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OR Rev Stat § 545.595 (2021)
2021 Oregon Revised Statutes|Volume : 15 - Water Resources, Agriculture and Food|Chapter 545 - Irrigation Districts|Section 545.595 - Payment of assessment; relief from further assessment.

At any time after issuance of the bonds, a landowner may relieve the land of the landowner from payment of the principal and interest assessed against the landowner by securing from the county clerk, on a form to be provided by the county clerk for that purpose, a certificate showing the lands assessed and the amount due. The certificate shall be signed and certified by the clerk under the seal of office. Upon its presentation to the county treasurer and payment to the county treasurer of the amount due, either in cash or matured or unmatured bonds of the district, the treasurer shall, on the certificate, mark the amount as paid. Upon presentation by the owner of the certificate so receipted to the county clerk, the clerk shall insert in a column of the bond lien docket provided for that purpose, a notation showing the payment and satisfaction of the assessment in full with interest. Upon such payment of the assessment on any tract or parcel of land, the tract or parcel shall thereafter forever be relieved from assessment for the payment of irrigation bonds issued prior to the date of the payment, except for an assessment that may be levied by the board of directors of the irrigation district for an emergency fund, not exceeding the amount specified in ORS 545.599. [Formerly 545.264]
OR Rev Stat § 545.596 (2021)
2021 Oregon Revised Statutes|Volume : 15 - Water Resources, Agriculture and Food|Chapter 545 - Irrigation Districts|Section 545.596

[Amended by 1995 c.42 §18; renumbered 545.085 in 1995]
OR Rev Stat § 545.598 (2021)
2021 Oregon Revised Statutes|Volume : 15 - Water Resources, Agriculture and Food|Chapter 545 - Irrigation Districts|Section 545.598

[Amended by 1995 c.42 §19; renumbered 545.089 in 1995]
OR Rev Stat § 545.602 (2021)
2021 Oregon Revised Statutes|Volume : 15 - Water Resources, Agriculture and Food|Chapter 545 - Irrigation Districts|Section 545.602

[Amended by 1993 c.392 §2; 1995 c.42 §20; renumbered 545.097 in 1995]
OR Rev Stat § 545.603 (2021)
2021 Oregon Revised Statutes|Volume : 15 - Water Resources, Agriculture and Food|Chapter 545 - Irrigation Districts|Section 545.603 - Entry on assessment roll; lien on land; collection; disposal of moneys collected; liability of land sold for taxes; exception.

Not later than December 1 of each year, the county clerk shall furnish to the county assessor a copy of all assessments shown on the bond lien docket that were levied against property within the irrigation district in the county of the county clerk and that shall become due and payable during the coming calendar year. The assessor shall enter the assessments on the assessment roll in the same manner as other assessments of the district are entered. The assessments so entered shall continue as a lien against the tracts and parcels of land described in the assessment roll and shall be collected in the same manner and at the same time that other taxes are collected. If unpaid, the procedure for the collection of the assessments shall be the same as that provided by law for the collection of irrigation taxes and assessments. Except as otherwise provided by law, all moneys paid to the county treasurer on any assessments levied under ORS 545.565 to 545.621, and all moneys collected by the tax collector in any county on such assessments, shall be paid to the county treasurer and kept by the county treasurer in a special bond fund for the payment of the principal and interest on bonds as the bonds become due. The purchaser of any tracts or parcels of land at a sale for any delinquent state, county or municipal taxes, or irrigation assessments, shall take the tracts or parcels free and clear of any assessment that has been entered upon the assessment roll under this section and that has been included in the amount for which the tract was sold. However, the lien of the portion of the assessment created by ORS 545.589 that has not been so entered and included shall not in any manner be affected by the sale, and every purchaser shall take the lands subject to that lien. [Formerly 545.268]
OR Rev Stat § 545.604 (2021)
2021 Oregon Revised Statutes|Volume : 15 - Water Resources, Agriculture and Food|Chapter 545 - Irrigation Districts|Section 545.604

[Amended by 1993 c.392 §3; 1995 c.42 §21; 1995 c.78 §3; renumbered 545.099 in 1995]
OR Rev Stat § 545.607 (2021)
2021 Oregon Revised Statutes|Volume : 15 - Water Resources, Agriculture and Food|Chapter 545 - Irrigation Districts|Section 545.607 - Retirement of bonds before maturity.

(1) Notwithstanding ORS 545.565 to 545.621, the board of directors of an irrigation district may call for payment and retire before maturity any bonds issued in accordance with ORS 545.565 to 545.621. If sufficient funds are available for the purpose in the special bond fund, the board may direct the treasurer to pay that amount of bonds not due as the money in the fund will redeem at the lowest value at which they may be offered for liquidation, or the board may call bonds for par. The par value of all amortization bonds shall be considered to be the present worth of the unpaid installments on the bonds, discounted to the date they are called at the rate of seven percent per annum. Payment may be made at the office of the county treasurer of the principal county, as defined in ORS 198.705. (2) Notice of intention to call in any bonds shall be given by the board of directors by publication in a newspaper published and regularly circulated in the county in which the district lands are situated, at least once each week for four successive weeks beginning not less than 90 days prior to any interest payment period. The notice shall state the number and amount of bonds to be retired, the price to be paid, the date when payment is to be made and the place where the bonds are to be paid. (3) The bonds so called shall be retired in numerical order and not otherwise. A bond shall not be retired under this section except on a day when interest is payable under the terms of the bond and on and after the date given in the published notice. The interest on bonds described in the notice shall cease after the date named in the published notice, and the notice is published as provided by subsection (2) of this section. [Formerly 545.270]
OR Rev Stat § 545.611 (2021)
2021 Oregon Revised Statutes|Volume : 15 - Water Resources, Agriculture and Food|Chapter 545 - Irrigation Districts|Section 545.611

[1975 c.293 §2; 1993 c.392 §4; 1995 c.42 §22; renumbered 545.101 in 1995]
OR Rev Stat § 545.612 (2021)
2021 Oregon Revised Statutes|Volume : 15 - Water Resources, Agriculture and Food|Chapter 545 - Irrigation Districts|Section 545.612

[Amended by 1995 c.42 §23; renumbered 545.105 in 1995]
OR Rev Stat § 545.614 (2021)
2021 Oregon Revised Statutes|Volume : 15 - Water Resources, Agriculture and Food|Chapter 545 - Irrigation Districts|Section 545.614

[Amended by 1995 c.42 §24; renumbered 545.109 in 1995]
OR Rev Stat § 545.615 (2021)
2021 Oregon Revised Statutes|Volume : 15 - Water Resources, Agriculture and Food|Chapter 545 - Irrigation Districts|Section 545.615

[1965 c.576 §3; 1991 c.459 §423r; 1995 c.42 §25; renumbered 545.113 in 1995]
OR Rev Stat § 545.616 (2021)
2021 Oregon Revised Statutes|Volume : 15 - Water Resources, Agriculture and Food|Chapter 545 - Irrigation Districts|Section 545.616

[Amended by 1993 c.392 §5; 1995 c.42 §26; renumbered 545.117 in 1995]
OR Rev Stat § 545.617 (2021)
2021 Oregon Revised Statutes|Volume : 15 - Water Resources, Agriculture and Food|Chapter 545 - Irrigation Districts|Section 545.617 - Sale of land for delinquent assessments; district as purchaser; payment of proceeds into emergency fund; purchase price paid by district.

The district shall appear as a bidder at the sale of any lands for delinquent assessments made under ORS 545.565 to 545.621, and may purchase and take title to the lands and dispose of them like any other purchaser. On any sale by the district, the proceeds from the sale, after the payment of expenses of the sale, shall be paid into the emergency fund. When at a tax sale there is no other bidder for the full amount of the delinquency, including interest and penalties, the district shall bid and buy in the land to protect its assessments. However, the district shall never bid or pay a greater sum than the total of all assessments levied under ORS 545.565 to 545.621 with interest and penalties, and delinquent general taxes. [Formerly 545.272]
OR Rev Stat § 545.618 (2021)
2021 Oregon Revised Statutes|Volume : 15 - Water Resources, Agriculture and Food|Chapter 545 - Irrigation Districts|Section 545.618

[Amended by 1995 c.42 §27; renumbered 545.123 in 1995]
OR Rev Stat § 545.620 (2021)
2021 Oregon Revised Statutes|Volume : 15 - Water Resources, Agriculture and Food|Chapter 545 - Irrigation Districts|Section 545.620

[Amended by 1975 c.72 §3; 1995 c.42 §28; renumbered 545.126 in 1995]
OR Rev Stat § 545.621 (2021)
2021 Oregon Revised Statutes|Volume : 15 - Water Resources, Agriculture and Food|Chapter 545 - Irrigation Districts|Section 545.621 - Exchange of refunding bonds for outstanding indebtedness; exchange of interest certificates for bonds.

When proceeding under ORS 545.565 to 545.621, the board of directors of any irrigation district that desires to issue refunding bonds in a satisfaction or discharge of any outstanding indebtedness or to replace outstanding indebtedness, may, instead of retiring the outstanding indebtedness from the proceeds of the sale of the bonds, exchange the refunding bonds for the outstanding indebtedness and in full compromise, satisfaction and discharge of the outstanding indebtedness. The board of directors shall issue the bonds in such denominations and to the several holders of the outstanding indebtedness as may be found necessary and expedient in the retirement of the outstanding indebtedness. The State Treasurer, on behalf of the state, may negotiate and arrange terms for exchange of interest certificates of indebtedness issued to the state by the district for district refunding bonds on the same terms as those bonds are accepted by other creditors. [Formerly 545.274]
OR Rev Stat § 545.622 (2021)
2021 Oregon Revised Statutes|Volume : 15 - Water Resources, Agriculture and Food|Chapter 545 - Irrigation Districts|Section 545.622

[Amended by 1995 c.42 §29; renumbered 545.131 in 1995]
OR Rev Stat § 545.624 (2021)
2021 Oregon Revised Statutes|Volume : 15 - Water Resources, Agriculture and Food|Chapter 545 - Irrigation Districts|Section 545.624

[Amended by 1985 c.581 §2; 1995 c.42 §39; renumbered 545.167 in 1995]
OR Rev Stat § 545.626 (2021)
2021 Oregon Revised Statutes|Volume : 15 - Water Resources, Agriculture and Food|Chapter 545 - Irrigation Districts|Section 545.626

[Amended by 1995 c.42 §40; renumbered 545.169 in 1995]
OR Rev Stat § 545.628 (2021)
2021 Oregon Revised Statutes|Volume : 15 - Water Resources, Agriculture and Food|Chapter 545 - Irrigation Districts|Section 545.628

[Amended by 1995 c.42 §41; renumbered 545.171 in 1995]
OR Rev Stat § 545.629 (2021)
2021 Oregon Revised Statutes|Volume : 15 - Water Resources, Agriculture and Food|Chapter 545 - Irrigation Districts|Section 545.629 - Declaration of intent to dispose of bonds; resolution; notice of sale; publication.

Before selling or otherwise disposing of any bonds as provided for in ORS 545.565 to 545.621, the board of directors by resolution shall declare at a meeting its intention of selling or otherwise disposing of the bonds. The board of directors shall cause the resolution to be entered on the minutes of the meeting. The board shall also cause notice of the sale or other disposition to be given by publication at least once a week for four consecutive weeks in three newspapers published in Oregon. One of the three newspapers shall be a newspaper published in the county in which the office of the board of directors is situated. [Formerly 545.278]
OR Rev Stat § 545.631 (2021)
2021 Oregon Revised Statutes|Volume : 15 - Water Resources, Agriculture and Food|Chapter 545 - Irrigation Districts|Section 545.631 - Consent of creditors to refunding of indebtedness.

(1) Before authorizing the issuance of bonds under ORS 545.565 to 545.621, the board of directors shall require that the known holders or their representatives of not less than 80 percent of the total amount of all evidences of indebtedness, whether warrants, bonds or certificates that are to be retired or refunded, shall submit to the board of directors for its acceptance an offer: (a) To deliver and surrender all evidences of indebtedness in exchange for bonds or cash, or both, not exceeding the maximum amount of the total assessment; or (b) To accept in full payment of the outstanding indebtedness a sum of money or refunding bonds, or both, representing the proportion which the total proposed refunding payment bears to the total outstanding indebtedness proposed to be refunded, based on the par value of the proposed refunding payment. The creditors must agree to absorb the loss between the amount of the total outstanding indebtedness and the amount of the refunding payment, and to receive the refunding bonds or cash, or both, in full payment, satisfaction and discharge of the outstanding. The creditors must further agree to make such proper pro rata distribution of the refunding payment as is required to retire and discharge the total outstanding indebtedness proposed to be refunded. (2) The offer shall be in writing and when submitted to the board of directors and accepted by the board, the offer shall be irrevocable until after the board of directors has had the opportunity to authorize the issuance, sale and delivery of refunding bonds to replace and discharge the outstanding indebtedness. Any litigation that is intended to or will restrain or prevent the board of directors from issuing and delivering the refunding bonds shall not subject the offer to revocation until after the litigation is concluded and the board of directors has a reasonable time thereafter in which to issue, sell and deliver the refunding bonds. The offer shall be considered accepted by the board of directors upon delivery of the offer to the board. [Formerly 545.280]
OR Rev Stat § 545.633 (2021)
2021 Oregon Revised Statutes|Volume : 15 - Water Resources, Agriculture and Food|Chapter 545 - Irrigation Districts|Section 545.633 - Obtaining constructive consent of unknown or dissenting creditors; petition.

For the purpose of obtaining the constructive consent of the unknown holders of the evidences of indebtedness, and of holders who have not given their consent in writing, the board of directors shall file in the circuit court of the county in which the office of the irrigation district is located a petition in rem, verified by the oath of the president or secretary of the district. The petition shall set forth the plan adopted by the district for retiring or refunding the evidences of indebtedness. The petition shall also recite what percentage of the amount of the evidences of indebtedness is held by the holders of the evidences of indebtedness who have filed their written consent to the proposed plan. The percentage shall be not less than 80 percent of the amount of the evidences of indebtedness. The petition shall further set forth what steps have been taken to attain the consent of all nonconsenting holders. [Formerly 545.282]
OR Rev Stat § 545.635 (2021)
2021 Oregon Revised Statutes|Volume : 15 - Water Resources, Agriculture and Food|Chapter 545 - Irrigation Districts|Section 545.635 - Notice of court proceeding to obtain constructive consent; effect of failure to file objection.

(1) Upon presentation of the petition to the judge of the circuit court, the judge shall authorize the district to publish, and the district shall cause to be published a notice describing the substance of the terms of settlement under which the evidences of indebtedness of the district are to be surrendered, refunded, satisfied, compromised, exchanged or discharged under the provisions of ORS 545.565 to 545.621. The notice shall be printed for at least four consecutive weeks in three newspapers published in Oregon that are designated by the court. One of the newspapers must be published in the county in which the office of the board of directors is located if such a newspaper exists. (2) The notice shall contain a general description of the evidences of indebtedness to be refunded and retired, the amount of indebtedness to be refunded and retired, and a general description of the refunding bonds to be issued. The notice shall require all holders of the evidences of indebtedness to file in the proceeding their written dissent from, or objection to, the proposed plan of settlement. The notice shall also state that if such dissent in writing is not filed in the court within 90 days from the date of the first publication of the notice, the holders failing to file dissent or objection shall be considered to have consented to the refunding, compromise or settlement of the indebtedness under the terms and conditions set forth in the notice. (3) After 90 days from the date of the first publication of the notice, the holders failing to file their objections and protests with the court shall be considered to have consented to the refunding, compromise or settlement of the indebtedness under the terms set forth in the notice. The failure to file shall be considered the equivalent of the offer in writing signed by known consenting holders. [Formerly 545.284]
OR Rev Stat § 545.637 (2021)
2021 Oregon Revised Statutes|Volume : 15 - Water Resources, Agriculture and Food|Chapter 545 - Irrigation Districts|Section 545.637 - Hearing on petition; judgment; trustee.

(1) After the expiration of 90 days from the date of the first publication of the notice, the district shall file in the proceeding in the circuit court its verified return of its acts made under the order of the court, attaching affidavits of the publication of the notice in three newspapers. Thereupon the court shall promptly hear the cause and shall enter a judgment providing that all the owners and holders of the evidences of indebtedness to be retired or refunded by the plan of the district, who have not within 90 days after the date of the first publication of the notice filed in the court their written dissent and objections to the proceedings, have consented to having their evidences of indebtedness retired or refunded under the proposed plan. (2) In the judgment the court shall direct the officers of the district to deposit with the county treasurer of the county in which the district is headquartered, as trustee for the persons entitled thereto, the pro rata part of the cash or refunding bonds, or both, which, under the settlement, belongs to the holders of the evidences of indebtedness whose consent was obtained by the court proceedings. The judgment shall provide that upon payment to the county treasurer as trustee, the evidences of indebtedness shall be considered paid and shall no longer be an obligation of the district. The judgment shall further provide that upon the surrender to the county treasurer of the bonds, together with the unpaid interest coupons belonging to the bonds, the county treasurer shall pay on demand to the holders their pro rata part of the moneys or bonds deposited with the county treasurer as trustee, shall mark the bonds canceled and shall deliver them to the irrigation district. (3) All holders of evidences of indebtedness to be retired or refunded shall be considered to have notice of all steps and proceedings taken under this section, ORS 545.629, 545.631, 545.633 and 545.635. [Formerly 545.286; 2003 c.576 §501]
OR Rev Stat § 545.639 (2021)
2021 Oregon Revised Statutes|Volume : 15 - Water Resources, Agriculture and Food|Chapter 545 - Irrigation Districts|Section 545.639 - Nature of proceeding; appeal; nonprejudicial errors; costs.

The procedure in the circuit court under ORS 545.629 to 545.637 shall be in the nature of an equitable proceeding in rem. Any holder of evidences of indebtedness affected by any court procedure under ORS 545.629, 545.631, 545.633, 545.635 and 545.637, or any other interested party, may appeal to the Court of Appeals at any time within 30 days after the entry of the judgment of the circuit court. The appeal must be heard and determined within three months from the time of taking the appeal. The court, in inquiring into the regularity, legality or correctness of the proceedings, shall disregard any error, irregularity or omission that does not affect the substantial rights of the parties and may approve the proceedings in part and disapprove the remainder. The costs of the proceedings may be allowed and apportioned between the parties in the discretion of the court. [Formerly 545.288; 2003 c.576 §502]
OR Rev Stat § 545.643 (2021)
2021 Oregon Revised Statutes|Volume : 15 - Water Resources, Agriculture and Food|Chapter 545 - Irrigation Districts|Section 545.643 - Contract providing plan of liquidation; resolution; investigation by and approval of Water Resources Commission.

An irrigation district desiring to become a party to any contract providing a plan for the liquidation in any manner of all or part of its outstanding bonded or other indebtedness, whether then due or not due, may adopt the procedure provided by ORS 545.643 to 545.667. The procedure provided by ORS 545.643 to 545.667 is in lieu of other procedures provided by law. Before becoming a party to a contract under ORS 545.643 to 545.667, the board of directors shall adopt a resolution substantially describing all the terms and conditions of the proposed contract and requesting the Water Resources Commission to make an investigation of all matters relating to the district, with particular reference to the ability of the district or the landowners in the district to perform the obligations of the proposed contract. Upon receipt of a copy of the resolution, the Water Resources Commission shall conduct the investigation, which shall include all physical, economic and financial matters relating to the district and the irrigable acreage of each legal subdivision or other described tract of land if held in separate ownership. If, after the investigation, the Water Resources Commission determines that the contract may prudently be executed by the district, the Water Resources Commission shall advise the district of its determination by adopting a resolution of the commission to that effect. [Formerly 545.312]