Title 19, Miscellaneous Matters Related to Government and Public Affairs
15 chapters · 966 sections in this title.
ORS 199.765 Permanent rate limit for operating taxes of city-county
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The charter for a city-county shall specify the permanent rate limit for operating taxes for the city-county within the meaning of section 11 (3), Article XI of the Oregon Constitution. The permanent rate limit shall be a rate that would produce the same tax revenue as would have…
ORS 199.770 Status of employees after consolidation
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After a consolidation is effected under ORS 199.705 to 199.795, there shall be preserved and continued, to at least the same extent as they exist at the time immediately before the city-county comes into existence, the employment status and pension and other benefit rights of the…
ORS 199.775 Effect of city-county incorporation
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(1) When a city-county is incorporated, it shall: (a) Succeed to all the property, contracts and rights of the consolidating cities and county; and (b) Subject to whatever debt distribution plan the city-county charter prescribes, become liable for all the obligations of the cons…
ORS 199.777 New county or county boundary change authorized when unincorporated area rejects consolidation
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(1) When a city-county charter is approved and city-county consolidation takes place under ORS 199.705 to 199.795 and if, at the election held under ORS 199.735, a majority of the electors in the unincorporated area voting at the election votes to reject the proposed city-county …
ORS 199.780 Petition for county formation or boundary change; contents; required number of signatures
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When it is desired to form a new county out of an unincorporated area or one or more contiguous cities or to change the boundaries of a city-county and an existing contiguous county, a petition praying for the formation of the new county or for the change in the boundaries of the…
ORS 199.783 Division of assets when petition is for boundary change; commissioners to adopt plan for division; appointment of commissioners; effect of plan
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(1) When the petition provided for in ORS 199.780 is for a change in the boundaries of the city-county and a contiguous county, the governing body of the contiguous county and the governing body of the city-county shall appoint two commissioners each to jointly arrange the terms …
ORS 199.785 Election on county formation or boundary change; election procedure; ballot title
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(1) If the governing body finds that the proposed formation or boundary change will not result in any new or remaining county having an area or population less than required by the Constitution of this state, the governing body shall call an election on a date specified in ORS 20…
ORS 199.787 Certification of election results
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The county clerk in the contiguous county and the equivalent election officer in the city-county shall certify to the Secretary of State a copy of the summary of votes cast on the question of creating a new county or changing boundaries. Such election officer also shall certify t…
ORS 199.790 Issuance of proclamation by Governor
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(1) If an election for the purpose of establishing a new county is held, the Governor shall issue a proclamation declaring a new county created when, of the electors voting at the election, a majority of the electors residing within the limits of the proposed new county voted in …
ORS 199.795 Operation and effect of proclamation
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(1) If the election was for the purpose of establishing a new county, the unincorporated area thereafter shall be a county for all civil, military and other purposes. (2) If the election was for the purpose of changing boundaries, the boundaries of the contiguous county and the c…