Oregon Statutes - Chapter 450 - Sanitary Districts and Authorities; Water Authorities

• 450.005   Definitions for ORS 450.005 to 450.245.
  As used in ORS 450.005 to 450.245, unless the context requires otherwise: (1) “District board” means the governing body of a district. (2) “County board”...
• 450.009   Formation purposes; petition.
  Sanitary districts may be formed for the purpose of providing sanitation facilities and services. In addition to the other matters, a petition for formation of...
• 450.010   [Repealed by 1955 c.442 §1 (450.009 enacted in lieu of 450.010)]
• 450.015   [Amended by 1969 c.563 §3; repealed by 1971 c.727 §203]
• 450.017   [1955 c.442 §4; 1969 c.563 §4; repealed by 1971 c.647 §149 and by 1971 c.727 §203]
• 450.020   [Amended by 1955 c.111 §1; 1969 c.563 §5; repealed by 1971 c.727 §203]
• 450.025   [Amended by 1969 c.563 §6; repealed by 1971 c.727 §203]
• 450.030   [Amended by 1969 c.563 §7; repealed by 1971 c.727 §203]
• 450.035   [Repealed by 1971 c.647 §149]
• 450.040   [Amended by 1961 c.438 §3; repealed by 1971 c.647 §149]
• 450.045   Board members; qualifications; first terms.
  (1) The power and authority given a sanitary district, except as otherwise provided, shall be exercised by a board of three or five members, according...
• 450.050   [Amended by 1969 c.563 §8; repealed by 1971 c.727 §203]
• 450.052   [1955 c.107 §1; 1969 c.563 §9; repealed by 1971 c.727 §203]
• 450.054   [1955 c.594 §2; 1969 c.563 §10; repealed by 1971 c.727 §203]
• 450.055   Board officers; term; vacancy.
  (1) The officers of the district shall be the district board, consisting of three or five members, and a secretary appointed by the board. (2)...
• 450.057   [1961 c.438 §2; 1967 c.609 §9; repealed by 1971 c.647 §149]
• 450.059   Election laws applicable.
  (1) ORS chapter 255 governs the following: (a) The nomination and election of members of the district board. (b) The conduct of district elections. (2)...
• 450.060   [Amended by 1955 c.442 §8; 1967 c.137 §2; 1971 c.647 §84; 1973 c.796 §63; 1975 c.647 §37; repealed by 1983 c.350 §331a]
• 450.062   Increase of board membership from three to five members; election.
  (1) A district having a three member board may vote to increase the number of members on the board to five at a regular district...
• 450.065   Election of president; appointment, duties and compensation of secretary.
  (1) At its first regular meeting each year, or as soon thereafter as practicable, the board shall choose one of its members as president and...
• 450.070   Meetings of board.
  (1) The board shall hold such meetings either in the day or evening, as may be convenient, but must hold one regular monthly meeting at...
• 450.075   Powers of sanitary district.
  A sanitary district may: (1) Have and use a common seal. (2) Sue and be sued in its name. (3) Acquire, construct, reconstruct, alter, enlarge,...
• 450.080   Signatures on contracts and other documents.
  All contracts, deeds, warrants, releases, receipts and documents shall be signed in the name of the district by its president and countersigned by its secretary.
• 450.082   District may contract for employee health care services or insurance.
  (1) The district board may enter into contracts for medical or any other remedial care recognized under state law and hospital services or insurance covering...
• 450.084   Payment for services or insurance by district.
  (1) The district may agree to pay none, part or all of the premiums or charges on insurance or service contracts, and it may collect...
• 450.085   Adoption of regulations and ordinances.
  Any general regulation or ordinance of a district board shall be adopted in accordance with ORS 198.510 to 198.600. Orders not establishing a general regulation...
• 450.090   Deposit of district funds; contents of withdrawal or payment order.
  Funds of the district may be deposited, at the discretion of the district board, in one or more depositories, as defined in ORS 295.001, to...
• 450.095   Bond election.
  (1) This section establishes the procedure for determining whether bonds of the district, either general obligation, revenue or a combination of both, shall be issued...
• 450.100   [Repealed by 1971 c.647 §149]
• 450.105   [Amended by 1961 c.438 §4; repealed by 1971 c.647 §149]
• 450.110   District bonds; denomination; place of payment; interest.
  (1) General obligation or revenue bonds shall be of such denominations as the district board determines, except that no bonds shall be of a denomination...
• 450.115   Use of proceeds of bond sale.
  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...
• 450.120   Debt limitations.
  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...
• 450.125   Payment of bonds; issuance of improvement bonds.
  (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...
• 450.130   Sewer service charges; collection and enforcement.
  (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...
• 450.135   Ordinance declaring method of payment.
  (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...
• 450.140   Assessment ordinance.
  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...
• 450.145   Entry of assessments in lien docket; lien docket as public record.
  (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...
• 450.150   Hearing of objections to proposed improvements.
  (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...
• 450.155   [Amended by 1953 c.649 §2; 1955 c.19 §1; repealed by 1995 c.333 §37]
• 450.160   Collection and enforcement of delinquent liens; reassessment.
  (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...
• 450.165   Preparation and approval of plans for drains and sewer installations.
  (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...
• 450.170   Levy of taxes.
  (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...
• 450.175   Collection of taxes.
  (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...
• 450.177   Filing boundary change with county assessor and Department of Revenue.
  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...
• 450.178   [1971 c.532 §2; repealed by 1983 c.350 §331a]
• 450.182   [1971 c.532 §3; repealed by 1983 c.350 §331a]
• 450.186   [1971 c.532 §4; repealed by 1983 c.350 §331a]
• 450.190   [1971 c.532 §5; repealed by 1983 c.350 §331a]
• 450.194   [1971 c.532 §6; repealed by 1975 c.647 §53]
• 450.198   [1971 c.532 §7; repealed by 1983 c.350 §331a]
• 450.202   [1971 c.532 §8; repealed by 1983 c.350 §331a]
• 450.205   [Amended by 1957 c.671 §3; 1969 c.563 §17; repealed by 1971 c.727 §203]
• 450.207   [1957 c.671 §5; 1969 c.563 §18; repealed by 1971 c.727 §203]
• 450.210   [Amended by 1957 c.671 §6; 1969 c.563 §19; repealed by 1971 c.727 §203]
• 450.215   Plans for division and disposal of properties.
  (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...
• 450.220   [Amended by 1957 c.671 §8; 1969 c.563 §21; repealed by 1971 c.727 §203]
• 450.225   Effective date of annexation; disposition of properties in territory; liabilities and indebtedness of territory; filing of report.
  (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,...
• 450.227   [1957 c.112 §§2,3,4; 1967 c.137 §1; 1969 c.563 §23; repealed by 1971 c.727 §203]
• 450.228   [1957 c.671 §9; 1969 c.563 §24; repealed by 1971 c.727 §203]
• 450.230   [Amended by 1957 c.671 §11; 1969 c.563 §25; repealed by 1971 c.727 §203]
• 450.235   [Amended by 1969 c.563 §26; repealed by 1971 c.727 §203]
• 450.237   [1961 c.679 §§2,3; repealed by 1971 c.727 §203]
• 450.239   [1961 c.679 §§4,5; 1969 c.563 §27; repealed by 1971 c.727 §203]
• 450.240   [Repealed by 1957 c.401 §6]
• 450.242   [1961 c.679 §§6,7,8; 1969 c.563 §28; repealed by 1971 c.727 §203]
• 450.245   Application of ORS 450.005 to 450.245 to districts organized under former laws; savings clause.
  (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...
• 450.250   Definitions for ORS 450.250 to 450.300.
  (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....
• 450.255   Districts eligible for state help in financing sewerage systems.
  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...
• 450.260   Conditions precedent to financing application.
  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...
• 450.265   Bonds issued by district pursuant to ORS 450.250 to 450.300 are subject to State Treasurer control; refunding bonds issuable.
  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,...
• 450.270   Powers of State Treasurer in connection with ORS 450.250 to 450.300.
  (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...
• 450.275   State Treasurer approval of other bond issues by district whose bonds are owned by 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...
• 450.280   Circumstances and conditions under which State Treasurer may purchase sewerage system bonds.
  (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...
• 450.285   State Sanitary District Sewer Bond Fund.
  (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...
• 450.290   Provisions concerning liquidation of indebtedness incurred by district financing sewerage system under ORS 450.250 to 450.300.
  (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,...
• 450.295   Refinancing indebtedness of district; court-appointed receiver may operate system.
  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...
• 450.300   Duty of treasurer to keep funds separate and to withhold tax receipts for bond payments; liability of treasurer.
  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...
• 450.303   Purchase of general obligation bonds of sanitary districts; Sanitary District Sewerage System Revolving Fund.
  (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...
• 450.305   [Repealed by 1969 c.25 §1]
• 450.310   [Repealed by 1969 c.25 §1]
• 450.315   [Repealed by 1969 c.25 §1]
• 450.320   [Repealed by 1969 c.25 §1]
• 450.325   [Repealed by 1969 c.25 §1]
• 450.330   [Repealed by 1969 c.25 §1]
• 450.335   [Repealed by 1969 c.25 §1]
• 450.340   [Repealed by 1969 c.25 §1]
• 450.345   [Repealed by 1969 c.25 §1]
• 450.350   [Repealed by 1969 c.25 §1]
• 450.355   [Repealed by 1969 c.25 §1]
• 450.360   [Repealed by 1969 c.25 §1]
• 450.365   [Repealed by 1969 c.25 §1]
• 450.370   [Repealed by 1969 c.25 §1]
• 450.375   [Repealed by 1969 c.25 §1]
• 450.380   [Repealed by 1969 c.25 §1]
• 450.385   [Repealed by 1969 c.25 §1]
• 450.390   [Repealed by 1969 c.25 §1]
• 450.395   [Repealed by 1969 c.25 §1]
• 450.400   [Repealed by 1969 c.25 §1]
• 450.405   [Repealed by 1969 c.25 §1]
• 450.410   [Repealed by 1969 c.25 §1]
• 450.415   [Repealed by 1969 c.25 §1]
• 450.420   [Repealed by 1969 c.25 §1]
• 450.425   [Repealed by 1969 c.25 §1]
• 450.430   [Repealed by 1969 c.25 §1]
• 450.435   [Repealed by 1969 c.25 §1]
• 450.440   [Repealed by 1969 c.25 §1]
• 450.445   [Repealed by 1969 c.25 §1]
• 450.450   [Repealed by 1969 c.25 §1]
• 450.455   [Repealed by 1969 c.25 §1]
• 450.460   [Repealed by 1969 c.25 §1]
• 450.465   [Repealed by 1969 c.25 §1]
• 450.470   [Repealed by 1969 c.25 §1]
• 450.475   [Repealed by 1969 c.25 §1]
• 450.480   [Repealed by 1969 c.25 §1]
• 450.485   [Repealed by 1969 c.25 §1]
• 450.490   [Repealed by 1969 c.25 §1]
• 450.495   [Repealed by 1969 c.25 §1]
• 450.500   [Repealed by 1969 c.25 §1]
• 450.505   [Repealed by 1969 c.25 §1]
• 450.510   [Repealed by 1969 c.25 §1]
• 450.515   [Repealed by 1969 c.25 §1]
• 450.520   [Repealed by 1969 c.25 §1]
• 450.525   [Repealed by 1969 c.25 §1]
• 450.530   [Repealed by 1969 c.25 §1]
• 450.535   [Repealed by 1969 c.25 §1]
• 450.540   [Repealed by 1969 c.25 §1]
• 450.545   [Repealed by 1969 c.25 §1]
• 450.550   [Repealed by 1969 c.25 §1]
• 450.555   [Repealed by 1969 c.25 §1]
• 450.560   [Repealed by 1969 c.25 §1]
• 450.565   [Repealed by 1969 c.25 §1]
• 450.570   [Repealed by 1969 c.25 §1]
• 450.575   [Repealed by 1969 c.25 §1]
• 450.580   [Repealed by 1969 c.25 §1]
• 450.600   Joint authorities; formation; election of directors upon formation; first terms.
  (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...
• 450.605   Formation of joint authority by consolidation; transfer of property, rights and powers to consolidated authority.
  (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...
• 450.607   Formation of joint authority that includes city or district by consolidation; formation within urban growth boundary; transfer of property to consolidated authority.
  (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...
• 450.610   Initiation of proceedings for consolidation; resolution by governing bodies.
  (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...
• 450.615   Contents of resolution; debt distribution plan; dissolution of existing entities.
  (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...
• 450.620   Assembly of governing bodies; order for election on consolidation.
  (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...
• 450.625   Election result; certification.
  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...
• 450.630   Joint meeting of governing bodies after approval of consolidation; declaration of consolidation; election of board.
  (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...
• 450.635   Board of directors of joint authority; number; terms; qualifications.
  (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...
• 450.640   Powers of joint authority; issuance of revenue bonds.
  (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...
• 450.645   Election laws applicable.
  (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...
• 450.650   Board of directors; terms; qualifications.
  (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...
• 450.655   Methods of election of authority directors.
  (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...
• 450.658   Election of directors; terms.
  (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...
• 450.660   Water authority formation.
  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
• 450.665   Formation of authorities under special districts law.
  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...
• 450.670   [1987 c.863 §9; 1989 c.809 §6; renumbered 450.987 in 1989]
• 450.675   Formation of authorities from areas within one or more counties.
  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...
• 450.680   Formation of authorities by cities and water districts.
  (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,...
• 450.685   Application of certain provisions to authorities.
  (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...
• 450.690   Public body; authority to issue revenue bonds.
  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...
• 450.693   Services to other local governments authorized.
  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...
• 450.695   Acquisition of water rights; effect on priority of rights.
  (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...
• 450.700   Acquisition of water rights; effect on prior rights.
  (1) A water authority may acquire water rights from any city or any district, as defined in ORS 543.655. Upon request by the authority, the...
• 450.705   Policy; construction.
  (1) It hereby is recognized and declared that the sewage disposal, drainage, insect control and related problems in many of the areas of the state...
• 450.710   Definitions for ORS 450.600 to 450.989.
  As used in ORS 450.600 to 450.989 unless the context clearly indicates otherwise: (1) “Authority” means a sanitary authority established under ORS 450.600 to 450.989....
• 450.715   Areas which may be formed into sanitary authorities.
  Any portion of one or more counties, including both incorporated and unincorporated areas as well as areas within sanitary, drainage and other districts, may be...
• 450.720   [1955 c.614 §4; repealed by 1971 c.727 §203]
• 450.722   Formation of water or sanitary authority may include dissolution of certain existing districts.
  (1) When formation of a water authority or a sanitary authority is proposed, the petition or resolution for formation under ORS 198.705 to 198.955 or...
• 450.725   [1955 c.614 §5; repealed by 1971 c.727 §203]
• 450.730   [1955 c.614 §6; repealed by 1971 c.727 §203]
• 450.735   [1955 c.614 §7; repealed by 1971 c.727 §203]
• 450.740   [1955 c.614 §8; repealed by 1971 c.727 §203]
• 450.745   [1955 c.614 §9; repealed by 1971 c.727 §203]
• 450.750   [1955 c.614 §10; repealed by 1971 c.727 §203]
• 450.755   [1955 c.614 §11; repealed by 1971 c.647 §149 and by 1971 c.727 §203]
• 450.760   [1955 c.614 §12; repealed by 1971 c.647 §149 and by 1971 c.727 §203]
• 450.765   [1955 c.614 §13; 1967 c.609 §10; repealed by 1971 c.647 §149]
• 450.770   [1955 c.614 §14; repealed by 1971 c.647 §149 and by 1971 c.727 §203]
• 450.775   [1955 c.614 §15; repealed by 1971 c.647 §149 and by 1971 c.727 §203]
• 450.780   [1955 c.614 §16; repealed by 1971 c.727 §203]
• 450.785   Initiation of formation of sanitary authority by governing body without petition.
  In addition to other methods of initiating proceedings for the formation of a sanitary authority under ORS 450.705 to 450.860 and 450.865 to 450.945 and...
• 450.787   Formation of authorities by cities and sanitary or drainage districts.
  (1) The governing bodies of two or more cities, two or more sanitary or drainage districts or one or more cities and one or more...
• 450.788   Law applicable to dissolution of authority.
  A water authority or a sanitary authority formed under ORS 450.600 to 450.989 may be dissolved in the manner set forth in ORS 198.920 to...
• 450.790   Sanitary authority board.
  (1) The officers of the authority shall be a board of five members elected as provided in ORS 450.793 and 450.795, a chairperson of the...
• 450.793   Election laws applicable.
  (1) ORS chapter 255 governs the following: (a) The nomination and election of members of the district board. (b) The conduct of district elections. (2)...
• 450.795   Nomination and election of first board members; terms.
  (1) The five persons receiving the highest number of votes shall be elected as members of the board. (2) The terms of the members of...
• 450.800   Regular and special elections; terms of members; vacancies.
  (1) The board may call special elections in the authority to be held on a date specified in ORS 255.345. (2) Except as provided in...
• 450.802   [1955 c.614 §21; repealed by 1971 c.403 §18]
• 450.804   [1955 c.614 §22; repealed by 1969 c.669 §21]
• 450.806   General powers of board; selection of board chairperson; appointment of authority manager.
  (1) The board shall be the governing body of the authority and shall exercise all powers thereof. (2) The board shall every two years appoint...
• 450.808   General duties of authority manager.
  The manager of the authority shall, subject to the direction and control of the board, serve as the administrator and supervisor of the functions and...
• 450.810   Board may adopt and enforce ordinances for sanitary purposes.
  (1) The district board may, for the protection of the health, safety and general welfare of the authority, adopt and enforce all necessary and proper...
• 450.815   General powers of authority.
  For the purpose of carrying out the powers granted to the authority under other provisions of ORS 450.600 to 450.989 and in addition thereto, the...
• 450.817   Services to other local governments authorized.
  A sanitary 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...
• 450.820   Authority may maintain garbage collection system and engage in insect control activities.
  In addition to other powers granted to it under ORS 450.600 to 450.989, the authority may: (1) Maintain and operate disposal sites and garbage collection...
• 450.825   Plan for sewage disposal and drainage to be developed by authority.
  As soon as practicable after the election of the first members of the board, the board shall make a study and survey of the existing...
• 450.830   Authority may construct and operate sewage disposal and drainage systems; operation beyond authority boundaries.
  The sanitary authority may construct, maintain or operate sewage disposal and drainage systems, including sewage treatment plants, trunk and lateral sewers and drains, or any...
• 450.835   Contract for or purchase of sewage disposal and drainage systems.
  A sanitary authority may, in performing the powers conferred by ORS 450.830: (1) Contract with any person, or enter into intergovernmental agreements under ORS chapter...
• 450.837   Water and sanitary authority as municipality for purpose of enforcing plumbing code; limitations.
  (1) Water authorities and sanitary authorities are municipalities for the purposes of administering and enforcing the plumbing code as provided under ORS 455.150. (2) However,...
• 450.840   Costs for construction and operation of systems and general expenses of sanitary authority; how borne.
  (1) The cost of construction of a sewage disposal system, including treatment plants and trunk or lateral sewers, or a drainage system shall be borne...
• 450.845   Areas needing sewerage installations to be determined and plans for installations to be made.
  Whenever the board deems it expedient or necessary for the protection of the public health, safety and welfare to cause to be constructed treatment plants...
• 450.850   Hearing on board’s proposed construction plans and estimated special assessments; notice of hearing.
  (1) After plans and specifications have been prepared and filed as provided in ORS 450.845, the board shall hold a hearing within the authority and...
• 450.855   Action board may take at hearing concerning boundaries, installations to be constructed, costs and financing.
  At the hearing under ORS 450.850 the board may: (1) Modify the proposed boundaries of the area directly benefited by and to pay for the...
• 450.860   Portion of installation construction costs in an authority chargeable to area benefited.
  When in providing sewage disposal or drainage systems for an area within the authority the board determines that any portion of sewage treatment plants or...
• 450.865   Ordinance specifying action of board at hearing; remonstrances.
  (1) After the board has concluded the hearing under ORS 450.850 and 450.855 it may adopt an ordinance specifying the installations to be constructed for...
• 450.867   Election on ordinance adopted under ORS 450.865.
  (1) If the ordinance adopted under ORS 450.865 specifies that all or a part of the cost of construction of the installation is to be...
• 450.870   Assessments against benefited property.
  (1) All assessments made pursuant to ORS 450.855 (3) shall be determined and made by an order of the board adopted in accordance with such...
• 450.875   Collection of delinquent assessments by lien foreclosure procedure; reassessment procedure.
  (1) In case the whole or any portion of the cost of sewage treatment plants, trunk or lateral sewers or drains is assessed against property...
• 450.880   Sewer service charges.
  (1) The authority may adopt ordinances imposing sewer service charges within an area within the authority, for the purpose of financing the improvement, operation and...
• 450.885   Tax levies on property in the authority; budget for authority.
  (1) The authority may, annually as provided in this section: (a) Levy a tax on all the property in the authority to provide funds with...
• 450.890   Collection of taxes; taxes are liens on property.
  (1) Taxes levied under ORS 450.885 shall be collected at the same time and in the same manner as county taxes are collected and, when...
• 450.895   Bonds, general obligation or revenue or combination of both; bonds to mature serially and be paid in installments.
  The authority may, when authorized by a majority of the votes cast at an election by electors of the authority, issue general obligation bonds or...
• 450.897   Bancroft Bonding Act applicable.
  Sanitary authorities organized under ORS chapter 450 that are in existence on November 1, 1981, or thereafter, are authorized to use the bonding provisions of...
• 450.900   Election on bond issues; limitation on indebtedness.
  (1) Before issuing any bonds under ORS 450.895, the board at a regular meeting shall call an election and submit to the electors of the...
• 450.905   Notice of bond election.
  Notice of a bond election shall contain: (1) The information required by ORS 255.085 (3). (2) If general obligation bonds, which are to be paid...
• 450.910   [1955 c.614 §44; repealed by 1971 c.647 §149]
• 450.915   Issuance of bonds.
  If, at the bond election, a majority of the votes cast is in favor of the issuance of bonds, the board may issue the bonds...
• 450.920   Disposition of proceeds of sale of bonds.
  The proceeds of the sale of bonds shall be deposited with the county treasurer who is custodian of the funds of the authority and shall...
• 450.925   Issuance of refunding bonds.
  (1) The board may, without authorization from the electors, issue refunding bonds for the purpose of refunding outstanding bonds issued under ORS 450.895 to 450.920....
• 450.930   Redemption of bonds before maturity dates.
  In its discretion, the board may issue bonds of the authority with reservation of the right to redeem them for retirement or refunding purposes prior...
• 450.935   [1955 c.614 §49; 1983 c.124 §11; 1993 c.97 §27; repealed by 2007 c.783 §234]
• 450.940   [1955 c.614 §50; repealed by 1995 c.333 §37]
• 450.945   Custody and disbursement of authority funds by county treasurer.
  (1) The county treasurer of the county in which the authority, or the largest area thereof, is situated shall be custodian of all sanitary authority...
• 450.947   Contracts for medical, dental and hospital services; insurance for employees; effect of failure to contract.
  (1) An authority may enter into contracts for medical, dental and hospital services or insurance covering employees of the authority for life, accidental death and...
• 450.949   Payment of contract costs by authority and by employee; multiple contracts; qualification of insurer or hospital association.
  (1) The authority may agree to pay none, part or all of the premiums or charges on insurance or service contracts, and it may collect...
• 450.950   [1955 c.614 §52; repealed by 1971 c.727 §203]
• 450.955   [1955 c.614 §53; repealed by 1971 c.727 §203]
• 450.960   [1955 c.614 §54; repealed by 1971 c.727 §203]
• 450.963   Employees’ retirement system.
  (1) An authority may establish an employees’ retirement system pursuant to ORS 450.963 to 450.973. The authority may enter into agreements necessary to establish the...
• 450.965   [1955 c.614 §55; repealed by 1971 c.727 §203]
• 450.967   Funding of retirement plan.
  The authority may budget and provide for payment into the fund of the retirement plan an amount sufficient: (1) To provide, on an actuarial reserve...
• 450.970   [1955 c.614 §56; repealed by 1971 c.727 §203]
• 450.971   Employee contribution.
  The authority may collect, as a contribution from any employee, that percentage of the salary received by the employee which is necessary to fund on...
• 450.973   Eligibility for retirement plan.
  Nothing in ORS 450.947 to 450.977 authorizes the authority to budget, provide for payments or collect contributions to fund retirement benefits for an individual who...
• 450.975   [1955 c.614 §58; repealed by 1971 c.727 §203]
• 450.977   Tax levy to finance programs under ORS 450.947 to 450.977.
  Expenses incurred by a district in establishing programs or providing benefits authorized by ORS 450.947 to 450.977 are expenses for which an authority may levy...
• 450.980   Procedure for testing proceedings and acts of sanitary authorities.
  The provisions of ORS 261.605 to 261.630 relating to court proceedings to test the validity of acts and proceedings of People’s Utility Districts hereby are...
• 450.985   Authority of South Suburban Sanitary District of Klamath Falls to incur indebtedness.
  (1) Subject to subsections (3) to (6) of this section, the South Suburban Sanitary District of Klamath Falls, Oregon, may incur indebtedness by borrowing money...
• 450.987   Annexation by city of water or sanitary authority territory.
  Upon formation of a water authority or sanitary authority, a city may annex territory situated within the boundaries of the water authority or sanitary authority,...
• 450.988   Filing boundary change with county assessor and Department of Revenue.
  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...
• 450.989   Apportionment of cost among serviced property owners; determination by authority.
  (1) If any person is required by an authority to pay the cost of extending a sewer main adjacent to another person’s property so that...
• 450.990   Penalties.
  Violation of any regulation or ordinance under ORS 450.085 is punishable, upon conviction, by a fine of not more than $100 or imprisonment of not...

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