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OR Rev Stat § 547.415 (2021)
2021 Oregon Revised Statutes|Volume : 15 - Water Resources, Agriculture and Food|Chapter 547 - Drainage Districts|Section 547.415 - Failure of owner or occupant to act; maintenance by supervisors.

If the owner or occupant of the premises upon which the clogged or obstructed ditch, lateral, drain, canal, slough, waterway or conduit is situated fails for 10 days after being notified of the existence of such clogged or obstructed condition, to repair, clean or grade the ditch, lateral, drain, canal, slough, waterway or conduit or remove the obstruction therefrom, the board of supervisors shall immediately repair, clean or grade the same and cause it to be promptly placed in a proper and efficient condition.
OR Rev Stat § 547.420 (2021)
2021 Oregon Revised Statutes|Volume : 15 - Water Resources, Agriculture and Food|Chapter 547 - Drainage Districts|Section 547.420 - Liability for cost of work; notice of claim of lien; foreclosure; sale of land.

(1) Upon completion of the work the board of supervisors shall bill the owner or occupant of the premises for the expense necessarily incurred in the repair, grading or cleaning of the canal, ditch, lateral, drain, slough, waterway or conduit. (2) If any charge remains unpaid beyond the due date thereof, the secretary of the district may file a notice of claim of lien with the county clerk of the county in which the lands for which the charges were billed are situated. The notice of lien shall be in writing and must contain: (a) The name of the landowner or occupier who was billed. (b) A statement of the amount claimed past due. (c) A description of the land upon which the work was completed sufficient for identification. (3) The county clerk shall cause the notice of lien to be recorded in the County Clerk Lien Record maintained under ORS 205.125. The amount of the charges and expense, as of the date the notice of lien is filed, shall constitute a first lien upon the lands or premises, except as to taxes. If the charges and expenses are not paid and the lien discharged by the owner or occupant within 30 days from the date the notice is filed, suit or action may be brought in the name of the drainage district for the foreclosure of the lien. The suit or action shall be brought by the district attorney, or, at the option of the board, by an attorney employed by the board. The lands affected thereby shall be sold under execution for the payment and satisfaction of the lien and of the costs and disbursements incurred in connection with the prosecution of the suit or action. [Amended by 1991 c.459 §425i]
OR Rev Stat § 547.425 (2021)
2021 Oregon Revised Statutes|Volume : 15 - Water Resources, Agriculture and Food|Chapter 547 - Drainage Districts|Section 547.425 - Prohibited practices.

No person shall: (1) Throw, dump or place or allow to be thrown, dumped or placed, any rubbish, refuse or any article or thing in any ditch, lateral, canal, slough, waterway or conduit used as a part of or in connection with any drainage works or drainage plant or drainage system or any waterway under the control of any drainage district lying west of the Cascade Mountains; or (2) Befoul or pollute or allow to be befouled or polluted any such ditch, lateral, canal, slough, waterway or conduit; or (3) In any manner obstruct or permit to be obstructed by stock any such waterway, canal, ditch, lateral, slough or conduit.
OR Rev Stat § 547.430 (2021)
2021 Oregon Revised Statutes|Volume : 15 - Water Resources, Agriculture and Food|Chapter 547 - Drainage Districts|Section 547.430 - Civil liability for expense of removal of filth or obstruction; recovery by action.

Any person who throws, dumps or places or allows to be thrown, dumped or placed, any rubbish, refuse, or any article or thing in any such ditch, lateral, canal, slough, waterway or conduit shall, in addition to the penalty provided in ORS 547.990, also be liable to the owner of the ditch, lateral, canal, slough, waterway or conduit, or other person or district having control, charge or supervision of the same, for all expense legitimately occasioned or incurred by such person or district in the removal of any such rubbish, refuse or other article or thing or the prevention of such befoulment or pollution, and for all damage that may be done or occasioned to the ditch, lateral, canal, slough, waterway or conduit by reason of such dumping, throwing or placing of the rubbish, refuse or article or thing, or the befoulment or pollution. The sum may be recovered in a civil action brought in the name of the person or district having control of or using the ditch, lateral, canal, slough, waterway or conduit that was injured, damaged, befouled, polluted or obstructed.
OR Rev Stat § 547.455 (2021)
2021 Oregon Revised Statutes|Volume : 15 - Water Resources, Agriculture and Food|Chapter 547 - Drainage Districts|Section 547.455 - Annual charge or assessment; computation; apportionment; liability of state lands; payment of assessments by bonds, coupons or warrants.

(1) The board of supervisors shall each year make a computation of the whole amount of money to be raised by the district through charges or assessments for the ensuing year for any purposes whatsoever in carrying out the provisions of the Drainage District Act, including maintenance and operation and estimated delinquencies on charges or assessments. This amount when determined by the board shall constitute an assessment upon all the land included in the district and shall be apportioned by the board in accordance with the report of the commissioners as confirmed or amended by the court as provided for in ORS 547.235. (2) Any land owned by any person totaling less than one acre shall be charged or assessed as one acre. (3) Any land, the title to which is vested in the state, or state lands sold under contract in any drainage district, shall be subject to charge or taxation by the district, and the full amount of the charge or assessment due against such lands shall be paid to the district at the same times and in the same manner as other drainage district charges and assessments are paid. (4) The tax collector shall receive any past due bond of the drainage district or any past due interest coupon from any bond of the district in payment of any charge or assessment made for the purpose of paying bonds or bond interest of the district, and shall receive in payment of charges or assessments levied for operation and maintenance purposes any warrants drawn upon the operation and maintenance fund, such warrants received in payment of charges and assessments to be in order of issuance. [Amended by 1953 c.446 §3; 1991 c.459 §425j]
OR Rev Stat § 547.460 (2021)
2021 Oregon Revised Statutes|Volume : 15 - Water Resources, Agriculture and Food|Chapter 547 - Drainage Districts|Section 547.460 - County, city and town lands subject to taxation, assessment or charges.

Any land situated within a drainage district, the title to which is vested in any county, city or town, shall be subject to taxation, assessment or charge by the district. The full amount of taxes or assessments due against the land or the full amount of charges imposed upon the county, city or town shall be paid to the district at the same times and in the same manner as other drainage district taxes, assessments or charges. [Amended by 1991 c.459 §425k]
OR Rev Stat § 547.465 (2021)
2021 Oregon Revised Statutes|Volume : 15 - Water Resources, Agriculture and Food|Chapter 547 - Drainage Districts|Section 547.465 - Assessment or charge of low lands used for growing crops.

Whenever lands located in a drainage district which, because of their low elevation, were not assessed benefits in accordance with ORS 547.225, are used for growing crops, the board of supervisors may levy an annual assessment against the lands or may impose a charge upon the owners of the lands for maintenance and operation. The assessment or charge shall not exceed 100 percent of the rate levied against assessed lands in the district, or imposed upon owners of land in the district, having the lowest elevation. The charges or assessments shall be collected in the same manner as other charges or assessments for maintenance and operation in drainage districts are collected. [Amended by 1991 c.459 §425L]
OR Rev Stat § 547.470 (2021)
2021 Oregon Revised Statutes|Volume : 15 - Water Resources, Agriculture and Food|Chapter 547 - Drainage Districts|Section 547.470 - Extra assessment or charge for lake drainage.

When, in the judgment of the board of supervisors of any drainage district, it is deemed necessary or expedient to drain any lake, which entails extra or additional work in excess of that required in the drainage of lands of higher elevation and where the cost of maintenance and pumping to maintain drainage of such lake will be in excess of that necessary for the reclamation and maintenance of lands within the district other than such lake, an extra assessment or charge for such additional work or a higher rate for such pumping and maintenance may be charged and made against the lands, or owners or occupants of the lands, covered by such lake, to the extent of the respective additional benefits to such lands over lands of a higher elevation in the district and benefited thereby. [Amended by 1991 c.459 §425m]
OR Rev Stat § 547.475 (2021)
2021 Oregon Revised Statutes|Volume : 15 - Water Resources, Agriculture and Food|Chapter 547 - Drainage Districts|Section 547.475 - List of assessments and apportionments.

The board of supervisors shall prepare a list or record of assessments and apportionments, giving the description of the ownership or holdings of each person therein assessed, which shall be certified by the board in the manner provided in ORS 310.060 not later than June 15 of each year to the county assessor of each county in which lands of the district are situated. The county assessor shall enter the assessment upon the county assessor’s roll against the property therein described, in the same manner as other municipal taxes are entered by the county assessor. [Amended by 1963 c.168 §1; 1991 c.459 §425n]
OR Rev Stat § 547.480 (2021)
2021 Oregon Revised Statutes|Volume : 15 - Water Resources, Agriculture and Food|Chapter 547 - Drainage Districts|Section 547.480 - Collection of tax; disposition.

The collection of the tax shall be coincident with collection of the state and county tax, and shall be governed by the laws relating thereto, except that the tax collector shall collect and account for the tax for operation and maintenance separate from the taxes levied by the district for other purposes. When paid to the county treasurer all taxes or assessments levied and collected for operation and maintenance shall be carried in a fund to be known as the operation and maintenance fund. All warrants issued in payment for operation and maintenance, as provided in ORS 547.150, shall be drawn against and paid out of this fund. The county treasurer shall make returns to the secretary of the board of supervisors, and shall pay over and account for all moneys collected thereon quarterly to the treasurer of the district. [Amended by 1973 c.305 §19]
OR Rev Stat § 547.482 (2021)
2021 Oregon Revised Statutes|Volume : 15 - Water Resources, Agriculture and Food|Chapter 547 - Drainage Districts|Section 547.482 - 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. [2001 c.138 §42] Note: 547.482 was added to and made a part of ORS chapter 547 by legislative action but was not added to any smaller series therein. See Preface to Oregon Revised Statutes for further explanation.
OR Rev Stat § 547.485 (2021)
2021 Oregon Revised Statutes|Volume : 15 - Water Resources, Agriculture and Food|Chapter 547 - Drainage Districts|Section 547.485 - Governing body of county to make assessment and levy upon failure of supervisors to do so.

In case of neglect or refusal of the board of supervisors to cause such assessment and levy to be made, the assessment and levy shall be made by the governing body of the county in which the office of the board of supervisors is situated, sitting for the transaction of county business, in the same manner that the court or board levies county taxes. The levy and assessment shall contain the apportionments and description of ownership holdings of each person assessed in the same manner as provided in ORS 547.475 and shall be certified to the assessor not later than July 15 in the manner provided in ORS 310.060. All expenses incident thereto shall be borne by the district. The levy and assessment shall be entered on the county tax roll by the county assessor in the manner provided in ORS 547.475. [Amended by 1963 c.168 §2; 1991 c.459 §425o]
OR Rev Stat § 547.490 (2021)
2021 Oregon Revised Statutes|Volume : 15 - Water Resources, Agriculture and Food|Chapter 547 - Drainage Districts|Section 547.490 - Waiver of penalty or interest by certain districts.

All drainage districts containing not more than 2,000 acres, organized under the provisions of the Drainage District Act, may waive payment of penalty or interest, or both, on district assessments. County tax collecting officers are authorized to collect and receipt for assessments levied by any such drainage district, waiving payment of penalty or interest, or both, when presented with a certified copy of resolution or other action of the drainage district waiving such payment.
OR Rev Stat § 547.492 (2021)
2021 Oregon Revised Statutes|Volume : 15 - Water Resources, Agriculture and Food|Chapter 547 - Drainage Districts|Section 547.492 - Alternative charge or assessment method.

(1) The board of supervisors of a drainage district may provide by resolution for the imposition, billing and collection of charges or assessments of the district in the manner provided under ORS 545.482, 545.484, and 545.494 to 545.508 for irrigation districts. The method of collecting district charges or assessments authorized by this section shall be in lieu of the method provided for under ORS 547.455 to 547.490. (2) A resolution adopted under this section may apply to charges or assessments for operation and maintenance, repairs, bond or interest payments, payments due or to become due to the United States under any contract of the district with the United States or other expenses of the district. (3) Where, in ORS 545.482, 545.484 and 545.494 to 545.508, the board or an officer of an irrigation district is referred to, the corresponding board or officer of a drainage district shall perform the required actions. [1985 c.803 §2; 1991 c.459 §425p]
OR Rev Stat § 547.495 (2021)
2021 Oregon Revised Statutes|Volume : 15 - Water Resources, Agriculture and Food|Chapter 547 - Drainage Districts|Section 547.495 - Crops bound by lien; exceptions.

All drainage districts organized pursuant to the provisions of the Drainage District Act shall have a lien on all crops grown on lands within such districts for that portion of the annual charges or assessments, levied against the lands on which the crops are grown, or imposed upon the owners or occupants of the land, that are for maintenance and operation of such districts. This lien shall be prior to every other lien, mortgage or encumbrance on the crop, except labor liens now granted by the laws of Oregon and crop mortgages given by landowners in the district to federal or state loaning agencies set up by the federal government or the state to secure loans, the proceeds of which are used in the production of crops of such landowners, provided such loaning agencies certify to the districts that such loans cannot otherwise be made to the landowners. The lien shall be in addition to any other lien securing the payment of maintenance and operation charges or assessments, and shall be a continuing one and shall bind the crops after, as well as before, they have been gathered; provided, that the share of any tenant who has leased such lands on a share rent basis shall be exempt from the lien to the extent of three-fourths of the entire crop. [Amended by 1991 c.459 §425q]
OR Rev Stat § 547.500 (2021)
2021 Oregon Revised Statutes|Volume : 15 - Water Resources, Agriculture and Food|Chapter 547 - Drainage Districts|Section 547.500 - Notice or claim of crop lien; filing; contents.

The board of supervisors of every drainage district which may elect to claim the benefits of ORS 547.495 to 547.515 shall file with the county clerk of the county in which the land is located, any time before the removal of the crop upon which a lien is desired, a statement verified by the oath of the secretary of the board or some person having knowledge of the facts, setting forth the amount of that portion of the annual charges or assessments for maintenance and operation levied against the land, or imposed upon the owners or occupants of the land, on which the crop is grown and for which a lien is desired, with a description of the land sufficient for identification, the name of the owner of the crop, or reputed owner if known, and the name of the owner of the land on which the crop is grown. [Amended by 1991 c.459 §425r]
OR Rev Stat § 547.505 (2021)
2021 Oregon Revised Statutes|Volume : 15 - Water Resources, Agriculture and Food|Chapter 547 - Drainage Districts|Section 547.505 - Recording of crop lien claim by clerk; indexing.

The county clerk shall record the claim in a book kept for that purpose. The record shall be indexed as the record of chattel mortgages is kept and indexed.
OR Rev Stat § 547.510 (2021)
2021 Oregon Revised Statutes|Volume : 15 - Water Resources, Agriculture and Food|Chapter 547 - Drainage Districts|Section 547.510 - Form of crop lien claim; foreclosure.

(1) A claim for lien substantially in the following form shall be sufficient: ______________________________________________________________________________ NOTICE OF LIEN UPON CROPS Notice is given that _____, a drainage district organized under and pursuant to the provisions of ORS chapter 547, claims a lien upon that certain crop of _____ growing on the following described lands located in the drainage district in _____ County, Oregon: _____, for that portion of the annual charges or assessments levied by the above-named drainage district against lands, or owners or occupants of the lands, on which the crop is growing, for maintenance and operation of the district, in the sum of $___; that the name of the owner or reputed owner of the crop is _____; that the owner of the land on which the crop is growing is _____; that no part of the charge or assessment for which a lien herein is claimed has been paid, except $___; and that there now is due and remaining unpaid thereon, after deducting all just credits and offsets, the sum of $___. ____________, Claimant. State of Oregon, ) ) ss. County ) of ______ ) I, ____________, being first duly sworn, on oath say that I am _____ of the drainage district named in the foregoing claim, that I have personal knowledge of the facts therein set out; that I know the contents thereof, and believe the same to be true. ____________ Subscribed and sworn to before me this ___ day of _____, 2___. ____________ Notary Public for Oregon (Seal) My commission expires ________. ______________________________________________________________________________ (2) The lien so created may be foreclosed in the manner provided in ORS 79.0601 to 79.0628. [Amended by 1961 c.726 §418; 1991 c.459 §425s; 2001 c.445 §176]
OR Rev Stat § 547.515 (2021)
2021 Oregon Revised Statutes|Volume : 15 - Water Resources, Agriculture and Food|Chapter 547 - Drainage Districts|Section 547.515 - Removal of crops to another county; recording of notice in latter county; rights of purchasers and mortgagees.

When such crops are removed from the county in which the notice of lien is recorded, the lien shall be suspended as to subsequent purchasers and mortgagees thereof in good faith and for a valuable consideration, from and after 30 days from the time of such removal, unless within 30 days from the time of such removal the notice of lien is recorded in the county to which the property is removed. The lien shall remain suspended until the notice of lien is recorded in the county to which the crop is removed; but shall be a lien upon the crop while it is in any county in which the notice of the lien is recorded.
OR Rev Stat § 547.555 (2021)
2021 Oregon Revised Statutes|Volume : 15 - Water Resources, Agriculture and Food|Chapter 547 - Drainage Districts|Section 547.555 - Bonds; issuance; interest; place of payment; maturities.

(1) The board of supervisors may, if in its judgment it seems best, and subject to the approval of the electors of the district, issue bonds of the district for any purpose necessary or convenient to carry out the provisions of the Drainage District Act, including refunding of outstanding bonds, in denominations of not less than $100, bearing interest from date at a rate determined by the board, payable semiannually, to mature at annual intervals within 40 years, commencing after a period of years not later than five years, to be determined by the board of supervisors, both principal and interest being payable at some convenient insured institution or trust company, as those terms are defined in ORS 706.008, that is named in the bonds. Principal and interest, including principal, interest and premium payments made to redeem bonds under ORS 547.580, may be payable at the office of the treasurer of the district. (2) The bonds shall be signed by the president of the board, attested with the seal of the district and by the signature of the secretary of the board. They may be issued so as to mature serially in annual amounts so as to be approximately equal, principal and interest, and may be issued so as to include a sum sufficient to pay the first four years’ interest, or less, to accrue on the bonds. [Amended by 1969 c.694 §36; 1977 c.188 §8; 1983 c.740 §215; 1991 c.459 §425t; 1997 c.631 §490; 2001 c.215 §20]
OR Rev Stat § 547.560 (2021)
2021 Oregon Revised Statutes|Volume : 15 - Water Resources, Agriculture and Food|Chapter 547 - Drainage Districts|Section 547.560 - Sale of bonds; procedure.

The board of supervisors may sell, from time to time, the bonds which have been authorized, in such quantities as may be necessary and most advantageous. Before making any sale, the board shall, at a meeting, by resolution, declare its intention to sell a specified amount of bonds and the day, hour and place of such sale, and shall cause notice thereof to be given by publication for at least 30 days in three newspapers published in Oregon, one of which shall be a newspaper published in the county in which the office of the board is situated, if there is a newspaper published in that county, and in any other newspaper at its discretion. The notice shall state that sealed proposals will be received by the board of supervisors at its office for the purchase of bonds until the day and hour named in the resolution. At the time appointed, the board shall open the proposals and may reject any and all bids. After offering the bonds for sale, if no satisfactory bid is received the board may use them for any purpose for which the proceeds from the sale of bonds may be used, but the board shall in no event sell or dispose of any of said bonds for less than 90 percent of the face value thereof. Nothing in this section shall inhibit the district from providing for the drainage of lands within the district, in units or portions, from time to time.
OR Rev Stat § 547.565 (2021)
2021 Oregon Revised Statutes|Volume : 15 - Water Resources, Agriculture and Food|Chapter 547 - Drainage Districts|Section 547.565 - Payment of bonds from assessments.

The bonds and the interest thereon and all obligations for the payment of money authorized and incurred by such district shall be general obligations of the district and shall be paid by the revenue derived from the annual assessments upon the real property within the district. All the real property within the district shall be liable to be assessed for such payments under and subject to the provisions of ORS 547.455 to 547.485. [Amended by 1993 c.97 §18]