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OR Rev Stat § 545.645 (2021)
2021 Oregon Revised Statutes|Volume : 15 - Water Resources, Agriculture and Food|Chapter 545 - Irrigation Districts|Section 545.645 - Terms of contract; parties; execution.

(1) Notwithstanding any other statute expressly or impliedly limiting the powers of the parties named in this section to enter into a contract, a contract under ORS 545.643 to 545.667 may provide a plan for liquidation of any indebtedness by the district to which the parties may agree. The contract may provide for terms of discount of the principal or interest, times and manner of payment and apportionment of the obligations of the contract over the irrigable or other lands within the district and the water rights appurtenant to those lands. All parties named in subsection (2) of this section may become party to, sign, seal, execute and deliver any contract so agreed upon, according to ORS 545.643 to 545.667. (2) The parties to the contract shall include: (a) The county courts of the counties in which the lands are located. (b) The owners or holders of at least 80 percent of the amount of the then outstanding bonds or other evidences of indebtedness of the district, liquidation of which is the purpose of the contract. However, the owners or holders jointly may become party to the contract through the agency of a protective committee selected for that purpose by the owners or holders. The authority of the protective committee in the premises shall sufficiently be evidenced by the deposit, at the request of the protective committee, of at least 80 percent of the amount of the bonds or other evidences of indebtedness with the county treasurer of the county in which the office of the district is located. The bonds or other evidences of indebtedness shall be deposited pursuant to a deposit and agency agreement between the owners or holders and the protective committee. (c) All persons who own any lands in the district or whose deeds would be required under law in order to convey such title as then is outstanding in private ownership to any lands included in the district or whose transfer of any government or state lands would be required or permitted under law in order to convey such interests then outstanding in private ownership in the lands. However, the lands described in and covered by the contract may be all or part of the lands within the district upon which all of the parties to the contract agree. (3) The contract shall be executed by all parties with such formalities as will entitle it to be recorded. [Formerly 545.314]
OR Rev Stat § 545.647 (2021)
2021 Oregon Revised Statutes|Volume : 15 - Water Resources, Agriculture and Food|Chapter 545 - Irrigation Districts|Section 545.647 - Recording of contract; effective date; preeminence of contract with respect to rights and liabilities.

Upon the execution and delivery of the contract, the board of directors shall cause it to be recorded in the records of mortgages in the counties in which any part of the lands covered by the contract are located. Upon recordation, the contract shall become effective in accordance with its terms as of the effective date agreed upon in the contract. As of the effective date, the rights, privileges, liabilities and obligations of all parties to the contract, as described in the contract, shall govern and control all parties in lieu of all statutory rights, privileges, liabilities and obligations theretofore governing and controlling the parties in the premises. [Formerly 545.316]
OR Rev Stat § 545.649 (2021)
2021 Oregon Revised Statutes|Volume : 15 - Water Resources, Agriculture and Food|Chapter 545 - Irrigation Districts|Section 545.649 - New contract in lieu of previous contract.

After the execution, delivery and recording of a contract as described and authorized in ORS 545.645 and 545.647, the irrigation district and all other parties to the contract, their successors, heirs, executors, administrators and assigns, may become parties to a new contract in lieu of the contract then in effect. A new contract shall be adopted under ORS 545.643 to 545.667 in the same manner as the contract then in effect. [Formerly 545.318]
OR Rev Stat § 545.651 (2021)
2021 Oregon Revised Statutes|Volume : 15 - Water Resources, Agriculture and Food|Chapter 545 - Irrigation Districts|Section 545.651 - Constructive consent of holders of outstanding indebtedness; procedure for obtaining consent; petition.

(1) For the purpose of obtaining constructive consent of the unknown owners or holders of the bonds or other evidences of indebtedness, who have not either personally or through a protective committee become party to the contract executed in accordance with ORS 545.643 to 545.667, the board of directors shall file a petition in rem verified by the oath of the president or secretary of the district. The petition shall substantially describe the terms and conditions of the contract executed by the district for the liquidation of the bonds or other evidences of indebtedness. The petition shall be filed in the circuit court for the county in which the office of the district is located. (2) The petition shall further state what percentage of owners or holders of bonds or other evidences of indebtedness have become parties to the contract. The percentage shall be not less than 80 percent of those owners or holders. The petition shall further set forth what steps have been taken to get the consent of all nonconsenting owners or holders of the bonds or other evidences of indebtedness. [Formerly 545.320]
OR Rev Stat § 545.655 (2021)
2021 Oregon Revised Statutes|Volume : 15 - Water Resources, Agriculture and Food|Chapter 545 - Irrigation Districts|Section 545.655 - Notice of petition and terms of contract; failure to file dissent; effect.

(1) Upon presentation of the petition to the court, the court shall authorize the district to publish a notice describing in substance the terms and conditions of the contract. The district shall cause the notice to be published, for at least four consecutive weeks in three newspapers published within Oregon and designated by the court. One of the newspapers must be published in the county in which the office of the board is located, if such a newspaper exists. (2) The notice shall contain a general description of the evidences of indebtedness to be liquidated and the amount of indebtedness. The notice shall require all holders of the evidences of indebtedness to file in the proceeding their written dissent from or objection to the contract. The notice shall also state that if such dissent is not filed in writing in the court within 90 days from the date of the first publication of the notice, the owners or holders of the evidences of indebtedness failing to file their dissent or objections shall be considered to have consented to all the terms and conditions of the liquidation of the indebtedness as provided in the contract. Failure within the 90-day period to file dissent and objections with the court shall be the equivalent of the signing, execution and delivery of the contract either personally or through the agency of the protective committee by the known consenting owners or holders of the evidences of indebtedness. [Formerly 545.322]
OR Rev Stat § 545.659 (2021)
2021 Oregon Revised Statutes|Volume : 15 - Water Resources, Agriculture and Food|Chapter 545 - Irrigation Districts|Section 545.659 - Hearing on petition; judgment; trustee.

(1) After 90 days from the date of the first publication of the notice, the district shall file in the proceeding in the circuit court its verified return of its acts made under the order of the court. The district shall attach affidavits of the publication of the notice in three newspapers. After the district files its verified return, the court shall hear the cause and shall enter a judgment providing that all the owners or holders of the evidences of indebtedness who have not, within 90 days after the date of the first publication of the notice, filed in the court their written dissent and objections to the proceedings and contract, have consented to their evidences of indebtedness being liquidated in accordance with the terms of the contract. (2) In the judgment, the court shall direct that the pro rata part of the cash received that, under the contract, belongs to the owners or holders of the evidences of indebtedness whose consent was obtained by the court proceedings be deposited with the county treasurer of the county in which the office of the district is located. The county treasurer shall be trustee for the persons entitled to the moneys. The court shall direct the deposit to be made by the officers of the district, the landowners within the district or the protective committee acting for the consenting owners or holders, as the court may consider most expedient and practicable under the terms of the contract. (3) The judgment shall also provide that, upon the payment of the money to the county treasurer as trustee, the evidences of indebtedness held by the owners or holders shall be considered paid and no longer shall be an obligation as provided in the contract. The judgment shall further provide that, upon surrender to the county treasurer of the bonds with the unpaid interest coupons or other evidences of indebtedness, the county treasurer shall pay on demand to the owners or holders their pro rata part of the moneys deposited with the county treasurer as trustee. When paid in accordance with the contract, the county treasurer shall mark the evidences of indebtedness canceled and deliver the evidences of indebtedness to the district. (4) All owners or holders of the evidences of indebtedness to be liquidated shall be considered to have notice of all steps taken and proceedings under ORS 545.643 to 545.667. [Formerly 545.324; 2003 c.576 §503]
OR Rev Stat § 545.663 (2021)
2021 Oregon Revised Statutes|Volume : 15 - Water Resources, Agriculture and Food|Chapter 545 - Irrigation Districts|Section 545.663 - Nature of proceeding; appeal; nonprejudicial errors; costs.

The procedure in the circuit court under ORS 545.651, 545.655 and 545.659 shall be in the nature of an equitable proceeding in rem. Any owner or holder of evidences of indebtedness affected by the court proceeding or any other interested party may appeal to the Court of Appeals at any time within 30 days after issuance of the judgment of the circuit court. The appeal must be heard and determined within three months from the time of taking the appeal. The court, in inquiring into the regularity, legality or correctness of the proceedings, shall disregard any error, irregularity or omission that does not affect the substantial rights of the parties. The Court of Appeals may approve the proceedings in part and disapprove the remainder. The costs of the proceedings may be allowed and apportioned between the parties in the discretion of the court. [Formerly 545.326; 2003 c.576 §504]
OR Rev Stat § 545.667 (2021)
2021 Oregon Revised Statutes|Volume : 15 - Water Resources, Agriculture and Food|Chapter 545 - Irrigation Districts|Section 545.667 - State Treasurer as depository.

The State Treasurer may act as depository for any purposes under ORS 545.643 to 545.667. All warrants, bonds or other evidences of indebtedness may be deposited with the State Treasurer for safekeeping. [Formerly 545.332]
OR Rev Stat § 545.671 (2021)
2021 Oregon Revised Statutes|Volume : 15 - Water Resources, Agriculture and Food|Chapter 545 - Irrigation Districts|Section 545.671 - Contract providing plan of liquidation; resolution of directors.

Any irrigation district desiring to become a party to any contract providing a plan for the liquidation in any manner of all or part of its outstanding bonded or other indebtedness, whether then due or not due, may choose to adopt the procedure provided by ORS 545.671 to 545.679. The procedure provided by ORS 545.671 to 545.679 is in lieu of other procedures provided by law. Before becoming a party to a contract under ORS 545.671 to 545.679, the board of directors shall adopt a resolution substantially describing all the terms and conditions of the proposed contract. [Formerly 545.352]
OR Rev Stat § 545.673 (2021)
2021 Oregon Revised Statutes|Volume : 15 - Water Resources, Agriculture and Food|Chapter 545 - Irrigation Districts|Section 545.673 - Terms of contract.

Notwithstanding any other statute expressly or impliedly limiting the powers of the parties named in this section to enter into a contract, a contract under ORS 545.671 to 545.679 may provide a plan for liquidation of any indebtedness of the district to which all the parties may agree. The contract may provide for terms of discount of the principal and interest, times and manner of payment and apportionment of the obligations of the contract over the irrigable or other lands. The contract may also provide for the manner and method of making assessments for payment of the principal and interest agreed to be paid, and for the issuance of certificates or other evidences of participation in the contract by the owners or holders of evidences of indebtedness of the district. The contract may contain a provision permitting the release of any land in the district from any lien created by the contract to secure the payment of the obligations of the contract as to that land or relieving any land in the district from any obligation to pay any assessment thereafter levied for the purpose of meeting the obligations or interest accruing under the contract. The contract may provide that the release or relief of land from liens or obligations under the contract may be done by payment to the district of an amount of money as provided in the contract, or by delivery of bonds or coupons or other evidence of participation in the contract. [Formerly 545.354]
OR Rev Stat § 545.675 (2021)
2021 Oregon Revised Statutes|Volume : 15 - Water Resources, Agriculture and Food|Chapter 545 - Irrigation Districts|Section 545.675 - Parties to contract; execution.

(1) All parties described in this section are authorized to become party to, sign, seal, execute and deliver a contract agreed upon under ORS 545.671 to 545.679. The parties shall include: (a) The irrigation district; and (b) The owners or holders of at least 66-2/3 percent in amount of the then outstanding bonds or other evidences of indebtedness of the district, the liquidation of which is the purpose of the contract. The owners or holders jointly may become party to the contract through the agency of a protective or bondholders’ committee selected for that purpose by the owners or holders of outstanding bonds or other evidences of indebtedness. (2) The contract shall be executed by all parties with such formalities as will entitle it to be recorded. [Formerly 545.356]
OR Rev Stat § 545.677 (2021)
2021 Oregon Revised Statutes|Volume : 15 - Water Resources, Agriculture and Food|Chapter 545 - Irrigation Districts|Section 545.677 - Election authorizing directors to enter into contract.

The contract provided for in ORS 545.671 to 545.679 may be entered into by the district by its board of directors when a majority vote of the electors of the district authorizes the contract. [Formerly 545.358]
OR Rev Stat § 545.679 (2021)
2021 Oregon Revised Statutes|Volume : 15 - Water Resources, Agriculture and Food|Chapter 545 - Irrigation Districts|Section 545.679 - Recording of contract; effective date; preeminence of contract with respect to rights and liabilities.

Upon execution and delivery of a contract under ORS 545.671 to 545.679, the board of directors shall cause the contract to be recorded in the records of mortgages in the counties in which the lands covered by the contract are located. After recordation of the contract, the contract shall become effective in accordance with its terms. As of the effective date agreed upon in the contract, the rights, privileges, liabilities and obligations of all parties to the contract, as described in the contract, shall govern and control all the parties in lieu of all statutory rights, privileges, liabilities and obligations previously governing and controlling the parties in the premises. [Formerly 545.360]
OR Rev Stat § 545.683 (2021)
2021 Oregon Revised Statutes|Volume : 15 - Water Resources, Agriculture and Food|Chapter 545 - Irrigation Districts|Section 545.683 - Submission of claims to board; drawing of warrants; payment; lack of funds; interest on warrants; debts payable by warrants; receipt of warrants, bonds and interest coupons in payment of charges; amount of outstanding warrants; monthly report of district finances.

(1) Claims against the district shall be submitted to the board upon vouchers. Upon order of the board the president and secretary shall draw warrants in payment of the claims. The county treasurer shall pay the warrants, if there are funds available for that purpose. If funds are not available, the treasurer shall so indorse the warrants. From the date of the indorsement the warrants shall bear interest at a rate not exceeding six percent per annum until paid or until notice has been given that funds are available for payment of the warrants. Except for payments that may be made by irrigation district bonds, the warrants shall be drawn in payment of any debt, liability or obligation incurred in carrying out the Irrigation District Law. (2) The warrants shall be receivable by the tax collector when tendered in payment of maintenance charges levied against lands in the district that issued the warrants. The tax collector shall also receive any past due bond or any past due interest coupon from any bond of the district in payment of any assessment made for the purpose of paying the bonds or bond interest of the district. The total amount of outstanding warrants for the payment of which there are no funds available shall not exceed $5 per acre for each acre in the district. (3) On the first Tuesday in each month, the county treasurer shall report to the board, in writing, the amount of money in the several funds of the district, the amount of receipts for the month preceding, and the amount of items of expenditures. The report shall be verified and filed with the secretary of the board. [Formerly 545.562]
OR Rev Stat § 545.685 (2021)
2021 Oregon Revised Statutes|Volume : 15 - Water Resources, Agriculture and Food|Chapter 545 - Irrigation Districts|Section 545.685 - Establishing bank account for payment of labor and emergency expenses.

(1) The board of directors of an irrigation district may withdraw from any moneys deposited on behalf of the district an amount designated by the board and deposit it in an account with any insured institution, as defined in ORS 706.008, that is approved by the board to be maintained in the name of the district for the purposes set forth in subsection (2) of this section. (2) The account established under this section shall be used for the payment of any claims arising out of labor and emergency expenses incurred by the district during any month. Moneys may be withdrawn from the account by: (a) Check or draft signed by at least two individuals authorized to do so by the board of directors; or (b) Electronic funds transfers authorized by the board and initiated by at least two individuals authorized by the board. (3) The expenditures made shall be ratified and audited by the board at each regular meeting. (4) As used in this section, "electronic funds transfer" has the meaning given that term in ORS 293.525. [Formerly 545.563; 1997 c.631 §488; 2005 c.492 §2]
OR Rev Stat § 547.005 (2021)
2021 Oregon Revised Statutes|Volume : 15 - Water Resources, Agriculture and Food|Chapter 547 - Drainage Districts|Section 547.005 - Authority to form drainage district.

The persons shown by the records of the county to be the owners of 50 percent of the acreage in any contiguous body of swamp, wet or overflowed lands or irrigated lands, waters from which contribute to the swamp, wet or overflowed conditions of those or other lands, situated in one or more counties of the state, may form a drainage district for the purpose of having such lands reclaimed and protected by drainage or otherwise from the effects of water, for sanitary or agricultural purposes, or when the same may be conducive to the public health, convenience and welfare or of public utility or benefit.
OR Rev Stat § 547.010 (2021)
2021 Oregon Revised Statutes|Volume : 15 - Water Resources, Agriculture and Food|Chapter 547 - Drainage Districts|Section 547.010 - Petition to form district; contents.

For the purpose mentioned in ORS 547.005, the owners may prepare and sign a petition in which shall be stated: (1) The name proposed for the district. (2) The boundary lines of the district, or a description of all the lands included therein, with an allegation that such lands constitute a contiguous body of swamp, wet or overflowed lands, or irrigated lands the waters from which contribute to the swamp, wet or overflowed condition of those or other lands. (3) The total acreage included in the district, and if land in more than one county is included, then the acreage in each county. (4) The names of the owners of land in the district as shown by the county records, and the acreage owned by each owner. (5) An allegation that the proposed reclamation or protection is for sanitary or agricultural purposes, or both, and that the proposed reclamation or protection will be conducive to the public health or welfare or of public utility or benefit. (6) An allegation that all the lands included in the proposed district are properly included, and will be beneficially affected by the operations of the proposed district. (7) An allegation that the benefits of the proposed reclamation or protection will exceed the damage to be done and that the best interests of the land included and of the owners of such land as a whole, and of the public at large, will be promoted by the formation and proposed operations of the district. (8) An allegation that the formation of a drainage district under the provisions of this chapter is a proper and advantageous method of accomplishing the reclamation and protection of the lands included therein. (9) A brief, general, informal statement of a proposed plan of reclamation or protection and such general facts as will enable the court to determine that there is a reasonable probability that the objects sought by the formation of the district may be accomplished. (10) An agreement that the signers will pay any expenses incurred and any charges imposed and billed to the signers, for the purpose of paying the expense of organizing or attempting to organize the proposed district. (11) A prayer asking that the lands described, or such of them as may be found by the court to be properly included in the proposed district, either permanently or until further investigation and surveys may permit elimination, shall be declared organized into a drainage district. [Amended by 1991 c.459 §425]
OR Rev Stat § 547.015 (2021)
2021 Oregon Revised Statutes|Volume : 15 - Water Resources, Agriculture and Food|Chapter 547 - Drainage Districts|Section 547.015 - Verification and filing of petition.

The petition shall be verified by one or more of the petitioners to the effect that they have read the petition and believe the allegations to be true. It shall be filed in the office of the county clerk of the county in which the lands described are situated. If the lands are situated in more than one county it shall be filed in the office of the county clerk of the county in which more of the lands are situated than in any other county.