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OR Rev Stat § 268.220 (2021)
2021 Oregon Revised Statutes|Volume : 07 - Public Facilities and Finance|Chapter 268 - Metropolitan Service District|Section 268.220 - Employees’ rights when district assumes a function of another public corporation, city or county.

Except as otherwise provided by ORS 268.230, a district shall offer to employ every person who, on the date the district takes over a function of a public corporation, city or county in the district, is employed by the corporation, city or county to carry on the function. Where the district employs such a person, the employee shall remain an employee of the corporation, city or county for purposes of any pension or retirement plan the employee has been included in by the corporation, city or county and shall continue to have rights and benefits thereunder as if the person had remained an employee of the corporation, city or county, until the district provides a similar plan for its employees and the employee is included in the plan. Until the employee is so included, the district shall deduct from the compensation of the employee the amount the employee is required to pay under the plan of the corporation, city or county; shall pay that amount to the corporation, city or county, which shall credit the amount to the employee under the plan; and shall make whatever payments the plan calls for the employer to make. [1969 c.700 §30]
OR Rev Stat § 268.230 (2021)
2021 Oregon Revised Statutes|Volume : 07 - Public Facilities and Finance|Chapter 268 - Metropolitan Service District|Section 268.230 - District to protect employees’ rights when an operating public transportation system is acquired.

When the district acquires an operating public transportation system, it shall make fair and equitable arrangements to protect the interests of employees and retired employees of the system. Such protective arrangements shall include, but shall not be limited to: (1) Preservation of rights, privileges and benefits, including continuation of pension rights and payment of benefits, existing under collective bargaining agreements, or otherwise; (2) Continuation of collective bargaining rights; (3) Protection of individual employees against a worsening of their positions with respect to their employment; and (4) Assurance of employment to persons employed by the mass transportation system acquired and priority of reemployment to persons previously employed. [1969 c.700 §29a]
OR Rev Stat § 268.240 (2021)
2021 Oregon Revised Statutes|Volume : 07 - Public Facilities and Finance|Chapter 268 - Metropolitan Service District|Section 268.240 - PERS membership for specified classes of district employees; conditions.

(1) A district that is not participating in the Public Employees Retirement System may, by application to the board, include any class of employees of the district in the system established by ORS chapters 238 and 238A without entering into a contract of integration with the board under ORS 238.680. (2) The board shall consider an application received under this section to be an application to become a participating employer under ORS chapters 238 and 238A but only to the extent of providing membership for the class of employees described in the application. (3) The board, upon such terms as are set forth in a contract between the board and the employer, shall allow every employee in the specified class to become members of the Public Employees Retirement System in accordance with ORS chapters 238 and 238A. (4) When a district enters into a contract with the board under subsection (3) of this section, the district shall agree to eventually extend coverage under ORS chapters 238 and 238A to all eligible district employees through successive contracts with the board. (5) All employees who have completed the period of service with the public employer that is required under ORS 238.015, 238A.100 or 238A.300 shall become members of the system on a date specified by the board. All other employees in the described class shall become members upon completion of the required period of service. (6) As used in this section, "board" means the Public Employees Retirement Board established under ORS 238.630. [1989 c.879 §2; 2003 c.733 §72]
OR Rev Stat § 268.300 (2021)
2021 Oregon Revised Statutes|Volume : 07 - Public Facilities and Finance|Chapter 268 - Metropolitan Service District|Section 268.300 - Existence, status and general powers of district.

(1) A metropolitan service district has full power to carry out the objectives of its formation and the functions authorized pursuant to its charter and to that end may have and use a seal, have perpetual succession, sue and be sued in its own name, and enter into contracts. (2) For purposes of its authorized functions, a district may enter into intergovernmental agreements under ORS chapter 190. [1969 c.700 §§8,26; 1977 c.95 §1; 1997 c.833 §7; 2003 c.802 §98]
OR Rev Stat § 268.310 (2021)
2021 Oregon Revised Statutes|Volume : 07 - Public Facilities and Finance|Chapter 268 - Metropolitan Service District|Section 268.310 - Powers of district.

Subject to the provisions of a district charter, a district may, to carry out the purposes of this chapter: (1) Subject to the requirements of ORS 459.005 to 459.045, 459.065 to 459.105, 459.205 to 459.385, 459.992 (1) and (2) and 466.995 (1), dispose, and provide facilities for disposal, of solid and liquid wastes. (2) Provide public transportation and terminal facilities for public transportation, including local aspects thereof transferred to the district by one or more other public corporations, cities or counties through agreements in accordance with this chapter. (3) Acquire, construct, alter, maintain, administer and operate metropolitan zoo facilities. (4) Acquire, construct, alter, maintain, administer and operate major cultural, convention, exhibition, sports and entertainment facilities. (5) Acquire, develop, maintain and operate a system of parks, open space and recreational facilities of metropolitan significance. (6) Exercise jurisdiction over other matters of metropolitan concern as authorized by a district charter. [1969 c.700 §10; 1971 c.648 §22; 1975 c.510 §2; 1977 c.95 §17; 1977 c.665 §10; 1977 c.782 §5; 1979 c.804 §4; 1987 c.844 §1; 1997 c.833 §8; 2015 c.49 §1]
OR Rev Stat § 268.313 (2021)
2021 Oregon Revised Statutes|Volume : 07 - Public Facilities and Finance|Chapter 268 - Metropolitan Service District|Section 268.313 - Acquisition or construction of major facility; conditions.

Notwithstanding ORS 268.310 (4), a metropolitan service district that does not have a charter may not acquire or construct a major cultural, convention, exhibition, sports or entertainment facility unless: (1) The financing of the acquisition or construction is approved by the electors of the district; or (2) The facility is acquired or constructed pursuant to an intergovernmental agreement under ORS 190.003 to 190.130. [2015 c.49 §3]
OR Rev Stat § 268.315 (2021)
2021 Oregon Revised Statutes|Volume : 07 - Public Facilities and Finance|Chapter 268 - Metropolitan Service District|Section 268.315 - Authority of district to levy ad valorem tax.

For the purpose of performing the functions set forth in ORS 268.310 (3), the district, when authorized at any properly called election held for such purpose, shall have the power to levy an ad valorem tax on all taxable property within its boundaries not to exceed in any one year one-half of one percent (0.005) of the real market value of all taxable property within the boundaries of such district, computed in accordance with ORS 308.207. [1975 c.510 §3; 1991 c.459 §368; 1997 c.833 §9] Note: 268.315 was enacted into law by the Legislative Assembly but was not added to or made a part of ORS chapter 268 or any series therein by legislative action. See Preface to Oregon Revised Statutes for further explanation.
OR Rev Stat § 268.317 (2021)
2021 Oregon Revised Statutes|Volume : 07 - Public Facilities and Finance|Chapter 268 - Metropolitan Service District|Section 268.317 - Solid and liquid waste disposal powers.

For purposes of solid and liquid waste disposal, a district may: (1) Build, construct, acquire, lease, improve, operate and maintain landfills, transfer facilities, resource recovery facilities and other improvements, facilities or equipment necessary or desirable for the solid and liquid waste disposal system of the district. Leases authorized by this section include lease-purchase agreements whereunder the district may acquire ownership of the leased property at a nominal price. Such leases and lease-purchase agreements may be for a term of up to 30 years. (2) Sell, enter into short or long-term contracts, solicit bids, enter into direct negotiations, deal with brokers or use other methods of sale or disposal for the products or by-products of the district’s facilities. (3) Require any person or class of persons who generate solid or liquid wastes to make use of the disposal, transfer or resource recovery sites or facilities of the district or disposal, transfer or resource recovery sites or facilities designated by the district. (4) Require any person or class of persons who pick up, collect or transport solid or liquid wastes to make use of the disposal, transfer or resource recovery sites or facilities of the district or disposal, transfer or resource recovery sites or facilities designated by the district. (5) Regulate, license, franchise and certify disposal, transfer and resource recovery sites or facilities; establish, maintain and amend rates charged by disposal, transfer and resource recovery sites or facilities; establish and collect license or franchise fees; and otherwise control and regulate the establishment and operation of all public or private disposal, transfer and resource recovery sites or facilities located within the district. Licenses or franchises granted by the district may be exclusive. Existing landfills authorized to accept food wastes which, on March 1, 1979, are either franchised by a county or owned by a city are exempt from the district’s franchising and rate regulation. (6) Prescribe a procedure for the issuance, administration, renewal or denial of contracts, licenses or franchises granted under subsection (5) of this section. (7) Regulate the service or services provided by contract, license or franchise and order modifications, additions or extensions to the equipment, facilities, plan or services as shall be in the public interest. (8) Receive, accept, process, recycle, reuse and transport solid and liquid wastes. [1977 c.95 §3; 1979 c.531 §4]
OR Rev Stat § 268.318 (2021)
2021 Oregon Revised Statutes|Volume : 07 - Public Facilities and Finance|Chapter 268 - Metropolitan Service District|Section 268.318 - District approval required for disposal, transfer or resource recovery site or facility; criteria.

(1) No public or private disposal, transfer or resource recovery site or facility in the metropolitan service district shall be established, modified or extended without the prior approval of the district. The district may deny an application for the establishment, modification or extension of a site or facility if pursuant to its solid waste management plan the district has either: (a) Entered into contracts obligating the district to supply or direct minimum quantities of solid wastes to sites or facilities designated in the contract in order that those sites or facilities will operate economically and generate sufficient revenues to liquidate any bonded or other indebtedness incurred by reason of those sites or facilities; or (b) Adopted a franchise system for the disposal of solid or liquid wastes. (2) In considering an application for the establishment, modification or extension of a site or facility, the metropolitan service district may take into account the location and number of existing sites or facilities and their remaining capacities, whether the proposed establishment, modification or extension complies with the district’s solid waste management plan and whether the applicant has complied with all other applicable regulatory requirements. (3)(a) As used in this subsection: (A) "Compost" has the meaning given that term in ORS 459.005. (B) "Disposal site" has the meaning given that term in ORS 459.005. (C) "Property line" has the meaning given that term in ORS 92.010. (D) "School" has the meaning given that term in ORS 459.243. (b) The metropolitan service district may not approve the establishment of a commercial disposal site for composting if the property line of the proposed disposal site for composting is located within 1,500 feet of a property line of a school that is within an exception area for rural residential uses. [1979 c.531 §2; 1997 c.833 §24; 2013 c.524 §6]
OR Rev Stat § 268.319 (2021)
2021 Oregon Revised Statutes|Volume : 07 - Public Facilities and Finance|Chapter 268 - Metropolitan Service District|Section 268.319 - Reuse and recycling of electronic products.

Any metropolitan service district serving a population of more than 500,000 persons shall develop and implement a program pertaining to electronic product reuse and recycling. Under the program, the metropolitan service district shall prepare educational materials relating to the collection, recycling and reuse of used consumer electronic products and develop and implement an outreach and education program. [2003 c.706 §4] Note: 268.319 was enacted into law by the Legislative Assembly but was not added to or made a part of ORS chapter 268 or any series therein by legislative action. See Preface to Oregon Revised Statutes for further explanation.
OR Rev Stat § 268.320 (2021)
2021 Oregon Revised Statutes|Volume : 07 - Public Facilities and Finance|Chapter 268 - Metropolitan Service District|Section 268.320 - Elector approval of district actions.

Subject to the provisions of a district charter, the electors of a district may, from time to time, and in exercise of their power of the initiative, or by approving a proposition referred to them by the governing body of the district, authorize the district to assume additional functions. [1969 c.700 §11; 1977 c.95 §18; 1977 c.665 §11; 1997 c.516 §7; 1997 c.833 §10; 2005 c.22 §192; 2007 c.173 §4]
OR Rev Stat § 268.330 (2021)
2021 Oregon Revised Statutes|Volume : 07 - Public Facilities and Finance|Chapter 268 - Metropolitan Service District|Section 268.330 - Powers when providing local aspects of service; powers for public transportation; tax refunds.

Subject to the provisions of a district charter: (1) A district, to provide a local aspect of a public service, may take over facilities and functions of another public corporation, city or county, and may exercise powers of the corporation, city or county, in accordance with the agreement by which the district assumes the functions of the other corporation, city or county. (2) For purposes of public transportation, a district may: (a) Contract with the United States or with any county, city or state, or any of their departments or agencies, for the construction, preservation, improvement, operation or maintenance of any mass transit system. (b) Build, construct, purchase, improve, operate and maintain, subject to other applicable provisions of law, all improvements, facilities or equipment necessary or desirable for the mass transit system of the district. (c) Enter into contracts and employ agents, engineers, attorneys and other persons and fix their compensation. (d) Fix and collect charges for the use of the transit system and other district facilities. (e) Construct, acquire, maintain and operate passenger terminal facilities and motor vehicle parking facilities in connection with the mass transit system within or outside the district. (f) Use a public thoroughfare in a manner mutually agreed to by the governing bodies of the district and of the thoroughfare or, if they cannot so agree upon how the district may use the thoroughfare, in a manner determined by an arbitrator appointed by the Governor. (g) Do such other acts or things as may be necessary or convenient for the proper exercise of the powers granted to a district by this chapter. (3) A district shall be entitled to tax refunds under ORS 319.831, as if the district were a city. [1969 c.700 §12; 1979 c.344 §3; 1983 c.740 §69; 1997 c.833 §11]
OR Rev Stat § 268.340 (2021)
2021 Oregon Revised Statutes|Volume : 07 - Public Facilities and Finance|Chapter 268 - Metropolitan Service District|Section 268.340 - Acquisition of property; condemnation procedure; authority to lease and dispose of property; right of entry to survey lands.

(1) To the extent necessary to provide a metropolitan aspect of a public service, a district may acquire by purchase, condemnation, devise, gift or grant real and personal property or any interest therein within and without the district, including property of other public corporations. In so doing the district may proceed under ORS chapter 35. (2) A district may lease and dispose of property in accordance with ORS 271.300 to 271.360. (3) For purposes of surveys necessary for its proper functioning, a district may enter upon land, after giving the owner thereof reasonable advance notice of the entry. [1969 c.700 §§13,14,15; 1979 c.804 §5; 1985 c.443 §3]
OR Rev Stat § 268.343 (2021)
2021 Oregon Revised Statutes|Volume : 07 - Public Facilities and Finance|Chapter 268 - Metropolitan Service District|Section 268.343 - Validation of certain easements acquired by district.

Conservation easements and highway scenic preservation easements acquired by a metropolitan service district prior to May 28, 1999, are validated. [1999 c.208 §5] Note: 268.343 was enacted into law by the Legislative Assembly but was not added to or made a part of ORS chapter 268 or any series therein by legislative action. See Preface to Oregon Revised Statutes for further explanation.
OR Rev Stat § 268.345 (2021)
2021 Oregon Revised Statutes|Volume : 07 - Public Facilities and Finance|Chapter 268 - Metropolitan Service District|Section 268.345 - Limitation on condemnation power for certain facilities.

Notwithstanding any power of condemnation, the district shall not acquire existent major cultural, convention, exhibition, sports or entertainment facilities owned by a public or municipal corporation without the consent of the governing body of that corporation. [1977 c.782 §2]
OR Rev Stat § 268.347 (2021)
2021 Oregon Revised Statutes|Volume : 07 - Public Facilities and Finance|Chapter 268 - Metropolitan Service District|Section 268.347 - Boundary change within district and urban reserves; filing boundary change with county assessor and Department of Revenue.

(1) Notwithstanding contrary provisions regarding jurisdiction under ORS chapters 198, 221 and 222, a metropolitan service district shall exercise jurisdiction, as provided in this section and ORS 268.351 and 268.354, over a boundary change within the boundaries of the district and within all territory designated as urban reserves by the district. (2) 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. [1997 c.516 §13; 2001 c.138 §14; 2005 c.22 §193; 2007 c.173 §1; 2009 c.216 §1]
OR Rev Stat § 268.351 (2021)
2021 Oregon Revised Statutes|Volume : 07 - Public Facilities and Finance|Chapter 268 - Metropolitan Service District|Section 268.351 - Definitions for ORS 268.347 and 268.354.

(1) As used in ORS 268.347 and 268.354, "boundary change" means a major boundary change or a minor boundary change, as those terms are defined in ORS 199.415. (2) For the purpose of applying the definitions of "major boundary change" and "minor boundary change" to ORS 268.347 and 268.354, "district," as used in those definitions, means a: (a) Domestic water supply district organized under ORS chapter 264. (b) Park and recreation district organized under ORS chapter 266. (c) Metropolitan service district organized under ORS chapter 268. (d) Sanitary district organized under ORS 450.005 to 450.245. (e) Sanitary authority, water authority or joint water and sanitary authority organized under ORS 450.600 to 450.989. (f) District formed under ORS 451.410 to 451.610 to provide water or sanitary service. [1997 c.516 §9; 2005 c.22 §194; 2007 c.173 §2; 2011 c.26 §1]
OR Rev Stat § 268.354 (2021)
2021 Oregon Revised Statutes|Volume : 07 - Public Facilities and Finance|Chapter 268 - Metropolitan Service District|Section 268.354 - Boundary change procedures; standards.

(1) In addition to the requirements established by ORS chapters 198, 221 and 222 for a boundary change, a metropolitan service district, in consultation with the Metro Policy Advisory Committee, may establish requirements for a boundary change that is subject to the jurisdiction of the district pursuant to ORS 268.347. (2) For a boundary change that is subject to the jurisdiction of the district pursuant to ORS 268.347, the district shall: (a) Establish a uniform hearing and notification process. (b) Establish an expedited process for uncontested boundary changes. (c) Establish clear and objective criteria for a boundary change. (d) Ensure that a boundary change is in compliance with the Metro regional framework plan, as defined in ORS 197.015, and cooperative agreements and urban service agreements adopted pursuant to ORS chapter 195. (3) The role of a metropolitan service district in the boundary determination process shall be ministerial only. (4) Except as provided in this section and ORS 268.347 and 268.351, for a boundary change subject to the jurisdiction of the metropolitan service district: (a) Proceedings for annexation of territory to a city and for all other changes in city boundaries shall be conducted as provided in ORS chapter 222. (b) Proceedings for annexation of territory to a district, and for all other changes to the boundaries of a district, shall be conducted as provided in ORS chapter 198. Notwithstanding ORS 268.020, as used in this paragraph, "district" has the meaning given that term in ORS 268.351. (c) Proceedings for annexation of territory to the metropolitan service district, including annexation of territory not within the urban growth boundary of the district, and for all other changes to the boundaries of the district shall be conducted as provided in ORS chapter 198. (d) Notwithstanding contrary provisions regarding the party responsible for conducting hearings under ORS chapter 198, the metropolitan service district is the governing body responsible for conducting proceedings for a minor boundary change to the district. Except for a change to the district boundary by adoption of an urban growth boundary under ORS 268.390, proceedings for a minor boundary change to the boundaries of a district shall be conducted as provided in ORS chapter 198. [1997 c.516 §10; 1999 c.282 §1; 2005 c.22 §195; 2007 c.173 §3; 2009 c.216 §2; 2011 c.26 §2]
OR Rev Stat § 268.357 (2021)
2021 Oregon Revised Statutes|Volume : 07 - Public Facilities and Finance|Chapter 268 - Metropolitan Service District|Section 268.357 - Authority to sell certain information; marketing agreements; confidentiality.

Subject to the provisions of a district charter, a district may impose and collect reasonable fees based on market prices or competitive bids for geographic data that have commercial value and are an entire formula, pattern, compilation, program, device, method, technique, process, database or system developed with a significant expenditure of public funds. A district may enter into agreements with private persons or entities to assist with marketing such products. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, district software product programming source codes, object codes and geographic databases or systems are confidential and exempt from public disclosure under ORS 192.355. Nothing in this section authorizes a district to restrict access to public records through inclusion of such records in a geographic database or system. [1989 c.476 §2; 1997 c.833 §12]