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ORS Chapter 552 — Water Improvement Districts

ORS 552.218. Organizational meeting; oath; officers; meetings. (1) As soon as possible after an election of directors, the directors shall meet for the purpose of qualifying all persons elected as directors and for the purpose of electing officers of the district. Each director shall qualify by subscribing to an oath of office. (2) The directors shall elect from their number a chairperson and vice chairperson and shall appoint a secretary-treasurer. The officers shall have the authority and duties given to them by the board. (3) The board shall hold meetings as may be necessary or convenient.
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ORS 552.220. [Repealed by 1969 c.168 1]
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ORS 552.223. Duties of district board. A district board shall: (1) Manage and conduct the affairs of the district. (2) Employ and appoint agents and employees, prescribe their duties and fix their compensation. (3) Establish reasonable rules and regulations for the administration of the affairs of the district. (4) Withhold deliveries of water to lands upon which there are delinquent assessments or charges. (5) Establish and maintain funds and accounts for the funds of the district and of any subdistrict. (6) Obtain an annual audit of the books of the district. (7) Fix the location of the principal office of the district at some convenient place within or without the district. (8) Keep a record of all of the proceedings of the district board. (9) Furnish a record book to the county clerk of each county in which lands within the district are located, in which shall be recorded all contracts executed under ORS 552.618 and 552.670, all orders levying assessments and creating subdistricts, and other documents required by law to be recorded.
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ORS 552.225. [Repealed by 1969 c.168 1]
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ORS 552.230. [Repealed by 1969 c.168 1]
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ORS 552.235. [Repealed by 1969 c.168 1]
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ORS 552.240. [Repealed by 1969 c.168 1]
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ORS 552.245. [Repealed by 1969 c.168 1]
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ORS 552.250. [Repealed by 1969 c.168 1]
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ORS 552.255. [Repealed by 1969 c.168 1]
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ORS 552.260. [Repealed by 1969 c.168 1]
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ORS 552.265. [Repealed by 1969 c.168 1]
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ORS 552.270. [Repealed by 1969 c.168 1]
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ORS 552.275. [Repealed by 1969 c.168 1]
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ORS 552.280. [Repealed by 1969 c.168 1]
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ORS 552.285. [Repealed by 1969 c.168 1] POWERS OF DISTRICT
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ORS 552.305. Powers of districts generally. A water improvement district has full power to carry out the objects of its creation and to that end may: (1) Have and use a seal. (2) Have perpetual succession. (3) Sue and be sued in its own name. (4) Acquire by condemnation, purchase, devise, gift or voluntary grant real and personal property or any interest therein, located inside or outside of the boundaries of the district, and take, hold, possess and dispose of real and personal property purchased from, or donated by, the United States, or any state, territory, public body as defined in ORS 174.109 or person for the purpose of aiding in the objects of the district. (5) Enter into intergovernmental agreements under ORS chapter 190 for the construction, preservation, improvement, operation or maintenance of any works. (6) Build, construct, purchase, improve, operate and maintain, subject to other applicable provisions of law, all works necessary or desirable under any engineering plan adopted by the district. (7) Enter into contracts and employ agents, engineers and attorneys. (8) Appropriate and acquire water and water rights and sell, lease and deliver water for irrigation and other purposes both inside and outside the district. (9) Do such other acts or things as may be necessary for the proper exercise of the powers granted to make the greatest beneficial use of the waters of the district.
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ORS 552.310. Condemnation. The right to condemn property, pursuant to ORS 552.305 (4), shall include property already devoted to public use, including city, state and county property, which is less necessary than the use for which it is required by the district. In the acquisition of property or rights by condemnation, the board shall proceed in the name of the district under the provisions of the laws of Oregon. However, the right of condemnation may not be exercised against any water right; against land or other property owned by a city supplying domestic water; a public utility as defined by ORS 757.005; against a telecommunications carrier as defined in ORS 133.721; against lands of a domestic water supply district organized under ORS chapter 264, an irrigation district organized under ORS chapter 545, a drainage district organized under ORS chapter 547, a diking district organized under ORS chapter 551 or a corporation for the use and control of water organized under ORS chapter 554; or against property of the State of Oregon for highway purposes.
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ORS 552.315. Right to enter and survey land. The district board, its officers, agents or employees shall have the right to enter upon any land in the manner provided by ORS 35.220 to make surveys for the purposes of the district.
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ORS 552.320. Operation of water works and sale of water; conditions. A water improvement district may: (1) Acquire, construct, reconstruct, equip, own, maintain, operate, sell, lease and dispose of domestic, industrial and municipal water works or systems and property and all appurtenances incident thereto. (2) Furnish water for domestic, industrial and municipal uses to premises and inhabitants within the district, and in connection therewith, may supply, furnish and sell any surplus water storage or carrying capacity over and above the domestic, industrial and municipal needs of its inhabitants to persons or public bodies as defined in ORS 174.109, either within or without the district. However: (a) A district shall not sell, offer to sell, lease or deliver water within a city that is receiving water for any purpose from a public utility as defined by ORS 757.005; and (b) The power to furnish water for domestic, industrial and municipal uses under this section shall not be exercised in such a manner as to impair the service of the district in furnishing water for its inhabitants.
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ORS 552.325. Water charges; use of revenues; collection and enforcement. (1) The district board shall fix charges for water furnished for domestic, industrial and municipal purposes so that the water system is self-sustaining. All indebtedness incurred in the acquisition, construction, maintenance, operation and disposition of the system shall be paid from the revenue collected and from the proceeds of the disposition of the whole or any part of the water system. The district board may establish rates or charges to be paid by each person whose premises are served. The rates or charges may be fixed and classified according to the type of use and according to the amount of water used, and according to whether the property serviced lies within or without the boundaries of the district. (2) The district shall establish and maintain separate accounts covering the acquisition, construction, reconstruction, maintenance, operation and disposition of the domestic, industrial and municipal water system. (3) The district board may contract with any other district or with a city to collect water charges for the district within the other district or city and the district may pay a reasonable charge for such services. (4) Water charges may also be collected and enforced as provided by ORS 454.225.
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ORS 552.330. Water user regulations; enforcement; notice. A district may adopt and promulgate regulations concerning the use of water of the district. The district board may refuse to supply any building, place or premises with water when the user fails after five days written notice to comply with the regulations of the district. The written notice shall be by first-class mail or shall be posted in some conspicuous place on the building, place or premises to which the supply of water may be shut off. When the notice is mailed, it shall be considered given when it is deposited in the United States Post Office properly addressed with postage prepaid.
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ORS 552.345. User regulations; fees for use of facilities. A district shall have power: (1) To make and enforce regulations governing the conduct of the users of the recreational facilities of the district. (2) To prohibit any person violating any regulation from thereafter using the facilities of the district for such period as the board may determine. (3) To establish and collect reasonable charges for the use of the facilities of the district and issue appropriate evidence of the payment of such charges. [1969 c.606 29(1)]
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ORS 552.350. Cooperation with the United States; water quality supervision subject to state authority. (1) A district has the power: (a) To cooperate with the United States in the manner provided by Congress for flood control, reclamation, conservation and allied purposes, such as recreation, in protecting the inhabitants, the land and other property within the district from the effects of a surplus or a deficiency of water when the cooperation of the district is beneficial to the public health, welfare, safety and utility. (b) To have general control and supervision over bodies of water which are owned or maintained, or which have been improved, by the district, insofar as the quality of water may affect the public health, welfare, safety and utility of the bodies of water. (2) In carrying out the authority granted by subsection (1)(b) of this section, the district may prevent any person including any elected or appointed officer, employee or person under the control of a city, county or district, from depositing directly or indirectly in any such bodies of water, any rubbish, filth or poisonous or deleterious substance liable to affect the health of persons, fish or livestock. However, the authority granted by this subsection shall not be exercised unless the Environmental Quality Commission, after study and determination of a specific request of the district, certifies to the district that the quality of a body of water under the jurisdiction of the district is injurious to the health of persons, fish or livestock.
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ORS 552.403. Watershed improvement plans; cooperation with Water Resources Commission. (1) A district shall, within a reasonable time after formation, prepare broad, general plans of watershed improvement. The plan may be prepared in cooperation with the Water Resources Commission and shall conform to the state water resources policy declared by ORS 536.220. (2) The plan also shall show existing and proposed works of the district and of other public and private agencies relating to water use and control. It shall demonstrate a basis for the coordination and planning of future works of the district, governmental agencies and private interests to assure the maximum beneficial use and conservation of the water resources of the district. The projects and improvement plans shall be based on the inventory of water, needs of the district related to natural resources, and plans and programs, if any, developed by the Water Resources Commission. The district may have access to all information, statistics, plans and data in the possession of or available to any state agency or public corporation which is pertinent to the preparation of the plan and may reimburse the agency or corporation for any expense incurred in cooperating with the board. (3) After approval by the district board, the plan of the district including the plan for financing any existing or proposed works may be submitted to the Water Resources Commission for recommendations. (4) The district board shall make revisions found necessary for the proper control, utilization, conservation, development and improvement of the water resources of the district, and for the protection and enhancement of the quality of such water resources.
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ORS 552.405. [Repealed by 1969 c.168 1]
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ORS 552.408. District projects; engineering plans. Construction of district works may be undertaken on motion of the district board or when landowners of the district request the district board to do so. Upon initiation of a construction project, the district board shall obtain engineering plans for the project.
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ORS 552.410. [Repealed by 1969 c.168 1]
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ORS 552.413. Engineering plans prepared by other agencies. In lieu of obtaining engineering plans as provided by ORS 552.408, the district board may adopt as an engineering plan, any plans meeting the requirements of this chapter made by an agency of the federal government or the state, or proposed as project work plans by a soil and water conservation district in which lands within the water improvement district are located.
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ORS 552.415. [Repealed by 1969 c.168 1]
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ORS 552.418. Notice of engineering plan; hearing; objections of landowners; approval or disapproval of plan. (1) Upon completion or adoption of the engineering plan, the district board shall cause notice to be given to the landowners that the plan, including the general report, may be inspected at the district office. The notice may be given by mail or by publication as the board determines. (2) The notice shall fix a time and place for a hearing before the district board of all objections to the plan. The hearing shall be held not less than 20 nor more than 30 days after the date of mailing, or the date of the last publication, of the notice. At the hearing the board may make changes in the plan as necessary in the light of objections or suggestions made by persons appearing at the hearing. After the hearing the board shall approve the plan as proposed, corrected or changed, by adopting an order of approval. However, if the owners of more than 50 percent of the acreage within the district, within 30 days after the date of the order approving the plan, file written objections to the order with the secretary of the district, no further action shall be taken under the order and the plan shall be considered disapproved by the district board and rejected by the landowners. When an engineering plan is rejected by the landowners, the board may obtain a new engineering plan and present it to the landowners as provided by this section.
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ORS 552.420. [Repealed by 1969 c.168 1]
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ORS 552.423. Advertising for bids on construction contract. After the approval of the engineering plan as provided by ORS 552.418 and before beginning the construction of any works, the district board shall give notice, by publication and otherwise, as it may consider advisable, calling for bids for the construction of such works, or any portion thereof.
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ORS 552.425. [Repealed by 1969 c.168 1]
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ORS 552.428. Letting construction contract; contractors bond or letter of credit. After advertising for bids, the board shall let a contract for construction of the whole or any part of the project to the lowest responsible bidder; or the board may reject any or all bids and readvertise; or it may construct the project under its own superintendence. Good and sufficient bond, or an irrevocable letter of credit issued by an insured institution as defined in ORS 706.008 running in favor of the district, shall be required of each contractor, conditioned that the contractor will well and truly comply with all the provisions of the contract and perform all work in accordance with the terms thereof.
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ORS 552.433. Chief engineer of district to superintend work. If the district has a chief engineer, the chief engineer shall be superintendent of all the works and improvements and shall, whenever required, and at least once each year, make a full report to the district board of all work done and improvements. The chief engineer shall make such suggestions and recommendations to the board as the chief engineer considers proper.
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ORS 552.438. Construction on public land or right of way, or along watercourse. (1) A district may construct works across or along any street or public highway, or over any lands which are property of this state, or any subdivision thereof. A district may construct its work across and along any stream of water or watercourse. (2) Any works across or along any highway, road or street shall be constructed only with the permission of the Department of Transportation, the county board or the city governing body having jurisdiction of the highway, road or street. The district shall restore any highway, road or street to its former state as near as may be and shall not use the right of way in a manner unnecessarily to impair its usefulness.
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ORS 552.505. [Repealed by 1969 c.168 1]
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ORS 552.510. [Repealed by 1969 c.168 1]
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ORS 552.515. [Repealed by 1969 c.168 1] DISTRICT FINANCES
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ORS 552.603. Financing construction, operation or maintenance of district works. The district board may, in accordance with the order approving an engineering plan adopted under ORS 552.418, finance the construction, operation or maintenance of district works by: (1) Use of the revolving fund established under ORS 552.635. (2) Assessments under ORS 552.608 and 552.613 against the benefited property in the district with or without issuance of improvement bonds or warrants. (3) Service charges and user fees collected under ORS 552.618 or 552.630 from those who are served by or use the services, works and facilities of the district. (4) Levy of ad valorem taxes under ORS 552.623 and 552.625. (5) Sale of bonds under ORS 552.645 to 552.660. (6) Any combination of the provisions of subsections (1) to (5) of this section.
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ORS 552.605. [Repealed by 1969 c.168 1]
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ORS 552.608. Assessment of cost of works against benefited land; hearing on proposed assessment. (1) All or part of the cost of building, constructing, purchasing, operating, maintaining and improving the district works described in an engineering plan adopted under ORS 552.408 or 552.413 may be assessed against the lands to be benefited by the works. The district board shall determine the portion of the cost, if any, that is to be paid from the general funds of the district and the portion that is to be paid by the lands benefited. (2) Assessments shall be apportioned by the district board in accordance with the special and peculiar benefit to be received from the district works by each lot or parcel of land. Where parcels of land, or portions thereof, in the district are undeveloped, the district board may, in its discretion, defer assessing or imposing all or any portion of such assessments on such parcels until such parcels are connected with or receiving services from the district works. (3) The district board shall afford an opportunity for hearing of any individual objections or remonstrances to assessments under this section. If remonstrances or objections are received by the district board signed by more than 50 percent of the landowners representing more than 50 percent of the acreage within the proposed assessment district, the proposed improvement shall not be made.
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ORS 552.610. [Repealed by 1969 c.168 1]
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ORS 552.613. Improvement bonds. If any portion of the cost of a district works is assessed against the property directly benefited, the district board may issue improvement bonds in the total amount of the valid applications it has received to pay assessments in installments as provided by ORS 223.205 and 223.210 to 223.295.
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ORS 552.615. [Repealed by 1969 c.168 1]
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ORS 552.618. Effect of irrigation contract. No tract of land shall be considered to be benefited by the construction, operation, maintenance or improvement of irrigation works unless the owner of such land enters into an irrigation contract with the district. The irrigation contract shall be in such form as shall be prescribed by the district. Upon being executed the contract may be filed for record and the recording of the contract shall constitute notice that such lands are subject to assessments thereafter levied in accordance with the contract.
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ORS 552.620. [Amended by 1955 c.707 74; repealed by 1969 c.168 1]
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ORS 552.623. Ad valorem tax levy, collection, enforcement. (1) Subject to ORS 552.625, a district may assess, levy and collect taxes each year on the assessed value of all taxable property within the limits of the district. The proceeds of the tax shall be applied in carrying out the purposes of this chapter. (2) The district may annually also assess, levy and collect a tax without limitation upon all such property in an amount sufficient to pay the yearly interest on bonds theretofore issued by the district and then outstanding, together with any portion of the principal of the bonds maturing within the year. The tax shall be applied only in payment of interest and principal of bonds issued by the district, but the district may apply any funds it may have toward payment of principal and interest of bonds. (3) Any taxes needed shall be levied in each year and returned to the county officer, whose duty it is to extend the tax roll, by the time required by law for city taxes to be levied and returned. (4) All taxes levied by a district shall become payable at the same time and be collected by the same officer who collects county taxes, and shall be turned over to the district according to law. The county officer whose duty it is to extend the county levy shall extend the levy of the district in the same manner as city taxes are extended. (5) Property shall be subject to sale for nonpayment of taxes levied by a district in like manner and with like effect as in the case of county and state taxes.
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ORS 552.624. 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 as provided in ORS 308.225.