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Section 221.005 - Legislative findings; policy. - Note: 221.005 was enacted into law by the Legislative Assembly...
Section 221.010 - Definitions for ORS 221.020 to 221.100. - (1) "County court" means a county court or board of...
Section 221.031 - Petition to incorporate; filing; form; contents; approval by boundary commission. - (a) The county clerk of the county in which the...
Section 221.032 - Annexation during pendency of incorporation. - (1) The county court rejects the petition; or (2) The...
Section 221.034 - Incorporation of rural unincorporated community and contiguous lands. - (a) "Neighboring city" means a city that has any part...
Section 221.035 - Economic feasibility statement; contents. - (2) When a petition for incorporation is filed under ORS...
Section 221.040 - Hearing on petition to incorporate; order fixing date of election on approved petition. - (2) At the time and place fixed for the hearing,...
Section 221.050 - Incorporation election; election of first city council; proclamation of results. - (2) ORS chapters 246 to 260 govern the conduct of...
Section 221.061 - Election expenses. - (2) When a majority of votes cast in an election...
Section 221.090 - Terms of office of first city council. - (a) The two members receiving the two highest number of...
Section 221.106 - Prohibitions related to signing of incorporation petition; violation. - (2) Violation of subsection (1) of this section is a...
Section 221.120 - City council; terms; vacancies; powers; meetings. - (1) Three councillors shall be elected biennially. (2) At an...
Section 221.130 - Mayor; term; functions. - (1) Only councillors shall be eligible to serve as mayor....
Section 221.142 - Qualifications for municipal judges; extensions. - (a) Be a member of the Oregon State Bar; (b)...
Section 221.145 - Basing compensation of city officers upon fines prohibited. - Note: 221.145 was enacted into law by the Legislative Assembly...
Section 221.160 - Special elections to fill council vacancies; appointment of council members when all positions vacant. - (2) If all positions in the governing body of a...
Section 221.180 - Procedure for nomination of candidates for city offices. - (2) Notwithstanding ORS 249.037, if a city does not hold...
Section 221.230 - Election dates; emergency elections. - (a) The second Tuesday in March; (b) The third Tuesday...
Section 221.240 - Disclosure to city auditor of legally protected material. - (a) Information and records of a city that are protected...
Section 221.275 - Definitions for ORS 221.275 to 221.290. - (1) "Owner" or "owner of a vehicle" means the person...
Section 221.277 - Violation of city parking ordinance; affirmative defense. - (2) It is an affirmative defense to a prosecution of...
Section 221.285 - Notice of delinquent parking violation to rental or leasing company; effect when notice not given; effect of prompt payment of amount specified in citation; procedure to substitute renter or lessee as defendant. - (2) If a notice of delinquent parking violation is not...
Section 221.287 - Recovery of fine from renter or lessee of vehicle. - (2) A car rental or leasing company may bill a...
Section 221.295 - Ordinances regulating placement or height of radio antennas. - Note: 221.295 was enacted into law by the Legislative Assembly...
Section 221.310 - Effective date of ordinances, resolutions and franchises; emergency measures. - (2) Except for ordinances necessary for the immediate health, peace...
Section 221.315 - Enforcement of charter provisions and ordinances; disposition of fines. - (2) Except as otherwise provided by an agreement made under...
Section 221.333 - Parking ordinance violation; mode of charging defendant; notice as complaint; requirement to pay fine or bail for access to court prohibited. - (a) The date, place and nature of the charge. (b)...
Section 221.339 - Jurisdiction of municipal court; prosecutions by city attorney. - (2) Except as provided in subsections (3) and (4) of...
Section 221.342 - Method by which municipal court becomes court of record. - (a) The passage of an ordinance by the governing body...
Section 221.343 - Method by which municipal court ceases to operate as court of record. - (2) The Supreme Court may not charge a fee for...
Section 221.344 - Registration of municipal court; effect of registration. - (a) The municipality has registered the court with the Department...
Section 221.346 - Enforcement of judgments of municipal court. - (a) Writ of execution proceedings for personal property under ORS...
Section 221.351 - Liens based on municipal court judgment; recording judgment or lien; recording fee. - (a) The judgment when docketed in the municipal court exceeds...
Section 221.352 - Municipal court docket. - (a) The title of every action or proceeding commenced in...
Section 221.354 - Trial by jury in criminal cases. - (2) Where provision is made for the payment of jury...
Section 221.357 - Provision of judicial services to city by circuit court. - (2) A circuit court providing services to a city under...
Section 221.358 - Audio recording or reporting of municipal court proceedings. - (2) A reporter providing stenographic reporting services under this section...
Section 221.359 - Appeals from conviction in municipal court. - (a) The notice thereof shall be served upon the city...
Section 221.390 - Trial, procedure and sentence in circuit court on appeal from municipal court. - (2) Within 10 days following the return of the verdict...
Section 221.410 - Power of city to control local affairs; limitation of floating indebtedness. - (2)(a) A city may not, unless authorized to do so...
Section 221.415 - Municipal rights of way; use by electric utilities; power of city to regulate and impose charges. - Note: 221.415 was enacted into law by the Legislative Assembly...
Section 221.420 - Municipal regulation of public utilities. - (a) "Public utility" has the meaning for that term provided...
Section 221.470 - Removal of structures after expiration of grant or franchise. - (2) Except as otherwise provided in subsection (3) of this...
Section 221.475 - Territory annexed to city; limitation on electric service by municipal utility. - Note: 221.475 was enacted into law by the Legislative Assembly...
Section 221.495 - Local regulation of vehicles for hire. - (1) Regulating entry into the business of providing taxicab, limousine...
Section 221.510 - Municipal regulation of telecommunications carriers. - (a) "Telecommunications carrier" has the meaning given that term in...
Section 221.515 - Privilege tax on telecommunications carriers; maximum rate; deduction of additional fees. - (2) As used in this section, "gross revenues" means those...
Section 221.621 - Disincorporation procedure; petition; election. - (2) The requirements for preparing, circulating and filing a petition...
Section 221.655 - Privilege tax on distribution utilities; maximum rate; allocation of tax among customers. - (2) The privilege tax described in subsection (1) of this...
Section 221.720 - Situs of cities; jurisdiction of cities coextensive with boundaries. - (2) Notwithstanding any other provision of law the jurisdiction and...
Section 221.725 - Sale of real property by city; publication of notice; public hearing. - (2) The notice required by subsection (1) of this section...
Section 221.727 - Alternative procedure for sale of city-owned real property; public notice and hearing. - Note: See note under 221.725.
Section 221.729 - Sale of city-owned real property to develop affordable housing; proposal process; covenant required. - (2) Notwithstanding ORS 221.725, and in lieu of a program...
Section 221.735 - Continuation of collection service after incorporation; authority of city. - (1) The city and the holder of any license, certificate...
Section 221.760 - Prerequisites for cities in counties of over 100,000 population to receive revenues from cigarette, gas and liquor taxes. - (a) Police protection. (b) Fire protection. (c) Street construction, maintenance...
Section 221.770 - Revenue sharing to cities; conditions for distribution; apportionment formula. - (a) Elects to receive distributions under this section for the...
Section 221.785 - Effect of challenge of validity of incorporation. - (2) Not later than 30 days after the issuance of...
Section 221.862 - "Historic ghost town" defined. - (1) Is on land acquired under a United States patent;...
Section 221.867 - Filling vacancies in city council of historic ghost town to form quorum. - Note: See note under 221.862.
Section 221.869 - Preference for appointment to city council of historic ghost town. - (1) A person who is an elector within the city....
Section 221.872 - State shared revenues not available to historic ghost town. - Note: See note under 221.862.
Section 221.901 - Cities organized under 1893 Act; officers; "city" defined for ORS 221.901 to 221.928. - (2) Unless the context indicates otherwise, "city" as used in...
Section 221.902 - City officers; elective; appointive; terms. - (2) The council may appoint an attorney, a superintendent of...
Section 221.904 - Vacancies. - (2) If the office is elective, the appointee shall hold...
Section 221.913 - Claims against cities; how presented and paid. - (2) No claim against the city shall be paid until...
Section 221.914 - Prosecution for violation of ordinance; place of imprisonment; city liable for expenses. - (2) Any person sentenced to imprisonment for the violation of...
Section 221.916 - Powers of common council. - (a) Provide for lighting the streets and furnishing such city...