2021 Oregon Revised Statutes
Chapter 203 - County Governing Bodies; County Home Rule
Section 203.725 - County charter amendment; single subject; separate submission to electors.


(2) When two or more amendments to a county charter are submitted to the electors of the county for their approval or rejection at the same election, they shall be so submitted that each amendment shall be voted on separately.
(3) Notwithstanding any county charter or legislation enacted thereunder, this section shall apply to every amendment of a county charter and shall take precedence and prevail over any conflicting provisions in a county charter or in legislation enacted thereunder. [1983 c.240 §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.