2021 Oregon Revised Statutes
Chapter 552 - Water Improvement Districts
Section 552.013 - Definitions.


(1) "County board" means the county court or the board of county commissioners of a county.
(2) "District" means a water improvement district proposed or created under this chapter.
(3) "District board" means the board of directors of a district.
(4) "Engineering plan" means the plans and specifications for the works to be constructed including:
(a) Maps, profiles, plans and other data necessary to show the location and character of the work, and the property benefited, taken or damaged;
(b) All rights of way or other property which may be required for the construction of the works; and
(c) Estimates of the cost of the works and of the benefits and damages which will accrue to each tract of land upon the construction of the works.
(5) "Filed for record" means to file a document for recording with the county clerk of each county in which the lands within a district are located.
(6) "Land" or "tract of land" means real property, together with improvements thereon, within a district.
(7) "Landowner," "owner," "owner of land" and "owner in fee" are synonymous and mean a person owning a tract of land situated within a district. The vendee named in a bona fide contract of sale of a tract of land situated within a district shall be considered a landowner to the exclusion of the vendor. When two or more persons own a tract of land as tenants in common or by the entirety, each person shall be regarded as a landowner.
(8) "Real market value" means real market value computed in accordance with ORS 308.207.
(9) "Works" means dams, storage reservoirs, canals, ditches, dikes, levees, revetments, and all other structures, facilities, improvements and property necessary or convenient for draining land, controlling flood or surface waters, or supplying water for irrigation, domestic supply or other purposes. [1969 c.606 §2; 1983 c.83 §100; 1991 c.459 §428]

Structure 2021 Oregon Revised Statutes

2021 Oregon Revised Statutes

Volume : 15 - Water Resources, Agriculture and Food

Chapter 552 - Water Improvement Districts

Section 552.013 - Definitions.

Section 552.108 - Creation of water improvement district; purposes; limitation.

Section 552.113 - Water rights protected; minimum acreage requirement; withdrawal procedure for city or other special districts.

Section 552.118 - Petition contents.

Section 552.138 - Status of final order; time for protest.

Section 552.143 - Proceedings to test validity of order or act of district board.

Section 552.208 - Election of first board of directors; number; qualifications; terms; change of number of directors.

Section 552.218 - Organizational meeting; oath; officers; meetings.

Section 552.223 - Duties of district board.

Section 552.305 - Powers of districts generally.

Section 552.320 - Operation of water works and sale of water; conditions.

Section 552.325 - Water charges; use of revenues; collection and enforcement.

Section 552.345 - User regulations; fees for use of facilities.

Section 552.350 - Cooperation with the United States; water quality supervision subject to state authority.

Section 552.403 - Watershed improvement plans; cooperation with Water Resources Commission.

Section 552.418 - Notice of engineering plan; hearing; objections of landowners; approval or disapproval of plan.

Section 552.438 - Construction on public land or right of way, or along watercourse.

Section 552.603 - Financing construction, operation or maintenance of district works.

Section 552.608 - Assessment of cost of works against benefited land; hearing on proposed assessment.

Section 552.623 - Ad valorem tax levy, collection, enforcement.

Section 552.625 - Maximum rate of tax levy; procedure to change rate.

Section 552.630 - Service and user charges.

Section 552.645 - General obligation bonds.

Section 552.670 - Loan contracts with state or federal agencies.

Section 552.710 - Subdistrict procedure; authority.

Section 552.720 - Dissolution of irrigation, drainage or water control district and transfer of assets and liabilities to water improvement district.

Section 552.750 - Election laws applicable.