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2023 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]
2023 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]
2023 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]
2023 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]
2023 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.
2023 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]
2023 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]
2023 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.
2023 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]
2023 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]
2023 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]
2023 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.
2023 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]
2023 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]
2023 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]
2023 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]
2023 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]
2023 Oregon Revised Statutes › Volume : 07 - Public Facilities and Finance › Chapter 268 - Metropolitan Service District › Section 268.360 - Authority to exercise police power; ordinances; effective dates; enforcement.

Subject to the provisions of a district charter:
(1) For purposes of its authorized functions a district may exercise police power and in so doing adopt the ordinances that a majority of the members of its council considers necessary for the proper functioning of the district. All legislative acts shall be by ordinance.
(2) Unless otherwise specified by the district in the ordinance, an ordinance shall become effective on the 90th day after its adoption. If the district refers an ordinance to the electors, the ordinance shall become effective on the 30th day after its approval by a majority of the electors voting on the measure or on a later date specified in the ordinance. If a referendum petition, other than a petition referring an ordinance declaring an emergency, is filed with the filing officer not later than the 90th day after the adoption of the ordinance and before the ordinance takes effect, the effective date of the ordinance shall be suspended. An ordinance referred by a proper referendum petition shall become inoperative and shall not take effect if a majority of the electors voting on the measure reject the ordinance.
(3) In addition to the provisions of ORS 268.990, violation of the district’s ordinances may be enjoined by the district in an action in a court of competent jurisdiction.
(4) In addition to any other penalty provided by law, any person who violates any ordinances or order of the district pertaining to one or more of its authorized functions shall incur a civil penalty not to exceed $500 a day for each day of violation.
(5) When an order assessing a civil penalty under this section becomes final by operation of law or on appeal, and the amount of penalty is not paid within 10 days after the order becomes final, the order may be recorded with the county clerk in any county of this state. The clerk shall record the name of the person incurring the penalty and the amount of the penalty in the County Clerk Lien Record. [1969 c.700 §24; 1977 c.95 §4; 1977 c.665 §12; 1981 c.173 §41; 1981 c.353 §4; 1983 c.350 §132; 1991 c.15 §4; 1991 c.734 §16; 1997 c.833 §13; 2003 c.561 §1]
2023 Oregon Revised Statutes › Volume : 07 - Public Facilities and Finance › Chapter 268 - Metropolitan Service District › Section 268.370 - Authority to take over transit system of mass transit district; effect of transfer order.

Subject to the provisions of a district charter, when a metropolitan service district organized under this chapter functions in a mass transit district organized under ORS 267.010 to 267.394, the governing body of the metropolitan district may at any time order transfer of the transit system of the transit district to the metropolitan district, whereupon:
(1) The governing body of the transit district shall transfer title to, and possession of, the transit system and of all books, records, files, documents, and other property of the district to the metropolitan district.
(2) The metropolitan district shall be responsible for all the liabilities and obligations imposed upon or assumed by the transit district.
(3) For purposes of mass transit the metropolitan district shall have all the rights, powers, privileges, and immunities, and be subject to all the duties and obligations, of a mass transit district under ORS 267.010 to 267.394, insofar as those rights, powers, privileges, immunities, duties, and obligations are consistent with this chapter.
(4) The boundaries of the metropolitan district shall, for purposes of mass transit, be extended to encompass all the territory of the transit district.
(5) The transit district shall be dissolved and the offices of its directors terminated. [1969 c.700 §32; 1997 c.833 §14]
2023 Oregon Revised Statutes › Volume : 07 - Public Facilities and Finance › Chapter 268 - Metropolitan Service District › Section 268.380 - Land-use planning goals and activities; coordination; review of local plans.

(1) A district may:
(a) Adopt land-use planning goals and objectives for the district consistent with goals adopted under ORS chapters 195, 196, 197 and 197A;
(b) Review the comprehensive plans in effect on January 1, 1979, or subsequently adopted by the cities and counties within the district and recommend that cities and counties, as the district considers necessary, make changes in any plan to ensure that the plan conforms to the district’s metropolitan area goals and objectives and the statewide goals;
(c) Coordinate the land-use planning activities of that portion of the cities and counties within the district; and
(d) Coordinate its activities and the related activities of the cities and counties within the district with the land-use planning development activities of the federal government, other local governmental bodies situated within this state or within any other state and any agency of this state or another state.
(2) When a district is required by a district charter to adopt a regional framework plan, the regional framework plan shall include and be consistent with land use planning goals and objectives adopted by the district. [1977 c.665 §17; 1979 c.804 §11; 1997 c.833 §15; 2001 c.672 §8]
2023 Oregon Revised Statutes › Volume : 07 - Public Facilities and Finance › Chapter 268 - Metropolitan Service District › Section 268.385 - District as regional planning coordinator.

(1) For the purposes of ORS 195.025, the district formed under this chapter shall exercise within the district the review, advisory and coordinative functions assigned under ORS 195.025 (1) to each county and city that is within the district.
(2) ORS 195.025 (3) and (4) shall not apply to a district formed under this chapter. [1977 c.665 §19]
2023 Oregon Revised Statutes › Volume : 07 - Public Facilities and Finance › Chapter 268 - Metropolitan Service District › Section 268.500 - Levy, collection, enforcement of ad valorem taxes; limitation; classification of property.

(1) A district may levy annually an ad valorem tax on all taxable property within its boundaries not to exceed in any one year one-half 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. The district may also annually assess, levy and collect a special tax upon all such property in an amount sufficient to pay the yearly interest on bonds previously issued by the district and then outstanding, together with any portion of the principal of such bonds maturing within the year. The special tax shall be applied only in payment of the interest and principal of bonds issued by the corporation, but the corporation may apply any funds it may have toward the payment of principal and interest of any such bonds.
(2) Such taxes shall be levied in each year and returned to the county officer whose duty it is to extend the tax levy by the time required by law for city taxes to be levied and returned. All taxes levied by the district shall become payable at the same time and be collected by the same officer who collects county taxes and shall be turned over to the district according to law. The county officer whose duty it is to extend the county levy shall extend the levy of the district in the same manner as city taxes are extended. Property shall be subject to sale for nonpayment of taxes levied by the corporation in like manner and with like effect as in the case of county and state taxes.
(3) In taxation a district may classify property on the basis of services received from the district and prescribe different tax rates for the different classes of property. [1969 c.700 §17; 1987 c.816 §1; 1991 c.459 §369; 1993 c.18 §48; 1997 c.833 §25; 1999 c.21 §5]
2023 Oregon Revised Statutes › Volume : 07 - Public Facilities and Finance › Chapter 268 - Metropolitan Service District › Section 268.503 - Vehicle registration fees.

Subject to ORS 801.040, 801.042, 801.237 and 803.445, for the purpose of providing any service that the district, as defined in ORS 801.237, has power to provide, the district may impose registration fees on vehicles under ORS 803.445. [1989 c.864 §13; 2009 c.865 §40c]
2023 Oregon Revised Statutes › Volume : 07 - Public Facilities and Finance › Chapter 268 - Metropolitan Service District › Section 268.505 - Income tax; rate limitation; elector approval required.

(1) Subject to the provisions of a district charter, to carry out the purposes of this chapter, a district may by ordinance impose a tax:
(a) Upon the entire taxable income of every resident of the district subject to tax under ORS chapter 316 and upon the taxable income of every nonresident that is derived from sources within the district which income is subject to tax under ORS chapter 316; and
(b) On or measured by the net income of a mercantile, manufacturing, business, financial, centrally assessed, investment, insurance or other corporation or entity taxable as a corporation doing business, located, or having a place of business or office within or having income derived from sources within the district which income is subject to tax under ORS chapter 317 or 318.
(2) The rate of the tax imposed by ordinance adopted under authority of subsection (1) of this section shall not exceed one percent. The tax may be imposed and collected as a surtax upon the state income or excise tax.
(3) Any ordinance adopted pursuant to subsection (1) of this section may require a nonresident, corporation or other entity taxable as a corporation having income from activity both within and without the district taxable by the State of Oregon to allocate and apportion such net income to the district in the manner required for allocation and apportionment of income under ORS 314.280 and 314.605 to 314.675.
(4) If a district adopts an ordinance under this section, the ordinance shall be consistent with any state law relating to the same subject, and with rules and regulations of the Department of Revenue prescribed under ORS 305.620.
(5) Any ordinance adopted by the district under subsection (1) of this section shall receive the approval of the electors of the district before taking effect. [1977 c.665 §22; 1997 c.833 §17]
2023 Oregon Revised Statutes › Volume : 07 - Public Facilities and Finance › Chapter 268 - Metropolitan Service District › Section 268.507 - Excise taxes.

Subject to the provisions of a district charter, a district may by ordinance impose excise taxes on any person using the facilities, equipment, systems, functions, services or improvements owned, operated, franchised or provided by the district. [1989 c.332 §§3,4; 1997 c.833 §18]
2023 Oregon Revised Statutes › Volume : 07 - Public Facilities and Finance › Chapter 268 - Metropolitan Service District › Section 268.520 - Authority to issue and sell general obligation bonds.

(1) For the purpose of performing any service that the district has power to perform, the district, when authorized at any properly called election held for such purpose, shall have the power to borrow money by the issuance and sale of general obligation bonds. Such bonds shall never exceed in the aggregate 10 percent of the real market value of all taxable property within the district computed in accordance with ORS 308.207. The bonds shall be so conditioned that the district shall promise and agree therein to pay the bearer at a place named therein, the principal sum with interest at a rate named therein payable semiannually in accordance with the tenor and terms of the interest coupons attached. The bonds shall mature serially not to exceed 30 years from the date of issue.
(2) All general obligation bonds shall be issued as prescribed in ORS chapter 287A. [1969 c.700 §19; 1977 c.782 §7; 1983 c.347 §21; 1991 c.459 §370; 2007 c.783 §87]
2023 Oregon Revised Statutes › Volume : 07 - Public Facilities and Finance › Chapter 268 - Metropolitan Service District › Section 268.525 - Refunding bonds.

Refunding bonds of the same character and tenor as those replaced thereby may be issued pursuant to a resolution adopted by the district governing body without submitting to the electors the question of authorizing the issuance of the bonds. [1969 c.700 §19a]
2023 Oregon Revised Statutes › Volume : 07 - Public Facilities and Finance › Chapter 268 - Metropolitan Service District › Section 268.530 - Bond elections.

Elections for the purpose of voting on the question of borrowing funds by issuance and sale of general obligation bonds shall be called by the governing body. [1969 c.700 §20; 1971 c.647 §63a; 1977 c.782 §8]
2023 Oregon Revised Statutes › Volume : 07 - Public Facilities and Finance › Chapter 268 - Metropolitan Service District › Section 268.600 - Issuance of revenue bonds; use of proceeds; status of bonds.

For the purpose of carrying into effect all or any of the powers granted to metropolitan service districts, a district may from time to time issue and sell revenue bonds without the necessity of the electors of a district authorizing the bonds. Proceeds from the sale of such bonds may be used to cover the costs incurred in issuing such bonds, and preliminary work incident to carrying out such purposes and powers, including but not limited to planning, engineering, inspection, accounting, fiscal, legal and trustee expenses, the costs of issuance of bonds, engraving, printing, advertising and other similar expenses, and to pay interest on the outstanding bonds issued for any project during the period of actual construction and for such period thereafter as a district may determine, and to establish, maintain or increase any reserves for debt service on the bonds. Such revenue bonds shall not in any manner or to any extent be a general obligation of a district nor a charge upon any other revenues or property of a district not specifically pledged thereto. A district may issue revenue bonds pursuant to ORS 268.600 to 268.660 for the purpose of financing landfills, transfer facilities, resource recovery facilities and other improvements, facilities and equipment necessary or desirable for the solid and liquid waste disposal system of the district regardless of whether such improvements, facilities or equipment are to be owned by the district or any other public or private agency or person and regardless of whether such improvements, facilities or equipment are to be located within or without the district. In connection with the issuance of revenue bonds to finance any such improvements, facilities or equipment which are to be owned by any other public or private agency or person, the district shall enter into a lease-purchase, installment sale or loan agreement with such public or private agency or person providing for lease-purchase, installment sale or loan payments which, together with other revenues pledged for the payment of such revenue bonds as provided in ORS 268.610, shall be sufficient to pay when due the principal of, premium, if any, and interest on such revenue bonds. [1977 c.95 §9; 1987 c.623 §1]
2023 Oregon Revised Statutes › Volume : 07 - Public Facilities and Finance › Chapter 268 - Metropolitan Service District › Section 268.620 - Form and content of bonds.

The revenue bonds authorized by ORS 268.600 to 268.660 shall be issued as prescribed in ORS chapter 287A. [1977 c.95 §11; 1987 c.623 §3; 1997 c.171 §6; 2007 c.783 §88]
2023 Oregon Revised Statutes › Volume : 07 - Public Facilities and Finance › Chapter 268 - Metropolitan Service District › Section 268.630 - Borrowing in anticipation of bond sale; bond anticipation notes; content; sale of notes.

(1) A district shall have the power, at any time and from time to time after the issuance of bonds under ORS 268.600 to 268.660 have been authorized, to borrow money for the purposes for which such bonds are to be issued in anticipation of the receipt of the proceeds of the sale of such bonds and within the authorized maximum amount of such bond issue.
(2) Bond anticipation notes shall be issued for all moneys so borrowed under the provisions of this section. Such notes may be issued for a period not to exceed three years and may be renewed or refunded from time to time for periods of not exceeding three years, but each such note, including renewals, shall mature and be paid not later than the fifth anniversary of the date the original note was issued. Such notes shall be authorized by ordinance of the governing body and shall be in such denomination or denominations, shall bear interest at such rate or rates approved by the governing body, shall be in such form and shall be executed in such manner, all as the governing body shall prescribe. Such notes may be sold at public or private sale in the manner and at such price or prices as the governing body shall determine, provided that if such notes be renewal notes, they may be exchanged for notes then outstanding on such terms as the governing body shall determine. [1977 c.95 §12; 1987 c.623 §4]
2023 Oregon Revised Statutes › Volume : 07 - Public Facilities and Finance › Chapter 268 - Metropolitan Service District › Section 268.640 - Sale of revenue bonds.

The governing body may from time to time sell revenue bonds authorized to be issued and sold pursuant to ORS 268.600 to 268.660 at public or private sale, in the manner and at such price or prices as it shall determine. [1977 c.95 §13]
2023 Oregon Revised Statutes › Volume : 07 - Public Facilities and Finance › Chapter 268 - Metropolitan Service District › Section 268.650 - Bonds as obligation of a political subdivision.

Revenue bonds, including refunding revenue bonds and bond anticipation notes issued under ORS 268.600 to 268.660, shall be considered to be bonds or obligations of a political subdivision of the State of Oregon for the purposes of all laws of the state. [1977 c.95 §14; 1987 c.623 §5]
2023 Oregon Revised Statutes › Volume : 07 - Public Facilities and Finance › Chapter 268 - Metropolitan Service District › Section 268.660 - Effect of ORS 268.600 to 268.660.

ORS 268.600 to 268.660 are additional, alternative and supplemental authority for a district and shall not abrogate any power, right or authority otherwise granted by law to a district. [1977 c.95 §15]
2023 Oregon Revised Statutes › Volume : 07 - Public Facilities and Finance › Chapter 270 - State Real Property › Section 270.005 - Definitions.

For purposes of ORS 184.634, 270.005 to 270.015, 270.100 to 270.190, 273.416, 273.426 to 273.436 and 273.551:
(1) "Department" means the Oregon Department of Administrative Services.
(2) "Improvements" means any and all structures on or attachments to state-owned real property, but excluding public improvements as defined in ORS 279A.010.
(3) "Real property" means all real property together with any and all improvements thereon.
(4) "Rural community" means an unincorporated community that consists primarily of permanent residential dwellings but also has at least two other land uses that provide commercial, industrial or public uses to the community, the surrounding rural area or persons traveling through the area.
(5) "Surplus real property" means all state-owned real property and improvements surplus to agency and state need.
(6) "Urban growth boundary" has the meaning given that term in ORS 197.015.
(7) "Urban reserve" means any land designated as an urban reserve under ORS 197A.245.
(8) "Urban unincorporated community" has the meaning given that term in ORS 197.015. [1991 c.816 §3; 1993 c.500 §11; 1997 c.685 §5; 1999 c.314 §79; 2003 c.794 §224; 2015 c.572 §2; 2023 c.13 §100]
2023 Oregon Revised Statutes › Volume : 07 - Public Facilities and Finance › Chapter 270 - State Real Property › Section 270.010 - Policy.

(1) It shall be the policy of the State of Oregon to hold in state ownership no more state-owned real property than is necessary to conduct official business, with allowance for reasonably foreseeable demands of the future. The acquisition, sale, exchange, lease, retention and management of state-owned real property shall be subject to a statewide plan that will encourage the transfer through sale or lease of state-owned real property already in state ownership to private ownership and use so as to minimize state investment in such land and place such land on the tax rolls.
(2) In transferring state-owned real property through sale or lease, to the extent consistent with applicable trust responsibilities, the state policy shall be to give right of first refusal to purchase in the following order:
(a) To the lessee of the land.
(b) Where the intended activity or use is similar to that of adjacent properties within the region:
(A) To adjacent landowners.
(B) To residents within the region.
(C) To persons outside the region. [1991 c.816 §2; 1995 c.589 §1]
2023 Oregon Revised Statutes › Volume : 07 - Public Facilities and Finance › Chapter 270 - State Real Property › Section 270.015 - Effect of ORS 270.005 to 270.190; agency rules.

(1) The power granted by ORS 184.634, 270.005 to 270.015, 270.100 to 270.190, 273.416, 273.426 to 273.436 and 273.551 is vested in the State of Oregon. The power is self-operating, without the necessity of further legislation.
(2) In carrying out the provisions of ORS 184.634, 270.005 to 270.015, 270.100 to 270.190, 273.416, 273.426 to 273.436 and 273.551, the state shall act by and through its duly constituted board, commission or agency. The state by statute or through its respective board, commission or agency may provide rules necessary in carrying out the provisions of ORS 184.634, 270.005 to 270.015, 270.100 to 270.190, 273.416, 273.426 to 273.436 and 273.551. [1991 c.816 §4; 1999 c.314 §80]
2023 Oregon Revised Statutes › Volume : 07 - Public Facilities and Finance › Chapter 270 - State Real Property › Section 270.025 - Agreements with United States Government for electrical and other transmission lines; effect on rights of private property owners.

The State of Oregon may enter into agreements with the United States or any agency thereof, relative to the conditions for and places where electrical and other transmission lines may be placed and maintained across any property owned or controlled by the state, which agreements may be in perpetuity or for such length of time as may be specified. However, no such agreement shall affect the constitutional rights of any owners of private property who do not join therein. [Formerly 273.461]
2023 Oregon Revised Statutes › Volume : 07 - Public Facilities and Finance › Chapter 270 - State Real Property › Section 270.030 - Conveyance of real property and mineral rights to eligible Indian tribes.

(1) Notwithstanding ORS 270.010 (2) or 270.100 to 270.190, a state agency may transfer, convey, donate, exchange or lease to an eligible Indian tribe, as defined in ORS 307.181, any real property or interest in real property owned by the agency at such price and on such terms as the agency may determine.
(2) Notwithstanding ORS 273.775 to 273.790, an agency disposing of real property or interest in real property under this section also may convey the mineral and geothermal resource rights in the real property to the Indian tribe. [2023 c.415 §1]
Note:
270.030 was enacted into law by the Legislative Assembly but was not added to or made a part of ORS chapter 270 or any series therein by legislative action. See Preface to Oregon Revised Statutes for further explanation.
2023 Oregon Revised Statutes › Volume : 07 - Public Facilities and Finance › Chapter 270 - State Real Property › Section 270.105 - Procedures before terminal disposition of real property.

Before a state agency terminally disposes of real property to other than another state agency, the disposing agency shall:
(1) If the value of the real property is $100,000 or less, consider all the values of the property to the people of this state, including values for fish and wildlife habitat and public access to other real property; or
(2) If the value of the real property is greater than $100,000, invite public comment on and consider all the values of the property to the people of this state, including values for fish and wildlife habitat and public access to other property. [1991 c.816 §21]
2023 Oregon Revised Statutes › Volume : 07 - Public Facilities and Finance › Chapter 270 - State Real Property › Section 270.120 - Advisory committee; membership; officers; compensation and expenses; duties.

(1) In exercising certain of its functions under ORS 184.634, 270.005 to 270.015, 270.100 to 270.190, 273.416, 273.426 to 273.436 and 273.551, the Oregon Department of Administrative Services shall be advised by an advisory committee consisting of seven members appointed by the Governor.
(2) The advisory committee appointed under subsection (1) of this section shall consist of two members of the Legislative Assembly, one real estate licensee as defined in ORS 696.010, two persons who serve in the executive branch of state government, one person qualified as a land use planner, and one person qualified as a real estate management expert.
(3) Members of the advisory committee shall meet at such times and places and elect such officers and make such rules for the conduct of committee business as the committee may specify.
(4) Members of the advisory committee who are not members of the Legislative Assembly are entitled to compensation under ORS 292.495. Members of the advisory committee who are members of the Legislative Assembly shall be paid compensation and expense reimbursement as provided in ORS 171.072, payable from funds appropriated to the Legislative Assembly.
(5) Expenses of the committee shall be paid from funds appropriated to the department to carry out subsection (6) of this section.
(6)(a) The advisory committee shall advise the department on the acquisition, exchange or disposal of real property valued at $100,000 or more.
(b) The department may request the advice of the committee involving any real property transaction valued less than $100,000. [Formerly 273.655; 1997 c.632 §2; 1999 c.314 §82; 2007 c.319 §27; 2013 c.145 §8]
2023 Oregon Revised Statutes › Volume : 07 - Public Facilities and Finance › Chapter 270 - State Real Property › Section 270.130 - Publication of notice of sale.

The state agency acting for the state in the transaction shall give the notice of the proposed sale not less than once a week for three successive weeks by publication in one or more newspapers of general circulation in the county in which such real property is situated, and in such other newspapers, if any, as the agency considers advisable. The notice shall describe generally and by legal subdivision such property and the asking price. The state agency shall reserve the right to accept or reject any proposal. [1991 c.816 §7]
2023 Oregon Revised Statutes › Volume : 07 - Public Facilities and Finance › Chapter 270 - State Real Property › Section 270.135 - Decision of state agency on proposal for sale of property.

The decision of the state agency on the question of the most advantageous proposal for real property to be sold, shall be final and conclusive, and shall not be subject to review by any court. [1991 c.816 §11; 2009 c.481 §1]