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OR Rev Stat § 545.301 (2021)
2021 Oregon Revised Statutes|Volume : 15 - Water Resources, Agriculture and Food|Chapter 545 - Irrigation Districts|Section 545.301 - Financing acquisition of water works; contracts with federal government; approval by electors.

In carrying out and executing the powers conferred in this section and ORS 545.257, 545.303 and 545.305, an irrigation district may borrow money and issue bonds or other evidences of indebtedness. The district may contract with the United States or any agency thereof for the acquisition, construction, reconstruction, maintenance or operation of all or part of a domestic and municipal water system. The powers granted by this section shall not be exercised without the prior approval of a majority of the electors of the district at an election conducted as declared in ORS 545.305. However, no authority granted before March 5, 1945, to any irrigation district by a majority of the electors of the district at an election held pursuant to any other law shall be limited or otherwise affected by this section and ORS 545.257, 545.303 and 545.305. [Formerly 545.112]
OR Rev Stat § 545.303 (2021)
2021 Oregon Revised Statutes|Volume : 15 - Water Resources, Agriculture and Food|Chapter 545 - Irrigation Districts|Section 545.303 - Water works system to be self-sustaining; payment of indebtedness; rates; separate accounts.

(1) The district shall charge consumers for the water furnished in amounts so that the domestic and municipal water system shall be self-sustaining. All indebtedness incurred in the acquisition, construction, maintenance, operation and disposition of the water system shall be paid from the revenues so collected and from the proceeds of the disposition of the whole or any part of the water system. The board of directors may establish rates or charges to be paid by each person whose premises are served. The rates or charges may be fixed and classified according to the type of use, according to the amount of water used and according to whether the property serviced lies within or outside the boundaries of the district. (2) The district shall establish and maintain separate accounts covering the acquisition, construction, reconstruction, maintenance, operation and disposition of the domestic and municipal water system. All moneys collected from the operation and disposition of the whole or any part of the water system shall be deposited in a special fund to be designated "Domestic Water Fund." Moneys in the fund shall be disbursed only in connection with the water system. [Formerly 545.114]
OR Rev Stat § 545.305 (2021)
2021 Oregon Revised Statutes|Volume : 15 - Water Resources, Agriculture and Food|Chapter 545 - Irrigation Districts|Section 545.305 - Election concerning acquisition of water works.

(1) When the board of directors of an irrigation district has determined by resolution that it is for the best interests of its inhabitants that it exercise any of the powers mentioned in ORS 545.257, including the refunding of outstanding bonds, the board shall, by resolution, specify the particular powers it proposes to exercise and order an election to be conducted. Upon the order being entered, an election shall be held by the qualified electors of the district to determine: (a) Whether or not bonds in any amount designated by the board in such order shall be issued for any purpose necessary or convenient in carrying out this section and ORS 545.257, 545.301 and 545.303; and (b) Whether or not the board shall proceed to exercise the powers, or any of them, specified in the resolution. (2) Notice of the election shall be given in the manner provided in ORS 545.511, and that section shall apply to all subsequent proceedings under this section and ORS 545.257, 545.301 and 545.303. [Formerly 545.116]
OR Rev Stat § 545.307 (2021)
2021 Oregon Revised Statutes|Volume : 15 - Water Resources, Agriculture and Food|Chapter 545 - Irrigation Districts|Section 545.307 - Investment of surplus funds in federal or state bonds.

When there are surplus funds not necessary for the payment of current obligations of the district in any construction fund, operation and maintenance fund, sinking fund, United States Contract Fund, State of Oregon Contract Fund, emergency fund or any other fund of the district, the board of directors of an irrigation district may invest the surplus funds in bonds of the United States or the State of Oregon. The district may hold and dispose of the bonds at such times as may be necessary to the conduct of the business and affairs of the district. [Formerly 545.224]
OR Rev Stat § 545.312 (2021)
2021 Oregon Revised Statutes|Volume : 15 - Water Resources, Agriculture and Food|Chapter 545 - Irrigation Districts|Section 545.312

[Amended by 1995 c.42 §164; renumbered 545.643 in 1995]
OR Rev Stat § 545.314 (2021)
2021 Oregon Revised Statutes|Volume : 15 - Water Resources, Agriculture and Food|Chapter 545 - Irrigation Districts|Section 545.314

[Amended by 1989 c.182 §22; 1995 c.42 §165; renumbered 545.645 in 1995]
OR Rev Stat § 545.315 (2021)
2021 Oregon Revised Statutes|Volume : 15 - Water Resources, Agriculture and Food|Chapter 545 - Irrigation Districts|Section 545.315 - Petition to construct improvements for irrigation; contents; assent of petitioners to assessment of cost of improvement.

(1) The holders of title, or evidence of title, representing a majority of the acreage of any body of land within any irrigation district may file with the board of directors of the district a petition in writing, requesting the construction of any improvement necessary or expedient for the efficient irrigation of the lands. (2) The petition shall contain: (a) A general description of the proposed improvement; (b) A description of the tracts, or body of land, owned by the petitioners; and (c) A description of the exterior boundaries of the land for which the proposed improvement is to be constructed and a description of any lands that are to be excepted from the benefit or use of the proposed improvement. (3) The petition shall also contain an agreement on the part of the petitioners that the cost of construction of the improvement shall constitute a lien upon the lands within the exterior boundaries of the land described in the petition, except for the lands that are excepted from the benefit or use of the proposed improvement, and that the lands shall be assessed for and pay the cost of the improvement. (4) The petition shall be deemed to give assent of the petitioners to construction of the improvement and shall authorize the assessment of the cost of such improvement upon and against the lands described in the petition and not specifically therein excepted. The petition shall be acknowledged in the same manner that conveyances of land are required to be acknowledged. [Formerly 545.402]
OR Rev Stat § 545.316 (2021)
2021 Oregon Revised Statutes|Volume : 15 - Water Resources, Agriculture and Food|Chapter 545 - Irrigation Districts|Section 545.316

[Amended by 1995 c.42 §166; renumbered 545.647 in 1995]
OR Rev Stat § 545.318 (2021)
2021 Oregon Revised Statutes|Volume : 15 - Water Resources, Agriculture and Food|Chapter 545 - Irrigation Districts|Section 545.318

[Amended by 1995 c.42 §167; renumbered 545.649 in 1995]
OR Rev Stat § 545.319 (2021)
2021 Oregon Revised Statutes|Volume : 15 - Water Resources, Agriculture and Food|Chapter 545 - Irrigation Districts|Section 545.319 - Elections on question of constructing improvement; resolution of directors.

(1) If the board of directors considers it for the best interest of the district that the proposed improvement be constructed, the board, by resolution, may call an election to be held within the boundaries of the land described in the petition for the purpose of submitting the question as to whether or not the proposed improvement shall be constructed. The board shall in the resolution fix the time and place of holding the election, specify the polling place and appoint three judges who shall constitute a board of election. The resolution shall also contain the ballot title to be used at the election. The ballot title shall contain such information as in the judgment of the board will advise the owners of the land to be charged with the cost of the proposed improvement as to the general nature of the improvement and the estimated cost. (2) The board at the time of calling the election within the land described in the petition shall also by resolution call an election to be held within the district at large for the purpose of submitting the question as to whether or not the proposed improvement shall be constructed. This resolution shall contain provisions identical with those provided for in subsection (1) of this section. The election in the district at large shall be held on the same day that the election within the territory described in the petition is held. The election shall be conducted, as nearly as practicable, in accordance with the general election laws of the state applicable to irrigation districts. [Formerly 545.404]
OR Rev Stat § 545.320 (2021)
2021 Oregon Revised Statutes|Volume : 15 - Water Resources, Agriculture and Food|Chapter 545 - Irrigation Districts|Section 545.320

[Amended by 1995 c.42 §168; renumbered 545.651 in 1995]
OR Rev Stat § 545.322 (2021)
2021 Oregon Revised Statutes|Volume : 15 - Water Resources, Agriculture and Food|Chapter 545 - Irrigation Districts|Section 545.322

[Amended by 1989 c.182 §23; 1995 c.42 §169; renumbered 545.655 in 1995]
OR Rev Stat § 545.323 (2021)
2021 Oregon Revised Statutes|Volume : 15 - Water Resources, Agriculture and Food|Chapter 545 - Irrigation Districts|Section 545.323 - Majority of votes required to approve construction of improvement; cost; apportionment; assessment.

If a majority of the votes cast by the electors within the boundaries of the land described in the petition are "Improvement–Yes," and if a majority of the votes cast by the electors in the district at large are "Improvement–Yes," then, but not otherwise, the board shall construct the improvement. The cost of construction shall be apportioned by the board to the lands within the boundaries described in the petition, so that each acre of irrigable land within those boundaries shall be assessed and required to pay the same amount. In all other respects the assessment and its levy and collection shall be, as nearly as practicable, in accordance with the assessment, levy and collection of other assessments and taxes levied upon lands within the district. [Formerly 545.406]
OR Rev Stat § 545.324 (2021)
2021 Oregon Revised Statutes|Volume : 15 - Water Resources, Agriculture and Food|Chapter 545 - Irrigation Districts|Section 545.324

[Amended by 1989 c.182 §24; 1995 c.42 §170; renumbered 545.659 in 1995]
OR Rev Stat § 545.326 (2021)
2021 Oregon Revised Statutes|Volume : 15 - Water Resources, Agriculture and Food|Chapter 545 - Irrigation Districts|Section 545.326

[Amended by 1979 c.562 §23; 1995 c.42 §171; renumbered 545.663 in 1995]
OR Rev Stat § 545.332 (2021)
2021 Oregon Revised Statutes|Volume : 15 - Water Resources, Agriculture and Food|Chapter 545 - Irrigation Districts|Section 545.332

[Amended by 1989 c.182 §25; 1995 c.42 §172; renumbered 545.667 in 1995]
OR Rev Stat § 545.335 (2021)
2021 Oregon Revised Statutes|Volume : 15 - Water Resources, Agriculture and Food|Chapter 545 - Irrigation Districts|Section 545.335 - Drainage works; construction authorized; powers of districts; designation of bonds.

When it appears necessary, proper or beneficial to drain any of the lands within the district, either for the benefit of the lands actually requiring drainage or for the protection of other lands within the district, and without regard to whether or not the irrigation works have been actually acquired or constructed, an irrigation district may cause drainage canals and works to be constructed. When exercising the authority granted by this section relating to drainage, the district shall have the same power and authority as is conferred on the district with regard to irrigation. All powers in the Irrigation District Law conferred upon irrigation districts with respect to irrigation shall be construed to include drainage. However, any bonds issued solely for drainage purposes shall be known as "Drainage Bonds of _____ Irrigation District." [Formerly 545.106]
OR Rev Stat § 545.343 (2021)
2021 Oregon Revised Statutes|Volume : 15 - Water Resources, Agriculture and Food|Chapter 545 - Irrigation Districts|Section 545.343 - Obligations or contracts with United States under Reclamation Act; acquisition of federal lands.

(1) For the purpose of acquiring control over government land within the district and of complying with the provisions of the Act of Congress entitled "An act to promote reclamation of arid lands," approved August 11, 1916, the board of directors may make investigations, and, based thereon, such representations and assurances to the Secretary of the Interior as may be requisite. The board may enter into any obligation or contract with the United States for: (a) The construction, operation and maintenance of the necessary works for the delivery and distribution of water under the Federal Reclamation Act and the rules and regulations established thereunder. The board may contract for the refusal of water service to any lands which are in default in the payment of any assessment levied to carry out any contract between the district and the United States. (b) The assumption, as principal or guarantor, of indebtedness to the United States on account of district lands. (2) The board may also contract with the United States for a water supply or drainage works under any Act of Congress providing for or permitting the contract. (3) When a contract is made with the United States, as provided in this section, bonds of the district may be deposited with the United States, at 90 percent of their par value, to the amount to be paid by the district to the United States under the contract. The interest on the bonds, if bearing interest, shall be provided for by assessment and levy, as in the case of other bonds of the district, and regularly paid to the United States to be applied as provided in the contract. If the bonds of the district are not so deposited, the board of directors shall include, as part of any levy or assessment provided for in the Irrigation District Law, an amount sufficient to meet each year all payments accruing under the terms of the contract. (4) The board may accept, on behalf of the district, appointment of the district as fiscal agent of the United States, or authorization of the district by the United States to make collections of money for or on behalf of the United States in connection with any federal reclamation project. If the board accepts the appointment or authorization, the district is authorized to act as fiscal agent or to make the collections of money and to assume the duties and liabilities incident to such action. The board also has full power to do all things required by the federal statutes enacted in connection with districts serving as fiscal agents or collectors of moneys for reclamation projects, and all things required by the rules and regulations established by any department of the federal government in regard thereto. [Formerly 545.076]
OR Rev Stat § 545.345 (2021)
2021 Oregon Revised Statutes|Volume : 15 - Water Resources, Agriculture and Food|Chapter 545 - Irrigation Districts|Section 545.345 - Conveyance of lands to United States.

Any property acquired by the district may be conveyed to the United States in so far as the property may be needed by the United States for the construction, operation and maintenance of works for the benefit of the district under any contract that may be entered into with the United States under ORS 545.343 or 545.347. [Formerly 545.078]
OR Rev Stat § 545.347 (2021)
2021 Oregon Revised Statutes|Volume : 15 - Water Resources, Agriculture and Food|Chapter 545 - Irrigation Districts|Section 545.347 - Obligations or contracts with United States under Fact Finders’ Act.

The board of directors may also enter into any obligation or contract with the United States for the construction, operation and maintenance of the necessary works for the delivery and distribution of water under the Act of Congress of December 5, 1924, entitled "An act making appropriations to supply deficiencies in certain appropriations for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1924, and prior fiscal years, to provide supplemental appropriations for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1925, and for other purposes." In such contract, the board of directors may provide for payment of charges to the United States upon the basis authorized by the Act of Congress of December 5, 1924, commonly known as the "Fact Finders’ Act," and under the rules and regulations that may be promulgated by the Bureau of Reclamation of the United States. [Formerly 545.080]
OR Rev Stat § 545.349 (2021)
2021 Oregon Revised Statutes|Volume : 15 - Water Resources, Agriculture and Food|Chapter 545 - Irrigation Districts|Section 545.349 - Authority to transfer land to federal government for development and colonization; repayment of expenditures; levy of assessments; funds; contracts with federal government.

Any irrigation district organized under the laws of Oregon may turn over to the federal government, or any federal agency, any lands owned or controlled by the district, for the purpose of development and colonization by the federal government or federal agency. The irrigation district may levy assessments for repayment to the federal government or federal agency of the sum expended in the development of the lands, with interest on the assessments not to exceed six percent per annum. The district may also assess the lands to cover repayment to the district of its cost, with interest on the assessments not to exceed six percent per annum. The district shall deposit the moneys collected as assessments in the "Bond Fund" account, or the "United States Contract Fund" account, or the "Bond and United States Contract Fund" account, as appropriate. The latter assessments shall be in addition to the assessments which may be levied to meet the reclamation charges, interest on the reclamation charges and maintenance. Irrigation districts may enter into contracts and assume obligations with the federal government or any federal agency, as may be necessary, expedient or desirable to bring about the development of lands in the irrigation district. [Formerly 545.172]
OR Rev Stat § 545.351 (2021)
2021 Oregon Revised Statutes|Volume : 15 - Water Resources, Agriculture and Food|Chapter 545 - Irrigation Districts|Section 545.351 - Acquisition of lands from owners; crediting of value on charge against remainder of land.

In order to make the lands available for development by the federal government or any federal agency, as provided in ORS 545.349, any irrigation district may accept from any landowner within the district title to any part of the land of the landowner and allow the landowner credit to the extent of the reasonable value of that land on the reclamation charge against the remainder of the land of the landowner. However, credit shall not be allowed so as to entirely extinguish the reclamation charge against any land in the district, and land shall not be accepted by the district or credit allowed until a contract has been executed by the district and the federal government or some federal agency for development of the lands. [Formerly 545.174]
OR Rev Stat § 545.352 (2021)
2021 Oregon Revised Statutes|Volume : 15 - Water Resources, Agriculture and Food|Chapter 545 - Irrigation Districts|Section 545.352

[Amended by 1995 c.42 §173; renumbered 545.671 in 1995]
OR Rev Stat § 545.354 (2021)
2021 Oregon Revised Statutes|Volume : 15 - Water Resources, Agriculture and Food|Chapter 545 - Irrigation Districts|Section 545.354

[Amended by 1995 c.42 §174; renumbered 545.673 in 1995]
OR Rev Stat § 545.355 (2021)
2021 Oregon Revised Statutes|Volume : 15 - Water Resources, Agriculture and Food|Chapter 545 - Irrigation Districts|Section 545.355 - Proceedings on extension or cancellation of payments due federal government.

When an irrigation district under contract with the United States has levied any assessment for collection of money payable to the United States under the contract, if the Secretary of the Interior has, by agreement with the board of directors of the district, authorized the extension or cancellation of any payments due the United States by the cancellation of assessments already levied but remaining unpaid, the board of directors shall certify to the tax collector of the county in which the land is located a statement of the year and amounts assessed against each tract for which cancellation has been authorized. The tax collector upon receipt of the certificates shall, if the assessment remains unpaid, indorse upon the district’s assessment roll, "Corrected under certificate of board of directors," and deduct and cancel from the assessment against each tract the amount of the assessment authorized to be canceled. [Formerly 545.176; 1997 c.170 §51]
OR Rev Stat § 545.356 (2021)
2021 Oregon Revised Statutes|Volume : 15 - Water Resources, Agriculture and Food|Chapter 545 - Irrigation Districts|Section 545.356

[Amended by 1995 c.42 §175; renumbered 545.675 in 1995]
OR Rev Stat § 545.358 (2021)
2021 Oregon Revised Statutes|Volume : 15 - Water Resources, Agriculture and Food|Chapter 545 - Irrigation Districts|Section 545.358

[Amended by 1995 c.42 §176; renumbered 545.677 in 1995]
OR Rev Stat § 545.359 (2021)
2021 Oregon Revised Statutes|Volume : 15 - Water Resources, Agriculture and Food|Chapter 545 - Irrigation Districts|Section 545.359 - Contracts with federal government for flood control works.

(1) When the board of directors of any irrigation district determines that it is for the best interest of the district that the floodwaters of any stream that enters upon the district or whose waters are used in the irrigating of any of the lands in the district be controlled, the board may enter into a contract with the United States Government, or any of its agencies which may be empowered to construct flood works. The contract shall require the irrigation district: (a) To provide without cost to the United States all lands, easements and rights of way necessary for such control project or works. (b) To hold and save harmless the United States or any of its agencies or officers from loss or damage by reason of the construction of the flood control project and works. (c) To maintain and operate all the works after construction in accordance with any regulations prescribed by the United States or its agencies or officers. (2) The contract shall not be binding upon the district until it has been approved by the legal voters of the district as provided by ORS 545.511 and 545.513 (1). When the contract has been so executed and approved the board shall carry out fully the provisions of the contract. [Formerly 545.178]
OR Rev Stat § 545.360 (2021)
2021 Oregon Revised Statutes|Volume : 15 - Water Resources, Agriculture and Food|Chapter 545 - Irrigation Districts|Section 545.360

[Amended by 1995 c.42 §177; renumbered 545.679 in 1995]
OR Rev Stat § 545.365 (2021)
2021 Oregon Revised Statutes|Volume : 15 - Water Resources, Agriculture and Food|Chapter 545 - Irrigation Districts|Section 545.365 - Disposition of real property acquired by district; sale to member of board or employee prohibited.

Any irrigation district foreclosing or otherwise acquiring any real property may lease, operate or sell the property upon such terms and taking such security for the rental or purchase price as the board of directors may consider advisable. A member of the board of directors or employee of the irrigation district shall not purchase or be interested in any contract for purchase of lands sold by the district. [Formerly 545.142]