Oregon Statutes - Chapter 551 - Diking Districts

• 551.010   Use of “lands” in chapter; railroads subject to taxation; duties of surveyor and engineer.
  (1) When the term “lands” is used in this chapter in reference to taxation, it shall not be held to include improvements thereon; but the...
• 551.020   Petition for formation of diking district; bond.
  One-half or more of the owners of lands which may be conveniently embraced in one diking district and which are subject to overflow by tidewaters...
• 551.030   Publication of petition; order to show cause; viewers to investigate proposed works.
  (1) The county court or board of county commissioners shall then have the petition published in a newspaper of general circulation in the county in...
• 551.040   Duties of surveyors and viewers.
  The routine of procedure under this chapter shall be as far as practicable the same as prescribed by the road law of the state for...
• 551.050   Hearing; postponement; decision of court.
  At the time advertised for the hearing of interested parties, the court may postpone the hearing as may be necessary in order to allow the...
• 551.060   Apportionment of cost of dikes and dams.
  After the petition has been granted and the proceedings had as specified in ORS 551.050, the court shall apportion the estimated cost of the dikes...
• 551.070   Advertisement for bids; contracts; bond; personal subscriptions; modification of plan.
  When the tax has been collected or the application filed as provided in ORS 551.080, the county court shall advertise for bids on the proposed...
• 551.080   Application for payment of assessments in installments.
  After the assessments have been made, the owner of any property assessed for such improvement in a sum not less than $50 may, at any...
• 551.090   Meetings of landowners; procedure; selection of advisory board and superintendent.
  (1) Within 10 days after the petition has been granted, the petitioners shall call a meeting of the landowners of the district, to be held...
• 551.100   Superintendent; compensation; powers and duties; estimate of maintenance costs as basis for annual tax levy.
  (1) The superintendent: (a) Shall receive such pay for services as the court may allow, but shall be paid only for the time actually employed,...
• 551.110   Deposit of district funds; payment of claims.
  Moneys of a district may be deposited in one or more depositories, as defined in ORS 295.001, designated by the superintendent of the district in...
• 551.120   Damages; recovery by landowner.
  If, in locating and establishing the dikes and dams provided for in this chapter, an owner of land through which they pass is aggrieved on...
• 551.130   Organization of repair and maintenance district for land already diked; levy in proportion to benefits; credit for original cost.
  Owners of land already diked may organize districts for the repair and maintenance of the dikes and dams thereof by complying with the procedure prescribed...
• 551.140   Realignment of dikes by landowner.
  Any person through whose lands a dike has been constructed under this chapter may be allowed to construct a dike upon new lines between any...
• 551.150   Vacation of right of way; reversion to original owner.
  The county court may vacate the right of way through which the dikes and dams pass, in the same manner in which county roads are...
• 551.160   County authority as to dikes and dams.
  The governing body of any county shall have the powers provided for it in this chapter to regulate the building and maintenance of dikes and...
• 551.170   Appeals from county court.
  Appeals may be taken from the action of the county court in carrying out the provisions of this chapter in like manner as appeals are...
• 551.180   Dissolution conditions and procedure.
  (1) A diking district may be dissolved in accordance with ORS 198.920 to 198.955 if: (a) Either an existing drainage district formed under ORS chapter...

Last modified: August 7, 2008