(2)(a) If a boundary change is made or proposed, the person, governing body, officer, administrative agency or court that is or will be responsible for determining whether the boundary change is final shall file with the county assessor and the Department of Revenue the legal description of the change or proposed change and an accurate map showing the change or proposed change in final approved form, on or before March 31 of the assessment year to which the boundary change applies.
(b)(A) Except as otherwise provided in subparagraph (B) of this paragraph, the legal description of the boundary change must consist of a series of courses in which the first course starts at a point of beginning and the final course ends at the point of beginning. Each course must be identified by bearings and distances and, when available, refer to deed lines, deed corners and other monuments, or, in lieu of bearings and distances, be identified by reference to:
(i) Township, range, section or section subdivision lines of the United States Public Land Survey System.
(ii) Survey center line or right of way lines of public roads, streets or highways.
(iii) Ordinary high water or ordinary low water of tidal lands.
(iv) Right of way lines of railroads.
(v) Any line identified on the plat of any recorded subdivision defined in ORS 92.010.
(vi) Donation land claims.
(vii) Line of ordinary high water and line of ordinary low water of rivers and streams, as defined in ORS 274.005, or the thread of rivers and streams.
(B) In lieu of the requirements of subparagraph (A) of this paragraph, boundary change areas conforming to areas of the United States Public Land Survey System may be described by township, section, quarter-section or quarter-quarter section, or if the areas conform to subdivision lots and blocks, may be described by lot and block description.
(c) The county assessor or the department shall provide a map to the person, body, officer or agency making the filing within 14 days after the filing body notifies the assessor and department that a boundary change is being proposed. Upon receipt, the filing body shall accurately enter the boundary line on the map.
(d) The description and map must be filed in final approved form on or before March 31 of the assessment year to which the boundary change applies. Proposed changes must be certified to the county assessor and the department in the same manner as changes. If the taxing district is located in more than one county, the description and map shall be filed with the assessor in each county and with the department within the time provided in this subsection.
(3) For purposes of this section, boundary change means the change that occurs in the boundaries of a district by reason of:
(a) The formation of a new district;
(b) The consolidation or merger of two or more districts or parts thereof;
(c) The annexation of territory by a district;
(d) The withdrawal of territory from a district; or
(e) The dissolution of a district.
(4) For purposes of this section, the establishment of tax zones within a district constitutes a boundary change.
(5) For purposes of this section, a proposed change means a boundary change that has not become final or effective on or before March 31 and that:
(a) Is certain to become final or effective before July 1 of the same year; or
(b) Is subject to voter approval in an election held before July 1 of the same year and that becomes final or effective before July 1 of the same year.
(6) Each description and map filed under subsection (2) of this section shall be submitted to the Department of Revenue and approved or disapproved within 30 days of receipt.
(7) Within five days of its determination, the Department of Revenue shall provide notice of its approval or disapproval under subsection (6) of this section to each county assessor with whom a filing has been made and to the filing body. If the description or map is disapproved, the department shall explain what steps must be taken to correct the description or map, and shall cooperate with the filing body in helping it meet the requirements of this section, and whenever possible, the filing deadline of March 31. Corrected descriptions and maps must then be resubmitted to the department, and approved, and filed with the assessor or assessors.
(8) The filing of the description and map under this section is for assessment and taxation purposes only and does not affect or relate to filing for any other purpose. [Amended by 1965 c.411 §1; 1969 c.151 §1; 1973 c.501 §1; 1975 c.595 §1; 1981 c.804 §38; 1983 c.426 §1; 1991 c.459 §94; 1997 c.541 §157; 2001 c.246 §11; 2001 c.553 §8; 2010 c.29 §1; 2011 c.204 §1]
Structure 2021 Oregon Revised Statutes
Volume : 08 - Revenue and Taxation
Chapter 308 - Assessment of Property for Taxation
Section 308.007 - Definitions.
Section 308.010 - Registered appraiser requirements; revocation; continuing education; rules.
Section 308.015 - Alternate qualifications for registered appraisers.
Section 308.105 - Personal property.
Section 308.125 - Undivided interest; assessment; ownership of less than one forty-eighth interest.
Section 308.142 - "Property" and "property tax account" defined.
Section 308.149 - Definitions for ORS 308.149 to 308.166.
Section 308.153 - New property and new improvements to property.
Section 308.162 - Property tax account modifications.
Section 308.205 - Real market value defined; rules.
Section 308.207 - Computation of real market value for taxing or bonding limitations.
Section 308.212 - Requirement for property owner to file address.
Section 308.215 - Contents of assessment roll; rules.
Section 308.217 - Form of assessment and tax rolls; obtaining descriptions of property.
Section 308.219 - Assessment and tax rolls; preparation; contents; availability to public; rules.
Section 308.225 - Boundary changes; procedure.
Section 308.233 - Use of sales data for physical appraisal.
Section 308.235 - Valuation of real property.
Section 308.245 - Maps; taxpayers’ index.
Section 308.275 - Use of reproduction cost or prices and costs in determining assessed values.
Section 308.320 - Oath of assessor upon completion of assessment roll.
Section 308.330 - Duty of assessor to assess properly.
Section 308.408 - "Industrial plant" defined.
Section 308.411 - Appraisal and real market valuation of industrial plants; rules.
Section 308.412 - Effect of election to exclude income approach to value under prior law.
Section 308.413 - Confidential information furnished under ORS 308.411; exception; rules.
Section 308.450 - Definitions for ORS 308.450 to 308.481.
Section 308.457 - Determining boundaries of distressed areas; rules; limitation.
Section 308.462 - Qualifications for limited assessment.
Section 308.490 - Determining value of homes for elderly persons.
Section 308.505 - Definitions for ORS 308.505 to 308.674.
Section 308.510 - Real and personal property classified for ORS 308.505 to 308.674.
Section 308.515 - Department to make annual assessment of designated utilities and companies.
Section 308.516 - Certain exceptions to ORS 308.515.
Section 308.517 - To whom property assessed; certain property not to be assessed.
Section 308.519 - Local assessment of data center property.
Section 308.524 - Companies to file statements.
Section 308.525 - Contents of statement.
Section 308.550 - Valuing property of company operating both within and without state.
Section 308.560 - Assessment roll; description of property; effect of mistake.
Section 308.565 - Apportionment of assessment among counties.
Section 308.570 - Determining value per mile of main and branch lines of companies using rail lines.
Section 308.582 - Notice of tentative assessment.
Section 308.584 - Request for conference to modify tentative assessment; appeal.
Section 308.590 - Review and correction of tentative assessment roll; apportionment to county.
Section 308.605 - Entry of corrections and changes; record of meetings.
Section 308.624 - Correction of certified roll.
Section 308.628 - Omitted property subject to assessment.
Section 308.632 - Notice of intention to add omitted property to assessment roll.
Section 308.636 - Correction of assessment roll to reflect omitted property; appeal.
Section 308.665 - Railroad car exemption.
Section 308.671 - Elective exemption of certain communication-related property.
Section 308.701 - Definitions for ORS 308.701 to 308.724.
Section 308.707 - Valuation of multiunit rental property subject to special assessment.
Section 308.807 - Amount of tax.
Section 308.810 - Association to file statement; payment of tax.
Section 308.815 - Examination of return by department; distribution of tax.
Section 308.820 - Tax as a lien; delinquency date; action to collect.
Section 308.865 - Notice and payment of taxes before movement of mobile modular unit.
Section 308.866 - Definition of "mobile modular unit"; statement of value; receipt.