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OR Rev Stat § 450.810 (2021)
2021 Oregon Revised Statutes|Volume : 12 - Public Health|Chapter 450 - Sanitary Districts and Authorities; Water Authorities|Section 450.810 - Board may adopt and enforce ordinances for sanitary purposes.

(1) The district board may, for the protection of the health, safety and general welfare of the authority, adopt and enforce all necessary and proper regulations or ordinances for: (a) The control of sewage disposal and drainage. (b) The storage, collection, transportation and disposal of solid wastes where such regulations are supplemental to the requirements of the rules of the Environmental Quality Commission adopted pursuant to ORS 459.045, and are necessary to meet special local conditions. (c) The cleanliness of roads and streets in the authority. (d) The control of mosquitoes and other insects. (e) All other sanitary purposes not in conflict with the laws of this state. (2) Any general ordinance of the district board shall be enacted in accordance with ORS 198.510 to 198.600. [1955 c.614 §26; 1967 c.428 §14; 1969 c.593 §39; 1971 c.268 §17; 1971 c.648 §26; 1973 c.835 §163]
OR Rev Stat § 450.815 (2021)
2021 Oregon Revised Statutes|Volume : 12 - Public Health|Chapter 450 - Sanitary Districts and Authorities; Water Authorities|Section 450.815 - General powers of authority.

For the purpose of carrying out the powers granted to the authority under other provisions of ORS 450.600 to 450.989 and in addition thereto, the authority may: (1) Have and use a common seal. (2) Sue and be sued in its name. (3) Permit the use, by lease or otherwise, of any property of the authority by any other authority, district, city or other governmental agency. (4) Acquire by purchase, gift, devise, condemnation proceedings or otherwise, such real and personal property and rights of way, either within or without the authority, as in the judgment of the board are necessary or proper to the exercise of its powers, and to pay for and hold the same. (5) Make and accept contracts, deeds, releases and documents which, in the judgment of the board, are necessary or proper in the exercise of any of the powers of the authority. (6) Employ and pay necessary agents, employees and assistants. (7) Lay its sewers and drains in any public street, highway or road in the county, and for this purpose enter upon it and make all necessary and proper excavations, restoring it to its proper condition. However, the consent of the proper city, county or state authorities, as the case may be, shall first be obtained and the conditions of such consent complied with. (8) Compel all residents and property owners in the authority to connect their houses and structures requiring sewage disposal with adjacent sewers within the authority. (9) Fix sewer charges and rentals. (10) Do any act necessary or proper to effect and carry out the purposes for which the authority was formed pursuant to ORS 450.600 to 450.989. [1955 c.614 §25; 2001 c.104 §188]
OR Rev Stat § 450.817 (2021)
2021 Oregon Revised Statutes|Volume : 12 - Public Health|Chapter 450 - Sanitary Districts and Authorities; Water Authorities|Section 450.817 - Services to other local governments authorized.

A sanitary authority may provide any of the services that it is authorized to provide under ORS 450.600 to 450.989 to other local governments as defined in ORS 174.116 situated within the boundaries of the authority at wholesale, retail or a combination of wholesale and retail. [1993 c.577 §14; 2003 c.802 §120] Note: 450.817 was added to and made a part of 450.600 to 450.989 by legislative action but was not added to any smaller series therein. See Preface to Oregon Revised Statutes for further explanation.
OR Rev Stat § 450.820 (2021)
2021 Oregon Revised Statutes|Volume : 12 - Public Health|Chapter 450 - Sanitary Districts and Authorities; Water Authorities|Section 450.820 - Authority may maintain garbage collection system and engage in insect control activities.

In addition to other powers granted to it under ORS 450.600 to 450.989, the authority may: (1) Maintain and operate disposal sites and garbage collection systems in compliance with the requirements of ORS 459.005 to 459.437, 459.992 (1) and (2) and 466.995 (1). (2) Engage in mosquito and other insect control activities. [1955 c.614 §27; 1967 c.428 §15; 1969 c.593 §40; 1971 c.648 §27]
OR Rev Stat § 450.825 (2021)
2021 Oregon Revised Statutes|Volume : 12 - Public Health|Chapter 450 - Sanitary Districts and Authorities; Water Authorities|Section 450.825 - Plan for sewage disposal and drainage to be developed by authority.

As soon as practicable after the election of the first members of the board, the board shall make a study and survey of the existing sewage disposal facilities and systems in the authority and of its sewage disposal needs, both present and future, and prepare an overall coordinated plan for the authority which incorporates, so far as practicable, existing sewage disposal and drainage systems, future sewage treatment plants, including connecting trunk and lateral sewers, and future drainage systems. Such plan shall be revised from time to time as circumstances may require. In preparing the plan or revisions thereto, the board shall take into consideration expected fluctuations in population and in business and industrial activity. [1955 c.614 §28]
OR Rev Stat § 450.830 (2021)
2021 Oregon Revised Statutes|Volume : 12 - Public Health|Chapter 450 - Sanitary Districts and Authorities; Water Authorities|Section 450.830 - Authority may construct and operate sewage disposal and drainage systems; operation beyond authority boundaries.

The sanitary authority may construct, maintain or operate sewage disposal and drainage systems, including sewage treatment plants, trunk and lateral sewers and drains, or any combination thereof, for any area within the authority. Portions of such systems may be constructed outside the authority where necessary or expedient. The authority may furnish sewage disposal service to areas outside the authority on a contract basis. [1955 c.614 §29]
OR Rev Stat § 450.835 (2021)
2021 Oregon Revised Statutes|Volume : 12 - Public Health|Chapter 450 - Sanitary Districts and Authorities; Water Authorities|Section 450.835 - Contract for or purchase of sewage disposal and drainage systems.

A sanitary authority may, in performing the powers conferred by ORS 450.830: (1) Contract with any person, or enter into intergovernmental agreements under ORS chapter 190, for the use or joint operation of all or any portion of any sewage disposal or drainage system; or (2) Purchase all or any portion of any sewage disposal or drainage system on such terms as are fair and reasonable. Where the area served by such system, or part thereof, is situated within the authority, the authority may agree, on such terms as are fair and reasonable, to furnish sewage disposal or drainage functions for the area then served by such sewage disposal or drainage system. Under this subsection, as a part of the purchase agreement and on such terms as are fair and reasonable, the authority may assume liability for any outstanding bonded or other indebtedness incurred prior to the time of purchase in connection with the facilities to be purchased. [1955 c.614 §30; 2003 c.802 §121]
OR Rev Stat § 450.837 (2021)
2021 Oregon Revised Statutes|Volume : 12 - Public Health|Chapter 450 - Sanitary Districts and Authorities; Water Authorities|Section 450.837 - Water and sanitary authority as municipality for purpose of enforcing plumbing code; limitations.

(1) Water authorities and sanitary authorities are municipalities for the purposes of administering and enforcing the plumbing code as provided under ORS 455.150. (2) However, notwithstanding ORS 455.150 (3), a building official appointed by a water authority or sanitary authority or an inspector acting under the authority and direction of such a building official shall administer and enforce only that portion of the plumbing code governing the installation and maintenance of connections between structures and the mains and sewers of the authority. (3) Nothing in this section authorizes a building official or inspector of a water authority or sanitary authority to administer or enforce all or part of any specialty code except the plumbing code. (4) A water authority or sanitary authority shall notify the Director of the Department of Consumer and Business Services not later than May 1 of each year as to whether the authority will or will not exercise the code enforcement power granted by this section. [1989 c.809 §11; 1993 c.577 §33; 1995 c.553 §6]
OR Rev Stat § 450.840 (2021)
2021 Oregon Revised Statutes|Volume : 12 - Public Health|Chapter 450 - Sanitary Districts and Authorities; Water Authorities|Section 450.840 - Costs for construction and operation of systems and general expenses of sanitary authority; how borne.

(1) The cost of construction of a sewage disposal system, including treatment plants and trunk or lateral sewers, or a drainage system shall be borne by the area directly benefited by the system. The property within such area shall bear such cost in the manner provided in ORS 450.855. (2) The cost of operation and maintenance of sewage disposal systems and drainage systems shall be borne by the area directly benefited by such systems. The property within such area shall bear such cost in the manner provided in ORS 450.880. (3) The costs and expenses of the authority which are not chargeable under ORS 450.600 to 450.989 to any particular area within the authority such as overall planning, expenses of the board, conduct of elections and hearings and mosquito and other insect control shall be borne by the entire authority in the manner provided in ORS 450.885 (1)(a). [1955 c.614 §31]
OR Rev Stat § 450.845 (2021)
2021 Oregon Revised Statutes|Volume : 12 - Public Health|Chapter 450 - Sanitary Districts and Authorities; Water Authorities|Section 450.845 - Areas needing sewerage installations to be determined and plans for installations to be made.

Whenever the board deems it expedient or necessary for the protection of the public health, safety and welfare to cause to be constructed treatment plants or trunk or lateral sewers or drains, or any combination thereof, the board shall determine the proposed boundaries of the area to be directly benefited thereby and have a registered professional engineer prepare plans and specifications for such plants, sewers or drains. Such plans and specifications must be approved by the Oregon Health Authority and the Environmental Quality Commission and shall be filed in the office of the sanitary authority. Parcels of land which may be served practicably by lateral sewers or drains connected with treatment plants or trunk sewers or drains and are not adequately served by existing plants, sewers or drains, as the case may be, are considered to be directly benefited by the plants, sewers or drains of the sanitary authority. If all or any portion of the cost of construction is to be specially assessed against individual property, the engineer shall include in the plans and specifications, a description of the location and assessed value of each lot, tract or parcel of land, or portion thereof, to be specially benefited by the improvement, with the names of the record owners thereof and an estimate of the unit cost of the improvement to the specially benefited property. [1955 c.614 §32; 2009 c.595 §873]
OR Rev Stat § 450.850 (2021)
2021 Oregon Revised Statutes|Volume : 12 - Public Health|Chapter 450 - Sanitary Districts and Authorities; Water Authorities|Section 450.850 - Hearing on board’s proposed construction plans and estimated special assessments; notice of hearing.

(1) After plans and specifications have been prepared and filed as provided in ORS 450.845, the board shall hold a hearing within the authority and may adjourn the hearings from time to time. (2) The board shall post notice of the time and place of the hearing in at least three conspicuous places in the area directly benefited, for two weeks prior to the hearing and publish such notice in a newspaper of general circulation printed and published in the area once a week for two successive weeks prior to the hearing or, if there is no such newspaper, in a newspaper of general circulation printed and published in the county in which the area, or the largest portion thereof, is situated. Such notice shall contain a statement that the board proposes to construct a sewage treatment plant or trunk or lateral sewers or drains, or any combination thereof, for the area and a statement, if special assessments are to be levied against property specially benefited, showing the estimated total cost of the improvement which is to be paid for by special assessment of benefited property and the engineer’s estimated unit cost of the improvement to the specially benefited property, clearly indicating that this is an estimate and not an assessment; and set forth the proposed boundaries of the area and that all interested persons may appear and be heard. [1955 c.614 §33; 1973 c.399 §1]
OR Rev Stat § 450.860 (2021)
2021 Oregon Revised Statutes|Volume : 12 - Public Health|Chapter 450 - Sanitary Districts and Authorities; Water Authorities|Section 450.860 - Portion of installation construction costs in an authority chargeable to area benefited.

When in providing sewage disposal or drainage systems for an area within the authority the board determines that any portion of sewage treatment plants or trunk or lateral sewers or drains constructed or acquired, or being constructed or acquired, by the authority, will be used by the area, a fair and equitable portion of the original cost of such plants, sewers or drains and of improvements thereto, less depreciation, shall be charged to the area on an assessment or sewer service charge basis, or any combination thereof. The proceeds of such assessments or charges shall be used by the board, in its discretion, for payment of bonds issued to construct such plants, sewers or drains or for future improvements or additions to or maintenance of such plants, sewers or drains. The determination made under this section shall be made at the hearing of the board in connection with any proposed construction of sewage disposal or drainage systems for the area. [1955 c.614 §57]
OR Rev Stat § 450.865 (2021)
2021 Oregon Revised Statutes|Volume : 12 - Public Health|Chapter 450 - Sanitary Districts and Authorities; Water Authorities|Section 450.865 - Ordinance specifying action of board at hearing; remonstrances.

(1) After the board has concluded the hearing under ORS 450.850 and 450.855 it may adopt an ordinance specifying the installations to be constructed for the area, the boundaries of the area, the method of apportioning the construction cost to the area directly benefited, whether by assessment, by sewer connection charges, by sewer service charges or annual levy, or combinations thereof, and the method of financing the construction of the installations. A copy of the ordinance shall be published once a week for two successive weeks in a newspaper of general circulation printed and published in the area directly benefited or, if there is no such newspaper, in a newspaper of general circulation printed and published in the county in which the area, or the largest portion thereof, is situated. (2) If within 30 days after the last publication of such ordinance written remonstrances against the proposed construction are filed in the office of the authority by a majority of the owners of the land in the area directly benefited, no further proceedings shall be had in connection with the proposed construction. However, a modified proposal may be initiated within six months thereafter. (3) If such remonstrances are not filed by a majority of the owners of the land in the area directly benefited, the board may proceed with the construction of the installation in accordance with the ordinance. [1955 c.614 §35; 1973 c.399 §3]
OR Rev Stat § 450.867 (2021)
2021 Oregon Revised Statutes|Volume : 12 - Public Health|Chapter 450 - Sanitary Districts and Authorities; Water Authorities|Section 450.867 - Election on ordinance adopted under ORS 450.865.

(1) If the ordinance adopted under ORS 450.865 specifies that all or a part of the cost of construction of the installation is to be financed through the sale of general obligation bonds of the authority to be repaid by annual levies of taxes against property in the area, the board may call an election within the area to be directly benefited by the construction on the question of whether or not the construction and financing plan adopted by the ordinance should be implemented by the board. The date of the election and a brief description of the proposition to be voted upon shall be included in the ordinance adopted under ORS 450.865. (2) If a majority of the electors voting on the question at the election vote against the proposal, there shall be no further proceedings in connection with the proposed construction. However, a modified proposal may be initiated within six months after the date of the election. (3) If a majority of the qualified electors voting at the election approve the proposal, the board may proceed with the construction of the installation in accordance with the ordinance, subject to the right of property owners within the area to remonstrate under ORS 450.865. [1973 c.399 §6; 1975 c.647 §40; 1983 c.350 §273]
OR Rev Stat § 450.870 (2021)
2021 Oregon Revised Statutes|Volume : 12 - Public Health|Chapter 450 - Sanitary Districts and Authorities; Water Authorities|Section 450.870 - Assessments against benefited property; lien against land.

(1) All assessments made pursuant to ORS 450.855 (3) shall be determined and made by an order of the board adopted in accordance with such procedures as shall be established by a general ordinance adopted by the board. Such general ordinance shall establish a procedure for assessing property directly benefited by the installation, making supplementary assessments and rebates, notice of the proposed assessment, provide for correction of errors, establish the form of the assessment order and such other procedures as are necessary to the adoption of the assessment order. It shall not be necessary to issue a separate order for each parcel of land, and any number of parcels in the same area and the same county may be included in one order. A copy of the order making an assessment, certified and acknowledged by the manager of the authority, shall be filed with the county clerk of the county in which the land is located. Upon being filed, the assessment shall constitute a lien against the land assessed. (2) Notice of all assessments levied by an authority shall be given to the landowner by mail and shall be payable on the 30th day after such notice is mailed unless agreements for payment of such installments are made pursuant to ORS 223.205 and 223.210 to 223.295. All assessments shall be paid to the authority and a receipt shall be issued therefor. From time to time the board shall order the satisfaction of the liens against lands on which assessments have been paid, and a copy of such order shall be filed with the county clerk of the county in which the lands are located. [1955 c.614 §36; 1973 c.399 §4; 1977 c.621 §2; 1995 c.333 §23; 2001 c.215 §8]
OR Rev Stat § 450.875 (2021)
2021 Oregon Revised Statutes|Volume : 12 - Public Health|Chapter 450 - Sanitary Districts and Authorities; Water Authorities|Section 450.875 - Collection of delinquent assessments by lien foreclosure procedure; reassessment procedure.

(1) In case the whole or any portion of the cost of sewage treatment plants, trunk or lateral sewers or drains is assessed against 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 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 authorities where applicable. [1955 c.614 §37; 2003 c.802 §122]
OR Rev Stat § 450.880 (2021)
2021 Oregon Revised Statutes|Volume : 12 - Public Health|Chapter 450 - Sanitary Districts and Authorities; Water Authorities|Section 450.880 - Sewer service charges.

(1) The authority may adopt ordinances imposing sewer service charges within an area within the authority, for the purpose of financing the improvement, operation and maintenance of a sewage disposal or drainage system acquired or constructed by the authority for the area. (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 in substantially the manner provided in ORS 454.225. [1955 c.614 §38; 1983 c.740 §174]
OR Rev Stat § 450.885 (2021)
2021 Oregon Revised Statutes|Volume : 12 - Public Health|Chapter 450 - Sanitary Districts and Authorities; Water Authorities|Section 450.885 - Tax levies on property in the authority; budget for authority.

(1) The authority may, annually as provided in this section: (a) Levy a tax on all the property in the authority to provide funds with which to pay expenses of the authority and pay general obligation bonds of the authority which expenses and bonds are not chargeable under ORS 450.600 to 450.989 to any particular area in the authority. (b) Levy an additional tax on the property in any particular area within the authority to provide funds with which to pay any part of the principal and interest on general obligation bonds which are to be paid by such area where sewer service charges or assessments will not be sufficient to pay such principal and interest. (2) Assessment and collection of taxes levied on property within the authority shall be made by the county officers charged with assessment and collection of other property taxes in the county in which the property lies. (3) Each year, immediately after the necessary records are made, the county assessor of each county in which the authority is situated shall transmit to the board a statement in writing, showing the total value of all property within the authority and within each area within the authority which is subject to levy under subsection (1)(b) of this section as ascertained for that year from the assessment rolls of each county in which property of the authority lies. (4) The board shall prepare a budget in the form, manner and time prescribed in the Local Budget Law and in accordance therewith fix the amount of money to be raised by taxation for carrying out its functions and activities and for the payment of the principal and interest of outstanding indebtedness of the authority which will become due during the year. The board shall determine the amount of taxes to be raised from the entire authority and the additional amount to be raised from each of the areas within the authority which are directly benefited by particular installations. (5) The board shall, in the manner and time prescribed by law, transmit to the county assessor of each county a statement of taxes which are to be collected in such county. If the board fails to levy taxes under this section sufficient to pay the interest on and the maturing principal of all outstanding general obligation bonds of the entire authority or on property in areas which are primarily obligated to pay the bonds, the governing body of the counties in which the authority is situated shall cause such taxes to be levied, extended and collected and, if necessary, cause a tax on all the property in the authority to be levied, extended and collected to pay general obligation bonds of the authority. However, any levy against all property in the authority under this subsection shall not alter or limit the obligation of the area primarily obligated on the bonds as between such area and the authority. [1955 c.614 §39; 1995 c.79 §225]