Title 19, Miscellaneous Matters Related to Government and Public Affairs

(1) Notice of a public hearing conducted by a boundary commission under ORS 199.461 shall be published by at least one insertion in a newspaper of general circulation in the affected city, district or territory not more than 25 days nor less than 15 days before the hearing. A sec…

(1) Approval or disapproval under this section shall be based on the policy stated in ORS 199.410. (2) Without the approval of a boundary commission, a district with territory in the jurisdiction of the commission may not initiate an additional function of the district. Any propo…

(1) When filing an annexation petition or application under ORS 199.464 (3) or (4) with a boundary commission, the principal petitioner may request that the petition or application be approved without the study, public hearing and adoption of a final order required under ORS 199.…

If the boundary commission by its final order approves any application submitted pursuant to ORS 199.464, the application shall be effective at the time specified in the final order except that the effective date shall not be more than one year after the date the final order is a…

(1) When a major boundary change is initiated by a legally sufficient petition as provided by the principal Act, if the territory subject to the petition is within the jurisdiction of a boundary commission, the filing agency notwithstanding the principal Act, shall file, within 1…

In a proceeding for a major boundary change, a certified copy of the final order of the boundary commission shall be filed with the filing agency from which the commission received the petition. If the copy is so filed and: (1) If the commission approved the petition as presented…

(1) A boundary commission may initiate a proceeding for a major boundary change in territory subject to its jurisdiction by adopting and within 10 days thereafter filing with the proper filing agency a resolution proposing the change and by proceeding in accordance with the princ…

(1) Within the jurisdiction of a boundary commission, a minor boundary change proceeding may be initiated as provided by ORS 199.490. In addition, a city annexation proceeding may be initiated as provided by ORS 222.750 or 222.840 to 222.915. Minor boundary change proceedings sha…

(1) A proceeding for a minor boundary change other than a transfer of territory may be initiated: (a) By resolution of the governing body of the affected city or district; (b) By petition signed by 10 percent of the electors registered in the affected territory; (c) By petition s…

In a proceeding initiated as provided by ORS 199.490 (2) and (5): (1) If the proposed annexation is approved by the commission, the final order shall be effective at the time specified in the final order except that the effective date for an annexation initiated as provided by OR…

(1) If a boundary commission approves an annexation and the effective date of the final order is more than one year after the date the final order is adopted, the boundary commission shall send notice to the county clerk of each county in which the affected territory, city or dis…

(1) If the boundary commission by its final order approves a minor boundary change other than a transfer of territory, the change shall take effect at the time specified in the final order. Except for annexation proceedings initiated by a city or district, the effective date shal…

(1) If the boundary commission by its final order approves a transfer of territory, the change shall take effect at the time specified in the final order, but the effective date shall not be less than 45 days, nor more than one year, after the date the commission adopts the final…

(1) After the date of a final order or proclamation of annexation or transfer of territory, the territory annexed or transferred shall become subject to the indebtedness, bonded or otherwise, of the affected city or district acquiring the territory in like manner as the territory…

(1) The findings of the Director of the Oregon Health Authority filed with a boundary commission in accordance with ORS 431.740 or 431.750 shall be considered a petition for the purposes of ORS 199.410 to 199.534. When the findings of the director are filed with a commission, it …

(1) Notwithstanding any different effective date specified in ORS 199.480, 199.505 or 199.507, a boundary change under ORS 199.410 to 199.534 shall not become effective during the period: (a) Beginning after the 90th day before a primary election or general election and ending on…

If the territory proposed to be incorporated is within the jurisdiction of a local government boundary commission, then prior to filing a petition to incorporate the territory with the county clerk under ORS 221.031, the petitioners shall file the economic feasibility analysis de…

When incorporation of a city is proposed within the jurisdiction of a local government boundary commission, all signatures on the petition described in ORS 221.031 and 221.040 must be obtained within any six-month period to be valid and effective to authorize a major boundary cha…

The Legislative Assembly finds that: (1) Since 1985 local governments in boundary commission jurisdictions have undertaken programs involving multiple minor boundary changes, including annexation of territory, which have required the transfer of service delivery obligations from …

Notwithstanding any other provision of this chapter or ORS chapter 222, territory annexed or transferred to a city or district by a minor boundary change approved by a boundary commission’s final order adopted after January 1, 1985, but before July 18, 1987, shall be in the annex…

In ORS 199.705 to 199.795: (1) “City-county” means a city incorporated under ORS 199.705 to 199.795 and having both city and county functions. (2) “City in the county” means a city having more than 50 percent of its population in the county. (3) “Most populous city” means a city …

ORS 199.705 to 199.795 may be referred to as the City-County Act of 1971. [1971 c.731 §1]

By proceeding under ORS 199.705 to 199.795, a county and the most populous city in the county may consolidate to form a city-county, and one or more of the other cities in the county and the unincorporated area may join in the consolidation. [1971 c.731 §3; 1997 c.494 §2]

(1) Consolidation proceedings may be initiated by resolution of the governing body of the county or of the most populous city in the county. Within five days after adoption of the resolution a true copy thereof shall be filed with the governing body, other than the adopting gover…

(1) Within 30 days after the proceedings are initiated, a charter commission comprised of persons each of whom is an elector of the county or the most populous city shall be appointed as follows: (a) Two members jointly by a majority of a convention of the state Senators elected …

The charter commission: (1) Shall adopt rules to govern its proceedings. (2) May acquire property, avail itself of quarters, enter into contracts necessary for its work, and receive and expend gifts, grants and appropriations. (3) May employ administrative, clerical and technical…

(1) The commission shall call an election on a date specified in ORS 221.230. (2) At the election the following questions shall be submitted: (a) To the electors of the county and to the electors of the most populous city, the question of whether the charter shall be adopted as t…

(1) The charter shall be approved and the consolidation shall take place if, and only if, the question receives at the election affirmative votes by a majority of those electors of the county voting on the question and also by a majority of those electors of the most populous cit…

When a majority of the electors in the unincorporated area voting on the question submitted under ORS 199.735 (2) votes against the question, the charter of the city-county shall provide that: (1) Special districts within the unincorporated area shall not be extinguished. (2) The…

(1) Notwithstanding ORS 294.305 to 294.565 and 310.010 to 310.110, if the charter for a city-county is approved under ORS 199.740 (1) and the effective date of such charter is other than the date of the beginning of the fiscal year immediately following the fiscal year in progres…

(1) The first members of the governing body of the city-county shall be nominated and elected in the manner and at the times prescribed by the city-county charter. (2) The county clerk shall arrange for, give notice of and conduct the election. The county shall bear the expense o…

(1) The city-county shall be a city within the meaning of state law, except ORS 221.610, 221.621, 221.650, 222.210 to 222.310 and 222.840 to 222.915. In merger proceedings under ORS 222.610 to 222.710 consent by the city-county to the merger may be given by the governing body of …

(1) A city-county may establish service districts as provided by ORS 199.705 to 199.795 and ORS chapter 451. For the purposes of ORS chapter 451, a city-county shall be considered a county and the city-county legislative body shall be considered a county court. The charter may de…

(1) A city-county shall receive a share of the revenues allocated to counties under ORS 323.455, 366.762 and 471.810. Subject to subsections (2) and (3) of this section, it shall also receive a share allocated under ORS 323.455, 366.800 and 471.810 to cities. (2) Starting with th…

(1) When a city-county is incorporated, for purposes of county functions its boundaries shall be the boundaries of the county that is consolidated into the city-county, and for purposes of city functions: (a) The boundaries shall include all territory located in any city in the c…

The charter for a city-county shall specify the permanent rate limit for operating taxes for the city-county within the meaning of section 11 (3), Article XI of the Oregon Constitution. The permanent rate limit shall be a rate that would produce the same tax revenue as would have…

After a consolidation is effected under ORS 199.705 to 199.795, there shall be preserved and continued, to at least the same extent as they exist at the time immediately before the city-county comes into existence, the employment status and pension and other benefit rights of the…

(1) When a city-county is incorporated, it shall: (a) Succeed to all the property, contracts and rights of the consolidating cities and county; and (b) Subject to whatever debt distribution plan the city-county charter prescribes, become liable for all the obligations of the cons…

(1) When a city-county charter is approved and city-county consolidation takes place under ORS 199.705 to 199.795 and if, at the election held under ORS 199.735, a majority of the electors in the unincorporated area voting at the election votes to reject the proposed city-county …

When it is desired to form a new county out of an unincorporated area or one or more contiguous cities or to change the boundaries of a city-county and an existing contiguous county, a petition praying for the formation of the new county or for the change in the boundaries of the…

(1) When the petition provided for in ORS 199.780 is for a change in the boundaries of the city-county and a contiguous county, the governing body of the contiguous county and the governing body of the city-county shall appoint two commissioners each to jointly arrange the terms …

(1) If the governing body finds that the proposed formation or boundary change will not result in any new or remaining county having an area or population less than required by the Constitution of this state, the governing body shall call an election on a date specified in ORS 20…

The county clerk in the contiguous county and the equivalent election officer in the city-county shall certify to the Secretary of State a copy of the summary of votes cast on the question of creating a new county or changing boundaries. Such election officer also shall certify t…

(1) If an election for the purpose of establishing a new county is held, the Governor shall issue a proclamation declaring a new county created when, of the electors voting at the election, a majority of the electors residing within the limits of the proposed new county voted in …

(1) If the election was for the purpose of establishing a new county, the unincorporated area thereafter shall be a county for all civil, military and other purposes. (2) If the election was for the purpose of changing boundaries, the boundaries of the contiguous county and the c…

As used in ORS 200.005 to 200.075, 200.110, 200.120, 200.160 to 200.200 and 279A.105: (1) “Contracting agency” has the meaning given that term in ORS 279A.010. (2) “Contractor” means a person that agrees to legally enforceable terms and conditions under which the person performs …