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OR Rev Stat § 450.110 (2021)
2021 Oregon Revised Statutes|Volume : 12 - Public Health|Chapter 450 - Sanitary Districts and Authorities; Water Authorities|Section 450.110 - District bonds; denomination; place of payment; interest.

(1) General obligation or revenue bonds shall be of such denominations as the district board determines, except that no bonds shall be of a denomination greater than $5,000. (2) All bonds shall be payable in lawful money of the United States at a place named by the district board, and shall bear interest at a rate determined by the district board, payable semiannually. [Amended by 1969 c.563 §14; 1981 c.94 §37; 2001 c.373 §3]
OR Rev Stat § 450.115 (2021)
2021 Oregon Revised Statutes|Volume : 12 - Public Health|Chapter 450 - Sanitary Districts and Authorities; Water Authorities|Section 450.115 - Use of proceeds of bond sale.

The proceeds of the sale of bonds shall be paid to the district. The proceeds shall be used for the purpose indicated in the order calling for election upon the question of the issuance of the bonds, and for no other purpose. However, if those purposes are entirely fulfilled, any remaining proceeds shall be used for payment of the principal and interest of the bonds. [Amended by 2001 c.373 §4]
OR Rev Stat § 450.120 (2021)
2021 Oregon Revised Statutes|Volume : 12 - Public Health|Chapter 450 - Sanitary Districts and Authorities; Water Authorities|Section 450.120 - Debt limitations.

The total outstanding district bonds of all types, including improvement bonds of the kind authorized by ORS 223.205 and 223.210 to 223.295, shall at no time exceed in the aggregate 13 percent of the real market value of all taxable property within the district, computed in accordance with ORS 308.207. [Amended by 1955 c.612 §1; 1963 c.9 §27; 1991 c.459 §402]
OR Rev Stat § 450.125 (2021)
2021 Oregon Revised Statutes|Volume : 12 - Public Health|Chapter 450 - Sanitary Districts and Authorities; Water Authorities|Section 450.125 - Payment of bonds; issuance of improvement bonds.

(1) All general obligation and revenue bonds shall be paid within a period of 30 years and in annual installments of such amounts as will make the combined amount of principal and interest payable each year as nearly equal as practicable during the years of payment. (2) Improvement bonds may be issued in the manner provided by ORS 223.205 and 223.210 to 223.295 without submitting the question of their issuance to the electors of the district. [Amended by 1955 c.612 §2; 1969 c.563 §15; 1983 c.350 §270]
OR Rev Stat § 450.130 (2021)
2021 Oregon Revised Statutes|Volume : 12 - Public Health|Chapter 450 - Sanitary Districts and Authorities; Water Authorities|Section 450.130 - Sewer service charges; collection and enforcement.

(1) The sanitary board may enact ordinances levying sewer service charges within the district, for the purpose of financing the construction, operation and maintenance of the sewage collection and disposal system. (2) The board may contract with any city or district serving water in such area to collect such service charges with the water bills, and the serving agency may cut off water for nonpayment of such service charges. The board may pay the water serving agency for the reasonable cost of such collection services. (3) Service charges may also be collected and enforced as provided in ORS 454.225. [Amended by 1975 c.247 §1]
OR Rev Stat § 450.135 (2021)
2021 Oregon Revised Statutes|Volume : 12 - Public Health|Chapter 450 - Sanitary Districts and Authorities; Water Authorities|Section 450.135 - Ordinance declaring method of payment.

(1) For the purposes specified in ORS 450.075 (3), a district may declare by ordinance before doing the same that the cost, or any portion thereof, shall be assessed against the property directly benefited. Or it may provide in the ordinance that the cost shall be paid partly by assessment against the property directly benefited and partly out of the general funds of or sewer service charges collected by the district. (2) The determination of the board as expressed in the ordinance as to the proportion of the cost shall be based upon an exercise of the board’s sound discretion.
OR Rev Stat § 450.140 (2021)
2021 Oregon Revised Statutes|Volume : 12 - Public Health|Chapter 450 - Sanitary Districts and Authorities; Water Authorities|Section 450.140 - Assessment ordinance.

If any of the cost of sewers, drains or sewage treatment plants is assessed against the property directly benefited thereby, the board shall, before attempting to make the improvement or assessment, adopt a general ordinance providing for the method of assessment. The ordinance shall: (1) Contain provision for notice to property owners of intention to make the assessment and improvement. (2) Provide that notice shall be not less than 20 days before action is taken thereon. (3) Provide an opportunity for property owners to appear before the board for the purpose of remonstrating against assessments. (4) 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.
OR Rev Stat § 450.145 (2021)
2021 Oregon Revised Statutes|Volume : 12 - Public Health|Chapter 450 - Sanitary Districts and Authorities; Water Authorities|Section 450.145 - Entry of assessments in lien docket; lien docket as public record.

(1) When assessments are made they shall be entered into a permanent lien docket which shall be kept in the office of the district and wherein shall be shown 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 lien and the payments thereon. (2) The lien docket shall be a public record kept by the secretary and shall be open to inspection during all business hours established by the district.
OR Rev Stat § 450.150 (2021)
2021 Oregon Revised Statutes|Volume : 12 - Public Health|Chapter 450 - Sanitary Districts and Authorities; Water Authorities|Section 450.150 - Hearing of objections to proposed improvements.

(1) The board shall appoint a time for the hearing of remonstrances or objections against any proposed improvement regardless of the method of payment. At the time appointed all objectors or remonstrators shall have the right to be heard. (2) If two-thirds or more of the owners of the property directly benefited, which is liable for any of the cost of the sewers, drains or sewage disposal plants, file written remonstrances objecting to the proposed improvement, the board shall sustain the remonstrances, and no further proceedings in the matter of proposed improvements shall be had for a period of six months. (3) If two-thirds of the owners of the property directly benefited by the proposed improvements do not file written remonstrances against the improvement, the board may proceed with the making of the improvement.
OR Rev Stat § 450.160 (2021)
2021 Oregon Revised Statutes|Volume : 12 - Public Health|Chapter 450 - Sanitary Districts and Authorities; Water Authorities|Section 450.160 - Collection and enforcement of delinquent liens; reassessment.

(1) In case the whole or any portion of the cost of sewers, drains or sewage treatment plants is assessed against the property directly benefited and the owner of the property fails to pay the amount of the lien, or any portion thereof, or the interest thereon, when they become due, the board 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 and may provide by ordinance a general procedure for the collection of liens in any manner not inconsistent with law. (2) The provisions of ORS 223.405 to 223.485 relating to reassessment shall be available to sanitary districts where applicable. [Amended by 2003 c.802 §117]
OR Rev Stat § 450.165 (2021)
2021 Oregon Revised Statutes|Volume : 12 - Public Health|Chapter 450 - Sanitary Districts and Authorities; Water Authorities|Section 450.165 - Preparation and approval of plans for drains and sewer installations.

(1) Whenever the board deems it expedient or necessary to cause to be constructed sewers, drains or sewage treatment plants, the cost of which, in whole or in part, is to be paid either by the proceeds of the sale of bonds by the district or assessed against the property directly benefited or by both methods in proportion, the board shall retain a registered professional engineer to prepare plans and specifications for the sewers, drains or sewage treatment plants, which plans and specifications shall be filed in the office of the secretary of the district. (2) The district board may, however, adopt any plans and specifications they see fit, provided the plans have been prepared by a registered professional engineer and have been approved by the Oregon Health Authority and the Environmental Quality Commission. [Amended by 2009 c.595 §872]
OR Rev Stat § 450.170 (2021)
2021 Oregon Revised Statutes|Volume : 12 - Public Health|Chapter 450 - Sanitary Districts and Authorities; Water Authorities|Section 450.170 - Levy of taxes.

(1) Assessment and collection of property taxes within the district shall be made by the county officers charged with assessment and collection of other property taxes in the county in which the property lies. (2) The district board shall fix the amount of money to be raised by taxation for district purposes and for the payment of the principal and interest of outstanding indebtedness of the district which will become due during the year. (3) The district board shall, in the manner and time prescribed by law, transmit to the county assessor a statement of such taxes. If the board fails to levy a direct ad valorem tax sufficient to pay the interest on and the maturing principal of all outstanding general obligation bonds, the county board of any county in which any portion of the district is included shall levy such tax which shall be extended and collected the same as all other sanitary district taxes. [Amended by 1969 c.563 §16]
OR Rev Stat § 450.175 (2021)
2021 Oregon Revised Statutes|Volume : 12 - Public Health|Chapter 450 - Sanitary Districts and Authorities; Water Authorities|Section 450.175 - Collection of taxes; taxes as lien on property.

(1) Taxes levied under ORS 450.170 shall be collected at the same time and in the same manner as county taxes are collected, and when collected shall be paid to the district. (2) The taxes shall be a lien upon the property against which they are levied in the sanitary district and shall be of the same force and effect as other liens for taxes. Their collection shall be enforced by the same means as provided for the enforcement of liens for state and county taxes. [Amended by 2001 c.373 §5]
OR Rev Stat § 450.177 (2021)
2021 Oregon Revised Statutes|Volume : 12 - Public Health|Chapter 450 - Sanitary Districts and Authorities; Water Authorities|Section 450.177 - 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 §30] Note: 450.177 was added to and made a part of 450.005 to 450.245 by legislative action but was not added to any smaller series therein. See Preface to Oregon Revised Statutes for further explanation.
OR Rev Stat § 450.215 (2021)
2021 Oregon Revised Statutes|Volume : 12 - Public Health|Chapter 450 - Sanitary Districts and Authorities; Water Authorities|Section 450.215 - Plans for division and disposal of properties.

(1) If territory proposed to be annexed is within the limits of another sanitary district, the board of the district to which annexation is proposed and the board of such other district shall meet with each other prior to the hearing on the annexation petition to agree upon a division and disposal of the properties of the other district that lie within the territory proposed to be annexed. An agreement between the boards is effective only in the event the proposed annexation is approved by the electors. (2) The plan of division of properties provided for in subsection (1) of this section shall be arrived at by giving consideration to the assessed valuation of the other district as a whole, the assessed valuation of the territory to be annexed, the types of properties and their location and intended use. If a plan of division of properties is agreed upon, the plan shall be reduced to writing and, if the proposed annexation is approved by the electors, shall be binding upon the districts party to the plan and upon all other interested persons. [Amended by 1957 c.671 §7; 1969 c.563 §20; 1971 c.727 §123]
OR Rev Stat § 450.225 (2021)
2021 Oregon Revised Statutes|Volume : 12 - Public Health|Chapter 450 - Sanitary Districts and Authorities; Water Authorities|Section 450.225 - Effective date of annexation; disposition of properties in territory; liabilities and indebtedness of territory; filing of report.

(1) If the territory annexed to the district was, prior to the vote on the petition for annexation, within the limits of another sanitary district, the effective date of the annexation shall be the effective date of the withdrawal from the other district of the territory previously within its limits. (2) Unless a plan for division of properties has been agreed upon as provided in ORS 450.215 (2), the district from which the territory has been withdrawn shall proceed to turn over to the district to which the territory has been annexed, its properties in the territory withdrawn. The provisions of ORS 222.560 shall govern the method and procedure by which such division of properties shall be made. (3) Notwithstanding subsection (2) of this section, the district to which the territory was annexed may, in the sound discretion of its board, assume such obligations if the obligations do not bring the total of the district’s obligation above any applicable limitations prescribed by law or otherwise. When the district assumes such obligations, it shall be liable to the other district, as provided by ORS 222.520 (2)(a) or (b), at the option of the annexing district. After the district agrees to make the payments referred to in this subsection, neither the annexing district nor the annexed territory shall be charged by the other district with any future liabilities, obligations or functions of the other district. (4) Within 30 days after the effective date of the county board’s order of annexation, the secretary of the annexing district shall file a written report with the Environmental Quality Commission, stating the name of the district and the date of the county board’s order of annexation, and shall furnish with the report a map of the district boundaries as they are after the annexation. [Amended by 1957 c.671 §10; 1969 c.563 §22; 1971 c.727 §124]
OR Rev Stat § 450.245 (2021)
2021 Oregon Revised Statutes|Volume : 12 - Public Health|Chapter 450 - Sanitary Districts and Authorities; Water Authorities|Section 450.245 - Application of ORS 450.005 to 450.245 to districts organized under former laws; savings clause.

(1) Sanitary districts organized under chapter 385, Oregon Laws 1935, which were exercising the functions of sanitary districts on July 16, 1949, are vested with all rights, powers and obligations prescribed in ORS 450.005 to 450.245 and, after July 16, 1949, shall conduct their business in accordance with and be subject to those sections. (2) No right or obligation incurred by the formation of a sanitary district pursuant to the provisions of chapter 385, Oregon Laws 1935, as amended by chapter 402, Oregon Laws 1941, is affected by the repeal of those provisions.
OR Rev Stat § 450.250 (2021)
2021 Oregon Revised Statutes|Volume : 12 - Public Health|Chapter 450 - Sanitary Districts and Authorities; Water Authorities|Section 450.250 - Definitions for ORS 450.250 to 450.300.

(1) "District" means a sanitary district duly organized under the provisions of ORS 450.005 to 450.245, having an assessed valuation of not more than $250,000. (2) "Sewerage system" means complete or primary sewage treatment and disposal facilities, sewer mains, pumping stations, and all equipment and appurtenances necessary, useful or convenient for the treatment or disposal of sewage, or any portion of such a system, whether within or without the boundaries of a district. [1955 c.577 §1; 1959 c.157 §9]
OR Rev Stat § 450.255 (2021)
2021 Oregon Revised Statutes|Volume : 12 - Public Health|Chapter 450 - Sanitary Districts and Authorities; Water Authorities|Section 450.255 - Districts eligible for state help in financing sewerage systems.

Districts that have been certified by the Environmental Quality Commission as being in need of sewerage systems may apply to the State Treasurer for the financing of such costs under authority of ORS 450.250 to 450.300. The Environmental Quality Commission shall certify to the State Treasurer, in writing, a list of the districts that are in dire need of sewerage and sanitation facilities. [1955 c.577 §2; 1959 c.574 §1]
OR Rev Stat § 450.260 (2021)
2021 Oregon Revised Statutes|Volume : 12 - Public Health|Chapter 450 - Sanitary Districts and Authorities; Water Authorities|Section 450.260 - Conditions precedent to financing application.

A district shall not apply to the State Treasurer for financing under ORS 450.250 to 450.300 unless: (1) It submits to the State Treasurer plans and specifications prepared by competent registered engineers setting forth the type or character of sewer system or sewerage facilities proposed for the particular district and the estimated cost of the system and of the appurtenances thereto. (2) It submits to the State Treasurer the proposed plan of the district for liquidation of indebtedness to be incurred for financing the cost of such system or facilities. [1955 c.577 §3; 2009 c.259 §26]
OR Rev Stat § 450.265 (2021)
2021 Oregon Revised Statutes|Volume : 12 - Public Health|Chapter 450 - Sanitary Districts and Authorities; Water Authorities|Section 450.265 - Bonds issued by district pursuant to ORS 450.250 to 450.300 are subject to State Treasurer control; refunding bonds issuable.

The bonds issued by districts pursuant to ORS 450.250 to 450.300 shall bear such dates, be in such form, run for such periods of time, bear such rates of interest, and be sold by the districts at such prices as the State Treasurer may determine. Refunding bonds of like obligation may be issued to replace outstanding bonds, provided the refunding bonds are sold publicly upon competitive bids. [1955 c.577 §4; 1981 c.94 §38]
OR Rev Stat § 450.270 (2021)
2021 Oregon Revised Statutes|Volume : 12 - Public Health|Chapter 450 - Sanitary Districts and Authorities; Water Authorities|Section 450.270 - Powers of State Treasurer in connection with ORS 450.250 to 450.300.

(1) The State Treasurer shall be the sole judge as to whether state funds shall be invested in the bonds of a district and as to which undertakings shall first be financed. The decision of the State Treasurer on the subject of investment and priority shall be final. (2) The State Treasurer may enlist the technical services of any state officer or department in a study of the feasibility and cost of the sewerage project. The State Treasurer further may employ registered engineers, at the cost of the district, to make such a study for the district and for the State Treasurer. (3) The State Treasurer, in the discretion of the State Treasurer, may purchase with moneys from the revolving fund provided by ORS 450.250 to 450.300, general obligation sewerage system bonds of any district, issued under authority of ORS 450.250 to 450.300. If the State Treasurer deems it expedient in the acquisition and construction of a sewerage system for a district to furnish sewerage service for territory that is contiguous to or outside the boundaries of the district, the State Treasurer may authorize the district to furnish such service and to construct part of its system outside its boundaries for such purpose. (4) The State Treasurer may authorize districts to issue sewerage system bonds with the right reserved to them to redeem bonds at par value and accrued interest prior to the final maturity dates of the bonds. (5) The State Treasurer, in the discretion of the State Treasurer, may authorize deferment of payment of interest upon the sewerage bonds of the district for a period not exceeding three years, and may provide for the issuance of such bonds with graduated rates of interest. (6) The State Treasurer may specify the procedure to be followed by a district in availing itself of the provisions of ORS 450.250 to 450.300. [1955 c.577 §5; 2009 c.259 §27]
OR Rev Stat § 450.275 (2021)
2021 Oregon Revised Statutes|Volume : 12 - Public Health|Chapter 450 - Sanitary Districts and Authorities; Water Authorities|Section 450.275 - State Treasurer approval of other bond issues by district whose bonds are owned by state.

So long as any of the sewerage bonds of the district are owned by the state, the district shall not issue other bonds of any character without prior written approval of the State Treasurer. [1955 c.577 §6]
OR Rev Stat § 450.285 (2021)
2021 Oregon Revised Statutes|Volume : 12 - Public Health|Chapter 450 - Sanitary Districts and Authorities; Water Authorities|Section 450.285 - State Sanitary District Sewer Bond Fund.

(1) The State Sanitary District Sewer Bond Fund is established separate and distinct from the General Fund. Moneys in the State Sanitary District Sewer Bond Fund are continuously appropriated to the State Treasurer for investment under authority of ORS 450.250 to 450.300, and for payment of costs of the State Treasurer in connection with the investment. (2) The earnings of the fund established under this section shall accrue to the General Fund, and the amounts received in payment of the principal of investments of the fund established under this section shall be credited to the General Fund, to be available for the payment of general governmental expenses. (3) The State Treasurer may engage such assistance and incur such expenses to carry out the purposes of ORS 450.250 to 450.300 as may be necessary. [1955 c.577 §8; 1957 c.702 §1; 1957 s.s. c.14 §1; 1963 c.341 §4; 2005 c.755 §39]