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OR Rev Stat § 550.230 (2021)
2021 Oregon Revised Statutes|Volume : 15 - Water Resources, Agriculture and Food|Chapter 550 - Urban Flood Safety and Water Quality District|Section 550.230 - General powers of district.

To carry out the purposes for which it was created, the urban flood safety and water quality district is a body corporate and has the power to, without limitation: (1) Have and use a seal. (2) Have perpetual succession. (3) Sue and be sued in its own name. (4) Acquire by condemnation, purchase, devise, gift or voluntary grant real and personal property, or any interest in such property, located inside or outside the boundaries of the managed floodplain, as the district board deems necessary for the purposes of the district set forth in ORS 550.170, and dispose of such real and personal property when the district board deems the property unnecessary for the purposes of the district set forth in ORS 550.170. (5) Enter into intergovernmental agreements under ORS chapter 190 for the construction, preservation, improvement, operation or maintenance of any works or other services. (6) Enter into contracts with the federal government, including, without limitation, the United States Army Corps of Engineers and the Federal Emergency Management Agency. (7) Build, construct, purchase, improve, operate and maintain, subject to all applicable provisions of law, all works that the district board considers necessary or desirable. (8) Enter into contracts and employ agents, engineers and attorneys. (9) Enter into contracts or grant agreements with nonprofit corporations or community groups. (10) Acquire and maintain water and water rights, as the district board deems necessary for the purposes of the district set forth in ORS 550.170. (11) Enforce the authority of the district and protect the district’s works against public nuisances, obstructions or discharges on public or private property that the district deems to have a negative impact on the district’s works. (12) Dissolve any drainage district or corporation described in ORS 550.360 that is located entirely within the boundaries of the district and assume the assets of the dissolved district or corporation, including all lands and personal property, water rights, obligations, debts and liabilities. (13) Do such other acts and things as may be necessary or proper for the exercise of the powers granted to the district. [2019 c.621 §9]
OR Rev Stat § 550.240 (2021)
2021 Oregon Revised Statutes|Volume : 15 - Water Resources, Agriculture and Food|Chapter 550 - Urban Flood Safety and Water Quality District|Section 550.240 - Eminent domain.

(1) Except as otherwise provided in this section, the exercise of the power of eminent domain by the urban flood safety and water quality district pursuant to ORS 550.230 (4) shall be governed by ORS 35.015 to 35.530. (2) The district’s authority to condemn property is limited to property located: (a) Within the managed floodplain; or (b) Outside the managed floodplain if the district board deems such property to be necessary for flood control within the managed floodplain. (3) The district’s authority to condemn property includes property already devoted to a public use, if acquisition of such property is required by regulations applicable to the district under federal law, is required by a federally mandated agreement between a federal agency and the district or is approved by the public body that owns the property. (4) If the district seeks to acquire by eminent domain all or a portion of property dedicated to open space under the land use regulations of a city or county, just compensation shall be determined based on the zoning designation applicable to the property immediately prior to the open space dedication. [2019 c.621 §10]
OR Rev Stat § 550.250 (2021)
2021 Oregon Revised Statutes|Volume : 15 - Water Resources, Agriculture and Food|Chapter 550 - Urban Flood Safety and Water Quality District|Section 550.250 - District activities as urban services.

Activities of the urban flood safety and water quality district are deemed to be urban services, as defined in ORS 195.065, if the district engages in the activities to manage flood control and safety, water quality or surface water. [2019 c.621 §11]
OR Rev Stat § 550.260 (2021)
2021 Oregon Revised Statutes|Volume : 15 - Water Resources, Agriculture and Food|Chapter 550 - Urban Flood Safety and Water Quality District|Section 550.260 - Plan for watershed and habitat improvement and landscape resilience; decennial review.

(1)(a) The urban flood safety and water quality district shall prepare a plan for watershed and habitat improvement and landscape resilience within the managed floodplain. The watershed improvement plan shall be coordinated with plans or programs of other jurisdictions with authority over watershed management within the managed floodplain. (b) The urban flood safety and water quality district may seek funding from other sources if the district determines that the watershed improvement plan would benefit the region or the state. (2)(a) A watershed improvement plan prepared pursuant to this section must: (A) Include existing and proposed works of the district and of other public and private agencies relating to flood safety and watershed health; and (B) Demonstrate a basis for the coordination and planning of future works of the district, governmental agencies and private interests to contribute to improved water quality, fish and wildlife habitat and landscape resilience while reducing the risk of flooding, protecting persons and property from flood risk, improving response to flood emergencies and providing for conveyance of water for flood safety. (b) A watershed improvement plan and works included in the plan must be based on assessments of data and information critical for evaluating and monitoring flood safety or watershed health. (3)(a) The initial district board of directors appointed under ORS 550.190 (1) shall consider the projected scope of a watershed improvement plan and the impact of the plan on the cost of the district’s works in the course of developing methods of funding the operations of the district as provided in ORS 550.190 (2). (b) The district board of directors shall complete a watershed improvement plan within three years following the date on which the directors of the district board commence their initial terms of office as provided in ORS 550.190 (6) to (9). (4) The district shall review and update the watershed improvement plan at least every 10 years. [2019 c.621 §12]
OR Rev Stat § 550.270 (2021)
2021 Oregon Revised Statutes|Volume : 15 - Water Resources, Agriculture and Food|Chapter 550 - Urban Flood Safety and Water Quality District|Section 550.270 - District works.

(1) The urban flood safety and water quality district may undertake construction of works upon approval of the proposed works by the district board. (2) The district board shall obtain engineering plans for any works that require engineering. [2019 c.621 §13]
OR Rev Stat § 550.280 (2021)
2021 Oregon Revised Statutes|Volume : 15 - Water Resources, Agriculture and Food|Chapter 550 - Urban Flood Safety and Water Quality District|Section 550.280 - District contracts subject to Public Contracting Code.

The urban flood safety and water quality district is a contracting agency as defined in ORS 279A.010 for all applicable requirements of the Public Contracting Code. [2019 c.621 §14]
OR Rev Stat § 550.290 (2021)
2021 Oregon Revised Statutes|Volume : 15 - Water Resources, Agriculture and Food|Chapter 550 - Urban Flood Safety and Water Quality District|Section 550.290 - Construction on public land or right of way or along public watercourse.

(1) The urban flood safety and water quality district may construct works: (a) Across or along any street or public highway, or over any lands, that are the property of the state or of any political subdivision of the state. (b) Across or along any stream of water or watercourse, any ground water resource or any affected lands that are the property of the state or of any political subdivision of the state. (2) When constructing works under this section, the district shall comply with all federal, state and local permitting and regulatory requirements and restrictions applicable to the district’s work in a street, right of way, stream of water or watercourse or ground water resource that is the property of the state or of any political subdivision of the state. [2019 c.621 §15]
OR Rev Stat § 550.300 (2021)
2021 Oregon Revised Statutes|Volume : 15 - Water Resources, Agriculture and Food|Chapter 550 - Urban Flood Safety and Water Quality District|Section 550.300 - Financing construction, operation or maintenance of district works.

The board of directors of the urban flood safety and water quality district may finance the construction, operation or maintenance of district works by the following means: (1) Assessments made under ORS 550.310 against the benefited lands in the district, with or without the issuance of works bonds. (2) Service and user charges imposed under ORS 550.330, with or without the issuance of revenue bonds. (3) Issuance of general obligation bonds under ORS 550.340. (4) Any combination of the means described in this section. [2019 c.621 §16]
OR Rev Stat § 550.310 (2021)
2021 Oregon Revised Statutes|Volume : 15 - Water Resources, Agriculture and Food|Chapter 550 - Urban Flood Safety and Water Quality District|Section 550.310 - Assessments against benefited lands for district works; apportionment; hearing; works bonds.

(1) All or part of the cost of building, constructing, purchasing, operating, maintaining or improving works of the urban flood safety and water quality district may be assessed against the lands to be benefited by the works. The district board shall determine the portion of the cost, if any, that is to be paid from the general fund of the district and the portion that is to be paid by assessments against the lands benefited. (2) Assessments shall be apportioned by the district board among benefited lands in accordance with the special and peculiar benefit to be received from the district works by each lot or parcel of land. For parcels of land, or any portion of the parcels, in the district that are undeveloped, the district board may, in its discretion, defer assessing or imposing all or any portion of the assessments on such parcels until the parcels are connected with, or receiving services from, the district works. (3) The district board shall afford an opportunity for hearing any objections or remonstrances to assessments under this section. If the district board receives objections or remonstrances that are signed by more than 50 percent of the landowners representing more than 50 percent of the territory within the proposed assessment district, the proposed assessment may not be imposed. (4) If any portion of the cost of district works is assessed against benefited lands under this section, the district board may issue works bonds in the total amount of the valid applications the district board has received to pay assessments in installments as provided by ORS 223.205 and 223.210 to 223.295. [2019 c.621 §17]
OR Rev Stat § 550.320 (2021)
2021 Oregon Revised Statutes|Volume : 15 - Water Resources, Agriculture and Food|Chapter 550 - Urban Flood Safety and Water Quality District|Section 550.320 - Ad valorem property taxes; Local Budget Law applicable.

(1)(a) The urban flood safety and water quality district may annually impose, assess and collect a tax on all taxable property located in the district in an amount sufficient to pay the principal and interest due in the fiscal year on outstanding general obligation bonds issued by the district. (b) The tax imposed pursuant to this subsection shall be applied only in payment of the principal and interest due on bonds issued by the district. In addition, the district may apply any otherwise unobligated district funds toward payment of the principal and interest due on the bonds. (2) The district is a municipal corporation for purposes of ORS 294.305 to 294.565 and shall file a written notice with the county assessor as required under ORS 310.060. [2019 c.621 §18]
OR Rev Stat § 550.330 (2021)
2021 Oregon Revised Statutes|Volume : 15 - Water Resources, Agriculture and Food|Chapter 550 - Urban Flood Safety and Water Quality District|Section 550.330 - Service and user charges for district works; collection agreements; revenue bonds.

(1) To pay the costs of acquiring, purchasing, constructing, improving, operating and maintaining district works, the board of directors of the urban flood safety and water quality district may adopt an ordinance to: (a) Impose and collect service charges, fees or rates on the owners or occupants of property served by the works of the district. (b) Impose and collect user charges, fees and tolls for connection to or use of works, facilities and services of the district. (2) Charges, fees, rates and tolls described in subsection (1) of this section shall be based on the costs of acquiring, purchasing, constructing, improving, operating and maintaining the works, facilities or services and of administering the charges. (3) The district board may adopt differential charges or rates applicable to unique, qualitatively different areas within the district when the district board deems such differential charges or rates necessary, beneficial or equitable. (4) Service charges, fees and rates imposed on the owners or occupants of property located outside the managed floodplain shall be commensurate with: (a) The benefits received by such properties from the works; or (b) The costs actually incurred by the district related to such properties, including, but not limited to, pumping of storm water runoff. (5) The district may enter into intergovernmental agreements under ORS chapter 190 with cities located in whole or in part within the district boundaries to collect service charges, fees and rates on behalf of the district. (6) The district board may issue revenue bonds by pledging all or part of any charge, fee, rate or toll adopted pursuant to this section. All revenue bonds issued under this section shall be issued as prescribed in ORS chapter 287A. [2019 c.621 §19]
OR Rev Stat § 550.340 (2021)
2021 Oregon Revised Statutes|Volume : 15 - Water Resources, Agriculture and Food|Chapter 550 - Urban Flood Safety and Water Quality District|Section 550.340 - General obligation bonds.

(1)(a) Upon approval of the electors of the urban flood safety and water quality district, the district may issue general obligation bonds. The district may not issue or have outstanding at the time of issuance general obligation bonds in a principal amount that exceeds two percent of the real market value of all taxable property in the district, calculated as provided under ORS 308.207. (b) Bonds issued under this section may be issued solely for the purpose of financing: (A) Capital construction or capital improvements within the meaning of Article XI, section 11, of the Oregon Constitution; (B) Capital construction or improvements within the meaning of Article XI, section 11b, of the Oregon Constitution; or (C) Capital costs within the meaning of Article XI, section 11L, of the Oregon Constitution. (2) All general obligation bonds, including refunding bonds, issued under this section shall be issued as prescribed in ORS chapter 287A. [2019 c.621 §20]
OR Rev Stat § 550.350 (2021)
2021 Oregon Revised Statutes|Volume : 15 - Water Resources, Agriculture and Food|Chapter 550 - Urban Flood Safety and Water Quality District|Section 550.350 - Loan agreements with state and federal agencies; enforcement by order of circuit court; filing of loan certificate.

(1) The urban flood safety and water quality district may enter into a loan agreement with a state or federal agency. The loan agreement shall be in such form and contain such terms as the district and the agency may agree to. (2) The district may agree to impose and collect assessments against each tract of land benefited by the works or services financed by the loan agreement, to take all actions necessary to impose and collect the assessments, to assign to the lending agency the assessments as security for the loan and to take all actions within the period of time agreed to by the district and lending agency. (3) If the lending agency pays over money to the district pursuant to the terms of a loan agreement entered into under this section and the district fails, refuses or neglects to impose or collect the assessments, to obtain or prepare a roll of benefited tracts of land, to assign the assessments or in any other manner to perform as agreed under the loan agreement, the lending agency has the right, at the agency’s election, to apply to Multnomah County Circuit Court for a writ of mandamus, or any other order or writ, to require the district or the directors, employees and agents of the district to perform as agreed to under the terms of the loan agreement. In addition to the assessments imposed under the loan agreement, all costs, charges and expenses pertaining to the issuance and execution of a writ or order under this subsection shall be charged to and collected from the lands subject to the assessments. (4) Upon the execution of a loan agreement under this section, the district shall file for record a certificate that states the date of the loan agreement, the maximum amount, term and rate of the loan and the recording data pertaining to the recorded order creating the district. The certificate must give notice that all lands within the district determined to be benefited by the construction of the works specified in the loan agreement are subject to the assessments imposed under this section. [2019 c.621 §21]
OR Rev Stat § 550.370 (2021)
2021 Oregon Revised Statutes|Volume : 15 - Water Resources, Agriculture and Food|Chapter 550 - Urban Flood Safety and Water Quality District|Section 550.370 - Notice requirements.

(1) Except as provided in subsection (2) of this section, when notice is required to be given by publication under ORS 550.150 to 550.400, the notice must be published in a newspaper of general circulation within the boundaries of the urban flood safety and water quality district, or if there is no such newspaper, in a newspaper of general circulation in Multnomah County. (2) This section does not apply to provision of notice for an election. [2019 c.621 §23]
OR Rev Stat § 550.380 (2021)
2021 Oregon Revised Statutes|Volume : 15 - Water Resources, Agriculture and Food|Chapter 550 - Urban Flood Safety and Water Quality District|Section 550.380 - Election laws applicable.

(1) ORS chapter 255 governs the nomination and election of the board of directors of the urban flood safety and water quality district and the conduct of all district elections. (2) The electors may exercise the powers of the initiative and referendum regarding a district measure in accordance with ORS 255.135 to 255.205. [2019 c.621 §24]
OR Rev Stat § 550.390 (2021)
2021 Oregon Revised Statutes|Volume : 15 - Water Resources, Agriculture and Food|Chapter 550 - Urban Flood Safety and Water Quality District|Section 550.390 - Waterway pollution; penalty.

(1) A person commits the crime of waterway pollution if the person: (a) Throws, dumps or otherwise places, or permits to be thrown, dumped or otherwise placed, any rubbish, refuse or any other matter or object in any ditch, lateral, canal, slough or other waterway or conduit used in connection with any works or waterway under the control of the urban flood safety and water quality district; (b) Befouls or pollutes, or allows to be befouled or polluted, any waterway or conduit described in paragraph (a) of this subsection; or (c) Obstructs, or allows to be obstructed, in any manner, any waterway or conduit described in paragraph (a) of this subsection. (2) Waterway pollution is a Class C misdemeanor. [2019 c.621 §25]
OR Rev Stat § 550.400 (2021)
2021 Oregon Revised Statutes|Volume : 15 - Water Resources, Agriculture and Food|Chapter 550 - Urban Flood Safety and Water Quality District|Section 550.400 - Civil liability for remediation costs.

(1) Regardless of any criminal prosecution or the result of a prosecution under ORS 550.390, the urban flood safety and water quality district or any other person injured by a violation of ORS 550.390 may bring a civil action to secure an injunction, damages or other appropriate relief against any and all persons whose actions caused the injury to a waterway described in ORS 550.390 owned or controlled by the district or person. (2) Upon prevailing in such civil action, the plaintiff may recover damages measured by the total costs of remediating the injury actually incurred by the district or the person that owns or controls the injured waterway. [2019 c.621 §26]
OR Rev Stat § 551.010 (2021)
2021 Oregon Revised Statutes|Volume : 15 - Water Resources, Agriculture and Food|Chapter 551 - Diking Districts|Section 551.010 - Use of "lands" in chapter; railroads subject to taxation; duties of surveyor and engineer.

(1) When the term "lands" is used in this chapter in reference to taxation, it shall not be held to include improvements thereon; but the roadbed of railway lines within diking districts shall be subject to taxation for diking purposes. (2) For purposes of this chapter, duties prescribed for the county surveyor may also be performed by the county engineer if the county employs a registered professional engineer. [Amended by 1965 c.286 §1]
OR Rev Stat § 551.020 (2021)
2021 Oregon Revised Statutes|Volume : 15 - Water Resources, Agriculture and Food|Chapter 551 - Diking Districts|Section 551.020 - Petition for formation of diking district; bond.

One-half or more of the owners of lands which may be conveniently embraced in one diking district and which are subject to overflow by tidewaters or freshets, and who represent one-half or more of the area of the lands embraced within the proposed diking district, may present a petition to the county court of the county in which the lands are situated, reciting therein that it is desired to form a diking district for the purpose of improving by diking or damming the lands contained therein, which are subject to overflow by tidewater or by freshets, as the case may be, and further giving by legal subdivisions, or by metes and bounds, the description of such lands as are desired to be included in the district, and stating that the petitioners are the owners of one-half or more of the acreage to be embraced in the district. If, upon consideration of the petition, the county court finds the statements therein are substantially correct, the court shall require the petitioners to give a bond sufficient to cover the preliminary expenses of the proceedings.
OR Rev Stat § 551.030 (2021)
2021 Oregon Revised Statutes|Volume : 15 - Water Resources, Agriculture and Food|Chapter 551 - Diking Districts|Section 551.030 - Publication of petition; order to show cause; viewers to investigate proposed works.

(1) The county court or board of county commissioners shall then have the petition published in a newspaper of general circulation in the county in which the district is headquartered once each week for four consecutive weeks, together with an order citing all interested parties to appear before the court on a given date, after the time of publication of the notice has expired, and show cause why the petition should not be granted. (2) The court shall appoint three disinterested viewers, nonresidents of the proposed district, together with the county surveyor, to view out the proposed dikes and dams, along the most practical route to accomplish the object desired, at the least possible cost and expense. [Amended by 1989 c.182 §44]