Source: https://www.oregonlaws.org/ors/222.250
Timestamp: 2019-10-15 16:41:58
Document Index: 465097926

Matched Legal Cases: ['§5', '§11', '§38', '§34', '§35', '§81', '§11', '§93', '§357']

ORS 222.250 - Joint convention of governing bodies - 2017 Oregon Revised Statutes
2017 ORS Vol. 6 Chapter 222 Section 222.250
2017 ORS 222.250¹
Joint convention of governing bodies
• election on consolidation, charter and tax rate limit
• functions of county court
(1) After the charter commission has prepared and adopted a charter, the secretary of the charter commission shall file copies of the charter, certified as correct by the secretary or two or more members of the commission, with the governing bodies of each of the incorporated cities to be included in the proposed city. Within 30 days after the filing the governing bodies of the cities shall meet in joint convention, at the usual place of meeting of the governing body of the city having the largest population as shown by the last federal census, to adopt a ballot title for the question of consolidation and adoption of a city charter and tax base. The ballot title shall comply with the requirements of ORS 250.035 (Form of ballot titles for state and local measures). The permanent rate limit for operating taxes that is submitted to the electors shall be the permanent rate limit included in the petition for consolidation filed under ORS 222.230 (Form and contents of petition).
(c) Whether the proposed permanent rate limit included in the petition for consolidation filed under ORS 222.230 (Form and contents of petition) shall be adopted as the proposed permanent rate limit of the new city.
(3) If the governing bodies cannot agree at the joint convention upon a date and a ballot title for the election, the county court of the county in which is located the administrative office of the city having the largest population of all cities proposed to be included in the consolidated city, by resolution duly adopted by the county court, shall determine a date and adopt a ballot title. The election in that case shall be called by the county court for the purposes provided in the petitions and ORS 222.210 (Authority to consolidate adjoining and nonadjoining cities or territories) to 222.310 (Construction of ORS 222.210 to 222.310).
(4) The statement summarizing the measure and its major effect in a ballot title for an election under this section shall include a general description of the boundaries of the proposed city. The description shall use streets and other generally recognized features and name the cities proposed to be included in the consolidated city. Notwithstanding ORS 250.035 (Form of ballot titles for state and local measures), the statement summarizing the measure and its major effect shall not exceed 150 words.
(5) Not later than the 61st day before the date of the election, the officer performing the duties of clerk of the joint convention or the county court shall file the ballot title with the county clerk of the county in which is located the administrative office of the city having the largest population of all cities proposed to be included in the consolidated city. The ballot title may be challenged in the manner provided for county measures in ORS 250.195 (Procedure for elector dissatisfied with ballot title of county measure). [Amended by 1971 c.761 §5; 1979 c.316 §11; 1983 c.350 §38; 1985 c.565 §34; 1989 c.92 §35; 1995 c.79 §81; 1995 c.534 §11; 1995 c.712 §93; 1997 c.541 §357]