Oregon Statutes - Chapter 310 - Property Tax Rates and Amounts; Tax Limitations; Tax Reduction Programs - Section 310.060 - Notice certifying taxes; contents; extension of time to give notice or correct erroneous certification.

(1) Not later than July 15 of each year, every city, school district or other public corporation authorized to levy or impose a tax on property shall file a written notice certifying the ad valorem property tax rate or the estimated amount of ad valorem property taxes to be imposed by the taxing district and any other taxes on property imposed by the taxing district on property subject to ad valorem property taxation that are required or authorized to be placed on the assessment and tax roll for the current fiscal year. The notice shall be accompanied by two copies of a lawfully adopted ordinance or resolution that categorizes the tax, fee, charge, assessment or toll as subject to or not subject to the limits of section 11b, Article XI of the Oregon Constitution, identified by the categories set forth in ORS 310.150.

(2) For any ad valorem property taxes levied by the taxing district, the notice shall state as separate items:

(a) The taxing district’s rate of ad valorem property taxation that is within the permanent rate limitation imposed by section 11 (3), Article XI of the Oregon Constitution, or within the statutory rate limit determined in ORS 310.236 (4)(b) or 310.237, if applicable;

(b) The total rate or amount of the taxing district’s local option taxes imposed pursuant to ORS 280.040 to 280.145 that have a term of five years or less and that are not for capital projects;

(c) The total amount of the taxing district’s local option taxes that are for capital projects;

(d) The total amount levied for the payment of bonded indebtedness or interest thereon that is not subject to limitation under section 11 (11) or section 11b, Article XI of the Oregon Constitution; and

(e) The total amount levied that is subject to section 11b, Article XI of the Oregon Constitution, but that is not subject to the permanent ad valorem property tax rate limit described in section 11 (3), Article XI of the Oregon Constitution, because the amount levied is to be used to repay:

(A) Principal and interest for any bond issued before December 5, 1996, and secured by a pledge or explicit commitment of ad valorem property taxes or a covenant to levy or collect ad valorem property taxes;

(B) Principal and interest for any other formal, written borrowing of moneys executed before December 5, 1996, for which ad valorem property tax revenues have been pledged or explicitly committed, or that are secured by a covenant to levy or collect ad valorem property taxes;

(C) Principal and interest for any bond issued to refund an obligation described in subparagraph (A) or (B) of this paragraph; or

(D) Local government pension and disability plan obligations that commit ad valorem property taxes.

(3)(a) The notice shall also list each rate or amount subject to the limits of section 11b, Article XI of the Oregon Constitution, identified by the categories set forth in ORS 310.150.

(b) If an item described in subsection (2) of this section is allocable to more than one category described in ORS 310.150, the notice shall list separately the portion of each item allocable to each category.

(4) For any other taxes on property imposed by the taxing district, the notice shall state:

(a) The total amount of money to be raised by each other tax, in the aggregate or on a property by property basis, as appropriate.

(b) Each amount that is subject to the limits of section 11b, Article XI of the Oregon Constitution, identified by the categories set forth in ORS 310.150.

(5) For any district authorized by law to place any other fees, charges, assessments or tolls on the assessment and tax roll, the notice shall state the total amount of money to be raised on a property by property basis.

(6) In addition to the notice required under subsection (1) of this section, any taxing district that is subject to the Local Budget Law shall also provide the documents required by ORS 294.555 (3).

(7)(a) Not later than July 15 of each year, the taxing district shall give the notice and documents described in this section to the assessor of the county in which the principal office of the taxing district is located and, if the taxing district is located in more than one county, to the assessor of each county in which any part of the taxing district is located. Not later than September 30 of each year, the taxing district shall provide a complete copy of the budget document to the clerk of the county in which the principal office of the taxing district is located and, if the taxing district is located in more than one county, to the clerk of each county in which any part of the taxing district is located.

(b) If there is no county clerk in a county to which a taxing district is required by paragraph (a) of this subsection to submit a budget document, then the taxing district shall submit the budget document to the county assessor in that county.

(c) If the taxing district is subject to the jurisdiction of a tax supervising and conservation commission under ORS 294.625, then the taxing district shall submit a copy of its budget to the tax supervising and conservation commission in lieu of filing a copy of the budget with the county clerk of the county under paragraph (a) of this subsection or with the county assessor of the county under paragraph (b) of this subsection.

(8) The Department of Revenue shall prescribe the form of notice required by this section. All amounts shall be stated in dollars and cents or ad valorem property tax rates in dollars and cents per thousand dollars of assessed value, as required by law. If the notice is given to the assessor, clerk or tax supervising and conservation commission of more than one county, a copy of each other such notice given shall accompany every notice given.

(9) For good and sufficient reason, the county assessor may extend the time for the giving of the notice or correcting an erroneous certification for the current year up to but not later than October 1 as the county assessor considers reasonable. [Amended by 1955 c.259 §1; 1967 c.293 §4; 1973 c.333 §2; 1979 c.241 §28a; 1981 c.790 §12; 1985 c.784 §2; 1991 c.459 §218; 1993 c.270 §44; 1995 c.293 §1; 1997 c.154 §5; 1997 c.541 §244; 1999 c.186 §5; 1999 c.632 §23; 2001 c.135 §31; 2001 c.695 §32; 2001 c.753 §7; 2005 c.750 §1; 2007 c.894 §2]

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