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OR Rev Stat § 451.130 (2021)
2021 Oregon Revised Statutes|Volume : 12 - Public Health|Chapter 451 - County Service Facilities|Section 451.130 - Conformity to master plan; approval.

After a coordinated master plan has been adopted under ORS 451.120, the county court may enforce such plan by requiring that plans for the installation or operation of service facilities in areas under county jurisdiction outside the boundaries of cities or in areas within or served by a service district be submitted to the county court for approval, and that such installation or operation shall conform to the master plan. [1955 c.509 §3; 1961 c.576 §2; 1963 c.515 §5; 1969 c.646 §1; 1989 c.429 §2]
OR Rev Stat § 451.140 (2021)
2021 Oregon Revised Statutes|Volume : 12 - Public Health|Chapter 451 - County Service Facilities|Section 451.140 - Powers of county court under ORS 451.110 to 451.140.

In carrying out the powers granted to the county court under ORS 451.110 to 451.140, the county court may: (1) Conduct such surveys and investigations as may be necessary to develop coordinated master plans as provided in ORS 451.120. (2) Provide for the administration and enforcement of such master plans by engineering analysis, inspection or other appropriate means. (3) Enter into contracts or agreements with cities, other counties or county service districts for public transportation, the federal government, state agencies, the special districts enumerated in ORS 451.573 or any person or private corporation for a period not to exceed 30 years for the cooperative financing of the preparation and enforcement of coordinated master plans as provided in ORS 451.120 and 451.130. (4) Levy and collect taxes for the purpose of providing funds to prepare and enforce coordinated master plans as provided in ORS 451.120 and 451.130. (5) Expend funds for such surveys, investigations and studies as may be necessary for the preparation and enforcement of such master plans. [1955 c.509 §4; 1961 c.576 §3; 1963 c.515 §6; 1973 c.211 §2; 1973 c.785 §4]
OR Rev Stat § 451.410 (2021)
2021 Oregon Revised Statutes|Volume : 12 - Public Health|Chapter 451 - County Service Facilities|Section 451.410 - Definitions for ORS 451.410 to 451.610.

As used in ORS 451.410 to 451.610, unless the context indicates otherwise: (1) "Change of organization" has the meaning given that term in ORS 198.705. (2) "County" has the meaning given that term in ORS 198.705. (3) "County court" includes the board of county commissioners. (4) "District" means a county service district established under ORS 451.410 to 451.610 to provide service facilities in a county or counties. (5) "Formation" has the meaning given that term in ORS 198.705. (6) "Owner" means the record owner of real property or the holder of a duly recorded contract for purchase of real property within the district. (7) "Service facilities" means public service installations, works or services provided within a county or counties for any or all of the purposes specified in ORS 451.010. [1955 c.685 §1; 1961 c.576 §4; 1963 c.515 §7; 1967 c.538 §2; 1973 c.785 §5; 1975 c.630 §2; 2003 c.14 §274; 2003 c.802 §123]
OR Rev Stat § 451.420 (2021)
2021 Oregon Revised Statutes|Volume : 12 - Public Health|Chapter 451 - County Service Facilities|Section 451.420 - District may construct and operate service facilities.

When authorized as provided in ORS 451.410 to 451.610 a district may construct, maintain and operate any or all of the service facilities specified in ORS 451.010. [1955 c.685 §2; 1963 c.515 §8; 1973 c.785 §6]
OR Rev Stat § 451.435 (2021)
2021 Oregon Revised Statutes|Volume : 12 - Public Health|Chapter 451 - County Service Facilities|Section 451.435 - Law governing district formation or change.

(1) All district formation and change of organization proceedings shall be initiated, conducted and completed as provided by ORS 198.705 to 198.955. Except for an order allowing an existing district established to provide sewage works to also provide drainage works, no county or portion thereof shall be included within a district that is to provide services in more than one county without the consent of the governing body of the affected county. (2) In the case of sewage works, upon certification to the county court by the Environmental Quality Commission or the local health officer that an emergency exists, the county court shall initiate the formation of a district in the manner specified in ORS 198.835, or annexation to an existing district in the manner specified in ORS 198.850 (3), whichever is most appropriate. (3) A petition or order initiating the formation or change of organization of a district shall, in addition to the requirement specified by ORS 198.705 to 198.955, state which of the service facilities specified by ORS 451.010 the district shall be authorized to construct, maintain and operate. (4) A final order in a formation or change of organization proceeding of a district shall, in addition to the requirements specified by ORS 198.705 to 198.955, state which of the service facilities specified by ORS 451.010 the district shall be authorized to construct, maintain and operate. [1973 c.785 §8; 1975 c.630 §3; 1989 c.374 §3; 2015 c.736 §96; 2017 c.17 §39]
OR Rev Stat § 451.440 (2021)
2021 Oregon Revised Statutes|Volume : 12 - Public Health|Chapter 451 - County Service Facilities|Section 451.440 - Plans for service facilities.

(1) Prior to initiation of the formation of a district, the county court may cause engineering and program plans to be prepared. The plans may include: (a) Preliminary plans for the service facilities to be constructed or provided. (b) Estimated costs of construction, maintenance and operation. (c) Recommendations as to boundaries of the district. (d) Recommendations as to use of any portion of the proposed service facilities for areas in the county outside the district at some future date and the portion of the cost of such works which should be borne by such areas when use is made of any portion of the facilities. (e) Recommendations as to the extent to which the proposed service facilities may be integrated into other service facilities constructed or being constructed by other districts under ORS 451.410 to 451.610 or by other public agencies and the fair and equitable amount of the cost of construction of such other facilities the district should bear. (2) If a district is formed or granted authority to provide additional types of service facilities, the county court may require the district to reimburse the county for the cost of engineering and program plans prepared in accordance with this section. [1955 c.685 §4; 1961 c.576 §6; 1963 c.515 §10; 1971 c.291 §5; 1971 c.727 §130; 1973 c.785 §9; 1989 c.374 §4]
OR Rev Stat § 451.445 (2021)
2021 Oregon Revised Statutes|Volume : 12 - Public Health|Chapter 451 - County Service Facilities|Section 451.445 - Formation of district upon finding of health hazard; assessment.

(1) When certified copy of the findings of the Director of the Oregon Health Authority is filed with the county court as provided by ORS 431.740 or 431.750, the county court shall, subject to ORS 198.792, proceed to form the district to provide the facilities described in the findings and shall enter an order in accordance with ORS 451.485. (2) The county court shall, within one year after making its order under ORS 451.485, prepare plans and specifications for the service facilities proposed to be provided within the district and proceed in accordance with the time schedule to construct or install the facilities. (3) Notwithstanding the provisions of ORS 451.487, the order of the county court under ORS 451.485 is not subject to referendum if it is adopted in accordance with subsection (1) of this section and as a result of proceedings conducted under ORS 431.705 to 431.760. (4) Notwithstanding ORS 451.495, when service facilities are to be constructed for the purpose of removing or alleviating a danger to public health and as a result of proceedings conducted by ORS 431.705 to 431.760, if any portion of the cost of the service facilities is to be assessed against the property directly benefited, ORS 451.495 (1)(c) does not apply to the general ordinance providing for the method of assessment which must be adopted under ORS 451.495. [1973 c.361 §18; 1981 c.452 §3; 2009 c.595 §874]
OR Rev Stat § 451.472 (2021)
2021 Oregon Revised Statutes|Volume : 12 - Public Health|Chapter 451 - County Service Facilities|Section 451.472 - District to construct and operate only authorized service facilities; additional authority; requirements for provision of drainage works.

(1) A district may construct, maintain and operate only those service facilities specified by ORS 451.010 that were authorized upon formation of the district. However, additional authority regarding service facilities may be given to a district by a proceeding initiated, conducted and completed in the same manner as is provided for in the original formation of a district or as otherwise provided by law. (2) A district may be formed, as provided in ORS 451.410 to 451.610, that contains territory that is also included in another district formed under ORS 451.410 to 451.610 if the district is formed to construct, maintain and operate service facilities that the existing district is not authorized to construct, maintain and operate. (3) The consent of not less than 70 percent of the cities located within the boundaries of the district is required to authorize a district established to provide sewage works to also provide drainage works. [1963 c.515 §13b; 1969 c.646 §7; 1971 c.727 §133; 1973 c.785 §10; 1989 c.374 §5; 2005 c.510 §2]
OR Rev Stat § 451.485 (2021)
2021 Oregon Revised Statutes|Volume : 12 - Public Health|Chapter 451 - County Service Facilities|Section 451.485 - Governing body of district; order preliminary to construction.

The county court shall be the governing body of a county service district established under ORS 451.410 to 451.610. A district shall be known by the name or number specified in the order declaring its formation and by that name shall exercise and carry out the powers and duties conferred and declared in this chapter. Before proceeding to construct or provide any service facilities authorized by this chapter, the governing body of the district shall make an order: (1) Determining the service facilities to be constructed, maintained and operated and the part of the work to be undertaken immediately. (2) Determining the manner of financing the construction, maintenance and operation of the service facilities. (3) Determining the method by which the district shall bear the share of the cost of construction of the service facilities that is to be apportioned to the district. (4) Where it appears that any service facilities to be constructed will provide service to areas outside the district at some future date, determining the equitable and fair share of the cost of construction of such facilities that should be borne by such areas, which share shall be borne by the revolving fund established under ORS 451.540, by funds obtained by the county under ORS 280.055 or by any other method of financing described by ORS 451.490 until such areas are served by the facilities. (5) Where the service facilities of the district are to be integrated into other service facilities constructed or being constructed by another district or by other public bodies as defined in ORS 174.109, determining the fair and equitable amount the district should assume as its share of the construction of such other service facilities, which amount shall be paid to the other district or public body upon terms and conditions to which the governing body of the district has agreed. (6) In the case of sewage works, where trunk or interceptor sewers, treatment plants and similar facilities are to be charged to all property within the district while lateral sewers, street mains and similar facilities are to be charged only to property to be served immediately by the system, determining the fair and equitable share of the total cost to be charged to areas within the district. (7) If any of the cost of the work is to be assessed against benefited property, describing portions of the district, if any, within which service facilities will not be financed by assessment. [1961 c.576 §14; 1963 c.515 §14; 1969 c.646 §8; 1973 c.785 §11; 1981 c.570 §1; 2003 c.802 §124]
OR Rev Stat § 451.487 (2021)
2021 Oregon Revised Statutes|Volume : 12 - Public Health|Chapter 451 - County Service Facilities|Section 451.487 - Referendum on order; election.

(1) The order required by ORS 451.485 and any order which amends that order shall be subject to referendum vote within the district, notwithstanding the prior authorization of such service facilities by election during formation proceedings. The referendum may be ordered by resolution of the governing body of the district, or by petition filed as provided in this section. (2) The requirements for preparing, circulating and filing a referendum petition under this section shall be as provided in ORS 255.135 to 255.205, except that notwithstanding ORS 255.165, the petition must be submitted not later than the 60th day after the date of the order. (3) If a majority of those voting approve the order required by ORS 451.485, the governing body of the district shall so declare by order entered in its journal. If a majority of those voting disapprove the order, the results shall be entered in the journal. [1963 c.515 §14a; 1971 c.647 §103; 1973 c.785 §12; 1973 c.796 §66a; 1975 c.647 §42; 1981 c.570 §2; 1983 c.350 §274]
OR Rev Stat § 451.490 (2021)
2021 Oregon Revised Statutes|Volume : 12 - Public Health|Chapter 451 - County Service Facilities|Section 451.490 - Methods of financing service facilities.

The district may, in accordance with the order adopted under ORS 451.485, finance the construction, operation or maintenance of service facilities for a district by: (1) Use of funds from a fund established under ORS 280.055 or 451.540 to be repaid by the district without interest. (2) Assessments against the property in the district with or without issuance of bonds authorized under ORS 223.205, 223.210 to 223.295 and 223.770. (3) Service or user charges in the district. (4) Connection charges. (5) District ad valorem taxes. (6) Sale of bonds. (7) Funds obtained under ORS 280.040, 280.050, 280.060, 280.070, 280.080 and 280.090. A district local option tax adopted under ORS 280.060 shall not authorize a tax in any fiscal year later than the fiscal year in which the district is subject to dissolution under ORS 451.620 (1) and (2). (8) Any combination of the provisions of subsections (1) to (7) of this section. [1955 c.685 §9; 1961 c.576 §15; 1963 c.515 §15; 1969 c.646 §9; 1973 c.785 §13; 1987 c.504 §12; 1995 c.333 §24; 1999 c.21 §75]
OR Rev Stat § 451.492 (2021)
2021 Oregon Revised Statutes|Volume : 12 - Public Health|Chapter 451 - County Service Facilities|Section 451.492 - Financing portion of connection charges; lien.

(1) Subject to subsection (2) of this section, the rights and duties accorded a city and the owners of property in a city for financing assessments under ORS 223.205 and 223.210 to 223.295 shall apply in the same manner to districts for purposes of financing that portion of a connection charge imposed by a district which is greater than the amount necessary to reimburse the district for its costs of inspection and installing connections with the sanitary sewer mains of the district. (2) Notwithstanding ORS 223.230, the financing of connection charges under this section may, at the option of the governing body of the district, be a second lien on real property, which lien shall be inferior only to the mortgage or other security interest held by the lender of the owner’s purchase money. Bonds issued under this section shall be issued separately from bonds otherwise issued under ORS 223.205 and 223.210 to 223.295. [1985 c.417 §3; 1995 c.333 §25]
OR Rev Stat § 451.495 (2021)
2021 Oregon Revised Statutes|Volume : 12 - Public Health|Chapter 451 - County Service Facilities|Section 451.495 - Ordinance governing certain assessments.

(1) If the cost, or any portion of the cost, of service facilities for a district is to be assessed under ORS 451.490 against the property directly benefited, the governing body of the district shall, before attempting to implement the service facilities, adopt a general ordinance providing for the method of assessment. The ordinance shall: (a) Contain provision for notice to affected property owners of intention to implement described service facilities and to assess benefited property for a part or all of the cost. (b) Provide for a hearing at which affected property owners may appear to object to the implementation of the proposed service facilities. (c) Provide that if the district receives written objections prior to the conclusion of the hearing signed by more than 50 percent of the affected property owners representing more than 50 percent of the affected property the proposed service facilities will not be implemented. (d) Provide for notice of and a hearing on proposed assessments which notice and hearing may be combined with the notice and hearing described in paragraphs (a) and (b) of this subsection. (e) Provide for the general method of assessing the property directly benefited and of the recording of liens against the property directly benefited, and of making supplementary assessments and rebates. (f) Provide for establishing the boundaries of each assessment district as work is proposed. (2) Assessments in the district shall, so far as practicable, be apportioned within the district in accordance with the special and peculiar benefit each lot or parcel of land receives from the service facilities. (3) Where parcels of land, or portions thereof, are undeveloped, the governing body of the district may, in its discretion, defer assessing or imposing all or any portion of such assessments on such parcels until such parcels are served by the facilities. [1973 c.785 §15; 1981 c.570 §3]
OR Rev Stat § 451.500 (2021)
2021 Oregon Revised Statutes|Volume : 12 - Public Health|Chapter 451 - County Service Facilities|Section 451.500 - Charges and fees for financing service facilities.

The district may by order or by ordinance, for the purpose of paying the costs of operation and maintenance of service facilities, and for the repayment of bonds, impose user charges on property served by the service facilities. The district may, from time to time when necessary, use moneys from the revolving fund for such maintenance and operation on a reimbursable basis. User charges, connection fees or service charges shall be based upon the costs of operation, maintenance and supervision of service facilities and the costs of bond repayment. [1955 c.685 §10; 1969 c.646 §10; 1973 c.785 §16]
OR Rev Stat § 451.510 (2021)
2021 Oregon Revised Statutes|Volume : 12 - Public Health|Chapter 451 - County Service Facilities|Section 451.510 - Collection of service charges.

(1) The district may contract with any city or water or other district serving water in the district to collect service or user charges with the water bills, and the serving agency may cut off water for nonpayment of such service or user charges. The district may pay the water-serving agency a reasonable charge for such collection services. (2) Assessments of less than $25 and service or user charges may also be collected and enforced as provided in ORS 454.225. [1955 c.685 §11; 1969 c.646 §11; 1973 c.785 §17; 1983 c.740 §175]
OR Rev Stat § 451.520 (2021)
2021 Oregon Revised Statutes|Volume : 12 - Public Health|Chapter 451 - County Service Facilities|Section 451.520 - Assessments to be entered on lien docket; foreclosure for failure to pay; reassessments.

(1) When assessments are made under ORS 451.410 to 451.610 they shall be entered in a permanent lien docket which shall be kept in the office of the county clerk of the county. The docket shall show the amount of each lien, property against which it has been assessed, the owner thereof and such additional information as is required to keep a permanent and complete record of the assessment and the payments thereon. (2) If the owner of the property against which an assessment has been made fails to pay the assessment, or any portion thereof, or the interest thereon, when due, the district may proceed to foreclose the lien in any manner provided by law for the collection of liens by local governments as defined in ORS 174.116 or may provide by ordinance a general procedure for the collection of such liens in any manner not inconsistent with law. (3) The provisions of ORS 223.405 to 223.485 relating to reassessment shall be available to the district, where applicable, in connection with assessments made under ORS 451.410 to 451.610. (4) In addition to the procedure provided by subsections (1), (2) and (3) of this section, the provisions of ORS 372.170 and 372.180 shall be available to the district, where applicable, in connection with assessments made under ORS 451.410 to 451.610. [1955 c.685 §12; 1963 c.515 §16; 1973 c.622 §1; 1973 c.785 §18; 2003 c.802 §125]
OR Rev Stat § 451.540 (2021)
2021 Oregon Revised Statutes|Volume : 12 - Public Health|Chapter 451 - County Service Facilities|Section 451.540 - Tax levy for financing service facilities; hearing.

(1) The county court may, for the purpose of establishing a revolving fund to provide money to finance the construction under ORS 451.410 to 451.585 of those service facilities in the county that may be necessary and in implementation of the master plans provided for in ORS 451.120, levy an ad valorem tax of not to exceed 50 cents per year, for a period not to exceed five years, for each $1,000 of real market value of taxable property within all areas of the county, to be served by the facilities included in the master plan. The revenues derived from the taxes shall be deposited with the county treasurer and credited to the revolving fund. Moneys in the revolving fund shall be disbursed by the county treasurer on order of the county court and used solely for the purposes authorized in ORS 451.410 to 451.610. (2) The boundaries of the territory within which the tax authorized by subsection (1) of this section may be levied shall be determined by the county court after a public hearing. The county court shall direct the county clerk to publish notice of such hearing once a week for two successive weeks prior to the hearing in a newspaper of general circulation published within the proposed boundaries of the territory or, if there is no such newspaper, in a newspaper of general circulation in the county. Any elector or any owner of property within the territory may appear at the hearing to protest inclusion of the property of the voter within the territory, but the county court shall not exclude land which, in its judgment, will be served by the facilities included in the master plan. [1955 c.685 §14; 1961 c.576 §17; 1963 c.515 §18; 1967 c.538 §5; 1981 c.804 §103; 1991 c.459 §405]
OR Rev Stat § 451.542 (2021)
2021 Oregon Revised Statutes|Volume : 12 - Public Health|Chapter 451 - County Service Facilities|Section 451.542 - Filing boundary change with county assessor and Department of Revenue.

For purposes of ad valorem taxation, a boundary change must be filed in final approved form with the county assessor and the Department of Revenue as provided in ORS 308.225. [2001 c.138 §34] Note: 451.542 was added to and made a part of 451.410 to 451.610 by legislative action but was not added to any smaller series therein. See Preface to Oregon Revised Statutes for further explanation.