Oregon Statutes - Chapter 545 - Irrigation Districts

545.001 Short title.
This chapter may be referred to as the Irrigation District Law. [1995 c.42 §1]
545.002 Definitions.
As used in this chapter: (1) �Board� or �board of directors� means the governing body of a district. (2) �District� means an irrigation district organized...
545.004 [Amended by 1967 c.503 §1; 1993 c.771 §4; 1995 c.42 §4; renumbered 545.025 in 1995]
545.006 [Amended by 1993 c.771 §5; 1995 c.42 §5; renumbered 545.029 in 1995]
545.007 Voting rights.
(1) In any matter requiring or allowing a vote of the owners of land or the electors of a district: (a) If ownership is in...
545.008 [Amended by 1995 c.42 §6; renumbered 545.033 in 1995]
545.010 [Amended by 1967 c.503 §2; 1991 c.249 §54; 1993 c.771 §6; 1995 c.42 §7; renumbered 545.037 in 1995]
545.012 [Amended by 1993 c.771 §7; 1995 c.42 §8; 1995 c.754 §4; renumbered 545.041 in 1995]
545.014 [Amended by 1969 c.669 §13; 1989 c.182 §6; 1995 c.42 §9; renumbered 545.043 in 1995]
545.016 [Amended by 1969 c.345 §12; repealed by 1989 c.182 §49]
545.018 [Amended by 1959 c.348 §1; 1993 c.771 §8; 1995 c.42 §44; renumbered 545.199 in 1995]
545.020 [Amended by 1995 c.42 §45; renumbered 545.203 in 1995]
545.022 [Amended by 1953 c.233 §2; 1993 c.771 §9; 1995 c.42 §46; renumbered 545.207 in 1995]
545.024 [Amended by 1995 c.42 §47; renumbered 545.211 in 1995]
545.025 Purposes of irrigation district; process for formation.
(1) When owners of land that is irrigated or susceptible to irrigation desire to provide for the construction of works for irrigation of their land,...
545.026 [Amended by 1993 c.771 §10; 1995 c.42 §31; 1995 c.754 §5; renumbered 545.137 in 1995]
545.028 [Amended by 1967 c.609 §5; 1979 c.190 §427; 1995 c.42 §32; renumbered 545.139 in 1995]
545.029 Hearing of petition by county court; authority as to boundaries of district; lands included; order; formation of district without election.
(1) When the petition for formation of an irrigation district is filed, the county court shall hold the hearing required under ORS 545.025 (6). The...
545.030 [Amended by 1993 c.771 §11; 1995 c.42 §33; 1995 c.607 §85; 1995 c.754 §6; renumbered 545.141 in 1995]
545.032 [Amended by 1995 c.42 §34; 1995 c.754 §7; renumbered 545.145 in 1995]
545.033 Naming and division of districts.
(1) The order of the county court shall designate the name of the district. The name of the district may be changed by the county...
545.034 [Amended by 1995 c.42 §35; renumbered 545.149 in 1995]
545.036 [Amended by 1995 c.42 §36; renumbered 545.153 in 1995]
545.037 Notice of election for determining organization of district; contents; publication; mailing.
(1) Except when an election is not required as provided in ORS 545.029 (3), the county court shall give notice of an election to be...
545.038 [Amended by 1979 c.562 §18; 1995 c.42 §37; renumbered 545.156 in 1995]
545.040 [Repealed by 1995 c.42 §184]
545.041 Conduct of election; contents of nominating petition; verification of electors by county assessor; order declaring result; inclusion of portion of district in another district; commencement of duties by directors.
(1) The election shall be conducted, as nearly as practicable, in accordance with the general election laws of the state, except that the provisions of...
545.043 Qualifications of directors; terms of office; oath.
(1) At the election for the organization of an irrigation district one director, who is a resident of Oregon and a bona fide owner, or...
545.045 [1993 c.771 §2; 1995 c.42 §38; 1995 c.607 §86; renumbered 545.163 in 1995]
545.051 Change of boundaries authorized; effect on existing rights and liabilities.
The boundaries of any irrigation district organized under the Irrigation District Law may be changed in the manner prescribed in ORS 545.051 to 545.126. However,...
545.057 Petition for inclusion of lands within district.
The holders of title, or evidence of title, representing a majority of the acreage of any body of land adjacent to the boundaries of any...
545.059 Notice of petition; publication; deposit for costs.
The secretary of the board of directors shall cause notice of the filing of the petition to be given and published once each week, for...
545.061 Hearing on petition.
The board of directors, at the time and place mentioned in the notice, or at some other time to which the hearing of the petition...
545.062 [Amended by 1969 c.345 §13; 1987 c.835 §1; 1995 c.42 §42; renumbered 545.181 in 1995]
545.064 [Amended by 1965 c.541 §2; 1995 c.42 §48; 1995 c.78 §1; renumbered 545.221 in 1995]
545.065 [1959 c.276 §2; 1993 c.392 §1; 1995 c.42 §63; renumbered 545.295 in 1995]
545.066 [Amended by 1957 c.128 §1; 1965 c.614 §1; 1971 c.403 §9; 1993 c.771 §12; renumbered 545.183 in 1995]
545.067 Liability of petitioners for obligations of district.
Except as provided in ORS 545.075, the board of directors to whom the petition is presented may require as a condition precedent to the granting...
545.068 [Amended by 1995 c.42 §43; renumbered 545.185 in 1995]
545.070 [Amended by 1965 c.332 §6; 1977 c.774 §26; 1979 c.286 §15; 1989 c.182 §7; 1995 c.42 §49; renumbered 545.225 in 1995]
545.071 Acceptance or rejection of petition; inclusion of land when owner objects.
If the board of directors considers that it is not for the best interest of the district to include in the district the lands mentioned...
545.072 [Repealed by 1989 c.182 §49]
545.074 [Repealed by 1975 c.771 §33]
545.075 Requirements that may be imposed upon petitioners in western Oregon district; charges or assessments.
(1) Notwithstanding ORS 545.067, in any irrigation district lying entirely west of the summit of the Cascade Mountains, the board of directors may require as...
545.076 [Amended by 1995 c.42 §72; renumbered 545.343 in 1995]
545.078 [Amended by 1995 c.42 §73; renumbered 545.345 in 1995]
545.079 Recording of order including lands in district; effect of order; appeal.
(1) Upon the allowance of a petition for inclusion of lands and when an appeal has not been filed within 30 days after entry of...
545.080 [Amended by 1995 c.42 §74; renumbered 545.347 in 1995]
545.081 [1993 c.771 §14; 1995 c.42 §50; renumbered 545.237 in 1995]
545.082 [Amended by 1995 c.42 §51; renumbered 545.239 in 1995]
545.084 [Amended by 1995 c.42 §52; renumbered 545.241 in 1995]
545.085 Record of petition; admissibility in evidence.
Upon the filing of the copies of the order under ORS 545.079, the secretary shall record the petition for inclusion in the minutes of the...
545.086 [Amended by 1995 c.42 §53; renumbered 545.245 in 1995]
545.088 [Amended by 1995 c.42 §54; renumbered 545.249 in 1995]
545.089 Redivision of district; election of directors.
(1) When land is included within a district by proceedings under ORS 545.057 to 545.085, if the district is subdivided for the election of directors...
545.090 [Amended by 1995 c.42 §55; renumbered 545.253 in 1995]
545.091 Inclusion of lands not subject to charges of district.
The boundaries of a district may for administrative convenience encompass lands that are not subject to the charges and assessments of the district, without regard...
545.092 [Repealed by 1969 c.344 §8]
545.093 Creation of subdistricts; purpose; change in subdistrict boundaries.
(1) Subdistricts within an irrigation district may be created as provided in this section. (2) When the owners of more than 50 percent of the...
545.094 Engineering plan for improvements within subdistricts; notice; hearing; remonstrance.
After the creation of a subdistrict, the board may develop an engineering plan for the improvements requested in the petition for the creation of the...
545.095 Charges or assessments for improvements within subdistrict.
The cost of constructing, purchasing, operating, maintaining and improving the works described in an engineering plan for a subdistrict shall be charged to the owners...
545.097 Exclusion of tracts; effect on status of district, rights and liabilities.
The boundaries of any irrigation district organized under the Irrigation District Law may be changed, and tracts of land that were included within the boundaries...
545.099 Petition for exclusion of lands from district; approval by board; payment of costs of exclusion.
(1) The owners in fee of one or more tracts of land or the holders of an uncompleted title to government or state lands which...
545.101 Exclusion of subdivisions with three or more tracts on each acre of land; exceptions.
(1) When a subdivision is platted after September 13, 1975, under ORS 92.010 to 92.190, if the subdivision has three or more tracts on each...
545.102 [Amended by 1969 c.669 §13a; 1985 c.561 §8; 1995 c.42 §57; renumbered 545.271 in 1995]
545.104 [Amended by 1981 c.897 §60; 1995 c.42 §58; 1995 c.696 §27; renumbered 545.275 in 1995]
545.105 Assent of bondholders; acknowledgment; filing; recording.
If there are outstanding bonds of the district at the time of the filing of the petition for exclusion, the holders of the bonds may...
545.106 [Amended by 1995 c.42 §71; renumbered 545.335 in 1995]
545.108 [Amended by 1991 c.459 §423a; 1995 c.42 §107; renumbered 545.471 in 1995]
545.109 Recording minutes of board.
When the board of directors excludes any lands from the district upon petition for exclusion, if the exclusion changes the boundaries of the district, the...
545.110 [Amended by 1995 c.42 §56; renumbered 545.257 in 1995]
545.112 [Amended by 1995 c.42 §64; renumbered 545.301 in 1995]
545.113 State agency to pay assessment and charges or to petition for exclusion.
Every state agency acquiring land within the boundaries of an irrigation district shall: (1) Pay all assessments and other charges that may be lawfully charged...
545.114 [Amended by 1995 c.42 §65; renumbered 545.303 in 1995]
545.116 [Amended by 1995 c.42 §66; renumbered 545.305 in 1995]
545.117 [Formerly 545.616; repealed by 1999 c.452 §30]
545.118 [Repealed by 1989 c.182 §49]
545.119 [1993 c.771 §15; renumbered 545.279 in 1995]
545.120 [Repealed by 1975 c.771 §33]
545.122 [Repealed by 1969 c.344 §8]
545.123 Redivision of district; election of director.
(1) When land is excluded from a district by proceedings under ORS 545.097, 545.099, 545.101, 545.105 or 545.109, if the district is subdivided for the...
545.124 [Amended by 1995 c.42 §59; renumbered 545.283 in 1995]
545.126 Liability of excluded lands for district�s obligations.
ORS 545.097 to 545.126 shall not operate to release any lands excluded from the district from any lien on the lands or any obligation to...
545.131 Union or merger of districts; petition; approval of board; election; indebtedness.
An irrigation district may be merged and included within another irrigation district. The board of directors seeking merger shall present a petition showing the indebtedness...
545.135 Elections subsequent to organization of district; election of directors.
(1) Except for the second Tuesday in November next following the organization of the district, an election shall be held in each district on the...
545.137 Notices of election; board of election; place of holding election; nomination of candidates; advertising openings on district board; certificate of election to sole candidate; ballots.
(1) At least 10 days before any election held under the Irrigation District Law, subsequent to the organization of any district, the secretary of the...
545.139 Board of election; polls; ballots.
(1) The judges who constitute the board of election for a precinct shall elect a presiding officer for the board who may administer all oaths...
545.141 Conduct of election; challenge and verification of qualifications of elector; counting ballots.
(1) Voting may commence as soon as the polls are open and may continue during all the time the polls remain open. Voting shall be...
545.142 [Amended by 1995 c.42 §79; renumbered 545.365 in 1995]
545.144 [Amended by 1989 c.182 §8; 1995 c.42 §80; renumbered 545.367 in 1995]
545.145 Certificate of vote; stringing of ballots; sealing of returns; delivery to board secretary; recount.
As soon as all the votes are counted, a certificate shall be drawn up on each of the papers containing the tallies, or shall be...
545.146 [Amended by 1995 c.42 §81; renumbered 545.369 in 1995]
545.148 [Amended by 1995 c.42 §82; renumbered 545.371 in 1995]
545.149 Canvass of returns; standard for rejecting certain election documents; canvass to be in public.
A list, tally paper or certificate returned from any election shall not be set aside or rejected for want of form if it can be...
545.150 [Amended by 1989 c.182 §9; 1995 c.42 §83; renumbered 545.373 in 1995]
545.152 [Amended by 1989 c.182 §10; 1995 c.42 §84; renumbered 545.375 in 1995]
545.153 Statement of result; contents; certificate of election; effect of informalities in conduct of election.
(1) The secretary of the board of directors shall, as soon as the result is declared, enter on the records of the board a statement...
545.154 [Amended by 1989 c.182 §11; repealed by 1993 c.771 §20]
545.156 [Formerly 545.038; repealed by 1999 c.452 §30]
545.163 Procedures for conducting election by mail.
(1) An irrigation district may conduct a district election by mail. The board of directors of the district shall designate by resolution, not later than...
545.167 Division of district for election of directors; procedure.
(1) In any irrigation district in which the board of directors is elected at large, the district may be subdivided for the election of directors...
545.169 Election of directors from newly created divisions.
(1) At the district election next following the dividing of the district into divisions, the office of the director whose term expires the following January...
545.171 Election precincts in divisions; alteration.
For the purpose of elections in such district, the board of directors must establish a convenient number of election precincts in the divisions and define...
545.172 [Amended by 1995 c.42 §75; renumbered 545.349 in 1995]
545.174 [Amended by 1995 c.42 §76; renumbered 545.351 in 1995]
545.176 [Amended by 1973 c.305 §16; 1995 c.42 §77; renumbered 545.355 in 1995]
545.178 [Amended by 1965 c.541 §1; 1995 c.42 §78; 1995 c.212 §3; renumbered 545.359 in 1995]
545.181 Organization of board; officers; establishment of meeting dates; collection, custody and disbursement of moneys.
(1) Except as provided in subsection (2) of this section, on the first Tuesday in January next following their election, the board of directors shall...
545.183 Compensation and expenses of officers and employees; membership fees in associations.
The board shall fix the compensation to be paid to the other officers and employees of the district. The board may pay, from the funds...
545.185 Meetings of board; quorum; public inspection of records.
The board of directors shall hold a regular monthly meeting in its office. The time of the regular monthly meeting shall be fixed by resolution...
545.187 Vacancy in office when director ceases to be resident or landowner; appointment of successor.
If a director of an irrigation district ceases to be a resident of the State of Oregon or ceases to be an owner, or a...
545.189 Recall of director; procedure; required number of signatures for recall petition.
(1) A district director may be recalled as provided in ORS 198.410 to 198.440, except that the recall petition shall be signed by a number...
545.192 [Amended by 1983 c.557 §1; 1995 c.42 §124; renumbered 545.511 in 1995]
545.194 [Amended by 1983 c.557 §2; 1995 c.42 §125; 1995 c.212 §1; renumbered 545.513 in 1995]
545.196 [Amended by 1969 c.694 §25; 1981 c.94 §43; 1983 c.557 §3; 1995 c.42 §126; renumbered 545.515 in 1995]
545.198 [Amended by 1981 c.94 §44; 1995 c.42 §127; renumbered 545.517 in 1995]
545.199 Increase in number of directors upon determination of board or petition; election on increase.
(1) An irrigation district may increase the number of its board of directors from three to five members when: (a) In the judgment of the...
545.200 [Repealed by 1969 c.345 §20]
545.202 [Amended by 1983 c.557 §4; 1995 c.42 §128; renumbered 545.519 in 1995]
545.203 Election of additional directors; terms of office.
Upon canvass of the returns, as provided in ORS 545.149, if there is any change voted, the person receiving the highest number of votes for...
545.204 [Amended by 1983 c.557 §5; 1993 c.97 §17; 1995 c.42 §130; renumbered 545.529 in 1995]
545.206 [Amended by 1983 c.557 §6; 1995 c.42 §131; renumbered 545.532 in 1995]
545.207 Redivision of district upon increase in directors; representation of divisions; voting qualifications.
Upon an increase of the number of directors from three to five, the board shall divide the total acreage of the district that is subject...
545.208 [Amended by 1983 c.557 §7; 1995 c.42 §132; renumbered 545.535 in 1995]
545.210 [Amended by 1995 c.42 §133; renumbered 545.537 in 1995]
545.211 Decrease in number of directors; redivision of district; terms of office.
The number of directors may be decreased to three substantially in the same manner as that provided for the increase of directors. When the number...
545.212 [Amended by 1969 c.694 §26; 1983 c.557 §8; 1995 c.42 §134; renumbered 545.539 in 1995]
545.214 [Amended by 1969 c.694 §27; 1995 c.42 §135; renumbered 545.541 in 1995]
545.216 [Amended by 1989 c.182 §12; 1995 c.42 §136; renumbered 545.545 in 1995]
545.218 [Amended by 1995 c.42 §129; renumbered 545.521 in 1995]
545.220 [Repealed by 1995 c.42 §184]
545.221 Powers and duties of board as to management of district; water deliveries.
(1) The board shall: (a) Manage and conduct the business and affairs of the district. (b) Make and execute all necessary contracts, employ and appoint...
545.222 [Amended by 1979 c.562 §19; repealed by 1995 c.42 §184]
545.224 [Amended by 1983 c.557 §9; 1995 c.42 §67; renumbered 545.307 in 1995]
545.225 Contracts; conveyances; suits; judicial knowledge concerning district; audit reports.
(1) The board of directors may: (a) Enter into contracts and take conveyances or other assurances for all property acquired by it under the Irrigation...
545.226 [Repealed by 1989 c.182 §49]
545.228 [1967 c.503 §4; 1993 c.771 §18; renumbered 545.551 in 1995]
545.230 [1967 c.503 §5; 1995 c.42 §137; renumbered 545.553 in 1995]
545.232 [1967 c.503 §6; 1995 c.42 §138; 1995 c.212 §4; renumbered 545.555 in 1995]
545.234 [1967 c.503 §7; 1995 c.42 §139; 1995 c.79 §305; renumbered 545.557 in 1995]
545.236 [1967 c.503 §8; 1995 c.42 §140; renumbered 545.559 in 1995]
545.237 Right to enter upon lands for inspection and maintenance of water works.
(1) The board of directors, its officers or an agent or employee of the board of directors may enter upon land of a water user...
545.239 Right to enter upon and acquire lands and water rights; right of condemnation.
(1) The board of directors and its agents and employees have the right to enter upon any land in the manner provided by ORS 35.220...
545.241 Bond or other security as condition of immediate possession in condemnation by irrigation or drainage district.
Prior to any party, officer or agent of an irrigation or drainage district entering upon any land sought to be condemned, the district shall furnish...
545.242 [Amended by 1989 c.182 §13; 1995 c.42 §141; renumbered 545.565 in 1995]
545.244 [Amended by 1995 c.42 §142; renumbered 545.567 in 1995]
545.245 Right to immediate possession in condemnation proceeding.
At any time after the board of directors of an irrigation district or board of supervisors of a drainage district has commenced proceedings to acquire...
545.246 [Amended by 1995 c.42 §143; renumbered 545.569 in 1995]
545.248 [Amended by 1989 c.182 §14; 1995 c.42 §144; renumbered 545.571 in 1995]
545.249 Right to condemn for irrigation purposes is a superior right.
The use of all water required for the irrigation of the lands of any district formed under the Irrigation District Law, together with all water...
545.250 [Amended by 1995 c.42 §145; renumbered 545.573 in 1995]
545.252 [Amended by 1989 c.182 §15; 1995 c.42 §146; renumbered 545.575 in 1995]
545.253 Title to and rights in property acquired.
The legal title to all property acquired under ORS 545.239, 545.241, 545.245 and 545.249 shall immediately vest in the irrigation district and shall be held...
545.254 [Amended by 1979 c.562 §20; 1989 c.182 §16; 1995 c.42 §147; 1995 c.79 §306; renumbered 545.577 in 1995]
545.256 [Amended by 1979 c.284 §167; 1981 c.178 §16; 1995 c.42 §148; renumbered 545.579 in 1995]
545.257 Authority of irrigation district to acquire domestic or municipal water works; assumption of obligations; sale of surplus water; impairment of irrigation service forbidden.
When an irrigation district is authorized by the electors of the district as provided in ORS 545.305 and when it appears necessary, proper or beneficial...
545.258 [Amended by 1995 c.42 §149; renumbered 545.581 in 1995]
545.260 [Amended by 1969 c.694 §28; 1981 c.94 §45; 1989 c.182 §17; 1995 c.42 §150; renumbered 545.585 in 1995]
545.262 [Amended by 1995 c.42 §151; renumbered 545.589 in 1995]
545.264 [Amended by 1995 c.42 §152; renumbered 545.595 in 1995]
545.266 [Amended by 1995 c.42 §153; renumbered 545.599 in 1995]
545.268 [Amended by 1995 c.42 §154; renumbered 545.603 in 1995]
545.270 [Amended by 1969 c.694 §29; 1995 c.42 §155; renumbered 545.607 in 1995]
545.271 Furnishing water.
Upon receiving proper compensation, an irrigation district may provide for and furnish water for lands not included within the district and for lands within the...
545.272 [Amended by 1995 c.42 §156; renumbered 545.617 in 1995]
545.274 [Amended by 1989 c.182 §18; 1995 c.42 §157; renumbered 545.621 in 1995]
545.275 Lien on crops for water supplied for irrigation; enforcement; attorney fees.
(1) Any person or irrigation district that supplies water to any person or irrigation district for irrigation of crops shall, upon complying with subsection (2)...
545.276 [Renumbered 545.625 in 1995]
545.278 [Amended by 1995 c.42 §158; renumbered 545.629 in 1995]
545.279 District may require water control devices and measuring devices; notice to water user; objections; hearing.
(1) The board of directors may require a water user of the district: (a) To install and maintain a lockable and controllable headgate or other...
545.280 [Amended by 1989 c.182 §19; 1995 c.42 §159; renumbered 545.631 in 1995]
545.282 [Amended by 1995 c.42 §160; renumbered 545.633 in 1995]
545.283 Joinder of districts in acquisition or construction of irrigation or other water use works.
(1) Two or more irrigation districts or other water users� organizations, organized under the laws of this state or of any adjoining state, may enter...
545.284 [Amended by 1989 c.182 §20; 1995 c.42 §161; renumbered 545.635 in 1995]
545.286 [Amended by 1989 c.182 §21; 1995 c.42 §162; renumbered 545.637 in 1995]
545.287 Directors may construct or maintain improvements, levy assessments or provide for charges.
(1) This section applies: (a) When a parcel of land lying within an irrigation district is subdivided or partitioned into tracts, and the owner has...
545.288 [Amended by 1979 c.562 §22; 1995 c.42 §163; renumbered 545.639 in 1995]
545.290 [Repealed by 1995 c.42 §184]
545.291 Apportionment of water to tracts; employment of person to distribute water; assessment or charge; lien on land.
When a parcel of land lying within an irrigation district is subdivided or partitioned into tracts, and plats of such subdivision are filed as provided...
545.293 Resolution for water distribution works or services; hearing of objections; construction, repair or maintenance of improvement; apportionment of costs; assessment.
(1) When the board of directors considers it expedient or necessary to construct, repair or maintain ditches, flumes, dikes, aqueducts or other improvement, as provided...
545.295 Conditions required in certain districts before delivering water to additional lands; order; charges and assessments.
(1) Notwithstanding any other provisions of this chapter, in any irrigation district that was formed before April 23, 1959, and that lies entirely west of...
545.301 Financing acquisition of water works; contracts with federal government; approval by electors.
In carrying out and executing the powers conferred in this section and ORS 545.257, 545.303 and 545.305, an irrigation district may borrow money and issue...
545.303 Water works system to be self-sustaining; payment of indebtedness; rates; separate accounts.
(1) The district shall charge consumers for the water furnished in amounts so that the domestic and municipal water system shall be self-sustaining. All indebtedness...
545.305 Election concerning acquisition of water works.
(1) When the board of directors of an irrigation district has determined by resolution that it is for the best interests of its inhabitants that...
545.307 Investment of surplus funds in federal or state bonds.
When there are surplus funds not necessary for the payment of current obligations of the district in any construction fund, operation and maintenance fund, sinking...
545.312 [Amended by 1995 c.42 §164; renumbered 545.643 in 1995]
545.314 [Amended by 1989 c.182 §22; 1995 c.42 §165; renumbered 545.645 in 1995]
545.315 Petition to construct improvements for irrigation; contents; assent of petitioners to assessment of cost of improvement.
(1) The holders of title, or evidence of title, representing a majority of the acreage of any body of land within any irrigation district may...
545.316 [Amended by 1995 c.42 §166; renumbered 545.647 in 1995]
545.318 [Amended by 1995 c.42 §167; renumbered 545.649 in 1995]
545.319 Elections on question of constructing improvement; resolution of directors.
(1) If the board of directors considers it for the best interest of the district that the proposed improvement be constructed, the board, by resolution,...
545.320 [Amended by 1995 c.42 §168; renumbered 545.651 in 1995]
545.322 [Amended by 1989 c.182 §23; 1995 c.42 §169; renumbered 545.655 in 1995]
545.323 Majority of votes required to approve construction of improvement; cost; apportionment; assessment.
If a majority of the votes cast by the electors within the boundaries of the land described in the petition are �Improvement�Yes,� and if a...
545.324 [Amended by 1989 c.182 §24; 1995 c.42 §170; renumbered 545.659 in 1995]
545.326 [Amended by 1979 c.562 §23; 1995 c.42 §171; renumbered 545.663 in 1995]
545.328 [Repealed by 1995 c.42 §184]
545.330 [Repealed by 1995 c.42 §184]
545.332 [Amended by 1989 c.182 §25; 1995 c.42 §172; renumbered 545.667 in 1995]
545.335 Drainage works; construction authorized; powers of districts; designation of bonds.
When it appears necessary, proper or beneficial to drain any of the lands within the district, either for the benefit of the lands actually requiring...
545.343 Obligations or contracts with United States under Reclamation Act; acquisition of federal lands.
(1) For the purpose of acquiring control over government land within the district and of complying with the provisions of the Act of Congress entitled...
545.345 Conveyance of lands to United States.
Any property acquired by the district may be conveyed to the United States in so far as the property may be needed by the United...
545.347 Obligations or contracts with United States under Fact Finders� Act.
The board of directors may also enter into any obligation or contract with the United States for the construction, operation and maintenance of the necessary...
545.349 Authority to transfer land to federal government for development and colonization; repayment of expenditures; levy of assessments; funds; contracts with federal government.
Any irrigation district organized under the laws of Oregon may turn over to the federal government, or any federal agency, any lands owned or controlled...
545.351 Acquisition of lands from owners; crediting of value on charge against remainder of land.
In order to make the lands available for development by the federal government or any federal agency, as provided in ORS 545.349, any irrigation district...
545.352 [Amended by 1995 c.42 §173; renumbered 545.671 in 1995]
545.354 [Amended by 1995 c.42 §174; renumbered 545.673 in 1995]
545.355 Proceedings on extension or cancellation of payments due federal government.
When an irrigation district under contract with the United States has levied any assessment for collection of money payable to the United States under the...
545.356 [Amended by 1995 c.42 §175; renumbered 545.675 in 1995]
545.358 [Amended by 1995 c.42 §176; renumbered 545.677 in 1995]
545.359 Contracts with federal government for flood control works.
(1) When the board of directors of any irrigation district determines that it is for the best interest of the district that the floodwaters of...
545.360 [Amended by 1995 c.42 §177; renumbered 545.679 in 1995]
545.365 Disposition of real property acquired by district; sale to member of board or employee prohibited.
Any irrigation district foreclosing or otherwise acquiring any real property may lease, operate or sell the property upon such terms and taking such security for...
545.367 Authorization of sale of property, excess water or hydroelectric power.
When the board of directors of an irrigation district considers it to be for the best interests of the district to sell any property owned...
545.369 Release of lien of bonds; form; acknowledgment by bondholders; copy of release as evidence.
The board of directors may then proceed to obtain releases of the lien of all outstanding bonds against the property it is proposed to sell....
545.371 Consent of bondholders; notice requiring presentation of objections; implication of consent; hearing of objections by directors.
The board may obtain constructive consent to the release of the lien of all outstanding bonds against property to be sold by publishing a notice...
545.373 Proceeds of sale; special fund; uses of moneys.
All proceeds from the sale of property owned by the district and subject to the lien of outstanding bonds shall be held in a special...
545.375 Purchaser rights; power of directors respecting contracts and instruments relating to transfer.
(1) A sale of excess storage or carrying capacity or a sale of surplus water or water rights by the board shall not give the...
545.381 Annual assessments; computation of amount to be raised; apportionment; determination of acreage and assessments; credit for water rights.
(1) On or before the first Tuesday in April of each year, the board of directors shall make a computation of the whole amount of...
545.382 [Amended by 1991 c.459 §423b; 1995 c.42 §92; renumbered 545.399 in 1995]
545.384 [Amended by 1995 c.42 §93; renumbered 545.401 in 1995]
545.385 Certain lands may be assessed at different amounts; additional service charge.
(1) Notwithstanding ORS 545.381 or 545.482 to 545.508, an irrigation district that assesses land in the district under ORS 545.381 or 545.482 to 545.508 may...
545.387 Assessment on benefit basis; determination of benefits.
After an affirmative vote at any regular or special election called or held under the Irrigation District Law, a district issuing bonds may proceed to...
545.389 Deduction for rights or property required by district; assessments pending construction.
(1) In fixing the proportionate part of the cost of the reclamation that each owner of land shall pay, the amount to be paid to...
545.391 Assessments for contracts with United States.
(1) When a contract has been made with the United States, in addition to the amount determined and apportioned as provided in ORS 545.381, 545.385,...
545.393 Resolution concerning assessments for payment to United States; publication; collection by county officers.
When an irrigation district has entered into a contract with the United States providing for payment to the United States under any federal reclamation law,...
545.395 Development of district by units; apportionment of assessments; inclusion of noncontiguous land; assessment of reclaimed or improved lands for district obligations.
An irrigation district may provide for the reclamation, improvement or irrigation of the lands within the district in units. When a district does so, the...
545.397 Districts developed by units; validation.
The reclamation, division, improvement and assessment of lands within any irrigation district in units, made before June 2, 1927, are hereby validated. [Formerly 545.446]
545.399 Contract with United States; annual assessments or direct billings.
When an irrigation district has entered into any contract with any governmental agency of the United States for a loan under ORS 548.305 to 548.325,...
545.401 Deposit of moneys in special fund; uses.
All moneys realized from any assessments levied under ORS 545.399 shall be deposited by the treasurer of the district into a special fund, which shall...
545.402 [Amended by 1995 c.42 §68; renumbered 545.315 in 1995]
545.404 [Amended by 1995 c.42 §69; renumbered 545.319 in 1995]
545.406 [Amended by 1995 c.42 §70; renumbered 545.323 in 1995]
545.408 [Amended by 1969 c.124 §1; 1995 c.42 §60; renumbered 545.287 in 1995]
545.410 [Amended by 1969 c.124 §2; 1995 c.42 §61; renumbered 545.291 in 1995]
545.412 [Amended by 1969 c.124 §3; 1995 c.42 §62; renumbered 545.293 in 1995]
545.413 Record of assessments and apportionments; error in description; evidence.
The board shall prepare a list or record of the assessments and apportionments in duplicate, giving the description of the ownership or holdings of each...
545.414 [Amended by 1969 c.124 §4; repealed by 1993 c.771 §20]
545.416 Equalization of assessment and apportionment of taxes; notice of time of meeting of board; public inspection of list.
Not more than 30 nor less than 10 days before the annual date specified by the board of directors as provided in ORS 545.418, the...
545.418 Meeting of board; duration; hearing and determination of objections to assessments and apportionment; changes.
The board of directors shall meet annually on a date specified by the board as a board of equalization. As a board of equalization, the...
545.420 Certification of assessments to county assessors; entry on assessment roll; collection of taxes; deposit of sums collected; disbursements from fund; taxation of state and federal lands.
(1) After the board has completed its assessment, it shall certify the assessment to the county assessor of each county in which district lands are...
545.422 Nonperformance by board; assessment, levy and equalization by county court.
In case of neglect or refusal of the board of directors to have the assessment and levy made, the assessment and levy shall be made...
545.424 Validation of assessments; defective entry on assessment roll; lands partly outside district.
When the assessments were made substantially in accordance with ORS 545.381, 545.385, 545.387, 545.389, 545.391 and 545.413, all assessments made before May 24, 1933, against...
545.426 Misnomer or mistake relating to ownership not to affect sale.
When land is sold for assessments correctly imposed as the property of a particular person, no misnomer of the owner or supposed owner, or other...
545.428 Collection of assessments by board secretary; purpose; treatment of unpaid assessments.
For the purpose of providing moneys for payment of the bonds of an irrigation district and interest on the bonds, the board, by resolution, may...
545.430 Objections by bondholders; payment from funds otherwise obtained.
When any irrigation district provides for the collection of funds for the payment of bonds and bond interest in accordance with ORS 545.428, if thereafter...
545.432 [Amended by 1969 c.694 §30; 1995 c.42 §85; renumbered 545.381 in 1995]
545.433 [1955 c.36; §2; 1961 c.388 §1; 1989 c.182 §26; 1995 c.42 §86; renumbered 545.385 in 1995]
545.434 [Amended by 1989 c.182 §27; 1995 c.42 §87; renumbered 545.387 in 1995]
545.436 [Amended by 1995 c.42 §88; renumbered 545.389 in 1995]
545.438 [Amended by 1995 c.42 §89; renumbered 545.391 in 1995]
545.440 [Amended by 1995 c.42 §94; renumbered 545.413 in 1995]
545.442 [Amended by 1995 c.42 §90; renumbered 545.393 in 1995]
545.444 [Amended by 1989 c.182 §28; 1995 c.42 §91; renumbered 545.395 in 1995]
545.446 [Renumbered 545.397 in 1995]
545.448 [Amended by 1987 c.835 §2; 1995 c.42 §95; renumbered 545.416 in 1995]
545.450 [Amended by 1987 c.835 §3; 1995 c.42 §96; renumbered 545.418 in 1995]
545.452 [Amended by 1955 c.93 §1; 1973 c.305 §17; 1991 c.459 §424; 1995 c.42 §97; renumbered 545.420 in 1995]
545.454 [Amended by 1995 c.42 §98; renumbered 545.422 in 1995]
545.456 [Amended by 1995 c.42 §99; renumbered 545.424 in 1995]
545.458 [Renumbered 545.426 in 1995]
545.460 Withholding water while assessments are unpaid; accepting security for payment of assessments.
The board of directors of an irrigation district may withhold delivery of water to any land within the district until such time as unpaid assessments...
545.462 Cancellation or compromise of assessment liens on lands acquired by county for taxes.
The board of directors of an irrigation district may cancel or compromise any liens for unpaid assessments of the district on lands which have been...
545.464 Order to tax collector to cancel or change liens; correction of delinquent tax rolls.
When the board of directors considers it to be for the best interests of the district to compromise or cancel any unpaid assessments of the...
545.466 Effect of ORS 545.462 and 545.464 on existing laws.
ORS 545.462 and 545.464 do not repeal or amend any existing law relating to the manner of collection of unpaid irrigation district assessments. [Amended by...
545.468 Exemption of parcel of land from payment of charge or assessment; qualification of owner of excluded parcel as district elector.
(1) In addition to and notwithstanding any other provision in this chapter, the board of directors of an irrigation district, by resolution, may exempt a...
545.471 Charges for water supply; rates; collections and disbursements; basis of charges.
(1) For the purpose of defraying the expenses of the organization of the district, and of the care, operation and management, repair and improvement of...
545.473 Districts providing for collection of charges by board secretary; levy of percentage of annual rates.
Upon approval by the board of directors, an irrigation district that provides for collection of operation and maintenance charges by the secretary of the board...
545.475 Lands subject to assessment.
An assessment made under ORS 545.475, 545.477 and 545.479 for the purpose of providing funds for the retirement of outstanding warrants shall be assessed against...
545.477 Collection of charges; acceptance of district warrants; disposal of moneys collected.
An irrigation district that levies any tolls or charges in accordance with this section, ORS 545.473, 545.475 and 545.479 for the purpose of retiring operation...
545.479 Provisions not exclusive nor operative to relieve district of duty respecting obligations.
ORS 545.473, 545.475 and 545.477 are not exclusive and do not relieve any irrigation district from the duty of levying sufficient sums for the payment...
545.482 Authorization of method for billing and collecting incurred charges.
The board of directors, by resolution, may provide for the billing and collection of incurred charges of the district in the manner provided in ORS...
545.484 Computation of amount to be raised; apportionment of charges; fixing due date and delinquency date; fee for other services.
(1) At least once in each year the board of directors of an irrigation district that has provided for the collection of its own incurred...
545.486 [Amended by 1971 c.46 §1; repealed by 1991 c.459 §423s]
545.487 Pressurization charge; application to certain lands; apportionment.
(1) An irrigation district that charges for water delivery in the district under the provisions of ORS 545.482 may charge a pressurization charge, in addition...
545.488 [Amended by 1989 c.182 §29; repealed by 1991 c.459 §423s]
545.490 [Repealed by 1991 c.459 §423s]
545.492 [Repealed by 1991 c.459 §423s]
545.494 Unpaid charge as lien on land; priority respecting other liens and claims.
(1) If any incurred charge remains unpaid beyond the due date of the incurred charge, the secretary of the district may file a notice of...
545.496 Collection of incurred charges; withholding of water until payment; interest on unpaid charges.
(1) Incurred charges under ORS 545.482, 545.484 and 545.494 shall be collected by the secretary of the district. The district may withhold delivery of water...
545.498 Surety bond to be given by board secretary prior to handling district funds.
Before handling or receiving any funds or collecting any incurred charges as provided in ORS 545.482 to 545.508, the secretary of the district shall give...
545.500 [Amended by 1991 c.459 §423i; 1995 c.42 §118; repealed by 2001 c.476 §11]
545.502 Foreclosure; procedure; redemption after sale; attorney fees.
(1) At any time after the delinquency date fixed by the resolution and upon the filing of the notice of claim of lien under ORS...
545.504 Redemption of land upon or prior to foreclosure sale.
At any time prior to sale, or at the time of sale, as provided by ORS 545.502, the former owner, incurred charge payer, or holder...
545.506 Payment of taxes by district; amount paid added to lien.
At any time after any incurred charge on a tract of land under ORS 545.482 to 545.508 becomes delinquent, the irrigation district may pay any...
545.507 Borrowing for payment of operation and maintenance costs.
When authorized by a resolution of its board of directors, an irrigation district whose board of directors has provided for the collection of incurred charges...
545.508 Moneys collected; deposit; separation of funds; disbursements.
(1) Any irrigation district collecting incurred charges as provided in ORS 545.482 to 545.508 shall deposit all moneys collected in an insured institution, as defined...
545.511 Authorization of bonds, including refunding bonds; contract with state or with United States; election; notice.
(1) Upon order of the board of directors entered in the records of the board, an election shall be held to determine: (a) Whether bonds...
545.513 Resubmission of questions to electors; contracts not requiring vote.
(1) When, after an election called under ORS 545.511, the board considers it to be for the best interests of the district that the question...
545.515 Bonds; interest included in authorized amount.
When authorized by the electors, the bonds of a district may be issued so as to include a sum sufficient to pay the first four...
545.517 Bonds securing payments to United States.
The contract provisions for the payment of construction charges to the United States may call for the payment of such interest, may provide for such...
545.519 Issuance of bonds; cancellation of bonds.
(1) Bonds shall be issued in accordance with ORS chapter 287A. (2) Nothing in this section shall inhibit the district from providing for the irrigation...
545.521 Bonds of districts organized before 1925 with indebtedness of $50,000; retirement of outstanding bonds as condition of further indebtedness; authorization and sale of refunding bonds; application of proceeds; redemption.
(1) When an irrigation district organized prior to 1925 has an outstanding bonded debt in excess of $50,000, if no actual construction of irrigation works...
545.522 [Amended by 1969 c.694 §31; 1991 c.459 §423o; 1995 c.42 §100; renumbered 545.428 in 1995]
545.524 [Amended by 1969 c.694 §32; 1995 c.42 §101; renumbered 545.430 in 1995]
545.526 [Repealed by 1969 c.345 §20]
545.529 Bonds and payments payable from assessments; liability of lands.
The bonds and the interest thereon and all payments due to the United States or the State of Oregon under any contract between the district...
545.530 [1969 c.694 §33; see 545.526; repealed by 1971 c.36 §11]
545.532 Increase of assessments to meet defaults; property liable for indebtedness; possession of works upon default.
When the amount assessed against any tract of land is not paid, the next assessment against the land in the district shall be increased so...
545.535 Lien against assessed lands; priority.
Any assessment upon land shall be a lien against the property assessed. The lien for all payments due under any contract with the United States...
545.537 Sale of lands for delinquency; purchase by district.
The district shall appear as a bidder at the sale of any lands for delinquent assessments or taxes. The district may purchase and take title...
545.539 Bond sinking funds; other funds.
(1) The district treasurer or the county treasurer of the principal county, as defined in ORS 198.705, if designated in the bonds, shall keep a...
545.541 Retirement of bonds prior to maturity.
(1) If, after 10 years from the issuance of bonds, the appropriate fund amounts to $10,000, the board of directors may direct the district treasurer...
545.542 [Amended by 1995 c.42 §108; renumbered 545.473 in 1995]
545.544 [Amended by 1995 c.42 §109; renumbered 545.475 in 1995]
545.545 Determination of liability of individual tracts for bonded indebtedness; acceptance of bonds and cash in payment.
(1) Upon application by any owner of a tract of land within the district, the board of directors of any irrigation district may determine the...
545.546 [Amended by 1995 c.42 §110; renumbered 545.477 in 1995]
545.548 [Amended by 1995 c.42 §111; renumbered 545.479 in 1995]
545.551 Application of ORS 545.553 and 545.555.
ORS 545.553 and 545.555 apply to an election to authorize the issuance of bonds by a district formed pursuant to a petition filed under ORS...
545.553 Petition for election on authorization and issuance of bonds.
When a petition requesting an election is filed with the board of directors, if the petition is signed by all of the owners of all...
545.555 Holding election; notice.
The election called pursuant to a petition filed under ORS 545.553 shall be held and the results determined and declared as provided by ORS 545.511...
545.557 Bonds; maturities; reserves; interest; trustees.
(1) The Irrigation District Law applies to bonds authorized under ORS 545.553 and 545.555, except as otherwise provided by this section. (2) The board of...
545.559 Bonds and coupons to be negotiable instruments.
Any bearer bonds and the coupons attached thereto issued under ORS 545.557 are fully negotiable instruments under the laws of the State of Oregon. [Formerly
545.562 [Amended by 1955 c.360 §1; 1995 c.42 §178; renumbered 545.683 in 1995]
545.563 [1955 c.286 §2; 1995 c.42 §179; renumbered 545.685 in 1995]
545.564 [Repealed by 1995 c.42 §184]
545.565 Refunding bonds; procedure.
Any irrigation district desiring to refund its outstanding indebtedness or issue bonds for any purpose may use the procedure provided by ORS 545.565 to 545.621...
545.567 Determination of liability for assessment to pay bonds; determination on basis of irrigable area or benefits accrued.
After bonds have been authorized under ORS 545.565 to 545.621 but before they are offered for sale, the board of directors shall make a preliminary...
545.569 Amounts paid to owners for property or rights.
In fixing the proportionate part of the cost of reclamation that each owner of land shall pay, the amount to be paid to any owner...
545.571 Notice of determination; publication; contents.
The board of directors shall give notice by publication of the preliminary determination provided for in ORS 545.567, once a week for four successive weeks...
545.573 Equalization of assessments; hearings.
The board of directors shall sit as a board of equalization at the time and place stated in the notice, and shall continue in session...
545.575 Order determining benefits; order of assessment; �benefit surplus� defined.
(1) Upon completion of the hearing, the board of directors shall enter an order approving and adopting the determination of benefits resulting from the existing...
545.577 Notice of proceedings; appeal to circuit court; notice and summons.
(1) All persons interested in any lands within the district shall be charged with notice of all proceedings at the hearing and proceedings subsequent to...
545.579 Pleadings; trial; appeal; finality of assessment order.
(1) The appellant and all persons appearing shall make a statement in writing of the grounds of appeal, and no further pleadings shall be necessary....
545.581 Assessment installments.
When amortizing bonds are issued as authorized by ORS 545.585, the installments in which the assessments are to be paid shall be in fixed amounts...
545.582 [Amended by 1995 c.42 §10; 1995 c.78 §2; renumbered 545.051 in 1995]
545.584 [Amended by 1995 c.42 §11; renumbered 545.057 in 1995]
545.585 Bonds; issuance; purposes; form; amortization; maturities; negotiability; numbering; interest; denomination; registration; amount maturing annually; retirement.
(1) When the assessments have become final, the board of directors may authorize the issuance of bonds for the construction or acquisition of irrigation works...
545.586 [Amended by 1995 c.42 §12; renumbered 545.059 in 1995]
545.588 [Amended by 1995 c.42 §13; renumbered 545.061 in 1995]
545.589 Recording of assessments; bond lien docket; payment by bonds or coupons; interest on unpaid assessments; lien on land; priority.
(1) Upon delivery of the bonds, the secretary of the irrigation district shall furnish to the county clerk of each county in which lands of...
545.590 [Amended by 1959 c.276 §5; 1995 c.42 §14; renumbered 545.067 in 1995]
545.592 [Amended by 1995 c.42 §15; renumbered 545.071 in 1995]
545.593 [1959 c.276 §4; 1991 c.459 §423p; 1995 c.42 §16; renumbered 545.075 in 1995]
545.594 [Amended by 1995 c.42 §17; renumbered 545.079 in 1995]
545.595 Payment of assessment; relief from further assessment.
At any time after issuance of the bonds, a landowner may relieve the land of the landowner from payment of the principal and interest assessed...
545.596 [Amended by 1995 c.42 §18; renumbered 545.085 in 1995]
545.598 [Amended by 1995 c.42 §19; renumbered 545.089 in 1995]
545.599 Five-year additional assessment; emergency assessments; emergency fund.
(1) In addition to the assessments provided for in ORS 545.565 to 545.589, the board of directors, during the first five years after the determination...
545.600 [Amended by 1959 c.276 §6; repealed by 1975 c.326 §5]
545.602 [Amended by 1993 c.392 §2; 1995 c.42 §20; renumbered 545.097 in 1995]
545.603 Entry on assessment roll; lien on land; collection; disposal of moneys collected; liability of land sold for taxes; exception.
Not later than December 1 of each year, the county clerk shall furnish to the county assessor a copy of all assessments shown on the...
545.604 [Amended by 1993 c.392 §3; 1995 c.42 §21; 1995 c.78 §3; renumbered 545.099 in 1995]
545.606 [Repealed by 1993 c.392 §6]
545.607 Retirement of bonds before maturity.
(1) Notwithstanding ORS 545.565 to 545.621, the board of directors of an irrigation district may call for payment and retire before maturity any bonds issued...
545.608 [Repealed by 1993 c.392 §6]
545.610 [Amended by 1975 c.72 §1; 1991 c.459 §423q; repealed by 1993 c.392 §6]
545.611 [1975 c.293 §2; 1993 c.392 §4; 1995 c.42 §22; renumbered 545.101 in 1995]
545.612 [Amended by 1995 c.42 §23; renumbered 545.105 in 1995]
545.613 [1965 c.576 §2; 1975 c.72 §2; 1985 c.581 §1; repealed by 1991 c.459 §423s]
545.614 [Amended by 1995 c.42 §24; renumbered 545.109 in 1995]
545.615 [1965 c.576 §3; 1991 c.459 §423r; 1995 c.42 §25; renumbered 545.113 in 1995]
545.616 [Amended by 1993 c.392 §5; 1995 c.42 §26; renumbered 545.117 in 1995]
545.617 Sale of land for delinquent assessments; district as purchaser; payment of proceeds into emergency fund; purchase price paid by district.
The district shall appear as a bidder at the sale of any lands for delinquent assessments made under ORS 545.565 to 545.621, and may purchase...
545.618 [Amended by 1995 c.42 §27; renumbered 545.123 in 1995]
545.620 [Amended by 1975 c.72 §3; 1995 c.42 §28; renumbered 545.126 in 1995]
545.621 Exchange of refunding bonds for outstanding indebtedness; exchange of interest certificates for bonds.
When proceeding under ORS 545.565 to 545.621, the board of directors of any irrigation district that desires to issue refunding bonds in a satisfaction or...
545.622 [Amended by 1995 c.42 §29; renumbered 545.131 in 1995]
545.624 [Amended by 1985 c.581 §2; 1995 c.42 §39; renumbered 545.167 in 1995]
545.625 [Formerly 545.276; repealed by 1999 c.452 §30]
545.626 [Amended by 1995 c.42 §40; renumbered 545.169 in 1995]
545.628 [Amended by 1995 c.42 §41; renumbered 545.171 in 1995]
545.629 Declaration of intent to dispose of bonds; resolution; notice of sale; publication.
Before selling or otherwise disposing of any bonds as provided for in ORS 545.565 to 545.621, the board of directors by resolution shall declare at...
545.631 Consent of creditors to refunding of indebtedness.
(1) Before authorizing the issuance of bonds under ORS 545.565 to 545.621, the board of directors shall require that the known holders or their representatives...
545.633 Obtaining constructive consent of unknown or dissenting creditors; petition.
For the purpose of obtaining the constructive consent of the unknown holders of the evidences of indebtedness, and of holders who have not given their...
545.635 Notice of court proceeding to obtain constructive consent; effect of failure to file objection.
(1) Upon presentation of the petition to the judge of the circuit court, the judge shall authorize the district to publish, and the district shall...
545.637 Hearing on petition; judgment; trustee.
(1) After the expiration of 90 days from the date of the first publication of the notice, the district shall file in the proceeding in...
545.639 Nature of proceeding; appeal; nonprejudicial errors; costs.
The procedure in the circuit court under ORS 545.629 to 545.637 shall be in the nature of an equitable proceeding in rem. Any holder of...
545.643 Contract providing plan of liquidation; resolution; investigation by and approval of Water Resources Commission.
An irrigation district desiring to become a party to any contract providing a plan for the liquidation in any manner of all or part of...
545.645 Terms of contract; parties; execution.
(1) Notwithstanding any other statute expressly or impliedly limiting the powers of the parties named in this section to enter into a contract, a contract...
545.647 Recording of contract; effective date; preeminence of contract with respect to rights and liabilities.
Upon the execution and delivery of the contract, the board of directors shall cause it to be recorded in the records of mortgages in the...
545.649 New contract in lieu of previous contract.
After the execution, delivery and recording of a contract as described and authorized in ORS 545.645 and 545.647, the irrigation district and all other parties...
545.651 Constructive consent of holders of outstanding indebtedness; procedure for obtaining consent; petition.
(1) For the purpose of obtaining constructive consent of the unknown owners or holders of the bonds or other evidences of indebtedness, who have not...
545.652 [Repealed by 1973 c.415 §14]
545.654 [Repealed by 1973 c.415 §14]
545.655 Notice of petition and terms of contract; failure to file dissent; effect.
(1) Upon presentation of the petition to the court, the court shall authorize the district to publish a notice describing in substance the terms and...
545.656 [Repealed by 1973 c.415 §14]
545.658 [Repealed by 1973 c.415 §14]
545.659 Hearing on petition; judgment; trustee.
(1) After 90 days from the date of the first publication of the notice, the district shall file in the proceeding in the circuit court...
545.660 [Repealed by 1973 c.415 §14]
545.662 [Repealed by 1973 c.415 §14]
545.663 Nature of proceeding; appeal; nonprejudicial errors; costs.
The procedure in the circuit court under ORS 545.651, 545.655 and 545.659 shall be in the nature of an equitable proceeding in rem. Any owner...
545.664 [Repealed by 1973 c.415 §14]
545.666 [Repealed by 1973 c.415 §14]
545.667 State Treasurer as depository.
The State Treasurer may act as depository for any purposes under ORS 545.643 to 545.667. All warrants, bonds or other evidences of indebtedness may be...
545.671 Contract providing plan of liquidation; resolution of directors.
Any irrigation district desiring to become a party to any contract providing a plan for the liquidation in any manner of all or part of...
545.673 Terms of contract.
Notwithstanding any other statute expressly or impliedly limiting the powers of the parties named in this section to enter into a contract, a contract under...
545.675 Parties to contract; execution.
(1) All parties described in this section are authorized to become party to, sign, seal, execute and deliver a contract agreed upon under ORS 545.671...
545.677 Election authorizing directors to enter into contract.
The contract provided for in ORS 545.671 to 545.679 may be entered into by the district by its board of directors when a majority vote...
545.679 Recording of contract; effective date; preeminence of contract with respect to rights and liabilities.
Upon execution and delivery of a contract under ORS 545.671 to 545.679, the board of directors shall cause the contract to be recorded in the...
545.683 Submission of claims to board; drawing of warrants; payment; lack of funds; interest on warrants; debts payable by warrants; receipt of warrants, bonds and interest coupons in payment of charges; amount of outstanding warrants; monthly report of district finances.
(1) Claims against the district shall be submitted to the board upon vouchers. Upon order of the board the president and secretary shall draw warrants...
545.685 Establishing bank account for payment of labor and emergency expenses.
(1) The board of directors of an irrigation district may withdraw from any moneys deposited on behalf of the district an amount designated by the...
545.990 [Repealed by 1969 c.344 §8]

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