Title 36, Public Health and Safety

(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. (2) The county court may remove any district trustee from office for cause. [Amended by 1969 c.669 §11]

(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. (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 of trustees of a control district may: (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 in…

The county court shall: (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) H…

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]

The board of trustees of a district: (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 v…

Notwithstanding ORS 452.110: (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 aut…

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 (…

(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 thi…

(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 …

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] Note: 452.158 was added to and made a part of 452.020 to 452.300 by legislative action b…

(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 pursu…

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 dis…

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 meth…

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…

Any county court may: (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 …

In exercising its powers under ORS 452.210 to 452.250, a county court: (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 Commissio…

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 …

(1) The Oregon Health Authority shall maintain a program of public health vector control, which program shall include, but not be limited to: (a) Monitoring and investigating public health vectors, vector habitats and vector-borne diseases. (b) Providing technical assistance and …

Violation of ORS 452.250 is a Class C misdemeanor. [Subsection (2) of 1975 Replacement Part enacted as 1975 c.555 §7; 1977 c.582 §49; 1999 c.1051 §184; 2009 c.98 §17] _______________