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OR Rev Stat § 553.640 (2021)
2021 Oregon Revised Statutes|Volume : 15 - Water Resources, Agriculture and Food|Chapter 553 - Water Control Districts|Section 553.640 - Sale of bonds; cancellation.

(1) The board may sell from time to time the bonds which have been authorized by the electors and 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 the resolution to be entered on the minutes. Notice of sale shall be given by publication. The notice shall state that sealed proposals will be received by the board at its office for the purchase of the bonds until the day and hour named in the resolution. At the time appointed, the board shall open the proposals and may reject any or all bids. After offering the bonds for sale, as above provided, if no satisfactory bid is received, the board may use the bonds 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 bonds for less than 90 percent of their face value. (2) The board may by resolution entered on its records cancel any bonds which may have been voted or issued which have not been sold or deposited as security for funds advanced or to be advanced, and which the state, United States or any person has no claim to or equity in. After such cancellation, the bonds shall not be sold or otherwise disposed of; they shall be invalid and of no effect; and the board may not replace them without authorization of the electors. [1965 c.623 §22]
OR Rev Stat § 553.643 (2021)
2021 Oregon Revised Statutes|Volume : 15 - Water Resources, Agriculture and Food|Chapter 553 - Water Control Districts|Section 553.643 - Bond given for federal loan; form; terms.

The district may borrow from the United States or an agency thereof, by furnishing the agency with a single bond or other evidence of indebtedness in such form and on such terms as are required by the federal laws and as may be agreed upon between the board and the federal agency. [1969 c.691 §12; 1991 c.459 §431e]
OR Rev Stat § 553.645 (2021)
2021 Oregon Revised Statutes|Volume : 15 - Water Resources, Agriculture and Food|Chapter 553 - Water Control Districts|Section 553.645 - Payment from annual taxes and assessments of bond-related amounts due government.

The bonds and the interest thereon and all payments due or to become due to the United States under any contract between the district and the United States, accompanying which bonds of the district have not been deposited with the United States, and all obligations for the payment of money authorized and incurred under this chapter, shall be paid by the revenue derived from the annual charges upon the owners or occupants of, or taxes or assessments upon, the land in the subdistrict. All the owners or occupants or lands in the subdistrict shall be and remain liable to be charged, taxed or assessed for such payments as provided in the Water Control District Act and under and subject to the provisions thereof. [1965 c.623 §23; 1991 c.459 §431f]
OR Rev Stat § 553.650 (2021)
2021 Oregon Revised Statutes|Volume : 15 - Water Resources, Agriculture and Food|Chapter 553 - Water Control Districts|Section 553.650 - Property liable for indebtedness of district.

In addition to the provisions for the payment of bonds and interest by taxation and other provisions of this chapter, all the property of the subdistrict, including irrigation and other works, shall be liable for the indebtedness of the subdistrict. The holder of the bonds, or the United States in case contract has been executed by the United States, may, in case of default in the payment of interest or principal on the bonds, or the amount due on the contract, upon the order of the circuit court, take possession of the works of the subdistrict and operate the same until the amount in default is fully paid. [1965 c.623 §24]
OR Rev Stat § 553.655 (2021)
2021 Oregon Revised Statutes|Volume : 15 - Water Resources, Agriculture and Food|Chapter 553 - Water Control Districts|Section 553.655 - Bond elections in subdistricts.

(1) Upon order of the board, an election shall be held in the subdistrict to determine whether bonds in any amount the board may deem necessary shall be issued for any purpose necessary or convenient in carrying out the provisions of this chapter, including the refunding of outstanding bonds. (2) If a majority of the votes cast at the election approve the issuance of the bonds, the board shall cause bonds in that amount to be issued, or such portion thereof as may be necessary from time to time. If the majority of the votes cast disapprove issuance of the bonds, the result of the election shall be entered of record. (3) Whenever thereafter the board in its judgment deems it for the best interest of the subdistrict that the question of the issuance of bonds in any amount shall be submitted to the electors, it shall so declare of record in its minutes, and may thereupon submit such questions to the electors in the same manner and with like effect as at the previous election. [1965 c.623 §§18,19; 1971 c.647 §122]
OR Rev Stat § 553.660 (2021)
2021 Oregon Revised Statutes|Volume : 15 - Water Resources, Agriculture and Food|Chapter 553 - Water Control Districts|Section 553.660 - Tax or assessment as lien on property.

Any tax or assessment upon land shall be a lien against the property assessed or taxed, and such lien for all payments due or to become due under any contract with the United States or for the payment of principal or interest of bonds deposited with the United States shall be a preferred lien to any assessments for bonds issued subsequent to the date of such contract or the issuance of the bonds deposited with the United States. No subdistrict tax or assessment lien shall be removed until the assessments or tax is paid with interest and penalties or the property sold for the payment thereof. [1965 c.623 §25]
OR Rev Stat § 553.665 (2021)
2021 Oregon Revised Statutes|Volume : 15 - Water Resources, Agriculture and Food|Chapter 553 - Water Control Districts|Section 553.665 - Bond Fund; Bond and United States Contract Fund; Construction Fund; General Fund.

The treasurer shall keep a "Bond Fund" account or a "Bond and United States Contract Fund" account, as the case may be, into which shall be deposited all moneys arising from the sale of refunding bonds and from charges, assessments, taxes and levies until there is sufficient money in the fund to meet the next installment of principal and interest upon bonds of the subdistrict and to meet all payments for construction and other purposes to the United States. From the fund the treasurer shall pay moneys due as principal and interest on bonds as they mature and the bonds and coupons are presented and as payments to the United States fall due. Moneys received from the sale of bonds and otherwise for construction or acquisition of works by the subdistrict shall be deposited into a "Construction Fund." All other moneys received by the subdistrict shall be deposited into a fund known as the "General Fund," from which shall be defrayed all obligations of the subdistrict other than those in this section described. The Bond and United States Contract Fund accounts shall be devoted to the obligations of the subdistrict payable therefrom in the order of the priority of the creation of the obligations. [1965 c.623 §26; 1991 c.459 §431g]
OR Rev Stat § 553.670 (2021)
2021 Oregon Revised Statutes|Volume : 15 - Water Resources, Agriculture and Food|Chapter 553 - Water Control Districts|Section 553.670 - Process for issuance of bonds.

Bonds authorized by this chapter shall be issued in the manner prescribed in ORS chapter 287A. [1965 c.623 §27; 1997 c.171 §21; 2007 c.783 §220]
OR Rev Stat § 553.710 (2021)
2021 Oregon Revised Statutes|Volume : 15 - Water Resources, Agriculture and Food|Chapter 553 - Water Control Districts|Section 553.710 - Intergovernmental agreements; levy of tax to meet obligations.

After the creation of a subdistrict, and with the approval of the electors of the subdistrict, a water control district may enter into intergovernmental agreements under ORS chapter 190 for the construction of works within the subdistrict or outside of the subdistrict for the benefit of lands within the subdistrict. If by reason of an intergovernmental agreement a district becomes obligated to contribute all or any part of the cost of constructing such works or to furnish rights of way or to pay for the cost of improvements to be made in conjunction with the construction of such works or to maintain and operate the works after the construction thereof, the district may levy an ad valorem tax against the lands within the subdistrict for the purpose of raising funds with which to discharge its obligations under the agreement and to pay the costs and expenses incurred by the district in connection therewith. The levy of an ad valorem tax for such purposes shall be in lieu of and not in addition to any other method of levying assessments by a water control district. [Amended by 1991 c.459 §431h; 2003 c.802 §142]
OR Rev Stat § 553.720 (2021)
2021 Oregon Revised Statutes|Volume : 15 - Water Resources, Agriculture and Food|Chapter 553 - Water Control Districts|Section 553.720 - Manner of collecting tax; budget; equalizing levy.

The ad valorem tax provided for in ORS 553.710 shall be levied and collected in the manner otherwise provided by law for the levy and collection of property taxes. The board shall prepare a budget in the form, manner and time prescribed in ORS 294.305 to 294.565 (the Local Budget Law), for each subdistrict for which taxes are to be levied and assessed, and in accordance therewith shall fix the amount of money to be raised by taxation for each subdistrict. Thereafter the levy shall be equalized and the tax collected and turned over to the district as otherwise provided by law for public corporations. [Amended by 2017 c.26 §10]
OR Rev Stat § 553.730 (2021)
2021 Oregon Revised Statutes|Volume : 15 - Water Resources, Agriculture and Food|Chapter 553 - Water Control Districts|Section 553.730 - Limitation on tax levy.

No levy of an ad valorem tax under ORS 553.710 for any one year shall exceed one-half of one percent (0.005) of the real market value of all taxable property within the subdistrict, computed in accordance with ORS 308.207. If the total sum of money required to be raised under the terms of a contract entered into by a district, together with the sum of money to be raised to pay the costs and expenses of the district incurred in connection therewith, exceeds such limitation, a levy for each year thereafter shall be made by the district until the entire contract obligation has been discharged. [Amended by 1963 c.9 §31; 1991 c.459 §432]
OR Rev Stat § 553.740 (2021)
2021 Oregon Revised Statutes|Volume : 15 - Water Resources, Agriculture and Food|Chapter 553 - Water Control Districts|Section 553.740 - Issuance of warrants.

After the amount of a levy under ORS 553.710 is determined and turned over to the county assessor, a district may issue warrants to an amount not in excess of 75 percent of the amount of the levy. The warrants shall be serially numbered and shall bear interest of not more than six percent and shall be paid by the treasurer of the district in the order of issuance upon receipt of funds from the county treasurer.
OR Rev Stat § 553.750 (2021)
2021 Oregon Revised Statutes|Volume : 15 - Water Resources, Agriculture and Food|Chapter 553 - Water Control Districts|Section 553.750 - Loan contracts with state or federal agencies; obligation of district; recording certificates.

(1) Whenever a district has adopted, as the engineering plan for a subdistrict, a project work plan prepared for the subdistrict by a department of the federal government, and in connection with the development of such plan desires to borrow money from any state or federal agency, such district may, in lieu of levying a preliminary assessment, and with the approval of the electors of the subdistrict, enter into a loan contract with such agency. (2) The loan contract shall be in such form and shall contain such terms as may be agreed upon by the agency and the district; the district may agree to levy a construction assessment against each tract of land benefited within the subdistrict, to do all acts and things necessary therefor, to assign to the lending agency the construction assessments as security for the loan and to perform all such acts within such period of time as may be agreed to between the district and the state or federal lending agency. (3) In the event that a state or federal lending agency pays over money to a district pursuant to the terms of a loan contract and the district fails, refuses or neglects to levy the construction assessments, to obtain or prepare a benefit roll, to assign the construction assessments, or in any other manner not to perform as it agreed to under the loan contract, the state or federal lending agency shall have the right, at its election, to apply to the circuit court for the county in which is located the largest part of the lands within the subdistrict for a writ of mandamus, or any other order or writ, to require the district, its directors, officers and agents to do such acts and things as the district agreed to do under the terms of the loan contract. All costs, charges and expenses pertaining to the issuance and execution of any such writ or order shall be charged to and collected from the lands subject to the construction assessments in addition to such construction assessments. (4) Upon the execution of a loan contract, the district shall record with the county clerk for the county in which the lands within the subdistrict are located, a certificate which shall state the date of the loan contract, the maximum amount of the loan, the recording data pertaining to the recorded order creating the subdistrict, the term of the loan and the rate of interest. Such certificate shall give notice that all lands within the subdistrict determined to be benefited by the construction of the works referred to in the engineering plan will be subject to construction assessments thereafter to be levied. [1961 c.186 §2; 1991 c.459 §432a]
OR Rev Stat § 553.760 (2021)
2021 Oregon Revised Statutes|Volume : 15 - Water Resources, Agriculture and Food|Chapter 553 - Water Control Districts|Section 553.760 - When land benefited by irrigation project.

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 shall be recorded with the county clerk of the county in which such lands are located and the recording of the contract shall constitute notice that such lands are subject to all maintenance and operation assessments thereafter levied and all other assessments thereafter or theretofore levied by the district. [1961 c.186 §3]
OR Rev Stat § 553.815 (2021)
2021 Oregon Revised Statutes|Volume : 15 - Water Resources, Agriculture and Food|Chapter 553 - Water Control Districts|Section 553.815 - Judicial review of tax or assessment.

Owners of any property against which an assessment or tax has been levied may seek a review thereof under ORS 34.010 to 34.100. [1969 c.691 §15]
OR Rev Stat § 553.850 (2021)
2021 Oregon Revised Statutes|Volume : 15 - Water Resources, Agriculture and Food|Chapter 553 - Water Control Districts|Section 553.850 - Dissolution upon majority vote.

Any water control district may be dissolved whenever a majority vote of the electors of the district voting at an election for such purpose favors the dissolution. [1965 c.623 §28]
OR Rev Stat § 554.007 (2021)
2021 Oregon Revised Statutes|Volume : 15 - Water Resources, Agriculture and Food|Chapter 554 - Corporations for Irrigation, Drainage, Water Supply or Flood Control|Section 554.007 - Effective time and date of document.

(1) Except as provided in subsection (2) of this section and ORS 554.009, a document accepted for filing is effective on the date it is filed by the Secretary of State and at the time, if any, specified in the document as its effective time. (2) If a document specifies a delayed effective time and date, so the document becomes effective at the time and date specified. If a document specifies a delayed effective date but no time, the document becomes effective on that date. A delayed effective date for a document may not be later than the 90th day after the date it is filed. [1987 c.94 §139]
OR Rev Stat § 554.009 (2021)
2021 Oregon Revised Statutes|Volume : 15 - Water Resources, Agriculture and Food|Chapter 554 - Corporations for Irrigation, Drainage, Water Supply or Flood Control|Section 554.009 - Correcting filed document.

(1) A corporation may correct a document filed by the Secretary of State, other than an annual report, if the document contains an incorrect statement or was defectively executed, attested, sealed, verified or acknowledged. (2) A corporation shall correct a document by delivering articles of correction to the Office of the Secretary of State. The articles shall include the following: (a) A description of the document, including its filing date, or a copy of the document. (b) The incorrect statement and the reason it is incorrect, or a description of the manner in which the execution, attestation, seal, verification or acknowledgment is defective. (c) A correction of the incorrect statement or defective execution, attestation, seal, verification or acknowledgment. (3) Articles of correction are effective on the effective date of the document they correct except as to persons relying on the uncorrected document and adversely affected by the correction. As to those persons, articles of correction are effective when filed. [1987 c.94 §140]
OR Rev Stat § 554.011 (2021)
2021 Oregon Revised Statutes|Volume : 15 - Water Resources, Agriculture and Food|Chapter 554 - Corporations for Irrigation, Drainage, Water Supply or Flood Control|Section 554.011 - Penalty for signing false document.

(1) A person commits the crime of signing a false document for filing if the person: (a) Knows the document is false in any material respect; and (b) Signs the document with an intent that the document be delivered to the office of the Secretary of State for filing under ORS 554.005 to 554.340. (2) Signing a false document for filing is a Class A misdemeanor. [2013 c.158 §12]
OR Rev Stat § 554.012 (2021)
2021 Oregon Revised Statutes|Volume : 15 - Water Resources, Agriculture and Food|Chapter 554 - Corporations for Irrigation, Drainage, Water Supply or Flood Control|Section 554.012 - Forms; rules.

Upon request, the Secretary of State may furnish forms for documents required or permitted to be filed by this chapter. The Secretary of State may by rule require the use of the forms. [1987 c.94 §138; 1995 c.215 §29]
OR Rev Stat § 554.015 (2021)
2021 Oregon Revised Statutes|Volume : 15 - Water Resources, Agriculture and Food|Chapter 554 - Corporations for Irrigation, Drainage, Water Supply or Flood Control|Section 554.015 - Filing duty of Secretary of State.

(1) If a document delivered to the Office of the Secretary of State for filing satisfies the requirements of ORS 554.005, the Secretary of State shall file it. (2) The Secretary of State files a document by indicating thereon that it has been filed by the Secretary of State and the date of filing. After filing a document, except for the annual report, the Secretary of State shall return an acknowledgment of filing to the corporation or its representative. (3) If the Secretary of State refuses to file a document the Secretary of State shall return it to the corporation or its representative within 10 business days after the document was delivered together with a brief written explanation of the reason for the refusal. (4) The Secretary of State’s duty to file documents under this section is ministerial and is limited in scope of review as set out by rule of the Secretary of State. The Secretary of State is not required to verify or inquire into the legality or truth of any matter included in any document delivered to the Office of the Secretary of State for filing. The Secretary of State’s filing or refusing to file a document does not: (a) Affect the validity or invalidity of the document in whole or part; or (b) Relate to the correctness or incorrectness of information contained in the document. (5) The Secretary of State’s refusal to file a document does not create a presumption that the document is invalid or that information contained in the document is incorrect. [1987 c.94 §141; 1999 c.486 §20]
OR Rev Stat § 554.016 (2021)
2021 Oregon Revised Statutes|Volume : 15 - Water Resources, Agriculture and Food|Chapter 554 - Corporations for Irrigation, Drainage, Water Supply or Flood Control|Section 554.016 - Filing, service, copying and certification fees.

The Secretary of State shall collect the fees described in ORS 56.140 for each document delivered for filing under this chapter and for process served on the secretary under this chapter. The secretary may collect the fees described in ORS 56.140 for copying any public record under this chapter, certifying the copy or certifying to other facts of record under this chapter. [1991 c.132 §18; 1999 c.652 §16]
OR Rev Stat § 554.017 (2021)
2021 Oregon Revised Statutes|Volume : 15 - Water Resources, Agriculture and Food|Chapter 554 - Corporations for Irrigation, Drainage, Water Supply or Flood Control|Section 554.017 - Appeal from Secretary of State’s refusal to file document.

If the Secretary of State refuses to file a document delivered to the Office of the Secretary of State for filing, the corporation, in addition to any other legal remedy that may be available, shall have the right to appeal from such order pursuant to the provisions of ORS 183.480. [1987 c.94 §142]
OR Rev Stat § 554.018 (2021)
2021 Oregon Revised Statutes|Volume : 15 - Water Resources, Agriculture and Food|Chapter 554 - Corporations for Irrigation, Drainage, Water Supply or Flood Control|Section 554.018 - Evidentiary effect of copy of filed document.

(1) A certificate attached to a copy of a document filed by the Secretary of State, bearing the Secretary of State’s signature, which may be in facsimile, is conclusive evidence that the original document, or a facsimile thereof, is on file with the Office of the Secretary of State. (2) The provisions of ORS 56.110 apply to all documents filed pursuant to ORS 554.005 to 554.340, 554.420, 554.440 and 554.510 to 554.590. [1987 c.94 §143]
OR Rev Stat § 554.019 (2021)
2021 Oregon Revised Statutes|Volume : 15 - Water Resources, Agriculture and Food|Chapter 554 - Corporations for Irrigation, Drainage, Water Supply or Flood Control|Section 554.019 - Certificate of existence.

(1) Anyone may apply to the Secretary of State to furnish a certificate of existence for a corporation formed under ORS 554.005 to 554.340. (2) A certificate of existence when issued means that: (a) The corporation’s corporate name is registered in this state; (b) The corporation is duly incorporated under ORS 554.005 to 554.340 or chapter 172, Oregon Laws 1911; (c) All fees payable to the Secretary of State under ORS 554.005 to 554.340, 554.420, 554.440 and 554.510 to 554.590 have been paid, if nonpayment affects the existence or authorization of the corporation; (d) An annual report required by ORS 554.315 has been filed by the Secretary of State within the preceding 14 months; and (e) Articles of dissolution have not been filed by the Secretary of State. (3) A person may apply to the Secretary of State to issue a certificate covering any fact of record. [1987 c.94 §144; 1991 c.132 §33]