Chapter 452 — Chapter 452
59 sections in this chapter.
ORS 452.010 Definitions for ORS 452.010 and 452.020 to 452.300. As used in this section and ORS 452.020 to 452.300, unless the context requires otherwise
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(1) “County court” includes board of county commissioners. (2) “District” means a vector control district established for the prevention, control or eradication of public health vectors and predatory animals. (3) “Integrated pest management methods” means the processes described …
ORS 452.020 Formation of district. One or more districts may be formed in any county. The entire county may be included within a district or any portion of the entire county may be included. The district may include all or part of any incorporated cities in the county. [Amended by 1959 c.600 §2]
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[Repealed or reserved.]
ORS 452.030 [Repealed by 1971 c.727 §203]
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ORS 452.040 [Repealed by 1971 c.727 §203]
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ORS 452.050 [Amended by 1959 c.600 §3; repealed by 1971 c.727 §203]
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ORS 452.060 [Repealed by 1959 c.600 §4]
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ORS 452.061 [1959 c.600 §3a; repealed by 1971 c.727 §191]
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ORS 452.070 Substantial compliance suffices. No defect in the contents of the petition or notice or proceedings shall vitiate the validity of the proceedings, if the petition contains a sufficient number of qualified signatures and describes the territory proposed as a district with reasonable certainty and the published notice describes the territory and states the date and place of the hearing
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[Repealed or reserved.]
ORS 452.075 [1963 c.255 §2; repealed by 1971 c.727 §203]
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[Repealed or reserved.]
ORS 452.080 Board of trustees; district name change. (1) After an order is entered forming a district, the county court of the county in which the district is situated shall appoint a governing board of five trustees. Each trustee appointed under this subsection must be a resident and elector of the district
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(2)(a) Except as provided in paragraph (b) of this subsection, the term of office of a trustee is four years, and a trustee shall serve in office until a successor is appointed. (b) For each new board of trustees established, trustees shall be appointed as follows: (A) One truste…
ORS 452.090 Filling vacancies; removal. (1) A vacancy in an office of district trustee shall be filled by appointment by the county court. The appointee shall serve the balance of the unexpired term
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(2) The county court may remove any district trustee from office for cause. [Amended by 1969 c.669 §11]
ORS 452.100 Meetings of board. (1) The board of trustees shall provide for the time and place of holding and the manner of calling its meetings, and may establish rules for the proceedings
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(2) All sessions of the board shall be held within the district. (3) In all cases a majority of the appointed members of the board shall constitute a quorum for the transaction of business. At any meeting the decision of a majority of the trustees present and voting shall be vali…
ORS 452.110 Powers of board; contracts. The board of trustees of a control district may
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(1) Take all necessary and proper steps and measures for the prevention, control or eradication of public health vectors and vector habitats within the district and for the control of predatory animals within the district, using integrated pest management methods. Prior to taking…
ORS 452.120 Duties of county court. The county court shall
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(1) Call special meetings of the board of trustees of the district for the purposes of investigation and supervision of the district’s affairs. At least one meeting shall be called annually for the purpose of reviewing the activities of the district. (2) Hold hearings of complain…
ORS 452.130 Payment for cost of vector control; exception. All work performed under ORS 452.110 shall be paid for by the control district, except when a contract authorized under ORS 452.110 (8) provides otherwise. [Amended by 1983 c.207 §2; 2007 c.258 §4]
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ORS 452.140 Pesticide use; consent of State Fish and Wildlife Commission. The board of trustees of a district
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(1) May not apply pesticides to waters in the district that are frequented by waterfowl or that contain any game fish without obtaining annual approval of the State Fish and Wildlife Commission. (2) May not apply pesticides for public health vectors without first obtaining approv…
ORS 452.145 Limitation on predatory animal control. Notwithstanding ORS 452.110
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(1) A vector control district shall not exercise the authority granted by ORS 452.110 relating to the control or eradication of predatory animals unless the electors of the district approve a proposition referred to them by the district board that authorizes the district to assum…
ORS 452.150 [Repealed by 1959 c.600 §9 (452.151 enacted in lieu of 452.150)]
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[Repealed or reserved.]
ORS 452.151 Technical advice. The board may request technical advice and information from the Oregon State University Agricultural Experiment Station and the Oregon Health Authority regarding methods and chemicals to be used in the control and extermination of rats and public health vectors. [1959 c.600 §10 (enacted in lieu of 452.150); 1981 c.640 §3; 2001 c.104 §189; 2009 c.595 §875]
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ORS 452.153 Budget; taxing authority; rate limitation. (1) The board of trustees of any district, annually as provided in this section, may levy a tax on all the property in the district to provide moneys for all purposes required under ORS 452.020 to 452.170 during the next succeeding fiscal year. However, the taxes levied under this section may not exceed two-tenths of one percent (0.002) of the real market value of all taxable property within the district, computed in accordance with ORS 308.207
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(2) Each year, immediately after necessary records are made, the county assessor of the county in which the district is situated shall transmit to the board of trustees a statement in writing, showing the total value of all property within the district as ascertained for that yea…
ORS 452.157 Collection of levy under ORS 452.153; deposit; disbursement; levy as lien. (1) Taxes levied under ORS 452.153 shall be collected at the same time and in the same manner as county taxes are collected and, when collected, shall be paid to the county treasurer and deposited, at the discretion of the board, either with the county treasurer of the county in accordance with subsection (3) of this section or in one or more banks or savings and loan associations designated by the board. Funds deposited in a bank or savings and loan association shall be withdrawn or paid out only upon proper order and warrant or check signed by the treasurer of the board and countersigned by the president of the board
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(2) Taxes levied under ORS 452.153 shall be a lien upon the property against which they are levied and shall be of the same force and effect as other liens for taxes. Their collection shall be enforced by the same means as provided for the enforcement of liens for county property…
ORS 452.158 Filing boundary change with county assessor and Department of Revenue. 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 §36]
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Note: 452.158 was added to and made a part of 452.020 to 452.300 by legislative action but was not added to any smaller series therein. See Preface to Oregon Revised Statutes for further explanation.
ORS 452.160 Additional taxing authority. (1)(a) In addition to or in lieu of the tax levy provided for by ORS 452.153, the board of trustees of any district may, at the times and in the manner provided by law for public corporations, furnish to the county court and county accountant an estimate and statement, made pursuant to the budget laws of the state, of the amount of money necessary for all purposes required under ORS 452.020 to 452.170 during the next ensuing fiscal year
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(b) Subject to paragraph (c) of this subsection, the county court may include the amount of the estimate made under paragraph (a) of this subsection, or any portion of the estimate, in the annual budget of the county. (c) The amount described in paragraph (b) of this subsection m…
ORS 452.170 Deposit and disbursement of moneys collected. All money received from taxes collected for the use of any control district under ORS 452.160 shall be paid to the county treasurer of the county in which the district is situated. The county treasurer shall keep the moneys in a separate fund to the credit of the district and disburse them upon the warrant of the district signed by the president of the board, and countersigned by the treasurer of the board. [Amended by 1959 c.600 §12; 1965 c.609 §6; 1981 c.640 §13]
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[Repealed or reserved.]
ORS 452.180 [1963 c.255 §3; repealed by 1971 c.727 §203]
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CONTROL OF VECTORS (By Counties)
ORS 452.210 County contracts with cities, vector control districts or other counties on vector control. Any county court may contract with any incorporated city, any vector control district, or with the county court of any other county on any matter incident to the eradication, prevention and control of public health vectors and vector habitats using integrated pest management methods and for the supervision of such work by county employees. [Amended by 1959 c.600 §13; 2007 c.258 §6]
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[Repealed or reserved.]
ORS 452.220 [Amended by 1959 c.600 §14; repealed by 1983 c.537 §7]
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[Repealed or reserved.]
ORS 452.230 Rights under contract. The officers and agents of such other county, vector control district or municipality acting by authority of such contract shall have the same right of entry, inspection and treatment as the agents and employees of the county seeking to control the public health vectors. [Amended by 1959 c.600 §15]
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[Repealed or reserved.]
ORS 452.240 Powers of county regarding vector control. Any county court may
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(1) Take all necessary or proper steps and measures for the prevention, control or eradication of public health vectors using integrated pest management methods. (2) Abate as nuisances all vector habitats. (3) Purchase such supplies and materials and employ or contract for such l…
ORS 452.245 Pesticide use; consent of State Fish and Wildlife Commission. In exercising its powers under ORS 452.210 to 452.250, a county court
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(1) May not order the application of pesticides to waters in the county that are frequented by waterfowl or that contain any game fish without obtaining annual approval of the State Fish and Wildlife Commission. (2) May not order the application of pesticides for public health ve…
ORS 452.250 Interference prohibited. No person shall knowingly or willfully hinder or interfere with or prevent the exercise of any powers conferred under ORS 452.230 to 452.250 or do or perform any act or thing which will destroy or impair the efficiency of any device or means used for the control or extermination of public health vectors or their larvae. [Amended by 1959 c.600 §17]
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(By State)
ORS 452.300 Oregon Health Authority vector control program. (1) The Oregon Health Authority shall maintain a program of public health vector control, which program shall include, but not be limited to
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(a) Monitoring and investigating public health vectors, vector habitats and vector-borne diseases. (b) Providing technical assistance and information to vector control districts, local vector control programs and the public. (c) Maintaining training programs for vector control di…
ORS 452.310 [1953 c.666 §2; repealed by 1957 c.450 §13]
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[Repealed or reserved.]
ORS 452.320 [1953 c.666 §1; repealed by 1957 c.450 §13]
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ORS 452.330 [1953 c.666 §3; repealed by 1957 c.450 §13]
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ORS 452.340 [1953 c.666 §5; repealed by 1957 c.450 §13]
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ORS 452.350 [1953 c.666 §6; repealed by 1957 c.450 §13]
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ORS 452.360 [1953 c.666 §7; repealed by 1957 c.450 §13]
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ORS 452.370 [1953 c.666 §8; repealed by 1957 c.450 §13]
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ORS 452.380 [1953 c.666 §9; repealed by 1957 c.450 §13]
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ORS 452.390 [1953 c.666 §10; repealed by 1957 c.450 §13]
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ORS 452.400 [1953 c.666 §11; repealed by 1957 c.450 §13]
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ORS 452.410 [1953 c.666 §12; repealed by 1957 c.450 §13]
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[Repealed or reserved.]
ORS 452.420 [1953 c.666 §4; repealed by 1957 c.450 §13]
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[Repealed or reserved.]
ORS 452.510 [1957 c.450 §1; 1965 c.426 §1; 2001 c.104 §190; repealed by 2009 c.98 §31]
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[Repealed or reserved.]
ORS 452.520 [1957 c.450 §2; repealed by 2009 c.98 §31]
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[Repealed or reserved.]
ORS 452.530 [1957 c.450 §§3,4,9; 2009 c.595 §877; repealed by 2009 c.98 §31]
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[Repealed or reserved.]
ORS 452.540 [1957 c.450 §8; repealed by 2009 c.98 §31]
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[Repealed or reserved.]
ORS 452.550 [1957 c.450 §5; 1991 c.331 §63; 1997 c.631 §473; repealed by 2009 c.98 §31]
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[Repealed or reserved.]
ORS 452.560 [1957 c.450 §6; repealed by 2009 c.98 §31]
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[Repealed or reserved.]