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OR Rev Stat § 222.210 (2021)
2021 Oregon Revised Statutes|Volume : 06 - Local Government, Public Employees, Elections|Chapter 222 - City Boundary Changes; Mergers; Consolidations; Withdrawals|Section 222.210 - Authority to consolidate adjoining and nonadjoining cities or territories; additional method of annexation; limitation.

(1) An incorporated city may be created from adjoining or nonadjoining incorporated cities, from an incorporated city and adjoining or nonadjoining unincorporated territory, or from both, after proceedings had as required by ORS 222.210 to 222.310. The legislature expressly declares that those sections do not repeal or amend any other law or laws providing for the incorporation of cities, and that those sections are enacted for the purpose of providing an additional procedure for the incorporation of cities. The unincorporated territory may consist of contiguous or noncontiguous areas. (2) Notwithstanding any other provision of ORS 222.210 to 222.310, no city shall be created under ORS 222.210 to 222.310 that contains any noncontiguous area which is separated from the rest of the territory of the city by a distance that is nowhere less than or equal to three miles. If a petition filed under ORS 222.230 (2) proposes creation of a city containing noncontiguous areas separated by a distance of more than three miles, the affected city governing bodies shall so declare at the joint convention held under ORS 222.230 (4) and shall cancel any further proceedings related to the petition. If a consolidated city with such noncontiguous areas results from an election called under ORS 222.250 or 222.275, the consolidated city shall consist only of the most populous city included in the consolidated city and those cities or unincorporated areas in which the majority of votes cast favored creation of the consolidated city and which lie not more than three miles from the contiguous area composed of the most populous city and any other city or unincorporated area in which the majority of votes cast favored creation of the consolidated city. [Amended by 1971 c.761 §1; 1983 c.350 §37; 1985 c.702 §22; 1989 c.92 §38; 1997 c.541 §390]
OR Rev Stat § 222.220 (2021)
2021 Oregon Revised Statutes|Volume : 06 - Local Government, Public Employees, Elections|Chapter 222 - City Boundary Changes; Mergers; Consolidations; Withdrawals|Section 222.220 - Initiation of proceedings; signatures on petitions.

Proceedings to create an incorporated city under ORS 222.210 to 222.310 may be initiated by petition signed by not less than 10 percent of the electors of each incorporated city to be included within the proposed city. If it is proposed to include one or more unincorporated areas in the proposed city, the petition shall be signed by not less than 10 percent of the electors registered in each such area at the closing of the registration books by the county clerk at the close of registration preceding the last general election. The areas may be contiguous with one another. [Amended by 1971 c.761 §2; 1983 c.83 §24]
OR Rev Stat § 222.225 (2021)
2021 Oregon Revised Statutes|Volume : 06 - Local Government, Public Employees, Elections|Chapter 222 - City Boundary Changes; Mergers; Consolidations; Withdrawals|Section 222.225 - Economic feasibility statement required; contents.

When a petition to create a city under ORS 222.210 to 222.310 is filed with the clerk or recorder of a city under ORS 222.230, an economic feasibility statement concerning the proposed city described in the petition shall also be filed with the clerk or recorder. The economic feasibility statement shall be prepared by the petitioners and, if applicable, shall form the basis for the proposed permanent rate limit for operating taxes required by ORS 222.230 (2). The economic feasibility statement shall contain: (1) A description of the services and functions to be performed or provided by the proposed city; (2) An analysis of the relationship between those services and functions and other existing or needed government services; and (3) A proposed first year line item operation budget and a projected third year line item operating budget for the new city that demonstrate its economic feasibility. [1989 c.92 §33; 1997 c.541 §355]
OR Rev Stat § 222.240 (2021)
2021 Oregon Revised Statutes|Volume : 06 - Local Government, Public Employees, Elections|Chapter 222 - City Boundary Changes; Mergers; Consolidations; Withdrawals|Section 222.240 - Approval of petition; appointment of charter commission; employment of assistance; functions.

If the governing bodies find that the petition is in proper form, contains the required signatures and proposes an incorporation that complies with goals adopted under ORS chapters 195, 196 and 197, the governing body of each of the cities to be included in the proposed city shall approve the petition and appoint two residents of each of the cities as the members of a charter commission to prepare a charter for the proposed city to be submitted to the electors for approval or rejection at the same election at which is submitted the question of the creation of the proposed city. The charter commission may employ at the expense of the cities such legal and other assistance as it considers advisable to assist it in the preparation of the charter or the performance of its duties, and the expense shall be equally borne by the cities. If the petitions provide that one or more unincorporated areas shall be included in the proposed city, the governing body of the county within which the largest portion of all such areas lies shall appoint to the charter commission two electors residing in those areas. After the commission is selected, it shall prepare a charter for the proposed city within 60 days after the commission has been appointed. [Amended by 1971 c.761 §4; 1985 c.702 §24; 2001 c.672 §7]
OR Rev Stat § 222.260 (2021)
2021 Oregon Revised Statutes|Volume : 06 - Local Government, Public Employees, Elections|Chapter 222 - City Boundary Changes; Mergers; Consolidations; Withdrawals|Section 222.260 - Ordinance calling election.

After the date and other election details have been determined, the governing body of each of the cities shall enact an ordinance calling an election as required by this section and ORS 222.250 for the purposes specified. A copy of the ordinance shall be filed with the county clerk of each county in which any territory included in the proposed consolidation lies. [Amended by 1967 c.283 §2; 1971 c.761 §6; 1983 c.350 §39; 1989 c.92 §36]
OR Rev Stat § 222.265 (2021)
2021 Oregon Revised Statutes|Volume : 06 - Local Government, Public Employees, Elections|Chapter 222 - City Boundary Changes; Mergers; Consolidations; Withdrawals|Section 222.265 - Conduct of election.

(1) Except as provided in this section, ORS chapters 246 to 260 govern the conduct of an election called under ORS 222.250 or 222.275. (2) The chief elections officer for the purpose of conducting any election called under ORS 222.250 or 222.275 shall be the county clerk of the county in which is located the administrative office of the city having the largest population of all cities proposed to be included in the consolidated city. (3) If the proposed consolidation includes one or more unincorporated areas, the notice of the election called under ORS 222.250 shall include a map indicating the boundaries of each such area and indicating each incorporated city proposed to be included in the consolidated city. [1983 c.350 §41]
OR Rev Stat § 222.275 (2021)
2021 Oregon Revised Statutes|Volume : 06 - Local Government, Public Employees, Elections|Chapter 222 - City Boundary Changes; Mergers; Consolidations; Withdrawals|Section 222.275 - Second election on question of consolidation of certain areas or cities.

(1) Electors of a city or area proposed to be included in a consolidated city may request a second election on the question of consolidation by filing a petition requesting the election as provided in this section, if: (a) The majority of votes cast in the first election in the city or area for which the second election is requested was in favor of consolidation but the city or area is not contiguous to any other portion of the consolidated city; or (b) The majority of votes cast in the election in the city or area is against consolidation but the city or area is contiguous to the consolidated city. (2) Except as provided in subsection (4) of this section, the requirements for preparing, circulating and filing a petition under this section shall be as provided for an initiative petition under ORS 250.165 to 250.235. The petition must be signed by not less than 25 percent of the electors of the city or area. (3) Except as provided in subsection (4) of this section and notwithstanding subsection (2) of this section, if ORS 250.155 makes ORS 250.165 to 250.235 inapplicable to a county, the requirements for preparing, circulating and filing a petition under this section shall be as provided for an initiative petition under the county charter or an ordinance adopted under the county charter. (4) The petition must be filed with the county clerk of the county within which the largest portion of the city or area lies, not later than the 60th day after the date of the first election. The county clerk of the county in which the petition is filed immediately shall verify the signatures on the petition and forward the petition to the chief elections officer. (5) If a petition is filed as provided in this section, the chief elections officer shall call a second election on the question of consolidation in the city or area on the next available election date in ORS 221.230 that is not sooner than the 61st day after the date on which the chief elections officer receives the verified petition. (6) The results of the election shall be determined according to ORS 222.270. [1971 c.761 §11; 1979 c.316 §12; 1983 c.83 §25; 1983 c.350 §43; 1987 c.707 §5; 1989 c.923 §10; 1991 c.71 §6; 1993 c.713 §55]
OR Rev Stat § 222.280 (2021)
2021 Oregon Revised Statutes|Volume : 06 - Local Government, Public Employees, Elections|Chapter 222 - City Boundary Changes; Mergers; Consolidations; Withdrawals|Section 222.280 - Election of officers; effective date of incorporation; certain annexations prohibited.

(1) Not later than the 30th day after an election held under ORS 222.250, or after an election held under ORS 222.275, if such an election is held, the chief elections officer shall call a special election in the consolidated city for the purpose of electing the officers required by the charter adopted by the electors. The election shall be held on a date specified in ORS 221.230 that is not sooner than the 90th day after the date on which the election is called. (2) The first city officers shall take office on the 10th day following the date on which their elections are proclaimed. (3) On the date on which the first city officers take office, or at whatever subsequent time the charter of the consolidated city specifies, the city shall be one city, with the rights and privileges conferred by its charter adopted under ORS 222.210 to 222.310 and the laws of this state. (4) A city incorporated under ORS 222.210 to 222.310 may not exercise the power granted by ORS 222.750 as to land surrounded by the corporate limits or boundaries of the city at the time of incorporation. [Amended by 1971 c.761 §8; 1983 c.350 §44]
OR Rev Stat § 222.290 (2021)
2021 Oregon Revised Statutes|Volume : 06 - Local Government, Public Employees, Elections|Chapter 222 - City Boundary Changes; Mergers; Consolidations; Withdrawals|Section 222.290 - Officers assume duties under charter.

At whatever time the charter of the consolidated city specifies the officers elected at the election referred to in ORS 222.280 shall be entitled to enter upon the duties of their respective offices, upon qualifying therefor in accordance with the charter, and shall hold their respective offices for whatever terms are prescribed by the charter. [Amended by 1971 c.761 §9]
OR Rev Stat § 222.295 (2021)
2021 Oregon Revised Statutes|Volume : 06 - Local Government, Public Employees, Elections|Chapter 222 - City Boundary Changes; Mergers; Consolidations; Withdrawals|Section 222.295 - Effect of consolidation; records, assets and uncollected taxes of consolidating cities transferred to consolidated city.

Upon the effective date of the consolidation, the consolidated city shall succeed to all the assets and become charged with all the liabilities and obligations of all cities included in the consolidated city, except as the charter of the consolidated city provides to the contrary. The officers of the consolidating cities shall forthwith deliver to the officers of the consolidated city the assets and records of the consolidating cities. Uncollected taxes theretofore levied by the consolidating cities shall become the property of the consolidated city and shall be delivered to it by the county treasurer upon collection. [1971 c.761 §12]
OR Rev Stat § 222.300 (2021)
2021 Oregon Revised Statutes|Volume : 06 - Local Government, Public Employees, Elections|Chapter 222 - City Boundary Changes; Mergers; Consolidations; Withdrawals|Section 222.300 - Ordinances of previously incorporated cities continued in effect; initiation of civil and criminal actions.

(1) The ordinances in force in the previously incorporated cities at the time of the creation of the newly formed incorporated city by virtue of ORS 222.210, so far as the ordinances are not inconsistent with the charter adopted for the newly formed municipal corporation, shall continue in effect within the limits of the newly formed municipal corporation and shall be deemed its ordinances subject to the provisions of said charter and subject to modification, amendment or repeal by the council or other governing body of the newly created municipal corporation. (2) From the date the newly formed municipal corporation comes into existence, all complaints and prosecutions for crimes committed or ordinances violated and all suits or causes of action arising within the territory of the municipal corporation prior to its creation may be instituted in said incorporated city with the same effect as if it had been in existence prior to the violations, subject however, to the provisions of the charter of the newly formed municipal corporation.
OR Rev Stat § 222.310 (2021)
2021 Oregon Revised Statutes|Volume : 06 - Local Government, Public Employees, Elections|Chapter 222 - City Boundary Changes; Mergers; Consolidations; Withdrawals|Section 222.310 - Construction of ORS 222.210 to 222.310; substantial compliance sufficient.

ORS 222.210 to 222.310 shall be construed liberally, and substantial compliance with the provisions of those sections shall be sufficient. [Amended by 1983 c.350 §45]
OR Rev Stat § 222.465 (2021)
2021 Oregon Revised Statutes|Volume : 06 - Local Government, Public Employees, Elections|Chapter 222 - City Boundary Changes; Mergers; Consolidations; Withdrawals|Section 222.465 - Effective date of withdrawal from domestic water supply district, water control district or sanitary district.

Notwithstanding any provision of this chapter or ORS chapter 199 which provides a different effective date, when territory is withdrawn by a city from a domestic water supply district organized under ORS chapter 264, a water control district organized under ORS chapter 553 or a sanitary district organized under ORS chapter 450, if the ordinance, annexation or incorporation that results in the withdrawal is enacted or approved after March 31 in any year, the effective date of the withdrawal of territory shall be July 1 in the following year. However, if the ordinance, annexation or incorporation that results in the withdrawal is enacted or approved before April 1 in any year, the effective date of the withdrawal of territory shall be July 1 in the same year. When less than the entire area of a domestic water supply district organized under ORS chapter 264, a water control district organized under ORS chapter 553 or a sanitary district organized under ORS chapter 450 is annexed by or incorporated into a city, the district shall, for purposes of administration, operation and the collection of service charges, continue to operate that portion of the district separately until the effective date of the withdrawal of territory as determined under this section. This section does not limit any agreement between a city and a district under ORS 222.530 (5), 222.540 (4) or 222.560 (4). [1985 c.702 §4a] Note: See note under 222.460.
OR Rev Stat § 222.510 (2021)
2021 Oregon Revised Statutes|Volume : 06 - Local Government, Public Employees, Elections|Chapter 222 - City Boundary Changes; Mergers; Consolidations; Withdrawals|Section 222.510 - Annexation of entire district; transfer of assets, liabilities and functions to city; exceptions.

(1) Whenever the entire area of a rural fire protection district, a water district, including a domestic water supply corporation, a park and recreation district, a highway lighting district, a county service district, a special road district, a road assessment district or a sanitary district or authority, lawfully organized and existing, becomes incorporated in or annexed to a city in accordance with law, the district is extinguished and the city shall, upon the effective date of the incorporation or annexation, succeed to all the assets and become charged with all the liabilities, obligations and functions of the district. The district officers shall forthwith deliver to the city officers the district assets and records. Uncollected taxes theretofore levied by the district become the property of the city and must be delivered to it by the county treasurer upon collection. (2) Notwithstanding subsection (1) of this section, a rural fire protection district, a water district, including a domestic water supply corporation, a park and recreation district, a highway lighting district, a county service district, a special road district, a road assessment district or a sanitary district or authority, lawfully organized and existing, the entire area of which becomes incorporated in a city, may continue to provide services if the continuation is proposed by petitioners in a petition for incorporation that is subsequently approved by voters in an incorporation election. At any time after incorporation, a city may cause a district to be extinguished and succeed to all the assets and become charged with all the liabilities, obligations and functions of the district if: (a) The governing body of the city holds a public hearing on the question of the extinguishment, hears objections to the extinguishment at the hearing, determines that the extinguishment is in the best interest of the city and adopts an ordinance extinguishing the district; (b) After the hearing, the governing body of the city refers the ordinance extinguishing the district to the electors of the city; and (c) The majority of all votes cast favors that the district be extinguished. (3) For the public hearing required in subsection (2)(a) of this section, the governing body shall fix a date, time and place for the hearing and cause notice of the date, time, place and purpose of the hearing to be published once each week for two successive weeks prior to the date of the hearing in a newspaper of general circulation in the city, and shall cause notices of the hearing to be posted in four public places in the city for a like period. [Amended by 1955 c.471 §1; 1963 c.347 §1; 1965 c.509 §1; 1967 c.365 §1; 1967 c.624 §16; 1969 c.78 §1; 1971 c.13 §5; 2007 c.420 §1; 2010 c.41 §1]
OR Rev Stat § 222.520 (2021)
2021 Oregon Revised Statutes|Volume : 06 - Local Government, Public Employees, Elections|Chapter 222 - City Boundary Changes; Mergers; Consolidations; Withdrawals|Section 222.520 - Annexation of less than entire district; assumption of obligations by city conditional.

(1) Whenever a part less than the entire area of a district named in ORS 222.510 becomes incorporated as or annexed to a city in accordance with law and the city, after the incorporation or annexation, will provide for the service to the part of the district that the district provided before the incorporation or annexation, the city may cause the part to be withdrawn from the district in the manner set forth in ORS 222.120 or at any time after the incorporation or annexation in the manner set forth in ORS 222.524. Until withdrawn, the part of the district incorporated as or annexed to the city shall continue to be a part of the district. (2) The part withdrawn pursuant to subsection (1) of this section is not relieved from liabilities and indebtedness previously contracted by the district. For the purposes of paying the liabilities and indebtedness of the district, property in the part withdrawn shall continue to be subject to assessment and taxation uniformly with property in the area remaining in the district. The city of which it became a part shall, however, assume such obligations if the obligations assumed do not bring the total of the city’s obligations above any applicable limitations prescribed by statute. When the city assumes the obligations it shall be liable to the district for one of the following, at the option of the city: (a) The amount of taxes that otherwise would be extended each year for the obligations against the property in the part withdrawn; or (b) Payment annually, as the bonds of the district that were outstanding on the effective date of the withdrawal mature, of the same proportion of the outstanding bonds, and the interest on the bonds, as the assessed valuation of the part withdrawn bears to the assessed valuation of the entire district on the effective date of the withdrawal. After the city agrees to make payments under this paragraph, neither the city nor the part withdrawn shall be charged by the district with any future liabilities, obligations or functions of the district. [Amended by 1955 c.471 §2; 1957 c.401 §1; 1963 c.347 §2; 1965 c.509 §2; 1967 c.624 §17; 1985 c.702 §13; 2013 c.277 §1]
OR Rev Stat § 222.524 (2021)
2021 Oregon Revised Statutes|Volume : 06 - Local Government, Public Employees, Elections|Chapter 222 - City Boundary Changes; Mergers; Consolidations; Withdrawals|Section 222.524 - Procedure for withdrawal of part of district from district.

(1) If as authorized by ORS 222.520 the governing body of the city elects to cause the withdrawal from a district named in ORS 222.510 of that part of such district theretofore incorporated in or annexed to the city, it shall hold a public hearing on the question of such withdrawal. At the hearing, the governing body of the city shall hear objections to the withdrawal and shall determine whether such withdrawal is for the best interest of the city. (2) The governing body shall fix a date, time and place for the hearing and cause notice of the date, time, place and purpose of the hearing to be published once each week for two successive weeks prior to the date of the hearing in a newspaper of general circulation in the city, and shall cause notices of the hearing to be posted in four public places in the city for a like period. (3) After the hearing, the governing body of the city may by ordinance declare that the part of the district which was theretofore incorporated as or annexed to the city is withdrawn from the district. (4) The ordinance referred to in subsection (3) of this section is subject to referendum. (5) The city may withdraw from all of such districts at the same time in one proceeding under this section or may withdraw from each district in separate proceedings at different times. (6) The public hearing and ordinance referred to in this section may be the same as the public hearing and ordinance in ORS 222.120. [1957 c.401 §3; 1963 c.347 §3; 1965 c.509 §3; 1985 c.702 §14]