2021 Oregon Revised Statutes
Chapter 203 - County Governing Bodies; County Home Rule
Section 203.240 - Organization, powers and duties of board.


(a) Have the powers and duties and be otherwise subject to the laws applicable to county courts sitting for the transaction of county business.
(b) Unless provided otherwise by county charter or ordinance, consist of three county commissioners. A majority of the board is required to transact county business.
(c) Except as otherwise provided in ORS 203.230 (5) or an order issued under ORS 203.230 (1), appoint a chairperson from among their number who shall serve until the first Monday in January next following appointment. If two members of the board cannot agree on the appointment of a chairperson, the member of the board who is longest in length of service shall act as chairperson.
(2) When a county has established a board of county commissioners any reference in the statutes to the county court of that county shall be considered a reference to the board of county commissioners of the county. [1961 c.571 §2; 1971 c.88 §7; 1981 c.140 §4; 1985 c.756 §2; 1997 c.277 §2]

Structure 2021 Oregon Revised Statutes

2021 Oregon Revised Statutes

Volume : 06 - Local Government, Public Employees, Elections

Chapter 203 - County Governing Bodies; County Home Rule

Section 203.010 - General powers of county as body politic and corporate.

Section 203.015 - Power of county to contract for purchase or lease of real or personal property.

Section 203.035 - Power of county governing body or electors over matters of county concern.

Section 203.045 - Procedure for adopting ordinance; inapplicability to county prescribing procedure by charter or other statutes.

Section 203.055 - Referral of taxation related ordinance.

Section 203.065 - Violation of county ordinances; remedies; enforcement; status of nuisance declared by ordinance; disposition of fines.

Section 203.085 - County election dates; emergency elections.

Section 203.105 - Program in Governor’s office to assist counties in fiscal distress.

Section 203.132 - Inclusion of property outside county or in city in county assessment for local improvement.

Section 203.135 - Eminent domain power of county.

Section 203.145 - Appointment of legal counsel for county governing body; authority of counsel; compensation.

Section 203.148 - Public Land Corner Preservation Fund; fees for recording.

Section 203.230 - Abolishing office of county judge and establishing board of county commissioners in noncharter county; referral of order; operative date.

Section 203.240 - Organization, powers and duties of board.

Section 203.710 - Performance of functions by officers designated by county law; definition.

Section 203.725 - County charter amendment; single subject; separate submission to electors.

Section 203.730 - Charter committee appointed after filing of resolution or petition; sufficiency of petition; notice to persons entitled to make appointments to committee.

Section 203.740 - Charter committee and members; appointment, qualifications, vacancies, terms, organization, meetings.

Section 203.750 - County funds for charter committee; committee staff; county officials to cooperate.

Section 203.760 - Submission of proposed charter to electors after public hearing; approval of conflicting charters.

Section 203.770 - Copies of charters and amendments, revisions and repeals; judicial notice.

Section 203.810 - Offenses under county law; jurisdiction; prosecutions; enforcement.