2021 Oregon Revised Statutes
Chapter 545 - Irrigation Districts
Section 545.502 - Foreclosure; procedure; redemption after sale; attorney fees.

2021 Oregon Revised Statutes

Volume : 15 - Water Resources, Agriculture and Food

Chapter 545 - Irrigation Districts

Section 545.002 - Definitions.

Section 545.007 - Voting rights.

Section 545.025 - Purposes of irrigation district; process for formation.

Section 545.029 - Hearing of petition by county court; authority as to boundaries of district; lands included; order; formation of district without election.

Section 545.033 - Naming and division of districts.

Section 545.037 - Notice of election for determining organization of district; contents; publication; mailing.

Section 545.041 - Conduct of election; contents of nominating petition; verification of electors by county assessor; order declaring result; inclusion of portion of district in another district; commencement of duties by directors.

Section 545.043 - Qualifications of directors; terms of office; oath.

Section 545.075 - Requirements that may be imposed upon petitioners in western Oregon district; charges or assessments.

Section 545.079 - Recording of order including lands in district; effect of order; appeal.

Section 545.089 - Redivision of district; election of directors.

Section 545.091 - Inclusion of lands not subject to charges of district.

Section 545.093 - Creation of subdistricts; purpose; change in subdistrict boundaries.

Section 545.094 - Engineering plan for improvements within subdistricts; notice; hearing; remonstrance.

Section 545.095 - Charges or assessments for improvements within subdistrict.

Section 545.099 - Petition for exclusion of lands from district; approval by board; payment of costs of exclusion.

Section 545.101 - Exclusion of subdivisions with three or more tracts on each acre of land; exceptions.

Section 545.113 - State agency to pay assessment and charges or to petition for exclusion.

Section 545.123 - Redivision of district; election of director.

Section 545.135 - Elections subsequent to organization of district; election of directors.

Section 545.137 - Notices of election; board of election; place of holding election; nomination of candidates; advertising openings on district board; certificate of election to sole candidate; ballots.

Section 545.139 - Board of election; polls; ballots.

Section 545.141 - Conduct of election; challenge and verification of qualifications of elector; counting ballots.

Section 545.153 - Statement of result; contents; certificate of election; effect of informalities in conduct of election.

Section 545.163 - Procedures for conducting election by mail.

Section 545.167 - Division of district for election of directors; procedure.

Section 545.169 - Election of directors from newly created divisions.

Section 545.181 - Organization of board; officers; establishment of meeting dates; collection, custody and disbursement of moneys.

Section 545.188 - Filling vacancy in office of director.

Section 545.189 - Recall of director; procedure; required number of signatures for recall petition.

Section 545.199 - Increase in number of directors upon determination of board or petition; election on increase.

Section 545.221 - Powers and duties of board as to management of district; water deliveries.

Section 545.225 - Contracts; conveyances; suits; judicial knowledge concerning district; audit reports.

Section 545.237 - Right to enter upon lands for inspection and maintenance of water works.

Section 545.239 - Right to enter upon and acquire lands and water rights; right of condemnation.

Section 545.257 - Authority of irrigation district to acquire domestic or municipal water works; assumption of obligations; sale of surplus water; impairment of irrigation service forbidden.

Section 545.275 - Lien on crops for water supplied for irrigation; enforcement; attorney fees.

Section 545.279 - District may require water control devices and measuring devices; notice to water user; objections; hearing.

Section 545.283 - Joinder of districts in acquisition or construction of irrigation or other water use works.

Section 545.287 - Directors may construct or maintain improvements, levy assessments or provide for charges.

Section 545.293 - Resolution for water distribution works or services; hearing of objections; construction, repair or maintenance of improvement; apportionment of costs; assessment.

Section 545.295 - Conditions required in certain districts before delivering water to additional lands; order; charges and assessments.

Section 545.303 - Water works system to be self-sustaining; payment of indebtedness; rates; separate accounts.

Section 545.305 - Election concerning acquisition of water works.

Section 545.315 - Petition to construct improvements for irrigation; contents; assent of petitioners to assessment of cost of improvement.

Section 545.319 - Elections on question of constructing improvement; resolution of directors.

Section 545.343 - Obligations or contracts with United States under Reclamation Act; acquisition of federal lands.

Section 545.359 - Contracts with federal government for flood control works.

Section 545.367 - Authorization of sale of property, excess water or hydroelectric power.

Section 545.373 - Proceeds of sale; special fund; uses of moneys.

Section 545.375 - Purchaser rights; power of directors respecting contracts and instruments relating to transfer.

Section 545.381 - Annual assessments; computation of amount to be raised; apportionment; determination of acreage and assessments; credit for water rights.

Section 545.385 - Certain lands may be assessed at different amounts; additional service charge.

Section 545.389 - Deduction for rights or property required by district; assessments pending construction.

Section 545.391 - Assessments for contracts with United States.

Section 545.420 - Certification of assessments to county assessors; entry on assessment roll; collection of taxes; deposit of sums collected; disbursements from fund; taxation of state and federal lands.

Section 545.468 - Exemption of parcel of land from payment of charge or assessment; qualification of owner of excluded parcel as district elector.

Section 545.471 - Charges for water supply; rates; collections and disbursements; basis of charges.

Section 545.484 - Computation of amount to be raised; apportionment of charges; fixing due date and delinquency date; fee for other services.

Section 545.487 - Pressurization charge; application to certain lands; apportionment.

Section 545.494 - Unpaid charge as lien on land; priority respecting other liens and claims.

Section 545.496 - Collection of incurred charges; withholding of water until payment; interest on unpaid charges.

Section 545.502 - Foreclosure; procedure; redemption after sale; attorney fees.

Section 545.507 - Borrowing for payment of operation and maintenance costs.

Section 545.508 - Moneys collected; deposit; separation of funds; disbursements.

Section 545.511 - Authorization of bonds, including refunding bonds; contract with state or with United States; election; notice.

Section 545.513 - Resubmission of questions to electors; contracts not requiring vote.

Section 545.519 - Issuance of bonds; cancellation of bonds.

Section 545.521 - Bonds of districts organized before 1925 with indebtedness of $50,000; retirement of outstanding bonds as condition of further indebtedness; authorization and sale of refunding bonds; application of proceeds; redemption.

Section 545.539 - Bond sinking funds; other funds.

Section 545.541 - Retirement of bonds prior to maturity.

Section 545.545 - Determination of liability of individual tracts for bonded indebtedness; acceptance of bonds and cash in payment.

Section 545.555 - Holding election; notice.

Section 545.557 - Bonds; maturities; reserves; interest; trustees.

Section 545.571 - Notice of determination; publication; contents.

Section 545.575 - Order determining benefits; order of assessment; "benefit surplus" defined.

Section 545.577 - Notice of proceedings; appeal to circuit court; notice and summons.

Section 545.579 - Pleadings; trial; appeal; finality of assessment order.

Section 545.585 - Bonds; issuance; purposes; form; amortization; maturities; negotiability; numbering; interest; denomination; registration; amount maturing annually; retirement.

Section 545.589 - Recording of assessments; bond lien docket; payment by bonds or coupons; interest on unpaid assessments; lien on land; priority.

Section 545.599 - Five-year additional assessment; emergency assessments; emergency fund.

Section 545.607 - Retirement of bonds before maturity.

Section 545.631 - Consent of creditors to refunding of indebtedness.

Section 545.635 - Notice of court proceeding to obtain constructive consent; effect of failure to file objection.

Section 545.637 - Hearing on petition; judgment; trustee.

Section 545.645 - Terms of contract; parties; execution.

Section 545.651 - Constructive consent of holders of outstanding indebtedness; procedure for obtaining consent; petition.

Section 545.655 - Notice of petition and terms of contract; failure to file dissent; effect.

Section 545.659 - Hearing on petition; judgment; trustee.

Section 545.675 - Parties to contract; execution.

Section 545.683 - Submission of claims to board; drawing of warrants; payment; lack of funds; interest on warrants; debts payable by warrants; receipt of warrants, bonds and interest coupons in payment of charges; amount of outstanding warrants; mont...

Section 545.685 - Establishing bank account for payment of labor and emergency expenses.