appointment of commissioners; effect of plan.

Section 199.785 - Election on county formation or boundary change; election procedure; ballot title.

Section 199.790 - Issuance of proclamation by Governor.

Section 199.795 - Operation and effect of proclamation.