Title 36, Public Health and Safety

Sanitary authorities organized under ORS chapter 450 that are in existence on November 1, 1981, or thereafter, are authorized to use the bonding provisions of ORS 223.205 to 223.316. [1981 c.351 §1; 1991 c.902 §113; 1997 c.249 §151] Note: 450.897 was enacted into law by the Legis…

(1) Before issuing any bonds under ORS 450.895, the board at a regular meeting shall call an election and submit to the electors of the authority the question whether bonds of the authority, either general obligation, revenue, or a combination of both, shall be issued and sold to…

Notice of a bond election shall contain: (1) The information required by ORS 255.085 (2). (2) If general obligation bonds, which are to be paid by particular areas in the authority, are to be issued, a statement that the bonds will be the general obligation of the entire authorit…

If, at the bond election, a majority of the votes cast is in favor of the issuance of bonds, the board may issue the bonds as prescribed in ORS chapter 287A. [1955 c.614 §45; 1969 c.694 §11; 1975 c.642 §24; 1977 c.188 §4; 1981 c.526 §6; 2001 c.215 §10; 2007 c.783 §188]

The proceeds of the sale of bonds shall be deposited with the county treasurer who is custodian of the funds of the authority and shall be placed by the county treasurer in the sanitary authority fund and credited to a special account or accounts which are designated for use for …

(1) The board may, without authorization from the electors, issue refunding bonds for the purpose of refunding outstanding bonds issued under ORS 450.895 to 450.920. (2) The provisions of ORS 287A.360 to 287A.380 are applicable to refunding bonds issued and sold under this sectio…

In its discretion, the board may issue bonds of the authority with reservation of the right to redeem them for retirement or refunding purposes prior to the final dates of maturity. [1955 c.614 §48; 1983 c.347 §28]

(1) The county treasurer of the county in which the authority, or the largest area thereof, is situated shall be custodian of all sanitary authority taxes paid to the county treasurer in accordance with ORS 450.890 and such other funds that the authority may pay to the county tre…

(1) An authority may enter into contracts for medical, dental and hospital services or insurance covering employees of the authority for life, accidental death and dismemberment, weekly wage indemnity during disability, dental care, remedial care and hospital benefits. Failure to…

(1) The authority may agree to pay none, part or all of the premiums or charges on insurance or service contracts, and it may collect from the salary of any employee covered by the contract the percentage of the premiums or charges the employee is required to provide pursuant to …

(1) An authority may establish an employees’ retirement system pursuant to ORS 450.963 to 450.973. The authority may enter into agreements necessary to establish the system and carry out the plan and may agree to modifications of such agreements from time to time. (2) The retirem…

The authority may budget and provide for payment into the fund of the retirement plan an amount sufficient: (1) To provide, on an actuarial reserve basis, the amortized level premium cost of the retirement benefits which, under the provision of the retirement system, are to be pr…

The authority may collect, as a contribution from any employee, that percentage of the salary received by the employee which is necessary to fund on an actuarial reserve basis the cost of retirement benefits which the employee is required to provide pursuant to the provisions of …

Nothing in ORS 450.947 to 450.977 authorizes the authority to budget, provide for payments or collect contributions to fund retirement benefits for an individual who is not in the employment of the authority at the time of the creation of a membership status under a retirement pl…

Expenses incurred by a district in establishing programs or providing benefits authorized by ORS 450.947 to 450.977 are expenses for which an authority may levy taxes as provided in ORS 450.885. [1973 c.399 §7] (Miscellaneous)

The provisions of ORS 261.605 to 261.630 relating to court proceedings to test the validity of acts and proceedings of People’s Utility Districts hereby are made applicable, so far as practicable, to the proceedings and acts of sanitary authorities. [1955 c.614 §59]

(1) Subject to subsections (3) to (6) of this section, the South Suburban Sanitary District of Klamath Falls, Oregon, may incur indebtedness by borrowing money from financial institutions or issuing revenue bonds and using real property of the district to secure the loan or provi…

Upon formation of a water authority or sanitary authority, a city may annex territory situated within the boundaries of the water authority or sanitary authority, but shall not remove any water mains, sewers and drains, service installations, reservoirs, structures, facilities an…

For purposes of ad valorem taxation, a boundary change must be filed in final approved form with the county assessor and the Department of Revenue as provided in ORS 308.225. [2001 c.138 §32]

(1) If any person is required by an authority to pay the cost of extending a sewer main adjacent to another person’s property so that sewer service for domestic use is provided for that other property without further extension of the sewer main, the authority may require the owne…

Violation of any regulation or ordinance under ORS 450.085 is a Class C misdemeanor. [Amended by 2011 c.597 §202] _______________