(2) Within 10 days after the date a petition is offered for filing, the county clerk and the district secretary shall examine the petition and determine whether it is signed by the requisite number of qualified signers. If the requisite number of qualified signers have signed the petition the district secretary shall file the petition. If the requisite number have not signed, the secretary shall so notify the chief petitioners and may return the petition to the petitioners.
(3) A petition shall not be filed unless the certificate of the county clerk and the district secretary is attached thereto certifying that they have compared the signatures of the signers with the appropriate records, that they have ascertained therefrom the number of qualified signers appearing on the petition, and that the petition is signed by the requisite number of qualified signers. [1973 c.415 §4]
Structure 2021 Oregon Revised Statutes
Volume : 15 - Water Resources, Agriculture and Food
Chapter 548 - Provisions Applicable Both to Drainage Districts and to Irrigation Districts
Section 548.050 - Insurance for district employees.
Section 548.115 - Elector’s right to maintain proceedings; procedure; exclusiveness of remedy.
Section 548.300 - Contracts for state loans; purposes for which authorized; amount of loan.
Section 548.305 - Contracts for federal loans; purposes for which authorized; amount of loan.
Section 548.345 - Notice; failure of holder to object constitutes consent.
Section 548.350 - Hearing; judgment; county treasurer as trustee.
Section 548.900 - Definitions for ORS 548.900 to 548.955.
Section 548.920 - Notice of petition filing; contents; election petition; signature requirements.
Section 548.925 - Special election; notice; ballot form.
Section 548.940 - Jurisdiction of parties; service of summons and petition.