Oregon Statutes - Chapter 372 - Highway Lighting Districts

372.010 Definitions.
As used in this chapter unless the context requires otherwise: (1) �County board� means board of county commissioners or county court of a county. (2)...
372.020 Authority to organize district.
The abutting property owners or the electors resident along any highway may organize a highway lighting district for the purpose of illuminating the highway abutting...
372.030 Location of district.
A highway lighting district may be entirely outside the limits of a city or it may be both outside and inside such limits. The boundary...
372.040 Petition to organize district; contents.
A petition for the formation of a district, in addition to other matters required, shall set forth: (1) The number of owners of property abutting...
372.045 County board as district governing board; filing petition; landowners as signatories; transfer of records and files.
(1) The county board may be established as the governing board of a district. If the petition for formation filed under ORS 372.040 requests the...
372.050 [Amended by 1971 c.514 §5; repealed by 1971 c.727 §203]
372.060 [Amended by 1971 c.514 §6; repealed by 1971 c.727 §203]
372.070 [Amended by 1971 c.514 §7; repealed by 1971 c.727 §203]
372.080 [Amended by 1971 c.514 §8; repealed by 1971 c.727 §203]
372.090 Inspection and report by engineer.
Upon the filing of the petition for formation, the county board shall, by order, direct the county engineer to: (1) Make an inspection and investigation...
372.100 [Amended by 1971 c.514 §10; repealed by 1971 c.727 §203]
372.110 [Amended by 1965 c.85 §2; 1971 c.514 §11; repealed by 1971 c.727 §203]
372.120 [Amended by 1971 c.514 §12; repealed by 1971 c.727 §203]
372.130 [Amended by 1971 c.514 §13; repealed by 1971 c.727 §203]
372.140 General powers of district.
A highway lighting district may: (1) Make contracts. (2) Hold, receive and dispose of real and personal property within and without its described boundaries. (3)...
372.150 Illumination of state highways; cooperation with department.
(1) The plans and specifications for the illumination of a state highway shall be submitted to and be approved by the Department of Transportation before...
372.160 [Amended by 1971 c.514 §16; repealed by 1995 c.733 §74]
372.170 Power to assess, levy and collect taxes.
(1) The district may assess, levy and collect assessments upon all real property situate within its boundaries and which is by law taxable for state...
372.175 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...
372.180 Assessment, levy and collection procedure.
(1) The district board each year shall estimate assessments needed, and the amount thereof shall be levied and returned to the county officer whose duty...
372.190 Exemption of railroad right of way from assessment.
Except for railroad right of way that abuts on the highway at a grade crossing, railroad right of way shall not be subject to assessment...
372.200 District commissioners; number; qualifications; appointment.
(1) The power given to districts, except as otherwise provided by this chapter, is vested in and shall be exercised by a board of five...
372.210 Organization; terms of commissioners; disqualification; vacancies.
(1) Within 10 days after the issuance of the order proclaiming the formation of a district, the commissioners shall meet and organize by each first...
372.220 Meetings and officers of board.
(1) The district board shall hold meetings at the times and places within the district as it determines. It shall hold at least one regular...
372.230 [Repealed by 1969 c.345 §20]
372.240 District employees; expenses of board.
The district board may employ engineers, superintendents, mechanics, clerks, secretaries or other persons as requisite, necessary or convenient, in carrying on any of its work,...
372.250 [Repealed by 1969 c.344 §8]
372.260 Deposit and withdrawal of district moneys; annual reports.
(1) All moneys of a district shall be deposited in one or more banks designated by the district board. Moneys shall be paid out only...
372.270 Preservation and inspection of records.
All the proceedings of the district board shall be entered at large in a record book. All books, maps, plans, documents, correspondence, vouchers, reports and...
372.280 Initiative and referendum in districts.
The electors of a district may exercise the initiative and referendum powers with reference to legislation of the district, in accordance with ORS 255.135 to...
372.290 [Repealed by 1971 c.514 §32 and 1971 c.727 §203; (372.450, 372.460, 372.470 and 372.480 enacted in lieu of 372.290)]
372.310 Petition for annexation of land to district.
Land abutting a highway may be annexed to a highway lighting district. The petition shall set forth in addition to other matters the information required...
372.320 [1955 c.80 §4; 1971 c.514 §38; repealed by 1971 c.727 §203]
372.330 [1955 c.80 §5; 1971 c.514 §39; repealed by 1971 c.727 §203]
372.340 [1955 c.80 §6; 1971 c.514 §40; repealed by 1971 c.727 §203]
372.350 [1955 c.80 §7; repealed by 1971 c.514 §44 and 1971 c.727 §203]
372.360 Board for consolidated district; appointment.
In an order of consolidation or merger of two or more districts, the county board: (1) Shall appoint, except as provided in subsection (2) of...
372.370 [1955 c.80 §9; 1971 c.514 §42; repealed by 1971 c.727 §203]
372.380 [1955 c.80 §10 1971 c.514 §43; repealed by 1971 c.727 §203]
372.400 Petition for withdrawal of territory from district; notice; hearing.
(1) The landowners within a district may petition the county board for withdrawal of a designated and described contiguous area lying along the boundary of...
372.410 Petitioners to pay cost of notices and preparation of revised boundary descriptions.
At the time of filing the petition for withdrawal, the petitioners shall deposit with the county clerk a sum of money sufficient to defray all...
372.420 Board to order withdrawal of territory if remonstrance not filed; grounds for denial or granting of petition.
(1) If at the time and place set for hearing upon the withdrawal petition no remonstrance is filed, either orally or in writing, the county...
372.430 Withdrawn area not subject to subsequent assessments or taxes.
The area withdrawn shall, after the date of entry of the withdrawal order, be free from assessments and taxes levied thereafter by the district. However,...
372.450 District dissolution petition or resolution.
Dissolution of a district may be initiated: (1) By a petition for dissolution of the district, filed with the district board, signed by the owners...
372.460 Board findings on proposed dissolution; proposed plan.
(1) When the dissolution of a district is proposed, the board shall make findings of fact which shall include: (a) The amount of each outstanding...
372.470 Filing of dissolution plan with county board; notice; hearing.
(1) When the district board has complied with ORS 372.460, it shall thereupon file the petition or resolution with the county board of the county...
372.480 Grounds for granting dissolution; assumption of district indebtedness; disposition of surplus; statement of dissolution.
(1) After the hearing, if the county board determines it is in the best interest of the district to dissolve, it shall grant the petition...

Last modified: August 7, 2008