(A) Satisfy the requirements set forth in this section and any other requirements in ORS 554.005 to 554.340 that supplement or modify the requirements set forth in this section.
(B) Be a type of document that ORS 554.005 to 554.340, 554.420, 554.440 or 554.510 to 554.590 require or permit a person to file with the Secretary of State.
(C) Include the information that ORS 554.005 to 554.340, 554.420, 554.440 or 554.510 to 554.590 require.
(D) Be legibly written in the English language and in the alphabet used to write the English language, except as provided in subsection (3) of this section.
(E) Be delivered to the Secretary of State along with required fees. Delivery occurs only when the Secretary of State actually receives the document.
(b) The document may include:
(A) Information other than the information required under paragraph (a) of this subsection;
(B) Arabic or Roman numerals and incidental punctuation;
(C) The seal of the corporation;
(D) An attestation by the secretary or an assistant secretary of the corporation; or
(E) An acknowledgement, verification or proof.
(2)(a) A person that executes a document for filing under this section must be:
(A) The chairperson of the board of directors of the corporation or one of the corporation’s officers;
(B) An incorporator, if directors of the corporation have not been selected;
(C) A receiver, trustee or other court-appointed fiduciary, if the corporation is subject to the control of the receiver, trustee or fiduciary; or
(D) An agent of a person identified in this paragraph, if the person authorizes the agent to execute the document.
(b) The person that executes the document shall state beneath or opposite the person’s signature the person’s name and the capacity in which the person signs.
(3)(a) If the Secretary of State has prescribed a mandatory form for a document, including an electronic form, the document must be in or on the prescribed form.
(b) The Secretary of State shall make versions of the form described in paragraph (a) of this subsection available in at least the five languages that are most commonly spoken and written in this state by persons with limited proficiency in the English language. Each version of the form must include an English translation of the form’s contents.
(c) For the purpose described in paragraph (b) of this subsection, the Secretary of State shall specify Spanish, Chinese, Vietnamese, Russian and Korean as the five languages that are most commonly spoken and written in this state by persons with limited proficiency in the English language. The Secretary of State shall review the specification in this paragraph after the completion of the 2030 United States Census and each subsequent decennial census and shall recommend in a report to the Joint Committee on Ways and Means any changes in the specification that the Secretary of State deems necessary. The Secretary of State may change the specification only after receiving the approval of the Legislative Assembly and an appropriation in an amount that is sufficient to pay the costs of updating each version of the mandatory form and any system the Secretary of State uses to process the mandatory form.
(d) If a person completes with, or attaches to, a form described in paragraph (a) or (b) of this subsection information written in a language other than English, the person shall submit a reasonably authenticated English translation of the information along with the form. [1987 c.94 §137; 1999 c.486 §19; 2013 c.159 §14; 2019 c.597 §7]
Structure 2021 Oregon Revised Statutes
Volume : 15 - Water Resources, Agriculture and Food
Chapter 554 - Corporations for Irrigation, Drainage, Water Supply or Flood Control
Section 554.005 - Filing requirements.
Section 554.007 - Effective time and date of document.
Section 554.009 - Correcting filed document.
Section 554.011 - Penalty for signing false document.
Section 554.015 - Filing duty of Secretary of State.
Section 554.018 - Evidentiary effect of copy of filed document.
Section 554.019 - Certificate of existence.
Section 554.020 - Articles of incorporation; filing.
Section 554.040 - Contents of articles.
Section 554.060 - Challenge to validity of organization; effect of defects or omissions.
Section 554.070 - Membership; meetings; voting; proxies; voting trusts; quorum; removal of officers.
Section 554.080 - Corporate existence; powers of corporation.
Section 554.082 - Registered office and registered agent.
Section 554.084 - Change of registered office or registered agent.
Section 554.086 - Resignation of registered agent.
Section 554.088 - Service on corporation.
Section 554.110 - Powers of directors.
Section 554.135 - Alternative method for collecting assessments.
Section 554.140 - Directors’ duty to institute proceedings to enforce lien; attorney fees.
Section 554.180 - Landowners’ notice; contents.
Section 554.190 - Recording notice; effect; lien on land; priority.
Section 554.210 - Plans and specifications; how adopted.
Section 554.230 - Bonds; recitals; payment; liability of land.
Section 554.275 - Activity of corporation as urban service.
Section 554.302 - Dissolution of corporation by Secretary of State; conditions.
Section 554.307 - Reinstatement of dissolved corporation.
Section 554.309 - Denial of reinstatement; appeal.
Section 554.315 - Annual report; contents; filing with Secretary of State; amended report.
Section 554.340 - Judicial determination of legality of proceedings.
Section 554.350 - Service to lands outside district; findings; tax exemption.
Section 554.440 - Malheur Improvement Company; exclusion or inclusion of land.
Section 554.530 - Application; contents; deposit; filing.
Section 554.570 - Effect of exclusion on existing debts.
Section 554.580 - Condition of approval of inclusion.
Section 554.590 - Articles of amendment; filing; effective date.