(a) The clerk shall cause notice to be published once each week for four consecutive weeks in some newspaper published in each county in which are situated lands of the district, the last insertion to be made at least 15 days prior to the meeting of the county court at which the petition is to be heard. The notice shall be substantially in the following form and shall be deemed sufficient for all purposes of the Drainage District Act:
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Notice of Hearing on Petition to Form Drainage District.
In the County Court of the State of Oregon, for the County of _____.
Notice is given that hearing on the following petition will be held at the courthouse in the city of _____, County of _____, State of Oregon, on the ___ day of _____, 2___, for the purpose of determining whether the prayer of the petition shall be granted.
All persons owning or claiming an interest in lands described in the petition are notified to appear at that place on that date and show cause, if any there be, why the prayer in the petition should not be granted.
Clerk of the County Court
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(b) Immediately following the notice and as a part thereof, there shall be published the petition in full, including the signatures thereto.
(2) The county court of the county in which the petition has been filed shall thereafter maintain and have original and exclusive jurisdiction coextensive with the boundaries and limits of the district without regard to county lines, for all purposes of the Drainage District Act.
Structure 2021 Oregon Revised Statutes
Volume : 15 - Water Resources, Agriculture and Food
Chapter 547 - Drainage Districts
Section 547.010 - Petition to form district; contents.
Section 547.020 - Fixing time and place of hearing; notice; jurisdiction over district.
Section 547.030 - Evidence at hearing; findings; appeal.
Section 547.057 - Drainage district activity as urban service.
Section 547.063 - Definitions.
Section 547.065 - Public hearing required.
Section 547.067 - Powers of drainage district.
Section 547.069 - Formation of drainage district by owners of certain lands permitted.
Section 547.071 - Powers of drainage district officers and employees.
Section 547.073 - Powers of board of supervisors.
Section 547.075 - Contracts with federal government permitted.
Section 547.077 - Powers of boards of supervisors west of the Cascade Mountains.
Section 547.079 - Clogged or obstructed conditions; notice to owner or occupant.
Section 547.081 - Repair of clogged or obstructed condition.
Section 547.083 - Owner or occupant liable for repair expense; notice and recordation of lien.
Section 547.112 - Change in number of supervisors.
Section 547.205 - Appointment of engineer; duties; surveys; report; maps.
Section 547.225 - Assessment of benefits and damages by commissioners; report; compensation.
Section 547.230 - Notice of report of commissioners; publication; form.
Section 547.250 - Changes in plan for reclamation; petition for amendment of plan; notice.
Section 547.310 - Board authority regarding reclamation works; contracts; engineer’s duties.
Section 547.325 - Powers of districts under 1,000 acres regarding domestic water supply.
Section 547.410 - Maintaining improvements; notice to owner or occupant of premises.
Section 547.420 - Liability for cost of work; notice of claim of lien; foreclosure; sale of land.
Section 547.425 - Prohibited practices.
Section 547.482 - Filing boundary change with county assessor and Department of Revenue.
Section 547.492 - Alternative charge or assessment method.
Section 547.510 - Form of crop lien claim; foreclosure.
Section 547.555 - Bonds; issuance; interest; place of payment; maturities.
Section 547.570 - Bond proceeds; depository.
Section 547.580 - Retirement of bonds before maturity; call provisions.
Section 547.675 - Lien on land assessed for bond payment.