Chapter 341 — Chapter 341

ORS 341.540 [1959 c.641 §4; 1961 c.602 §4; 1965 c.100 §329; repealed by 1965 c.198 §2]

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ORS 341.541 Affirmative action plans, goals when faculty, staff reductions required. Each community college shall consider and maintain affirmative action plans and goals when reductions in faculty and staff are required as a result of

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ORS 341.545 [1967 c.433 §6; repealed by 1971 c.513 §100]

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ORS 341.547 Notice of reasonable assurance of continued employment; effect of failure to give notice. (1) Each community college board shall give an individual, written notice of reasonable assurance of continued employment to all employees who are to perform services in the same or a similar capacity during a subsequent academic year or term or in the period immediately following a recess period. The notice shall be given by May 30 of each year for employees employed as of that date and as of the date of hire for employees employed subsequent to May 30

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ORS 341.550 [1959 c.641 §5; 1965 c.100 §330; repealed by 1965 c.198 §2]

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ORS 341.551 Optional retirement plan for administrative employees. (1) Notwithstanding any provision of ORS chapter 238 or 238A, the Office of Community Colleges and Workforce Development may establish and administer an optional retirement plan for administrative employees of community college districts who are eligible for membership in the Public Employees Retirement System. Any community college district may participate in the plan by giving written notice to the office

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ORS 341.555 [1969 c.633 §3; repealed by 1993 c.45 §140]

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ORS 341.556 Sources of compensation for faculty members; potential conflict of interest; reporting; standards. (1) The board of a community college may authorize receipt of compensation for any faculty member from private or public resources, including, but not limited to, income from

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ORS 341.560 [1959 c.641 §24; 1961 c.602 §5; 1963 c.483 §11; 1965 c.100 §331; renumbered 341.425]

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ORS 341.565 Boundary board; petition, hearings; legislative approval required; effective date of change; filing of change. (1) The Higher Education Coordinating Commission shall constitute the boundary board for making any changes in the boundaries of community college districts. The commission on its own motion or on petition from a petitioning territory may propose changes in the boundaries of a community college district. The commission must find that the proposed change will have no substantially adverse effect upon the ability of the affected districts to provide and continue their programs and is not made solely for tax advantages to property owners in the district or area affected by the proposed change. The commission may submit the question of a boundary change to a vote of the electors of the territories affected by the boundary change. The election must be held on the same day in each of the affected territories

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ORS 341.569 When election on boundary change required. (1) The Higher Education Coordinating Commission shall submit the question of a proposed boundary change to a vote if

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ORS 341.570 [1959 c.641 §25; 1961 c.602 §6; 1965 c.100 §332; renumbered 341.435]

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ORS 341.573 Division of assets and liabilities. (1) When changes in district boundaries are made by the detachment of territory or an annexation of territory and another community college district is affected, the boards of the districts shall make an equitable division of the then existing assets and liabilities between the districts affected by such change and provide the manner of consummating the division

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ORS 341.575 Liability of annexed, merged or detached territory. (1) When territory is annexed to or merged with a community college district, the new territory shall become liable for its share of the existing debt of the community college district

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ORS 341.577 Procedure when district annexes new territory that is greater in population than original district. Except as provided in ORS 255.400 to 255.424

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ORS 341.579 Vote on proposed boundary change subject to ORS 341.577; commission’s order. (1) The Higher Education Coordinating Commission shall submit the question of any boundary change pertaining to a community college district subject to ORS 341.577 to a vote of the electors held the same day in both the original territory and the new territory

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ORS 341.580 [1959 c.641 §29; 1963 c.483 §12; 1965 c.100 §333; renumbered 341.465]

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ORS 341.590 [1959 c.641 §30; 1961 c.602 §7; repealed by 1965 c.100 §456]

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ORS 341.600 [1959 c.641 §§26, 27; 1961 c.602 §8; 1963 c.483 §13; 1965 c.100 §336; renumbered 341.535]

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ORS 341.601 Definitions. As used in ORS 341.604 to 341.618

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ORS 341.604 Expansion of district. (1) The Blue Mountain Community College District and the Rogue Community College District may expand as provided by this section

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ORS 341.605 [1965 c.100 §337; repealed by 1971 c.513 §100]

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ORS 341.608 Service area financing; bonded indebtedness. (1) Subject to restrictions in the Oregon Constitution and subsection (2) of this section, any of the methods of financing authorized under this chapter or any other provision of law that is available to community college districts organized pursuant to this chapter may, in the discretion of the district board, be implemented in the district or in one or more service areas simultaneously

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ORS 341.610 [1959 c.641 §33; 1961 c.602 §9; 1963 c.483 §14; 1965 c.100 §340; 1965 c.262 §8; 1965 c.487 §3; renumbered 341.625]

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ORS 341.611 Election on bonded indebtedness. (1) An election shall be held to determine if a district may contract a bonded indebtedness for the benefit of the district or a service area or combination of service areas of the district

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ORS 341.613 Bonded indebtedness restrictions. (1) Following authorization from the voters of a district or a service area or combination of service areas of the district, the district board may contract a bonded indebtedness to be paid by a tax levy on the taxable property within the district or the service area or service areas for any one or more of the purposes set forth in ORS 341.675. Any land acquired, college building or buildings or any additions to a building or buildings, and any real or personal property to be paid for with the proceeds of the bonded indebtedness must be located within the boundaries of the district or the service area or combination of service areas that approved the bonded indebtedness

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ORS 341.615 [1965 c.100 §338; repealed by 1971 c.513 §100]

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ORS 341.616 Levy of direct ad valorem tax to pay bonds. (1) The district board shall ascertain and levy annually, in addition to all other taxes, a direct ad valorem tax on all the taxable property within the district if the district approved bonded indebtedness or within the affected service area or combination of service areas if the service area or combination of service areas approved bonded indebtedness. The ad valorem tax shall be sufficient to pay promptly, when and as payments become due, the maturing interest and principal of all bonds outstanding for the district or the service area or combination of service areas that were approved at an election held pursuant to ORS 341.611 or 341.678. The amount of the tax may be increased by an amount sufficient to retire any bonds that may be callable

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ORS 341.618 Application of ORS 341.675 to 341.715 to bonds. Except to the extent that they are inconsistent with the provisions of ORS 341.604 to 341.618 or rules adopted thereunder, the provisions of ORS 341.675 to 341.715 shall apply to bonds authorized pursuant to ORS 341.604 to 341.618 and to taxes levied to pay such bonds. [1995 c.357 §10]

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ORS 341.619 New territory in Blue Mountain and Columbia Gorge Community College Districts not liable for existing debt. (1) Notwithstanding ORS 341.575, when territory is annexed to the Blue Mountain Community College District, the new territory shall not become liable for any existing debt of the Blue Mountain Community College District that resulted from the bond measure that was approved by the people at the general election held on November 3, 1998

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ORS 341.620 Community College Support Fund. There is established a Community College Support Fund in the General Fund. [Derived from 1991 c.162 §1; 1995 c.67 §27]

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ORS 341.625 [Formerly 341.610; 1967 c.433 §1; 1969 c.544 §3; 1971 c.310 §4; 1973 c.27 §1; 1975 c.128 §1; 1977 c.702 §1; 1979 c.417 §1; repealed by 1987 c.152 §1 and 1987 c.474 §9 (341.626 enacted in lieu of 341.625)]

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ORS 341.626 Distribution of state aid; rules. (1) Subject to rules adopted by the Higher Education Coordinating Commission and to ORS 291.232 to 291.260, the Director of the Office of Community Colleges and Workforce Development shall distribute state aid to each community college district and community college service district

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ORS 341.630 [1971 c.310 §8; 1973 c.18 §1; 1977 c.702 §3; 1985 c.381 §4; repealed by 1987 c.152 §4 and c.474 §13]

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ORS 341.635 Effect on state aid of scholarships and of certain admissions. (1) In determining the amount of apportionment to the community college from the General Fund under ORS 341.626, tuition and fees allowed for scholarships authorized by ORS 341.478 shall be considered as paid by the student

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ORS 341.645 [1965 c.198 §1; repealed by 1971 c.513 §100]

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ORS 341.655 Distribution of federal funds for career and technical education. (1) As used in this section, “approved expenses” means the operating expenses of community college districts for career and technical education programs that have been approved by the Director of the Office of Community Colleges and Workforce Development

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ORS 341.660 Treatment of public library costs in computing state aid. A community college district that operates a free public library pursuant to ORS 357.410 shall not include or reflect the operating or construction costs attributable to such library that are in addition to the costs otherwise incurred for library facilities or services for the community college in any computation of eligibility for state aid for operation or construction at the community college. However, a community college district that operates a free public library is eligible for any federal funds to which it would otherwise be entitled for public library purposes. [1975 c.112 §11]

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ORS 341.665 Receipt of funds for apprenticeship programs. (1) The receiving community college shall be awarded funds from the contracted out-of-district funds allocated to the Office of Community Colleges and Workforce Development if the college operates the program under a contract with an apprenticeship training committee and the contract is approved by the office

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ORS 341.670 System for reporting finances. (1) The community college districts of this state shall use the same system for reporting finances

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ORS 341.675 Authority to incur bonded indebtedness; aggregate amount. (1) A community college district may contract a bonded indebtedness for any one or more of the following purposes in and for the district

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ORS 341.678 Election on bonded indebtedness. (1) To determine whether a community college district should contract a bonded indebtedness for any one or more purposes described in ORS 341.675, the question shall be decided by election. The district board may order the election on its own motion or shall order the election if a petition is filed as provided in this section

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ORS 341.679 [1971 c.513 §§38,39; 1973 c.796 §58; repealed by 1983 c.350 §211 (341.678 enacted in lieu of 341.679)]

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ORS 341.681 Issuance of bonds. If the electors of the district voting on the question of contracting bonded indebtedness approve the question, the board of the district may issue bonds of the district. [1971 c.513 §§40,41,42; 1981 c.94 §29; 1983 c.347 §25; 1983 c.350 §213; 1995 c.67 §31; 2007 c.783 §135]

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ORS 341.685 Registration of bonds; disposition of proceeds. (1) The paying agent and registrar, appointed in accordance with ORS 287A.300 (1) to (3), shall register each community college district bond, including refunding bonds, in a record maintained for that purpose in the office of the paying agent and registrar, noting the community college district, amount, date, time and place of payment, rate of interest and such other facts as the paying agent and registrar may consider proper. The paying agent and registrar shall cause the bonds to be delivered promptly to the purchasers thereof upon payment therefor, and if the place of delivery is outside the city in which the paying agent and registrar’s office is situated, the cost of delivery of the bonds shall be paid by the issuing district

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ORS 341.690 Tax levy to meet annual bonded indebtedness; bond sinking fund. (1) The board of the district shall ascertain and levy annually, in addition to all other taxes, a direct ad valorem tax on all the taxable property in the district, sufficient to pay the maturing interest and principal of all community college district bonds outstanding promptly when and as such payments become due. The amount of the tax may be increased by an amount sufficient to retire any bonds which may be callable. The board shall annually file a copy of its budget and levies with the paying agent and registrar. The board shall in each year include such taxes in the district budget for such year. Such taxes shall in each year be certified, extended upon the tax rolls and collected by the same officers in the same manner and at the same time as the taxes for general district purposes

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ORS 341.693 Payment of bond principal and interest. (1) The paying agent and registrar must cause to be paid out of any money in the hands of the paying agent and registrar belonging to the community college district, the interest on or principal of, as the case may be, any bond issued by the district promptly when and as the same becomes due at the place of payment designated in such coupons or bonds. All coupons or bonds so paid must be immediately reported to the board of the district

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ORS 341.695 Bond redemption procedure. (1) Whenever the sinking fund mentioned in ORS 341.690 equals the amount, principal and interest, of any bond then due or subject at the option of the district to be paid or redeemed when authorized by the board of the district, the paying agent and registrar shall notify the holder of such bond and publish a notice in the newspaper published in the district in compliance with ORS 193.010 to 193.100. The notice shall state that the paying agent and registrar will, within 30 days from the date of the notice, redeem and pay any such bond then redeemable and payable, giving priority according to the date of issuance numerically. Upon presentation of any such bond at the place of payment specified therein, the paying agent and registrar shall cause the bond to be paid. If any holder of such bond fails to present it at the time mentioned in the notice, the interest thereon shall cease, and the paying agent and registrar shall thereafter pay only the amount of such bond and the interest accrued thereon up to the last day of the time of redemption mentioned in the notice

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ORS 341.697 Refunding bonds. (1) Whenever any community college district has any outstanding bonded indebtedness, which is due or subject at the option of the district to be paid or redeemed, the district, by and through the board of the district, may

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ORS 341.701 [1971 c.513 §49; repealed by 1975 c.642 §22 (341.702 enacted in lieu of 341.701)]

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