Oregon Statutes - Chapter 266 - Park and Recreation Districts

• 266.010   Definitions.
  As used in this chapter: (1) “County board” means county court or board of county commissioners of the county. (2) “County” means the county in...
• 266.020   [Repealed by 1971 c.647 §149]
• 266.030   [1961 c.587 §4; 1969 c.668 §2; repealed by 1971 c.727 §203]
• 266.040   Application of ORS chapter 255 to district.
  (1) ORS chapter 255 governs the following: (a) The nomination and election of board members. (b) The conduct of all elections in the district. (2)...
• 266.110   Petition for formation.
  (1) A community may form a municipal corporation to provide park and recreation facilities for the inhabitants. (2) In addition to other required matters, the...
• 266.115   [1961 c.587 §3; 1969 c.668 §4; repealed by 1971 c.727 §203]
• 266.120   [Amended by 1969 c.668 §5; repealed by 1971 c.727 §203]
• 266.130   [Amended by 1969 c.668 §6; repealed by 1971 c.727 §203]
• 266.140   [Amended by 1969 c.668 §7; repealed by 1971 c.727 §203]
• 266.150   [Repealed by 1971 c.647 §149 and by 1971 c.727 §203]
• 266.160   [Amended by 1969 c.668 §8; repealed by 1971 c.647 §149]
• 266.170   [Amended by 1969 c.668 §9; repealed by 1971 c.647 §149]
• 266.180   [Amended by 1969 c.668 §10; repealed by 1971 c.727 §203]
• 266.310   Officers of district; qualifications.
  (1) The officers of the district shall be a board of three or five members, to be elected by the electors of the district, and...
• 266.320   Number of board members elected at formation election; terms of office.
  (1) The number of district board members to be elected shall be three or five, according to the number set forth in the petition for...
• 266.325   Changing number of board members; election; notice to Secretary of State.
  (1) This section establishes the procedure for determining the following questions: (a) Whether a district having a three-member board shall increase the number of members...
• 266.330   Election of board members; terms.
  (1) At the regular district election, successors to the board members whose terms expire shall be elected as follows: (a) In an unzoned district, if...
• 266.335   Continuing schedule of biennial elections after change in number of board members; powers of Secretary of State.
  (1) When a district under ORS 266.325 expands the membership of its district board from three to five members or reduces the membership of its...
• 266.340   Oath of office of board members.
  A district board member when elected shall take the oath of office within 10 days after receiving the certificate of election. [Amended by 1969 c.345...
• 266.350   [Repealed by 1971 c.403 §18]
• 266.360   [Amended by 1957 c.57 §5; 1969 c.668 §15; repealed by 1969 c.668 §46 and by 1969 c.669 §21]
• 266.370   Board as governing power; president and secretary; signing documents; meetings.
  (1) The park and recreation board shall be the governing power of the district and shall exercise all powers of the district. (2) At its...
• 266.375   Manner of electing board members.
  (1) The board members may be elected in one of the following methods or a combination thereof: (a) Elected by the electors of zones as...
• 266.380   Changing manner of electing board members; requirements; election.
  (1) This section establishes the procedure for determining whether the method adopted in a district for nominating and electing board members should be changed to...
• 266.385   Boundaries of zones for board members; adjustment for population and boundary changes; filing of boundary change with county assessor and Department of Revenue.
  (1) The board shall adjust zones established within a district as necessary to make them as nearly equal in population as is feasible according to...
• 266.410   General district powers.
  Every district shall have power: (1) To have and use a common seal. (2) To sue and be sued in its name. (3) To construct,...
• 266.420   Levy of taxes.
  Each year the district board shall determine and fix the amount of money to be levied and raised by taxation, for the purposes of the...
• 266.430   Sinking funds.
  The park and recreation board, by resolution duly adopted, may establish sinking funds for the purpose of defraying the costs of acquiring land for park...
• 266.440   Deposit and disbursement of district moneys.
  (1) Except as otherwise provided by ORS 266.530 to 266.580, the money of the district shall be deposited, in the discretion of the district board,...
• 266.450   Regulations and orders adopted by board; penalty for violating regulation.
  (1) Any general regulation of the district board shall be adopted in accordance with ORS 198.510 to 198.600. (2) Orders not establishing a general regulation...
• 266.460   District attorney to aid board; special counsel.
  The district board may call upon the district attorney for advice as to any district business. The district attorney shall give advice when called on...
• 266.470   Disposition of fines.
  All fines for violation of any regulation or order of the district board shall, when paid to the secretary of the board, be deposited by...
• 266.480   Power to contract bonded indebtedness for certain purposes.
  A district has the power to contract a bonded indebtedness for the purpose of providing funds: (1) To acquire land, rights of way, interests in...
• 266.490   Bond election at discretion of board or on petition.
  (1) For the purpose of providing funds with which to put into effect one or any combination of any of the purposes authorized under ORS...
• 266.500   [Amended by 1969 c.668 §24; repealed by 1971 c.647 §149]
• 266.510   [Amended by 1963 c.9 §12; repealed by 1969 c.668 §25 (266.512 enacted in lieu of 266.510 and 266.520)]
• 266.512   Authority for general obligation bonds; issuance and sale of general obligation bonds and revenue bonds.
  (1) Whenever authorized by the electors, the district board may issue general obligation bonds of the district, not exceeding the principal amount stated in the...
• 266.514   Revenue bonds; issuance; conditions.
  In addition to the authority to issue general obligation bonds, a district, when authorized by a majority of those voting at an election called for...
• 266.516   Refunding bonds.
  Refunding bonds of the same character and tenor as those replaced thereby may be issued pursuant to a resolution duly adopted by the district board...
• 266.518   Contracts with United States.
  (1) In carrying out the powers conferred by this chapter, a district may contract with the United States or any agency thereof for the acquisition,...
• 266.520   [Repealed by 1969 c.668 §25 (266.512 enacted in lieu of 266.510 and 266.520)]
• 266.530   Registration and delivery of bonds; disposition of proceeds.
  (1) The county treasurer shall register each bond issued pursuant to ORS 266.480 in a book kept for that purpose in the office of the...
• 266.540   Additional taxes for payment of bond interest and principal; bond sinking fund.
  (1) The district board shall ascertain and levy annually, in addition to all other taxes, a direct annual ad valorem tax on all taxable property...
• 266.550   Procedure in event board fails to levy bond tax.
  If the district board fails or refuses to levy the tax necessary for the interest, principal or sinking fund, the county treasurer shall ascertain and...
• 266.560   Redemption of bonds; notice.
  (1) Whenever the amount of any sinking fund created under ORS 266.480 and 266.540 equals the amount, principal and interest, of any bond then due...
• 266.570   [Repealed by 1969 c.668 §47]
• 266.580   Payment of bond principal and interest; payment of collection commission.
  (1) The principal of and the interest on the bonds shall be payable in lawful money of the United States of America at the office...
• 266.590   Validation of certain bond issues.
  All proceedings taken prior to March 18, 1949, in the authorization and issuance of bonds by any district pursuant to ORS 266.480 to 266.512 and...
• 266.610   [1967 c.574 §3; 1969 c.668 §33; repealed by 1971 c.727 §203]
• 266.620   [1967 c.574 §4; 1969 c.668 §34; repealed by 1971 c.727 §203]
• 266.630   [1967 c.574 §5; 1969 c.668 §35; repealed by 1971 c.727 §203]
• 266.640   [1967 c.574 §6; 1969 c.668 §36; repealed by 1971 c.727 §203]
• 266.650   [1967 c.574 §7; repealed by 1971 c.727 §203]
• 266.660   [1969 c.668 §38; repealed by 1971 c.727 §203]
• 266.670   [1969 c.668 §39; repealed by 1971 c.727 §203]
• 266.680   [1969 c.668 §40; repealed by 1971 c.727 §203]
• 266.710   [1967 c.574 §8; 1969 c.668 §42; repealed by 1971 c.727 §203]
• 266.720   [1967 c.574 §§9, 10; 1969 c.668 §43; repealed by 1971 c.727 §203]
• 266.730   [1967 c.574 §11; 1969 c.668 §44; repealed by 1971 c.727 §203]
• 266.740   [1967 c.574 §12; 1971 c.647 §61; repealed by 1971 c.727 §203]
• 266.750   [1967 c.574 §13; repealed by 1971 c.727 §203]

Last modified: August 7, 2008