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Section 198.010 - "District" defined for chapter. - (1) A people’s utility district organized under ORS chapter 261....
Section 198.115 - Barring district employees from membership on governing board. - (2) A district, by an ordinance or resolution that takes...
Section 198.180 - "District" defined for ORS 198.190. - (1) A county service district organized under ORS chapter 451....
Section 198.210 - "District" defined for ORS 198.220. - (1) A corporation for irrigation, drainage, water supply or flood...
Section 198.320 - Filling of vacancies on governing bodies of certain districts. - (2) This subsection applies to districts defined in ORS 255.012...
Section 198.335 - Definitions for ORS 198.335 to 198.365. - (1) "County board" means the board of county commissioners or...
Section 198.340 - Designation of registered office and agent. - (2) The district may change its registered office or change...
Section 198.345 - Effect of failure to file certain reports. - (2) Within 30 days after receiving the notice provided by...
Section 198.350 - Financial statement. - (1) The date of formation of the district. (2) The...
Section 198.355 - Hearing on dissolution; notice. - (2) Notice of the hearing shall be given by publication...
Section 198.360 - Continuation or termination of district; proceedings for county service district. - (a) Enter an order terminating all further proceedings under ORS...
Section 198.365 - County board as trustees for inactive district; distribution of assets; levy of tax to meet debts; delivery of records. - (2) Any surplus funds and assets remaining to the credit...
Section 198.425 - Recall of district officers generally. - (1) A district defined in ORS 255.012; or (2) Except...
Section 198.430 - Recall of officers of districts other than districts defined in ORS 255.012. - (2) The petition shall be signed by a number of...
Section 198.440 - Statement of justification from affected officer. - (2) The county clerk shall have the statement printed on...
Section 198.510 - Definitions for ORS 198.510 to 198.600. - (1) "County" means the county in which the district, or...
Section 198.540 - Notice prior to adoption of ordinance affecting regulation. - (2) The presiding officer shall cause the agenda to be...
Section 198.550 - Publication of ordinance; emergency ordinance procedure. - (a) A copy of the ordinance is available for each...
Section 198.560 - Filing of ordinance; notice of adoption of emergency ordinance. - (a) Signed by the presiding officer; (b) Attested by the...
Section 198.570 - When ordinances take effect. - (2) An emergency ordinance may take effect upon adoption. [1971...
Section 198.600 - Penalty for violation of regulations; jurisdiction; enforcement. - (2) Actions to impose punishment shall be brought in the...
Section 198.605 - Local service districts. - Note: 198.605 was enacted into law by the Legislative Assembly...
Section 198.608 - Unfunded PERS liability or surplus upon split, consolidation or merger of districts. - Note: 198.608 was added to and made a part of...
Section 198.611 - Power of district to contract for purchase or lease of real or personal property. - (2) The powers granted to districts by this section are...
Section 198.705 - Definitions for ORS 198.705 to 198.955. - (1) "Affected county" means each county which contains or would...
Section 198.715 - Short title; procedure for formation or change of organization. - (2) Except as otherwise provided by ORS 199.410 to 199.519,...
Section 198.720 - Boundaries; filing boundary change with county assessor and Department of Revenue. - (1) A district may consist of contiguous or noncontiguous territory...
Section 198.727 - Merger or consolidation; procedure when city joined to merged or consolidated districts. - (2) A proposal to merge or consolidate districts may provide...
Section 198.730 - Notice. - (2) Notice required to be published shall be published in...
Section 198.735 - Right of interested person to appear; written statements. - (2) A written statement for or against a proposed formation...
Section 198.740 - Election procedure governed by law under which district operates; omission governed by district or general election law. - (1) If the district or territory is defined as a...
Section 198.745 - Content of resolution calling election. - (1) Provide for giving notice of the special election or...
Section 198.747 - Effective date of boundary change; filing boundary change with county assessor and Department of Revenue. - (a) Beginning after the 90th day before a primary election...
Section 198.748 - Prospective petition for formation; filing; content. - Note: 198.748 was added to and made a part of...
Section 198.749 - Economic feasibility statement for district formation. - (1) A description of the services and functions to be...
Section 198.750 - Content of petition proposing formation or change of organization. - (a) State that the petition is filed pursuant to ORS...
Section 198.755 - Number of signatures required. - (a) Fifteen percent of the electors or 100 electors, whichever...
Section 198.760 - Requirements for signers of petition; signer’s withdrawal prohibited; chief petitioners designated. - (2) After a petition has been offered for filing, a...
Section 198.765 - Requirements for filing petition; validity and certification of signatures. - (2) Within 10 days after the date a petition is...
Section 198.770 - Method of determining validity of landowner signatures. - (a) Is a legal representative of the owner; (b) Is...
Section 198.775 - Security deposit to accompany petition; payment of costs from security deposit; payment of costs by county or district. - (a) The bond shall be in a form and in...
Section 198.780 - Filing of duplicates of certain documents. - (2) This section applies to: (a) An order of formation...
Section 198.782 - Documents to be filed with Secretary of State before business transacted. - Note: 198.782 was enacted into law by the Legislative Assembly...
Section 198.785 - Proceeding to contest validity of formation or change of organization. - (2) An action to determine the validity of a formation...
Section 198.790 - Rights of creditors after change of organization; enforcement. - (1) Upon annexation or withdrawal of territory: Against the district...
Section 198.792 - District formation or annexation proceedings to relieve public health danger. - (a) To annex the affected territory to a district, as...
Section 198.793 - Change of district name. - (2) A district board shall not adopt a resolution for...
Section 198.794 - Effect of district name change; notification to certain officials. - (2) A district changing its name under ORS 198.793 shall,...
Section 198.800 - Formation petition; hearing; notice of hearing. - (a) If the county is within the jurisdiction of a...
Section 198.805 - Conduct of hearing; standards for formation; notice to nonappearing landowner; order for dissolution. - (a) Exclude from the proposed district land that, in the...
Section 198.810 - Order for formation; final hearing; election; voter approval to incur bonded indebtedness. - (2) If the county board approves the petition for formation,...
Section 198.813 - Formation of county service district for water management services in Washington County; dissolution of existing districts. - (2) Notwithstanding ORS 198.705 to 198.955 or 451.620, an order...
Section 198.815 - Election on formation; notice; ballot title when dissolution ordered; election of first board. - (2) The order calling an election shall fix the date...
Section 198.820 - Order by county board; effect of formation. - (2) After the date of the formation order, the inhabitants...
Section 198.825 - Election of first members of board when no formation election required. - (2) ORS chapter 255 governs the nomination and election of...
Section 198.830 - Petition for formation by all landowners in proposed district. - (2) The county board shall approve the petition for formation...
Section 198.835 - Order for formation of district in single county; order for exercise of additional function by county service district; contents of order. - (a) The intention of the county board to initiate the...
Section 198.850 - Annexation petition or resolution; delayed effective date for certain annexations. - (2) ORS 198.800 to 198.820 apply to the proceeding conducted...
Section 198.855 - Annexation election; annexation without election when petition signed by all landowners or by majority of electors and owners of more than half of land. - (2) Two or more proposals for annexation of territory may...
Section 198.857 - Annexation without election by petition of landowner. - (2) When the owner of a parcel of land wants...
Section 198.860 - Effect of annexation order; debt distribution plan; permanent rate limit and local option taxes. - (2) On and after the effective date of the annexation...
Section 198.866 - Annexation of city to district; approval of annexation proposal; election. - (2) The district board shall approve or disapprove the city’s...
Section 198.867 - Approval of annexation to district by electors of city and district; certification; effect of annexation. - (a) Certify to the county board of the principal county...
Section 198.870 - Petition for withdrawal of property from district. - (b) If the electors of an area within a district...
Section 198.875 - Election on withdrawal petition. - (2) If the required number of requests for an election...
Section 198.882 - Tax relief to withdrawn area; conditions for relief; ultimate liability. - (a) No district services have been provided to the withdrawn...
Section 198.885 - Merger of districts; effect. - (2) If the merger is approved, the district boards and...
Section 198.890 - Consolidation of districts; effect. - (2) If the consolidation is approved, the district boards and...
Section 198.895 - Initiation of merger and consolidation; procedure when city included in merger or consolidation. - (2) When proceedings have been initiated as provided in subsection...
Section 198.900 - Content of petition for annexation, merger or consolidation. - (2) If the merger or consolidation is approved, the district...
Section 198.903 - Joint assembly of governing bodies of affected districts or cities; order for election; contents. - (2) At the joint assembly, a majority of the members...
Section 198.910 - Joint meeting of governing bodies of merged or consolidated districts and cities; election of board members for surviving or successor district; terms. - (2) At the joint meeting, a majority of the members...
Section 198.912 - Apportionment of board members for certain surviving or successor districts. - (1) By one member when the percentage of electors or...
Section 198.920 - Dissolution procedure. - (a) By a petition of the electors requesting dissolution of...
Section 198.925 - Findings of fact by district board. - (a) The amount of each outstanding bond, coupon and other...
Section 198.927 - Annexation of dissolved district. - Note: 198.927 was added to and made a part of...
Section 198.935 - Election on dissolution; consent of creditors; content of notice. - (2) Within 10 days after the district board files the...
Section 198.940 - Dissolution without election. - (1) The territory within the affected district is uninhabited; (2)...
Section 198.945 - Trustees for dissolved district; records to county clerk; limitation on further elections. - (2) If dissolution is approved, after the affairs of the...
Section 198.950 - Power of trustees to convey assets. - (1) If the other district assumes all debts and obligations...
Section 198.955 - Disposition of assets; rules. - (2) Notwithstanding subsection (1) of this section, if the property...