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2023 Oregon Revised Statutes › Volume : 05 - State Government, Government Procedures, Land Use › Chapter 198 - Special Districts Generally › Section 198.805 - Conduct of hearing; standards for formation; notice to nonappearing landowner; order for dissolution.

(1) At the time stated in the notice, the county board shall hear the petition and determine, in accordance with the criteria prescribed by ORS 199.462, whether the area could be benefited by the formation of the district. The county board may adjourn the hearing from time to time, but not exceeding four weeks in all unless additional notice is given. The county board may alter the boundaries set forth in the petition to either include or exclude territory. The board may not modify the boundaries to:
(a) Exclude from the proposed district land that, in the judgment of the board, could be benefited by inclusion in the proposed district; or
(b) Include in the proposed district land that, in the judgment of the board, could not be benefited by inclusion in the proposed district.
(2) If the county board determines that any land has been improperly omitted from the proposed district and that the owner has not appeared at the hearing, the board shall continue the hearing and shall order notice given to the nonappearing owner requiring the owner to appear before it and show cause, if any, why the land of the owner should not be included in the proposed district. The notice shall be given either by posting and publication, in the same manner as notice of the original hearing and for the same period, or by personal service on each nonappearing owner. If notice is given by personal service, service shall be made at least 10 days prior to the date fixed for the further hearing.
(3) If the county board finds that a proposed county service district may not be needed in the future or that indefinite existence may significantly discourage future boundary changes, it may require dissolution as provided in ORS 451.620. The order for such dissolution shall specify the fiscal year, not later than the 10th fiscal year after the date of the order, in which dissolution shall occur. [1971 c.727 §25; 1987 c.504 §5; 2005 c.747 §2]
2023 Oregon Revised Statutes › Volume : 05 - State Government, Government Procedures, Land Use › Chapter 198 - Special Districts Generally › Section 198.813 - Formation of county service district for water management services in Washington County; dissolution of existing districts.

(1) Notwithstanding ORS 198.810 (3), an order of the county board that approves a petition for formation of a county service district within Washington County to provide water resource management services or ancillary activities may be referred to the electors in the proposed district. An election on the question of forming the district shall be held as provided in ORS 198.815. If an election is called, the order shall not become effective until the order is approved by a majority of the votes cast on the question and the results of the election are certified. The question in the ballot title for a measure referred under this subsection shall be worded so that an affirmative response to the question corresponds to a vote in favor of authorizing the formation of a county service district to provide water resource management services and ancillary activities.
(2) Notwithstanding ORS 198.705 to 198.955 or 451.620, an order of the county board that approves a petition for formation of a county service district within Washington County to provide water resource management services may also provide for the dissolution of any existing county service district that is situated within the newly established district and that provides any water resource management service that will be provided by the newly established district. Upon the effective date of the order, the existing county service district shall be dissolved and the newly established district shall succeed to all the assets and become charged with all the liabilities, obligations and functions of the former district. [1999 c.759 §3; 2005 c.747 §4]
Note:
198.813 was added to and made a part of 198.800 to 198.820 by legislative action but was not added to any other series. See Preface to Oregon Revised Statutes for further explanation.
2023 Oregon Revised Statutes › Volume : 05 - State Government, Government Procedures, Land Use › Chapter 198 - Special Districts Generally › Section 198.820 - Order by county board; effect of formation.

(1) After the election if any is held, if it is determined by the county board that the majority of the votes cast were in favor of formation of the district, the board shall enter an order establishing and forming the district. If a majority of the votes cast oppose the formation of the district, the board shall enter an order dismissing the petition. The order shall be entered within 15 days after the results of the election are certified. The county board shall also canvass the votes for members of the district board and, if formation of the district is approved, cause the county clerk to issue certificates of election to the number of persons, equal to the number of board members named in the petition for formation, receiving the highest number of votes.
(2) After the date of the formation order, the inhabitants of the territory within the district shall be a municipal corporation to be known by the name specified in the order, and as such shall have perpetual succession, and by such name shall exercise and carry out the corporate powers and objects conferred by the principal Act of the district.
(3) An order creating a district, whether the district is formed with or without an election, shall state the name and purpose of the district, describe its boundaries, and declare the district formed. From the date of the formation order the district shall be considered established. [1971 c.727 §28; 1999 c.759 §4; 2023 c.600 §29]
2023 Oregon Revised Statutes › Volume : 05 - State Government, Government Procedures, Land Use › Chapter 198 - Special Districts Generally › Section 198.825 - Election of first members of board when no formation election required.

(1) If an election is not held on the question of formation, an election shall be ordered for the purpose of electing the first members of the district board. When the formation order is entered, the county board shall order an election held in the district, which election shall be held on the next practicable date under ORS 255.345.
(2) ORS chapter 255 governs the nomination and election of the first board of a district defined under ORS 255.012 if the district has an elective board. If the district is not defined under ORS 255.012, the returns of the election shall be made to the county clerk. The clerk shall canvass the votes for members of the district board and issue certificates of election to the number of persons, equal to the number of board members named in the petition for formation, receiving the highest number of votes. [1971 c.727 §29; 1975 c.647 §1; 1983 c.350 §7]
2023 Oregon Revised Statutes › Volume : 05 - State Government, Government Procedures, Land Use › Chapter 198 - Special Districts Generally › Section 198.830 - Petition for formation by all landowners in proposed district.

(1) If the owners of all real property within an area desire to form a district, they may sign and present a petition to the county board. The petition shall contain the information required by ORS 198.750 to 198.775 and shall be verified by the affidavit of one of the petitioners that the petitioner believes that the signers of the petition comprise all the owners, at the time of the verification, of all the land included within the proposed district. If members of the district board are generally elected to office, the petition shall also state the names of persons desired as the members of the first board and an acceptance in writing by each agreeing to serve as a member of the board.
(2) The county board shall approve the petition for formation of the district if it finds:
(a) That the owners of all the land within the proposed district have joined in the petition; and
(b) That, in accordance with the criteria prescribed by ORS 199.462, the area could be benefited by formation of the district.
(3) If formation is approved, any election required by ORS 198.810 to 198.825 shall be dispensed with. After the hearing on the petition, if the county board approves the petition, it shall enter an order creating the district. If the district board members generally are elected, the persons nominated by the petition and accepting nomination as members of the board shall constitute the first board of the district. [1971 c.727 §30]
2023 Oregon Revised Statutes › Volume : 05 - State Government, Government Procedures, Land Use › Chapter 198 - Special Districts Generally › Section 198.835 - Order for formation of district in single county; order for exercise of additional function by county service district; contents of order.

(1) The county board may initiate the formation of a district, to be located entirely within the county, by an order setting forth:
(a) The intention of the county board to initiate the formation of a district and citing the principal Act.
(b) The name and boundaries of the proposed district.
(c) The date, time and place of a public hearing on the proposal.
(2) An order initiating the formation of a county service district may require dissolution, subject to a determination of public need for continued existence of the county service district as provided in ORS 451.620. The fiscal year in which dissolution will occur, not later than the 10th fiscal year after the date of the order, shall be specified.
(3) Except as otherwise provided by the principal Act, if any part of the territory subject to formation of a district under this section is within a city, the order shall be accompanied by a certified copy of a resolution of the governing body of the city approving the order.
(4) A county board that also serves as the governing body of a county service district established to provide sewage works may initiate a proceeding to authorize that county service district to also provide drainage works by adopting an order setting forth the information specified in subsection (1) of this section. The order must be accompanied by resolutions consenting to the additional function that are adopted by the governing bodies of not less than 70 percent of the cities located within the boundaries of the county service district. [1971 c.727 §31; 1987 c.504 §7; 1987 c.510 §1; 1989 c.374 §2; 2005 c.510 §4]
2023 Oregon Revised Statutes › Volume : 05 - State Government, Government Procedures, Land Use › Chapter 198 - Special Districts Generally › Section 198.840 - Notice of hearing.

Notice of the hearing set by the order shall be given in the manner provided by ORS 198.800 except that the notice shall state that the county board has entered an order declaring its intention to initiate formation. The hearing and election on the proposal, and election of board members, shall be conducted as provided by ORS 198.800 to 198.825. [1971 c.727 §32]
2023 Oregon Revised Statutes › Volume : 05 - State Government, Government Procedures, Land Use › Chapter 198 - Special Districts Generally › Section 198.845 - Costs.

The county shall bear the cost of formation or attempted formation of a district under ORS 198.835 to 198.845. However, if a district is formed, the district shall reimburse the county for any expenses incurred by the county in making necessary preliminary engineering studies and surveys in connection with the formation of the district. [1971 c.727 §33]
2023 Oregon Revised Statutes › Volume : 05 - State Government, Government Procedures, Land Use › Chapter 198 - Special Districts Generally › Section 198.850 - Annexation petition or resolution; delayed effective date for certain annexations.

(1) When the electors of an area wish to annex to a district, they may file an annexation petition with the county board. Before the petition is filed with the county board, it shall be approved by indorsement thereon by the board of the affected district and by any other agency also required by the principal Act to indorse or approve the petition.
(2) ORS 198.800 to 198.820 apply to the proceeding conducted by the county board and the rights, powers and duties of petitioners and other persons having an interest in the proceedings. However, when determining whether to approve an annexation petition filed under this section, the county board, in lieu of the criteria prescribed by ORS 198.805 (1) and 199.462, shall consider the local comprehensive plan for the area and any service agreement executed between a local government and the affected district.
(3) In lieu of a petition, annexation may be initiated by resolution of the district board or of the county board. Proceedings may also be initiated by any other public agency if authorized by the principal Act. If proceedings are initiated by the district board or another public agency, a resolution setting forth the matters described by ORS 198.835 shall be filed with the county board. The proceeding thereafter shall be conducted as provided by ORS 198.835 to 198.845. However, when determining whether to approve the resolution, the county board, in lieu of the criteria prescribed by ORS 198.805 (1) and 199.462, shall consider the local comprehensive plan for the area and any service agreement executed between a local government and the affected district. An annexation initiated by the district board may include an effective date that is not later than 10 years after the date of the order declaring the annexation. [1971 c.727 §34; 1991 c.637 §5; 1999 c.392 §3]
2023 Oregon Revised Statutes › Volume : 05 - State Government, Government Procedures, Land Use › Chapter 198 - Special Districts Generally › Section 198.855 - Annexation election; annexation without election when petition signed by all landowners or by majority of electors and owners of more than half of land.

(1) If the annexation petition is not signed by all the owners of all the lands in the territory proposed to be annexed or is not signed by a majority of the electors registered in the territory proposed to be annexed and by the owners of more than half of the land in the territory and an election is ordered on the proposed annexation as provided by ORS 198.815, the county board shall order an election to be held in the territory and the county board also shall order the board of the affected district to hold an election on the same day, both elections to be held for the purpose of submitting the proposed annexation to the electors. The district board shall certify the results of the election to the county board. The order of annexation shall not be entered by the county board unless a majority of the votes in the territory and a majority of the votes in the district are in favor of the annexation. If a majority of the votes cast in both elections do not favor annexation, the county board by order shall so declare.
(2) Two or more proposals for annexation of territory may be voted upon at the same time. However, within the district each proposal shall be stated separately on the ballot and voted on separately and, in the territory proposed to be annexed, no proposal for annexing other territory shall appear on the ballot.
(3) If the annexation petition is signed by all of the owners of all land in the territory proposed to be annexed or is signed by a majority of the electors registered in the territory proposed to be annexed and by the owners of more than half of the land in the territory, an election in the territory and district shall be dispensed with. After the hearing on the petition, if the county board approves the petition as presented or as modified or, if an election is held, if the electors approve the annexation, the county board shall enter an order describing the boundaries of the territory annexed and declaring it annexed to the district. [1971 c.727 §35; 1987 c.818 §5]
2023 Oregon Revised Statutes › Volume : 05 - State Government, Government Procedures, Land Use › Chapter 198 - Special Districts Generally › Section 198.857 - Annexation without election by petition of landowner.

(1) Notwithstanding ORS 198.750, 198.755, 198.760, 198.765, 198.775, 198.850 and 198.855, a parcel of land may be annexed to a district as provided in this section.
(2) When the owner of a parcel of land wants to annex that land to a district, the owner may file an annexation petition with the county board. The petition shall declare that the petition is filed pursuant to this section, state the name of the affected district and all affected counties, indicate the principal Act of the affected district and be signed by the owner of the parcel of land. Before the petition is filed with the county board, the petition must be approved by indorsement thereon by the board of the affected district and by any other agency also required by the principal Act to indorse or approve the petition.
(3) If a petition filed under this section meets the requirements of this section and is otherwise sufficient under the principal Act, the county board shall set a date for a public hearing on the petition. The hearing shall be held not sooner than 20 days nor later than 50 days after the date on which the petition is filed. Written notice of the hearing shall be mailed to the petitioner and to the board of the affected district.
(4) At the time stated in the notice described in subsection (3) of this section, the county board shall hold a public hearing to consider the petition. When determining whether to approve the petition, the county board shall consider the local comprehensive plan for the area and any service agreement executed between a local government and the affected district. If the petition is approved, the county board shall enter an order describing the boundaries of the land and declaring the land annexed to the district. [1999 c.392 §2]
2023 Oregon Revised Statutes › Volume : 05 - State Government, Government Procedures, Land Use › Chapter 198 - Special Districts Generally › Section 198.860 - Effect of annexation order; debt distribution plan; permanent rate limit and local option taxes.

(1) After the date of entry of an order by the county board annexing territory to a district, the territory annexed shall become subject to the outstanding indebtedness, bonded or otherwise, of the district in like manner as the territory within the district, unless otherwise provided in a debt distribution plan established under ORS 198.900.
(2) On and after the effective date of the annexation of territory:
(a) The outstanding indebtedness, bonded or otherwise, of the annexing district and the territory annexed may be allocated pursuant to an approved debt distribution plan.
(b) The territory annexed is subject to the permanent rate limit established, and any local option taxes imposed, by the annexing district. [1971 c.727 §36; 2011 c.369 §3]
2023 Oregon Revised Statutes › Volume : 05 - State Government, Government Procedures, Land Use › Chapter 198 - Special Districts Generally › Section 198.866 - Annexation of city to district; approval of annexation proposal; election.

(1) The governing body of a city may adopt a resolution or motion to propose annexation to a district for the purpose of receiving service from the district. Upon adoption of an annexation proposal, the governing body of the city shall certify to the district board a copy of the proposal.
(2) The district board shall approve or disapprove the city’s annexation proposal. If the district board approves the proposal, the district board shall adopt an order or resolution to call an election in the district unless otherwise provided in subsection (3) of this section.
(3) The district board is not required to call an election if:
(a) The population of the city is less than 20 percent of the population of the district; or
(b) The entire boundary of the city is encompassed within the boundary of the district.
(4) Notwithstanding subsection (3) of this section, if 10 percent of the electors or 100 electors of the district, whichever is less, sign and present to the county board a petition requesting an election, the board shall call an election in the district. The petition shall be in conformity, to the greatest extent practicable, with ORS 198.750, 198.760, 198.765 and 198.770.
(5) The order or resolution of the district board shall include the applicable matters specified in ORS 198.745. In addition the order or resolution may contain a plan for zoning or subdistricting the district as enlarged by the annexation if the principal Act for the district provides for election or representation by zone or subdistrict.
(6) The district board shall certify a copy of the resolution or order to the governing body of the city.
(7) Upon receipt of the resolution or order of the district board, the governing body of the city shall call an election in the city on the date specified in the order or resolution of the district board.
(8) An election under this section shall be held on a date specified in ORS 255.345 that is not sooner than the 90th day after the date of the district order or resolution calling the election. [1983 c.142 §2 (enacted in lieu of 198.865); 1993 c.417 §1; 2003 c.219 §1]
2023 Oregon Revised Statutes › Volume : 05 - State Government, Government Procedures, Land Use › Chapter 198 - Special Districts Generally › Section 198.867 - Approval of annexation to district by electors of city and district; certification; effect of annexation.

(1) If the electors of the city approve the annexation, the city governing body shall:
(a) Certify to the county board of the principal county for the district the fact of the approval by the city electors of the proposal; and
(b) Present the certificate to the district board.
(2) If the electors of the district approve the annexation, the district board shall:
(a) Certify the results of the election; and
(b) Attach the certificate to the certificate of the city and present both certificates to the county board.
(3) Upon receipt of the certificate of the city governing body and the district board, the county board shall enter an order annexing the territory included in the city to the district. When the county board enters the order, the city territory, together with any territory thereafter annexed to the city:
(a) Shall be included in the boundaries of the district; and
(b) Shall be subject to all liabilities of the district in the same manner and to the same extent as other territory included in the district. [1983 c.142 §3 (enacted in lieu of 198.865)]
2023 Oregon Revised Statutes › Volume : 05 - State Government, Government Procedures, Land Use › Chapter 198 - Special Districts Generally › Section 198.869 - Annexation contract; recordation; effect.

A contract between a district and a landowner relating to extraterritorial provision of service and consent to eventual annexation of property of the landowner shall be recorded and, when recorded, shall be binding on all successors with an interest in that property. [1991 c.637 §2]
2023 Oregon Revised Statutes › Volume : 05 - State Government, Government Procedures, Land Use › Chapter 198 - Special Districts Generally › Section 198.870 - Petition for withdrawal of property from district.

(1)(a) When a plan for district improvements is adopted, or any time more than two years after the date of formation of a district or after the date of annexation of territory to a district if petitioner’s property is located within the territory annexed, an owner of land included in a district may petition the county board for withdrawal of the property of the owner from the district.
(b) If the electors of an area within a district wish to withdraw from the district, they may file a petition with the county board.
(2) Petitioners shall cause notice of the petition filing to be given in writing to the district secretary. Within five days after the petition is filed, petitioners shall furnish the secretary with a copy of the petition as filed.
(3) Except as provided by ORS 198.875, ORS 198.800 to 198.820 apply to proceedings for withdrawal and to the rights, powers and duties of the petitioners and other persons having an interest in the proceeding.
(4) The county board may approve the petition as presented or it may adjust the boundaries and approve the petition. The petition shall be approved if it has not been, or is not or would not be, feasible for the territory described in the petition to receive service from the district. The petition shall be denied if it appears that it is, or would be, feasible for the territory described in the petition to receive service from the district. [1971 c.727 §39]
2023 Oregon Revised Statutes › Volume : 05 - State Government, Government Procedures, Land Use › Chapter 198 - Special Districts Generally › Section 198.875 - Election on withdrawal petition.

(1) At the time and place set for the final hearing upon the withdrawal petition if the required number of written requests for an election on the proposed withdrawal have not been filed, the county board shall enter an order withdrawing the described area from the district.
(2) If the required number of requests for an election are filed on or before the final hearing, the county board shall call an election in the district upon the question of the withdrawal of the area.
(3) If an election is called and a majority of the votes cast at the election is in favor of the withdrawal of the designated area from the district, the county board shall enter an order withdrawing the area from the district. If the majority of the votes cast is against withdrawal, the county board shall enter an order declaring the results of the election. In either case, the county board shall cause a copy of the order to be filed with the secretary of the district. [1971 c.727 §40]
2023 Oregon Revised Statutes › Volume : 05 - State Government, Government Procedures, Land Use › Chapter 198 - Special Districts Generally › Section 198.880 - Effect on withdrawn area.

The described area withdrawn shall, from the date of entry of the order, be free from assessments and taxes levied thereafter by the district. However, the withdrawn area shall remain subject to any bonded or other indebtedness existing at the time of the order, except as provided by ORS 198.882. The proportionate share shall be based on the assessed valuation, according to the assessment roll in the year of the levy, of all the property contained in the district immediately prior to the withdrawal. [1971 c.727 §41; 1977 c.663 §1]
2023 Oregon Revised Statutes › Volume : 05 - State Government, Government Procedures, Land Use › Chapter 198 - Special Districts Generally › Section 198.882 - Tax relief to withdrawn area; conditions for relief; ultimate liability.

(1) The governing body of a district shall relieve an area withdrawn from the district from taxation for its proportionate share of outstanding bonded or other indebtedness if:
(a) No district services have been provided to the withdrawn area; and
(b) The area withdrawn does not exceed five percent of the equalized assessed valuation of the taxable property within the entire district prior to the withdrawal, as certified to the county assessor in the tax year of the withdrawal.
(2) Notwithstanding subsection (1) of this section, if the total unlimited taxing power of the district over the area not withdrawn from the district does not wholly satisfy the bonded or other indebtedness incurred prior to the withdrawal, the withdrawn territory shall be taxed in an amount sufficient to satisfy its proportionate share of that indebtedness. [1977 c.663 §3]
Note:
198.882 was enacted into law by the Legislative Assembly but was not added to or made a part of ORS chapter 198 or any series therein by legislative action. See Preface to Oregon Revised Statutes for further explanation.
Note:
Section 1, chapter 2, Oregon Laws 2020, provides:
Sec. 1.
A city in Clackamas County that, pursuant to ORS 198.866 and 198.867, was annexed, between January 1, 2005, and December 31, 2006, into a county service district organized to provide parks and recreation services following a vote of city electors in favor of the annexation is deemed to be withdrawn from and no longer part of the county service district as of June 30, 2020. [2020 c.2 §1]
2023 Oregon Revised Statutes › Volume : 05 - State Government, Government Procedures, Land Use › Chapter 198 - Special Districts Generally › Section 198.885 - Merger of districts; effect.

(1) One district or more may merge with another district if the merger is approved by the electors as provided by ORS 198.895 to 198.915 or if it is approved by a local government boundary commission as provided by ORS 199.480 (1)(c). The districts included in the merger shall be considered annexed by and absorbed into the surviving district.
(2) If the merger is approved, the district boards and officers of the merging districts shall turn over to the board of the surviving district all funds, property, contracts and records of the merging districts. Upon the effective date of the merger:
(a) The surviving district shall succeed to all the property, contracts, rights and powers of the merging districts, and shall constitute and be a regularly organized district as if originally organized in the manner provided by the principal Act and ORS 198.705 to 198.955;
(b) Uncollected taxes, assessments or charges levied by the merging districts shall become the property of the surviving district and upon collection shall be credited to the account of the surviving district; and
(c) Subject to any debt distribution plan adopted under ORS 198.900, the surviving district shall become liable for all the obligations, legal or contractual, of the merging districts.
(3) Districts providing potable water for domestic consumption, sanitary sewer or surface water quality and quantity purposes under separate principal Acts may merge as provided in this section. The district designated as the surviving district shall have all powers held by the other district under the principal Act of the other district.
(4) A county service district may merge with another district providing different or similar services as provided in subsection (3) of this section. When the county service district is not the surviving district, the merging entities shall enter into an agreement concerning elected representation on the board of the surviving district. The agreement shall provide that no fewer than two members of the board of the surviving district shall be appointed by the board of county commissioners, acting as the governing body of the county service district, to serve until replaced by individuals elected to the office at the next regular district election.
(5) Subsections (3) and (4) of this section do not apply to water authorities or sanitary authorities seeking to provide a different water-related service if the entities that seek to merge with the existing water authorities or sanitary authorities are within the urban growth boundary of a city and the city provides water supply, wastewater treatment or surface water management and treatment. When such entities are within the urban growth boundary of a city, the merging entities must:
(a) Obtain consent for the merger from the city prior to calling an election; or
(b) Comply with the formation process set forth in ORS 450.600. [1971 c.727 §42; 1983 c.336 §22; 1997 c.590 §1; 2011 c.9 §18]
2023 Oregon Revised Statutes › Volume : 05 - State Government, Government Procedures, Land Use › Chapter 198 - Special Districts Generally › Section 198.895 - Initiation of merger and consolidation; procedure when city included in merger or consolidation.

(1) The electors of two or more districts may initiate proceedings to merge or consolidate districts by filing duplicate petitions with the boards of the districts to be merged or consolidated. The petitions shall state the names of the affected districts, and the name of the surviving or successor district and whether the merger or consolidation must be approved by each district. If the proposal may be approved by fewer than all affected districts and may be effective only as to the approving districts, the petition shall so specify.
(2) When proceedings have been initiated as provided in subsection (1), (3), (4) or (5) of this section, and the districts or district and city are subject to the jurisdiction of a local government boundary commission, the initiating documents shall be filed with the boundary commission as provided by ORS 199.476.
(3) If a proposed merger or consolidation initiated under subsection (1) of this section includes a proposal to join a city to the surviving or successor district, the electors of the districts and the city also shall file a duplicate petition with the governing body of the city. The signature requirements under ORS 198.755 applicable to a district proposed to merge or consolidate are applicable to the city. A petition under this subsection shall contain all the matters required to be stated in the petition under subsection (1) of this section, except that the petition also shall state:
(a) The name of the city proposed to join the surviving or successor district; and
(b) Whether the merger or consolidation must be approved by each district or city in order to be effective.
(4) The electors of one district and a city may initiate proceedings to join the city to the district by filing duplicate petitions with the board of the district and the governing body of the city. The signature requirements under ORS 198.755 (4) applicable to a district are applicable to the city. A petition under this subsection shall contain the name of the district, the name of the city and shall state that the proposal must be approved by the district and the city in order to be effective.
(5) Merger or consolidation also may be initiated by resolution adopted or approved by two or more district boards. If the merger or consolidation under this subsection includes a proposal to join a city to the surviving or successor district, the governing body of the city also must adopt or approve a resolution. A resolution adopted or approved under this subsection shall contain all the matters required to be stated in a petition to merge or to consolidate. [1971 c.727 §44; 1983 c.142 §6; 1983 c.336 §24; 1985 c.263 §1]
2023 Oregon Revised Statutes › Volume : 05 - State Government, Government Procedures, Land Use › Chapter 198 - Special Districts Generally › Section 198.900 - Content of petition for annexation, merger or consolidation.

(1) A petition for annexation, merger or consolidation may include a debt distribution plan to be voted upon as a part of the proposal. The plan may provide for any distribution of indebtedness and may require that the annexing district and any territory annexed, or merging or consolidating districts and any city to be joined to the surviving or successor district, remain solely liable for all or any portion of any indebtedness outstanding at the time of the annexation, merger or consolidation.
(2) If the merger or consolidation is approved, the district board of the successor or surviving district shall, in accordance with the plan, levy taxes and assessments for the liquidation of any prior existing indebtedness. Such a levy shall be subject to the principal Act of the consolidated or merged district. [1971 c.727 §45; 1983 c.142 §7; 2011 c.369 §4]
2023 Oregon Revised Statutes › Volume : 05 - State Government, Government Procedures, Land Use › Chapter 198 - Special Districts Generally › Section 198.902 - Application of district petition requirements to cities.

The procedures and requirements regarding the preparation, circulation and filing of a petition in a district under ORS 198.705 to 198.955 apply to the preparation, circulation and filing of a petition in a city, except that the duties of the secretary of the district board as described in ORS 198.765 and 198.770 shall be performed by the elections officer of the city. The governing body of a city shall perform the duties of the district board in ORS 198.705 to 198.955 in regard to a petition filed with the city. [1983 c.142 §9]
2023 Oregon Revised Statutes › Volume : 05 - State Government, Government Procedures, Land Use › Chapter 198 - Special Districts Generally › Section 198.903 - Joint assembly of governing bodies of affected districts or cities; order for election; contents.

(1) When the governing body of each affected district or city has received a petition under ORS 198.895 containing the required number of signatures or has adopted or approved a resolution, the governing body of the affected entity having the largest population according to the most recent federal decennial census shall call a joint assembly of the governing bodies of the affected entities. The governing body calling the joint assembly shall specify the time and place of the assembly. The secretary of the governing body shall give notice of the assembly to each member of the governing body of each affected entity. The notice shall be given by certified mail.
(2) At the joint assembly, a majority of the members of each governing body constitute a quorum for the transaction of business.
(3) The assembly, by a majority of all members present, shall adopt an order calling an election in each affected entity. The order shall include the matters specified in ORS 198.745.
(4) The order adopted by the assembly may include a plan for zoning or subdistricting the surviving or successor district for the purpose of nominating or electing members of its board if the principal Act for the district provides for election or representation by zone or subdistrict. The plan must describe the proposed boundaries of the zones or subdistricts. If required by the principal Act, the plan also must include a map of the proposed zone or subdistrict boundaries.
(5) If the merger or consolidation is initiated by petition and the petition includes a debt distribution plan, the order adopted under this section shall include that plan. [1983 c.142 §10; 1983 c.350 §7b]
2023 Oregon Revised Statutes › Volume : 05 - State Government, Government Procedures, Land Use › Chapter 198 - Special Districts Generally › Section 198.905 - Certification of election results.

The governing body of each affected entity shall meet separately not later than the fifth day after receiving from the county clerk the abstract of the votes cast in the entity in an election on consolidation or merger. At the meeting, the governing body of the entity shall determine the result of the election and certify the result to the governing body of each of the affected entities. [1971 c.727 §46; 1983 c.142 §11]
2023 Oregon Revised Statutes › Volume : 05 - State Government, Government Procedures, Land Use › Chapter 198 - Special Districts Generally › Section 198.910 - Joint meeting of governing bodies of merged or consolidated districts and cities; election of board members for surviving or successor district; terms.

(1) If the proposal for merger or consolidation is approved by a majority of the votes cast in each affected entity required for approval of the proposal, the governing body of the affected entity with the largest population according to the most recent federal decennial census shall call a joint meeting of the governing bodies of the affected entities. The meeting shall be held at a time and place designated by the governing body calling the meeting, not later than 10 days after the canvass of the vote in the entity last canvassed. The secretary of the entity calling the meeting shall give notice of the time and place of the meeting to each member of the governing body of each affected entity.
(2) At the joint meeting, a majority of the members of the governing body of each affected entity constitute a quorum for the transaction of business. The members so assembled shall from among the members elect a number of persons consistent with the principal Act to serve as board members of the surviving or successor district. The board so elected shall immediately meet and organize as provided by the principal Act and shall by resolution declare the districts merged or consolidated and each affected city joined, as the case may be. From the date of adoption of the resolution the merger or consolidation is complete, and the city territory, together with any territory thereafter annexed to the city, is included in the boundaries of the surviving or successor district and shall be subject to all the liabilities of the district in the same manner and to the same extent as other territory included in the district.
(3) Of the persons elected under subsection (2) of this section to serve as board members of the surviving or successor district, three shall serve until June 30 following the next regular district election as defined in ORS 255.005 and the remaining members shall serve until June 30 next following the second regular district election. However, if the principal Act provides for a board of directors of three members for the surviving or successor district, then two members shall serve until June 30 following the next regular district election as defined in ORS 255.005 and the remaining member shall serve until June 30 next following the second regular district election. The terms of office of the members shall be determined by lot. [1971 c.727 §47; 1983 c.142 §12; 1989 c.503 §1; 1993 c.424 §4]
2023 Oregon Revised Statutes › Volume : 05 - State Government, Government Procedures, Land Use › Chapter 198 - Special Districts Generally › Section 198.912 - Apportionment of board members for certain surviving or successor districts.

Notwithstanding ORS 198.910, when, at an election on consolidation or merger, a majority of the votes cast in each affected district is in favor of merger or consolidation or when merger or consolidation of districts is approved by a final order of a local government boundary commission, if two or more of the affected districts each have 20 percent or more of the electors or owners of land within the successor or surviving district, then each such affected district shall be represented on the board elected under ORS 198.910 as follows:
(1) By one member when the percentage of electors or owners of land in the affected district is at least 20 percent but less than 40 percent of the electors or owners of land within the successor or surviving district.
(2) By two members when the percentage of electors or owners of land in the affected district is at least 40 percent but less than 60 percent of the electors or owners of land within the successor or surviving district.
(3) By the number of board members remaining after apportionment of board members under subsections (1) and (2) of this section when, among all of the affected districts, the percentage of electors or owners of land in the affected district is the highest percentage of electors or owners of land within the successor or surviving district. [1997 c.590 §5]
2023 Oregon Revised Statutes › Volume : 05 - State Government, Government Procedures, Land Use › Chapter 198 - Special Districts Generally › Section 198.915 - Election of board members at regular district election.

At the first regular election held in the surviving or successor district, two or three district board members shall be elected as provided by ORS 198.910 (3). [1971 c.727 §48; 1993 c.424 §5]
2023 Oregon Revised Statutes › Volume : 05 - State Government, Government Procedures, Land Use › Chapter 198 - Special Districts Generally › Section 198.920 - Dissolution procedure.

(1) Dissolution of a district may be initiated:
(a) By a petition of the electors requesting dissolution of the district, filed with the county board.
(b) By resolution of the district board filed with the county board when the district board determines that it is in the best interest of the inhabitants of the district that the district be dissolved and liquidated.
(c) By resolution of the county board:
(A)(i) If the district at the time of the regular district election has not elected district board members, as required by the principal Act, to fill vacancies on the district board; or
(ii) If the territory within the district is uninhabited; and
(B) If the county board determines that it is in the best interest of the people of the county that the district be dissolved and liquidated.
(2) Within five days after a petition is filed or a resolution of a county board is adopted under this section, a copy shall be filed with the district secretary, if any, or with any other district officer who can with reasonable diligence be located.
(3) If there are no qualified district board members, the county board shall act as or appoint a board of trustees to act in behalf of the district. [1971 c.727 §49; 2011 c.9 §20]
2023 Oregon Revised Statutes › Volume : 05 - State Government, Government Procedures, Land Use › Chapter 198 - Special Districts Generally › Section 198.925 - Findings of fact by district board.

(1) When dissolution proceedings have been initiated, the district board shall make findings of fact that include:
(a) The amount of each outstanding bond, coupon and other indebtedness, with a general description of the indebtedness and the name of the holder and owner of each, if known.
(b) A description of each parcel of real property and interest in real property and, if the property was acquired for delinquent taxes or assessments, the amount of such taxes and assessments on each parcel of property.
(c) The amount of uncollected taxes, assessments and charges levied by the district and the amount upon each lot or tract of land.
(d) A description of the personal property and of all other assets of the district.
(e) The estimated cost of dissolution.
(2) The district board shall propose a plan of dissolution and liquidation.
(3) Within 30 days after initiation of the dissolution proceeding, the findings of fact and the proposed plan of dissolution and liquidation shall be filed in the office of the county clerk and shall be available for inspection by any interested person. [1971 c.727 §50; 2011 c.9 §21]
2023 Oregon Revised Statutes › Volume : 05 - State Government, Government Procedures, Land Use › Chapter 198 - Special Districts Generally › Section 198.927 - Annexation of dissolved district.

Upon dissolution of a district pursuant to ORS 198.920, a district that was formed under the same principal Act as the district that was dissolved may annex, pursuant to ORS 198.850 to 198.869, all or any part of the territory of the dissolved district. [2011 c.369 §2]
Note:
198.927 was added to and made a part of ORS chapter 198 by legislative action but was not added to any smaller series therein. See Preface to Oregon Revised Statutes for further explanation.
2023 Oregon Revised Statutes › Volume : 05 - State Government, Government Procedures, Land Use › Chapter 198 - Special Districts Generally › Section 198.930 - Plan for dissolution and liquidation.

The plan of dissolution and liquidation may include provision for transfer and conveyance of all assets of the district to any other district or, in the case of a county service district, to the county in which the district is located, which has the authority to and agrees to assume the outstanding indebtedness of the dissolving district, if any, and to continue to furnish similar services to the inhabitants of the district. [1971 c.727 §51; 1987 c.504 §8]