2021 Oregon Revised Statutes
Chapter 547 - Drainage Districts
Section 547.069 - Formation of drainage district by owners of certain lands permitted.


(1) For sanitary or agricultural purposes; or
(2) When reclaiming and protecting the land protects life or property from the harmful effects of water or produces another public utility or benefit. [2015 c.544 §5]
Note: See note under 547.063.

Structure 2021 Oregon Revised Statutes

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 547.045 - Public lands within district; authority to sign petition or objections; liability of lands; assessments.

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 547.105 - Election of supervisors; qualifications and terms of office; quorum for transaction of business at owners’ meetings.

Section 547.112 - Change in number of supervisors.

Section 547.125 - Secretary as treasurer; duties; audit of books and report to landowners; compensation.

Section 547.140 - Uniform charge to pay expenses of organizing district, surveys, assessing benefits and damages; collection; surplus funds; refunding in case of dissolution.

Section 547.205 - Appointment of engineer; duties; surveys; report; maps.

Section 547.210 - Engineer’s report; adoption by supervisors; report constitutes "Plan for Reclamation"; exclusion of lands not benefited; certain irrigated lands deemed to be benefited.

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 547.260 - Appointment of commissioners when plan amended; subsequent proceedings; court costs.

Section 547.305 - Entry on land; acquisition of property; water filings and appropriations; condemnation of property devoted to public use; right of way across state lands.

Section 547.310 - Board authority regarding reclamation works; contracts; engineer’s duties.

Section 547.315 - Connecting existing improvements; procedure; connection with improvements outside district.

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 547.455 - Annual charge or assessment; computation; apportionment; liability of state lands; payment of assessments by bonds, coupons or warrants.

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 547.610 - Sale or exchange of bonds; application of proceeds; cancellation of retired obligations; record of transactions.

Section 547.620 - Retirement of outstanding bonds; notice to bondholders to submit propositions; premium; calling of bonds.

Section 547.665 - Numbering; maturities; negotiability; interest; place of payment; denominations; execution; registration; authority to retire bonds.

Section 547.670 - Offer by holders of indebtedness to surrender evidences thereof or accept proportional payment; sale of bonds; notice; publication.

Section 547.675 - Lien on land assessed for bond payment.

Section 547.680 - Emergency fund; assessments for; use of.

Section 547.697 - Bond fund separate from district general fund; deposits to bond fund and district general fund; expenditures from bond fund and district general fund.