2021 Oregon Revised Statutes
Chapter 550 - Urban Flood Safety and Water Quality District
Section 550.210 - Duties of district board.


(1) Manage and conduct the affairs of the district.
(2) Employ and appoint agents and employees and prescribe the duties and fix the compensation of the agents and employees.
(3) Establish reasonable bylaws and rules for the administration of the affairs of the district.
(4) Adopt ordinances under ORS 198.510 to 198.600 that the directors consider necessary or convenient for carrying out or enforcing the district’s powers and duties under ORS 550.150 to 550.400.
(5) Establish and maintain funds and accounts for the moneys of the district.
(6) Obtain an annual audit of the books of the district.
(7) Fix the location of the principal office of the district at some convenient place within the district.
(8) Keep a record of all proceedings of the district board.
(9) File for record all documents required by law to be recorded.
(10) Establish the boundaries of the managed floodplain. The district board may amend the boundaries from time to time as the board deems necessary or prudent to address regulatory or environmental changes that affect the need for district management to accomplish the purposes of the district set forth in ORS 550.170.
(11) Consider equity and inclusion in all aspects of administering the district. [2019 c.621 §7]

Structure 2021 Oregon Revised Statutes

2021 Oregon Revised Statutes

Volume : 15 - Water Resources, Agriculture and Food

Chapter 550 - Urban Flood Safety and Water Quality District

Section 550.160 - Definitions.

Section 550.170 - Urban flood safety and water quality district; boundaries; vested water rights unimpaired.

Section 550.180 - Proceedings to test validity of district board order or act.

Section 550.190 - Board of directors; selection; terms.

Section 550.200 - Organizational meeting; oath; officers; meetings.

Section 550.210 - Duties of district board.

Section 550.230 - General powers of district.

Section 550.240 - Eminent domain.

Section 550.260 - Plan for watershed and habitat improvement and landscape resilience; decennial review.

Section 550.270 - District works.

Section 550.290 - Construction on public land or right of way or along public watercourse.

Section 550.300 - Financing construction, operation or maintenance of district works.

Section 550.310 - Assessments against benefited lands for district works; apportionment; hearing; works bonds.

Section 550.320 - Ad valorem property taxes; Local Budget Law applicable.

Section 550.330 - Service and user charges for district works; collection agreements; revenue bonds.

Section 550.340 - General obligation bonds.

Section 550.350 - Loan agreements with state and federal agencies; enforcement by order of circuit court; filing of loan certificate.

Section 550.360 - Dissolution of drainage or water control district or corporation; transfer of assets and liabilities to district; debt distribution plan; zone committee for continuity.

Section 550.370 - Notice requirements.

Section 550.380 - Election laws applicable.

Section 550.390 - Waterway pollution; penalty.

Section 550.400 - Civil liability for remediation costs.