(1) Subject to subsections (3) to (6) of this section, the summary of the budget document approved by the budget committee shall be published at least once prior to the time appointed for the proposed meeting of the governing body in accordance with ORS 294.430.
(2) Subject to subsections (3) to (6) of this section, the notice of the time and place at which the budget document as approved by the budget committee may be discussed shall be published by one or more of the methods described in ORS 294.311 (34) not less than five days and not more than 30 days prior to the date of the meeting required by ORS 294.430.
(3) If no newspaper is published in the municipal corporation, a municipal corporation whose aggregate of estimated budget expenditures for the ensuing fiscal year does not exceed $50,000 or for the ensuing budget period does not exceed $100,000 may, in lieu of the publication and notice provided in subsections (1) and (2) of this section and in lieu of publication by one or more of the methods described in ORS 294.311 (34), post the summaries and notices provided by ORS 294.416 or 294.418 in three conspicuous places in the municipal corporation for at least 20 days prior to the date of the meeting provided in ORS 294.430 and publish the notice provided by subsection (4) of this section.
(4) If notice is given as provided in subsection (3) of this section, the municipal corporation shall publish, by one or more of the methods described in ORS 294.311 (34), a notice of the following:
(a) The date, time and place of the meeting provided by ORS 294.430;
(b) The place where the complete budget document is available for inspection by the general public during regular office hours;
(c) Total budget requirements and taxes proposed to be levied;
(d) Changes in the amount or rate of proposed ad valorem property taxes; and
(e) The place where copies of the complete budget or parts thereof may be obtained.
(5) The notice provided in subsection (4) of this section shall be published not less than five days and not more than 30 days prior to the date of the meeting provided in ORS 294.430.
(6) A municipal corporation having a population exceeding 200,000 inhabitants, or a municipal corporation with 200,000 or fewer inhabitants that requests the tax supervising and conservation commission to conduct the public hearing outlined in ORS 294.430, shall, in lieu of the publication and notice prescribed in subsection (1) of this section, submit its budget document, as approved by the budget committee, to the tax supervising and conservation commission within its county, if there is such a commission, at least 20 days prior to the legal date of the public hearing before the tax supervising and conservation commission on the budget, and the budget document shall thereupon be open to inspection by any taxpayer or citizen. The municipal corporation shall also publish a notice as provided in subsections (4) and (5) of this section. [Formerly 294.365; 1965 c.451 §8; 1967 c.525 §1; 1969 c.155 §2; 1971 c.516 §6; 1991 c.459 §7; 1997 c.308 §19; 1997 c.541 §331; 1999 c.632 §9; 2001 c.104 §104; 2001 c.135 §16]
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