Title 36, Public Health and Safety

The proceeds of the sale of bonds shall be paid to the district. The proceeds shall be used for the purpose indicated in the order calling for election upon the question of the issuance of the bonds, and for no other purpose. However, if those purposes are entirely fulfilled, any…

The total outstanding district bonds of all types, including improvement bonds of the kind authorized by ORS 223.205 and 223.210 to 223.295, shall at no time exceed in the aggregate 13 percent of the real market value of all taxable property within the district, computed in accor…

(1) All general obligation and revenue bonds shall be paid within a period of 30 years and in annual installments of such amounts as will make the combined amount of principal and interest payable each year as nearly equal as practicable during the years of payment. (2) Improveme…

(1) The sanitary board may enact ordinances levying sewer service charges within the district, for the purpose of financing the construction, operation and maintenance of the sewage collection and disposal system. (2) The board may contract with any city or district serving water…

(1) For the purposes specified in ORS 450.075 (3), a district may declare by ordinance before doing the same that the cost, or any portion thereof, shall be assessed against the property directly benefited. Or it may provide in the ordinance that the cost shall be paid partly by …

If any of the cost of sewers, drains or sewage treatment plants is assessed against the property directly benefited thereby, the board shall, before attempting to make the improvement or assessment, adopt a general ordinance providing for the method of assessment. The ordinance s…

(1) When assessments are made they shall be entered into a permanent lien docket which shall be kept in the office of the district and wherein shall be shown the amount of each lien, property against which it has been assessed, the owner thereof and such additional information as…

(1) The board shall appoint a time for the hearing of remonstrances or objections against any proposed improvement regardless of the method of payment. At the time appointed all objectors or remonstrators shall have the right to be heard. (2) If two-thirds or more of the owners o…

(1) In case the whole or any portion of the cost of sewers, drains or sewage treatment plants is assessed against the property directly benefited and the owner of the property fails to pay the amount of the lien, or any portion thereof, or the interest thereon, when they become d…

(1) Whenever the board deems it expedient or necessary to cause to be constructed sewers, drains or sewage treatment plants, the cost of which, in whole or in part, is to be paid either by the proceeds of the sale of bonds by the district or assessed against the property directly…

(1) Assessment and collection of property taxes within the district shall be made by the county officers charged with assessment and collection of other property taxes in the county in which the property lies. (2) The district board shall fix the amount of money to be raised by t…

(1) Taxes levied under ORS 450.170 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 district. (2) The taxes shall be a lien upon the property against which they are levied in the sanitary district 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 §30] Note: 450.177 was added to and made a part of 450.005 to 450.245 by legislative action b…

(1) If territory proposed to be annexed is within the limits of another sanitary district, the board of the district to which annexation is proposed and the board of such other district shall meet with each other prior to the hearing on the annexation petition to agree upon a div…

(1) If the territory annexed to the district was, prior to the vote on the petition for annexation, within the limits of another sanitary district, the effective date of the annexation shall be the effective date of the withdrawal from the other district of the territory previous…

(1) Sanitary districts organized under chapter 385, Oregon Laws 1935, which were exercising the functions of sanitary districts on July 16, 1949, are vested with all rights, powers and obligations prescribed in ORS 450.005 to 450.245 and, after July 16, 1949, shall conduct their …

(1) “District” means a sanitary district duly organized under the provisions of ORS 450.005 to 450.245, having an assessed valuation of not more than $250,000. (2) “Sewerage system” means complete or primary sewage treatment and disposal facilities, sewer mains, pumping stations,…

Districts that have been certified by the Environmental Quality Commission as being in need of sewerage systems may apply to the State Treasurer for the financing of such costs under authority of ORS 450.250 to 450.300. The Environmental Quality Commission shall certify to the St…

A district shall not apply to the State Treasurer for financing under ORS 450.250 to 450.300 unless: (1) It submits to the State Treasurer plans and specifications prepared by competent registered engineers setting forth the type or character of sewer system or sewerage facilitie…

The bonds issued by districts pursuant to ORS 450.250 to 450.300 shall bear such dates, be in such form, run for such periods of time, bear such rates of interest, and be sold by the districts at such prices as the State Treasurer may determine. Refunding bonds of like obligation…

(1) The State Treasurer shall be the sole judge as to whether state funds shall be invested in the bonds of a district and as to which undertakings shall first be financed. The decision of the State Treasurer on the subject of investment and priority shall be final. (2) The State…

So long as any of the sewerage bonds of the district are owned by the state, the district shall not issue other bonds of any character without prior written approval of the State Treasurer. [1955 c.577 §6]

(1) The State Treasurer may purchase from a district at private sale sewerage system bonds bearing interest at a rate agreed upon by the State Treasurer and the district. The bonds shall qualify for investment by the state only if the sewer connection charges and revenues of the …

(1) The State Sanitary District Sewer Bond Fund is established separate and distinct from the General Fund. Moneys in the State Sanitary District Sewer Bond Fund are continuously appropriated to the State Treasurer for investment under authority of ORS 450.250 to 450.300, and for…

(1) Each district financing the cost of a sewerage system under authority of ORS 450.250 to 450.300 shall submit to the State Treasurer for approval, a schedule of its rates and sewer connection charges, and proposed method of collection thereof. The rates and charges shall be su…

If any district fails to meet, when due, any obligations sold to the state under authority of ORS 450.250 to 450.300, the State Treasurer and the district may agree upon and put into effect, any plan they may consider expedient for refinancing the indebtedness of the district, or…

The treasurer of each district that finances the cost of a sewerage system or facilities under authority of ORS 450.250 to 450.300 shall keep collections or assessments for sewerage service and sewer connection fees separate and distinct from other funds of the district and shall…

(1) Any sanitary district in the state having an actual value in excess of $750,000, that has not been able to sell its general obligation bonds on the market upon competitive bids or has not been able to obtain a bid for its bonds pursuant to notice of sale of the bonds publishe…

(1) A joint water and sanitary authority may be formed as provided in ORS 198.705 to 198.955. (2) Five or seven directors of the board of the joint water and sanitary authority shall be elected at the election for formation of the joint water and sanitary authority, according to …

(1) In addition to formation under ORS 198.705 to 198.955, a joint water and sanitary authority may also be formed by consolidation of a water authority and a sanitary authority as provided by ORS 450.610 to 450.630 if the consolidation is approved by the electors or if it is app…

(1) In addition to formation under ORS 198.705 to 198.955, a joint water and sanitary authority may be formed by consolidation of a water authority and a sanitary authority or by the consolidation of a water authority or sanitary authority and any combination of cities or distric…

(1) Consolidation into a joint water and sanitary authority may be initiated by resolution adopted or approved by two or more authorities or district or city governing bodies. However, of the entities initiating the proceedings for consolidation, at least one must be an authority…

(1) A resolution proposing consolidation of a water authority and a sanitary authority shall state the number of members to be on the board of directors of the joint water and sanitary authority. (2) A resolution proposing consolidation of a water authority and a sanitary authori…

(1) When the governing body of each affected entity has adopted or approved a resolution pursuant to ORS 450.615, the governing body of the affected entity having the largest population according to the most recent federal decennial census shall call a joint assembly of the gover…

The governing body of each affected entity shall meet separately not later than the fifth day after receiving from the county clerk the abstract of the votes cast in the election on consolidation. At the meeting, the governing body of the entity shall determine the result of the …

(1) If the proposal for consolidation is approved by a majority of the votes cast in each affected authority or is approved by a local government boundary commission, the governing body of the authority with the largest population according to the most recent federal decennial ce…

(1) The governing body of a joint water and sanitary authority shall be a board of directors of five or seven members, based upon the number of board members specified in the petition for formation or in the resolution proposing consolidation of a water authority and a sanitary a…

(1) Except as otherwise provided in this section, a joint water and sanitary authority possesses all the duties, functions and powers granted to water authorities and to sanitary authorities under ORS 450.600 to 450.989. (2) Revenue bonds issued by a joint water and sanitary auth…

(1) ORS chapter 255 governs the following: (a) The nomination and election of the members of the board of directors of a joint water and sanitary authority. (b) The conduct of elections in the joint authority. (2) The members of the board of directors of a joint water and sanitar…

(1) The governing body of a water authority shall be a board of directors of five or seven members. (2) The term of office of a director of a water authority is four years. (3) Any elector residing within the proposed water authority is qualified to be a member of the board of di…

(1) The directors of a water authority may be elected by one of the following methods: (a) Elected by the electors of zones as nearly equal in population as feasible according to the latest federal decennial census. (b) Elected at large by position number by the electors of the d…

(1) Five or seven directors of the water authority shall be elected at the election for formation of the authority or, if no election is held on the question of formation, at the election held under ORS 198.825. (2) When the petition or resolution proposing formation provides for…

A water authority may be formed by any of the methods provided for in ORS 450.665 to 450.680 or 450.785. [1987 c.863 §2; 1993 c.577 §24]

A water authority may be formed as provided in ORS 198.800 to 198.825 except that: (1) A petition for formation shall be signed by not less than 100 electors registered in the territory subject to the petition and shall state the number of members to be on the board of directors …

Any portion of one or more counties, including both incorporated and unincorporated areas as well as areas within domestic water supply districts, county service districts for water supply works and other districts may be formed into a water authority under ORS 450.600 to 450.989…

(1) The governing bodies of two or more cities, two or more water districts or one or more cities and one or more water districts, when they consider it necessary for the public health, safety and welfare, may initiate the formation of a water authority by resolution. The resolut…

(1) Except as provided by subsection (2) of this section, ORS 450.070, 450.084, 450.085 and 450.600 to 450.989 apply to a water authority. (2) ORS 450.810 (1), 450.815 (7), (8) and (9), 450.820 and 450.835 do not apply to a water authority. (3) ORS 264.240, 264.250 (2), 264.300 t…

A water authority is a public body for the purposes of ORS chapter 287A, and revenue bonds issued by a water authority shall be issued in accordance with ORS chapter 287A. [1987 c.863 §8; 1993 c.577 §29; 2007 c.783 §187]

A water authority may provide any of the services that it is authorized to provide under ORS 450.600 to 450.989 to other local governments as defined in ORS 174.116 situated within the boundaries of the authority at wholesale, retail or a combination of wholesale and retail. [199…

(1) A water authority may acquire water rights from any local government as defined in ORS 174.116. Upon request by the authority if the water right acquired was for municipal use, the Water Resources Commission shall issue a new water right certificate to the water authority pre…