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OR Rev Stat § 264.110 (2021)
2021 Oregon Revised Statutes|Volume : 07 - Public Facilities and Finance|Chapter 264 - Domestic Water Supply Districts|Section 264.110 - Formation of domestic water supply district; sale of surplus water; exemptions.

A domestic water supply district may be formed for the purpose of supplying inhabitants of the district with water for domestic purposes as provided by this chapter; and, in connection therewith, may supply, furnish and sell for any use any surplus water over and above the domestic needs of its inhabitants to persons living outside the district, or to other water districts, school districts or other local governments as defined in ORS 174.116. All railroad rights of way or improvements thereon or rolling stock moving thereover shall be excluded from districts organized after June 9, 1943, and for purposes of ORS 264.210 to 264.320, 264.410, 264.420, 264.430, 264.470 and this section shall not be considered as property within the boundaries of such districts, unless the owner of the railroad property expressly consents to its inclusion. [Amended by 1969 c.666 §2; 2003 c.802 §81]
OR Rev Stat § 264.114 (2021)
2021 Oregon Revised Statutes|Volume : 07 - Public Facilities and Finance|Chapter 264 - Domestic Water Supply Districts|Section 264.114 - Annexation where water supply affected by wildfire emergency; petition; provision of water.

(1) Notwithstanding ORS 198.750, 198.755, 198.760, 198.765, 198.775, 198.850, 198.855 and 198.857, land may be annexed to a district as provided in this section. (2) The owner of a parcel of land may petition the county board to annex the land to a district if: (a) The land is surrounded by the district; and (b) The water supply for the land has become inadequate or contaminated, as determined by the local health department, as a result of conditions caused by a wildfire that is the subject of a state of emergency declared by the Governor. (3) The petition must declare that the petition is filed pursuant to this section, state the name of the district and all affected counties, indicate the principal Act of the district, be signed by the owner of the parcel of land and state the conditions that caused the water supply for the land to become inadequate or contaminated. (4) The county board shall immediately approve the petition if the county board determines that: (a) The conditions described in subsection (2) of this section are met; (b) The petition meets the requirements of subsection (3) of this section; and (c) The district, or an independent water supply source of the district, has a water supply sufficient to provide water to the land. (5) If the petition is approved under subsection (4) of this section, the county board shall enter an order describing the boundaries of the land and declaring the land annexed to the district. (6) Subject to the provisions of ORS 264.306 and 264.314, the district, or an independent water supply source of the district, shall provide water to land annexed under this section. [2021 c.546 §2]
OR Rev Stat § 264.210 (2021)
2021 Oregon Revised Statutes|Volume : 07 - Public Facilities and Finance|Chapter 264 - Domestic Water Supply Districts|Section 264.210 - General powers of district.

A district formed under this chapter shall have the power to make contracts, hold and receive and dispose of real and personal property within and without its described boundaries and do all other acts and things which may be requisite, necessary or convenient in carrying out the objects of the district or exercising the powers conferred upon it by this chapter, sue and be sued, plead and be impleaded in all actions and suits or other proceedings brought by or against it. [Amended by 1969 c.666 §51; 1971 c.727 §79]
OR Rev Stat § 264.220 (2021)
2021 Oregon Revised Statutes|Volume : 07 - Public Facilities and Finance|Chapter 264 - Domestic Water Supply Districts|Section 264.220 - Disposal of taxes levied when organization declared invalid.

When an attempt has been made to organize a district under the provisions of this chapter and subsequently by a judgment of a court of competent jurisdiction it has been declared that the organization is invalid, but prior to such judgment the invalid organization has levied taxes, the funds derived from the levy shall be disposed of as follows: (1) If the area embraced in the invalid organization is embraced in a subsequently created organization composed of unincorporated or incorporated territory, or combinations thereof, for the purpose of furnishing domestic water to the inhabitants thereof, the custodian of the taxes collected for the invalid organization shall turn them over to the subsequent organization to be used only for the purpose of furnishing domestic water to such inhabitants. (2) If the subsequent organization does not embrace all territory embraced in the invalid organization, such taxes as have been collected from the levy upon property in areas not embraced in the subsequent organization shall be refunded to the payers thereof by the custodian of the taxes before the balance is turned over to the subsequent organization. (3) If no such subsequent organization is created to provide domestic water for the inhabitants of such an area, within a period of two years after the entry of the judgment of invalidation, the taxes collected shall be refunded by the custodian of them to the taxpayers who paid them. [Amended by 2003 c.576 §409]
OR Rev Stat § 264.240 (2021)
2021 Oregon Revised Statutes|Volume : 07 - Public Facilities and Finance|Chapter 264 - Domestic Water Supply Districts|Section 264.240 - Eminent domain authority; acquisition of property and property rights; obtaining or laying water pipelines.

A domestic water supply district created under this chapter may exercise the power of eminent domain both inside and outside of its boundaries, and may purchase, sell, condemn and appropriate real property, water, water rights and riparian rights. A district also has the right to purchase or obtain from other local governments as defined in ORS 174.116, water or water rights, or an interest in water or water rights, or an interest in a water pipeline owned or operated by any such local government, or to obtain jointly with any such local government, any right, or to lay and own individually or jointly with any local government, any water pipeline for the purposes specified in ORS 264.110. [Amended by 1969 c.666 §53; 2003 c.802 §82]
OR Rev Stat § 264.250 (2021)
2021 Oregon Revised Statutes|Volume : 07 - Public Facilities and Finance|Chapter 264 - Domestic Water Supply Districts|Section 264.250 - Authority to borrow money and issue general obligation bonds; place of payment.

(1) For the purpose of carrying into effect all or any powers granted by this chapter, the district, when authorized at any properly called election held for that purpose, may borrow money and sell and dispose of general obligation bonds. Except as otherwise provided by this section, the bonds shall never exceed in the aggregate two and one-half percent of the real market value of all taxable property within the boundaries of the district, computed in accordance with ORS 308.207. (2) The bonds shall be issued from time to time by the board of commissioners in behalf of the district as authorized by the electors. The bonds shall mature serially within not to exceed 30 years from issue date, and shall bear such rate of interest, payable semiannually, as the board shall determine. The bonds shall be so conditioned that the district agrees to pay to the bearer, at a place named, the principal sum of the bonds with interest at the rate named, payable semiannually in accordance with the tenor and terms of the interest coupons attached. (3) If the district has within its boundaries a population of 300 or over, it may issue bonds in an amount that does not exceed in the aggregate 10 percent of the real market value referred to in subsection (1) of this section. (4) For the purpose of providing additional security for the payment of the principal and interest on general obligation bonds issued under this section, the district may, by resolution of its board, pledge all or any part of the net revenue of its water system as provided in ORS chapter 287A. [Amended by 1963 c.9 §6; 1963 c.318 §1; 1969 c.666 §14; 1969 c.694 §4; 1971 c.36 §1; 1977 c.188 §2; 1981 c.94 §14; 1983 c.347 §18; 1991 c.459 §358; 2001 c.215 §2; 2003 c.802 §83; 2009 c.538 §1]
OR Rev Stat § 264.260 (2021)
2021 Oregon Revised Statutes|Volume : 07 - Public Facilities and Finance|Chapter 264 - Domestic Water Supply Districts|Section 264.260 - Issuance of revenue bonds.

In addition to the authority to issue general obligation bonds, the district, when authorized at any properly called election, shall have the power to sell and dispose of revenue bonds, and to pledge as security therefor all or any part of the unobligated net revenue of the district or system, to purchase, acquire, lay out, construct, reconstruct, extend, enlarge or improve a water system, or to install hydrants for fire protection along its mains, or to perform any of those acts in combination, for the purpose of obtaining water for the domestic use of consumers, or for fire protection, or both, within or without the boundaries of the district. The revenue bonds shall be issued in the same manner and form as are general obligation bonds of the district, but they shall be payable, both as to principal and interest, from revenues only, as specified by this section. The revenue bonds shall not be subject to the percentage limitation applicable to general obligation bonds and shall not be a lien upon any of the taxable property within the boundaries of such district, but shall be payable solely from such part of the revenues of the district as remain after payment of obligations having a priority and of all expenses of operation and maintenance of the district, including any taxes levied against it. All revenue bonds shall contain a clause reciting that both the principal and interest are payable solely from operating revenues of the district remaining after paying such obligations and expenses. [Amended by 1969 c.666 §15; 2003 c.802 §84]
OR Rev Stat § 264.270 (2021)
2021 Oregon Revised Statutes|Volume : 07 - Public Facilities and Finance|Chapter 264 - Domestic Water Supply Districts|Section 264.270 - Issuance of refunding bonds.

Refunding bonds of the same character and tenor as those replaced thereby may be issued pursuant to a resolution duly adopted by the board of commissioners without submitting to the electors the question of authorizing the issuance of such bonds. [Amended by 1969 c.666 §16]
OR Rev Stat § 264.280 (2021)
2021 Oregon Revised Statutes|Volume : 07 - Public Facilities and Finance|Chapter 264 - Domestic Water Supply Districts|Section 264.280 - Bond sale procedure.

All general obligation and revenue bonds, including refunding bonds, issued under ORS 264.250 to 264.270 shall be advertised and sold in the manner prescribed in ORS chapter 287A for the sale of bonds of cities of this state. [Amended by 2009 c.538 §11]
OR Rev Stat § 264.300 (2021)
2021 Oregon Revised Statutes|Volume : 07 - Public Facilities and Finance|Chapter 264 - Domestic Water Supply Districts|Section 264.300 - Tax assessment, levy and collection.

(1) A district may assess, levy and collect taxes in an amount each year not to exceed one-fourth of one percent (0.0025) of the real market value of all taxable property within the limits of the district, computed in accordance with ORS 308.207. The proceeds of the tax shall be applied by it in carrying out the objects and purposes of ORS 264.110, 264.210 to 264.280 and 264.330 and for the purpose of financing the employees’ retirement system. (2) A district may annually also assess, levy and collect a special tax upon all such property in an amount sufficient to pay the yearly interest on bonds theretofore issued by the district and then outstanding, together with any portion of the principal of such bonds maturing within the year. The special tax shall be applied only in payment of interest and principal of bonds issued by the district, but the district may apply any funds it may have toward payment of principal and interest of any such bonds. (3) Taxes shall be levied in each year and returned to the county officer whose duty it is to extend the tax roll by the time required by law for city taxes to be levied and returned. (4) Taxes levied by the district shall become payable at the same time and be collected by the same officer who collects county taxes, and the proceeds shall be turned over to the district according to law. The county officer whose duty it is to extend the county levy shall extend the levy of the district in the same manner as city taxes are extended. (5) Property is subject to sale for nonpayment of taxes levied by the district in like manner and with like effect as in the case of county and state taxes. [Amended by 1963 c.9 §7; 1965 c.348 §6; 1969 c.666 §54; 1969 c.694 §5; 1971 c.36 §2; 1991 c.459 §359; 2001 c.215 §3]
OR Rev Stat § 264.306 (2021)
2021 Oregon Revised Statutes|Volume : 07 - Public Facilities and Finance|Chapter 264 - Domestic Water Supply Districts|Section 264.306 - Regulations concerning use of water and district property; shutoff of water for noncompliance; notice.

(1) Any district may adopt and promulgate regulations concerning the use of water and the property of the district. The board of commissioners may refuse to supply any building, place or premises with water where the user fails after five days’ written notice to comply with the regulations. The written notice shall be by first-class mail or shall be posted in some conspicuous place on the building, place or premises to which the supply of water may be shut off. When the notice is mailed, it shall be deemed given when it is deposited in the United States Post Office properly addressed with postage prepaid. (2) Whenever the household supply of water is being jeopardized by nonhousehold use of water, the district can order the nonhousehold use of water to be immediately discontinued. For the purposes of this subsection, nonhousehold use includes irrigation of lawns or fields. [1953 c.660 §3; 1969 c.666 §18; 1991 c.249 §20; 1991 c.250 §1]
OR Rev Stat § 264.308 (2021)
2021 Oregon Revised Statutes|Volume : 07 - Public Facilities and Finance|Chapter 264 - Domestic Water Supply Districts|Section 264.308 - Requiring cash deposits of water users.

Any district may require a reasonable cash deposit to insure payment for the use or rent of water to be furnished by the district. [1953 c.660 §1; 1969 c.666 §19]
OR Rev Stat § 264.310 (2021)
2021 Oregon Revised Statutes|Volume : 07 - Public Facilities and Finance|Chapter 264 - Domestic Water Supply Districts|Section 264.310 - Rates for water furnished; contracts to sell surplus water.

A district shall charge consumers for the water furnished and fix and collect the rates therefor. Rates charged may be fixed and classified according to the type of use and according to the amount of water used. Any contract entered into by a district with persons other than domestic users shall provide for immediate cancellation whenever no surplus supply of water exists over and above any and all demands of domestic users. A district also may contract with any person, or enter into intergovernmental agreements under ORS chapter 190, to supply, furnish and sell surplus water on such terms and conditions and at such rates as the board of commissioners considers advisable. [Amended by 1969 c.666 §55; 2003 c.802 §85]
OR Rev Stat § 264.312 (2021)
2021 Oregon Revised Statutes|Volume : 07 - Public Facilities and Finance|Chapter 264 - Domestic Water Supply Districts|Section 264.312 - Increasing water rates; hearing; notice.

(1) Whenever any increase is proposed in the existing rates charged water consumers by a district pursuant to ORS 264.310, the board of commissioners shall first provide for a public hearing on such proposal before any increased rates are ordered into effect. (2) The public hearing required under subsection (1) of this section shall be held at a place designated by the board after notice thereof has been given by inclusion of a notice of the public hearing in either the water bills or a special mailing sent to consumers by the district during the period of 30 days prior to the date of the hearing. [1961 c.685 §§2,3; 1969 c.666 §20; 1979 c.328 §5]
OR Rev Stat § 264.314 (2021)
2021 Oregon Revised Statutes|Volume : 07 - Public Facilities and Finance|Chapter 264 - Domestic Water Supply Districts|Section 264.314 - Shutting off water if delinquent in payment of water bill.

In case prompt payment of water rent or charge is not made, a district may shut off the water supply to the building, place or premises to which the district supplied the water. [1953 c.660 §2; 1969 c.666 §56]
OR Rev Stat § 264.320 (2021)
2021 Oregon Revised Statutes|Volume : 07 - Public Facilities and Finance|Chapter 264 - Domestic Water Supply Districts|Section 264.320 - Refund of cost of water main extension.

If any person is required by a district to pay the cost of extending a water main adjacent to property other than the person’s own so that water service for domestic use is provided for such other property without further extension of the water main, the district shall require the owner of the other property, prior to providing water service to that property, to refund to the person required to pay the cost of extending the water main, a pro rata portion of the cost of the extension. The right to require such refund shall not continue for more than 10 years after the date of installation of the extension of the water main. The amount to be refunded shall be determined by the district and such determination shall be final. [Amended by 1969 c.666 §21]
OR Rev Stat § 264.330 (2021)
2021 Oregon Revised Statutes|Volume : 07 - Public Facilities and Finance|Chapter 264 - Domestic Water Supply Districts|Section 264.330 - Hydrants for fire protection; regulations; rates.

Any district may install hydrants for fire protection along its mains at such points as its board of commissioners may determine, and furnish water for such purpose. The board shall establish, from time to time, regulations governing such installations, and furnishing of water therefrom and any rates and charges thereon. No equipment other than the hydrants and water therefor shall be furnished at the general expense. [Amended by 1969 c.666 §22]
OR Rev Stat § 264.335 (2021)
2021 Oregon Revised Statutes|Volume : 07 - Public Facilities and Finance|Chapter 264 - Domestic Water Supply Districts|Section 264.335 - Authority to exercise powers of sanitary district.

In addition to the other powers granted to districts under this chapter, a district may exercise the powers granted to sanitary districts under ORS 450.005 to 450.245 when: (1) The district obtains all or part of its supply of water from a watershed; (2) The watershed is located in a sole-source aquifer designated prior to September 29, 1991, by the United States Environmental Protection Agency under the Safe Drinking Water Act (42 U.S.C. 300f et seq.); (3) The watershed is recognized under rules of the Environmental Quality Commission as a watershed requiring protection from contamination in order to maintain high water quality; and (4) The district adopts a resolution declaring that the health of the residents of the district and the general public interest requires the district to protect the water quality of the watershed. [1991 c.665 §2; 2005 c.22 §191; 2009 c.11 §25]
OR Rev Stat § 264.336 (2021)
2021 Oregon Revised Statutes|Volume : 07 - Public Facilities and Finance|Chapter 264 - Domestic Water Supply Districts|Section 264.336 - Exercise of sanitary district powers in territory covered by 2020 major disaster declaration related to wildfires.

Notwithstanding ORS 264.335, a district may exercise the powers granted to sanitary districts under ORS 450.005 to 450.245 if: (1) The district meets the requirements of ORS 264.335 (1), (3) and (4); (2) Any part of the territory of the district is covered by the major disaster declaration related to wildfires requested by the Governor on September 14, 2020, and approved by the President of the United States on September 15, 2020; and (3) The district is adjacent to a river that serves as a source of drinking water for a metropolitan area with a population greater than 100,000. [2021 c.284 §2]
OR Rev Stat § 264.340 (2021)
2021 Oregon Revised Statutes|Volume : 07 - Public Facilities and Finance|Chapter 264 - Domestic Water Supply Districts|Section 264.340 - Purchase and maintenance of fire equipment; contracting for fire protection; elections to authorize; tax levy to defray expense; application of section.

(1) Any district, when authorized by the electors as provided by this subsection, may purchase fire apparatus and equipment and maintain, service and operate the same, and may enter into intergovernmental agreements under ORS chapter 190 for fire protection for its inhabitants, or do either or any combination of the foregoing. Such power shall only be given the board of commissioners by a majority of the votes cast by electors of the district at a special election called for such purpose by the board. (2)(a) When the power is so granted, the board of commissioners may levy a tax not exceeding three-twentieths of one percent (0.0015) of the real market value of all taxable property within the boundaries of the district, computed in accordance with ORS 308.207 for defraying the expense of providing, maintaining, operating and servicing such fire apparatus and equipment, and of intergovernmental agreements for the protection of its inhabitants from fire. (b) Upon approval of the majority of the votes cast by electors of the district at a special election called for that purpose by the board of commissioners, the district may levy a special tax for defraying such expenses not to exceed four-tenths of one percent (0.0040) of the real market value of the taxable property in the district referred to in paragraph (a) of this subsection. (3) This section shall not apply to any district which on July 16, 1949, was wholly or partially within any legally organized rural fire protection district. [Amended by 1955 c.163 §1; 1963 c.9 §8; 1963 c.318 §2; 1969 c.666 §23; 1983 c.542 §1; 1991 c.459 §360; 2003 c.802 §86]
OR Rev Stat § 264.342 (2021)
2021 Oregon Revised Statutes|Volume : 07 - Public Facilities and Finance|Chapter 264 - Domestic Water Supply Districts|Section 264.342 - Adoption of fire prevention code.

A district which has provided fire protection under ORS 264.340 may, in accordance with ORS 198.510 to 198.600, adopt a fire prevention code. [1953 c.206 §1; 1969 c.666 §24; 1971 c.268 §23; 1971 c.647 §39]
OR Rev Stat § 264.344 (2021)
2021 Oregon Revised Statutes|Volume : 07 - Public Facilities and Finance|Chapter 264 - Domestic Water Supply Districts|Section 264.344 - Scope of fire prevention code.

The fire prevention code referred to in ORS 264.342 may provide reasonable regulations relating to: (1) Prevention of fires. (2) Storage and use of combustibles and explosives. (3) Construction, maintenance and regulation of fire escapes. (4) Means and adequacy of exit in case of fires in factories, asylums, hospitals, churches, schools, halls, theaters, amphitheaters, all buildings, except private residences, which are occupied for sleeping purposes, and all other places where large numbers of persons work, live or congregate from time to time for any purpose. (5) Requiring the issuance of permits by an officer designated by the board of commissioners before burning trash or waste materials. (6) Providing for the inspection of premises by officers designated by the board of commissioners, and requiring the removal of fire hazards found on premises at such inspections. [1953 c.206 §2]