Oregon Statutes - Chapter 547 - Drainage Districts - Section 547.680 - Emergency fund; assessments for; use of.

(1) In addition to the annual payments for retirement of the bonds, the board of supervisors shall, during the first five years after the issuance of the refunding bonds, levy an annual assessment of 20 cents per acre upon each acre within the district. Thereafter, whenever there is any default in payment of any assessment levied by the district or in any of the annual payments referred to in ORS 547.675, the board shall levy an assessment of not to exceed 20 cents per acre, which shall be the same upon each acre within the district and shall be levied and collected at the time and in the manner provided by ORS 547.455 to 547.485.

(2) All moneys received from such assessments shall be placed by the treasurer of the district in a special fund designated “Emergency Fund.” The emergency fund shall be used only to the extent of not to exceed 10 cents per acre per annum, for supplementing the bond fund in case of deficiency due to accident, delinquency or other contingencies. The emergency fund shall be disbursed by the treasurer upon order of the board of supervisors. [Amended by 1997 c.170 §53]

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