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2023 Oregon Revised Statutes › Volume : 10 - Highways, Military › Chapter 403 - Emergency Communications System; 2-1-1 System; Public Safety Communications Systems › Section 403.120 - Oregon Department of Emergency Management duties and powers; rules.

(1) The Oregon Department of Emergency Management shall:
(a) Except as otherwise provided by law, adopt rules relating to the emergency communications system, as deemed necessary by the department.
(b) Plan, implement, administer, operate and maintain the emergency communications system required to fulfill the requirements of ORS 403.115.
(c) At the request of a 9-1-1 jurisdiction, act as an agent of the 9-1-1 jurisdiction for the purposes of purchasing and maintaining equipment and services required to conform to applicable laws and rules adopted by the department.
(d) Report biennially to the Legislative Assembly the progress made in implementing ORS 305.823 and 403.105 to 403.250. The report must include:
(A) Financial information concerning the revenues collected, distributed and expended by state agencies and 9-1-1 jurisdictions for the purposes of complying with ORS 403.105 to 403.250; and
(B) Account and subaccount balances.
(2) The department may enter into and administer contracts for goods and services related to the emergency communications system.
(3) The department may establish advisory committees and study groups to study and advise on:
(a) The planning and administration of public safety answering points; and
(b) Issues impacting the emergency communications system or individual public safety answering points. [Formerly 401.730; 2015 c.247 §9; 2021 c.539 §61]
2023 Oregon Revised Statutes › Volume : 10 - Highways, Military › Chapter 403 - Emergency Communications System; 2-1-1 System; Public Safety Communications Systems › Section 403.132 - Provision of location of cellular device to law enforcement agency; rules.

(1) At the request of a law enforcement agency, a provider of communications service for cellular devices shall provide the call location information, or the best available location information, of a cellular device that is:
(a) Used to place an emergency call requesting emergency assistance from the law enforcement agency; or
(b) Reasonably believed to be in the possession of an individual that the law enforcement agency reasonably believes is in an emergency situation that involves the risk of death or serious physical harm to the individual.
(2) To facilitate requests for call location information, or the best available location information, from a law enforcement agency under this section:
(a) The Oregon Department of Emergency Management shall:
(A) Maintain a database containing emergency contact information for providers of communications service for cellular devices that are registered to do business in this state or that submit to the jurisdiction of this state; and
(B) Make the information immediately available upon request to a public safety answering point in this state.
(b) A provider that is registered to do business in this state, or that submits to the jurisdiction of this state, shall submit emergency contact information for the provider to the department.
(3) Emergency contact information submitted by a provider of communications service for cellular devices under this section must be submitted by June 15 of each year or immediately after a change in contact information.
(4) Notwithstanding the limitations of ORS 403.135 (3), a cause of action does not arise against a provider of communications service for cellular devices or the officers, employees or agents of the provider for providing call location information, or the best available location information, in good faith as required by this section.
(5) The department may adopt rules to implement this section.
(6) This section shall be known, and may be cited, as the Kelsey Smith Act. [2014 c.29 §2; 2015 c.247 §28; 2015 c.255 §1; 2021 c.539 §63]
2023 Oregon Revised Statutes › Volume : 10 - Highways, Military › Chapter 403 - Emergency Communications System; 2-1-1 System; Public Safety Communications Systems › Section 403.135 - When blocking of information prohibited; confidential information; exemption from liability for supplying information to emergency service providers; when supplying information not required.

(1) A provider may not block delivery or forwarding to a public safety answering point or a 9-8-8 coordinated crisis services system of location information, a call-back number or other identifying information related to an emergency call.
(2) Automatic number identifications received by public safety answering points or a 9-8-8 coordinated crisis services system are confidential and are not subject to public disclosure unless and until an official report is written by the public or private safety agency and that agency does not withhold the telephone number under ORS 192.311 to 192.478 or other state and federal laws. The official report of a public safety answering point or a 9-8-8 coordinated crisis services system may not include nonpublished or nonlisted telephone numbers. The official report of a public or private safety agency may not include nonpublished or nonlisted telephone numbers. Nonpublished or nonlisted telephone numbers are not otherwise subject to public disclosure without the permission of the subscriber.
(3) A provider is not subject to an action for civil damages for providing in good faith confidential or nonpublic information, including nonpublished and nonlisted subscriber information, to emergency and 9-8-8 services providers who are:
(a) Responding to an emergency call;
(b) Responding to emergency situations that involve the risk of death or serious physical harm to an individual, as provided in ORS 403.132; or
(c) Notifying the public of an emergency.
(4) Subsection (3) of this section does not compel a provider to provide nonpublished and nonlisted subscriber information directly to emergency or 9-8-8 services providers or law enforcement agencies prior to placement of an emergency call without process of law.
(5) Subscriber information acquired by a 9-1-1 jurisdiction or the 9-8-8 coordinated crisis services system for the purpose of providing emergency communications services under ORS 403.105 to 403.250 or coordinated crisis services under ORS 430.626 to 430.628 is not subject to public disclosure and may not be used by other public agencies except:
(a) To respond to an emergency call;
(b) To respond to an emergency situation that involves the risk of death or serious physical harm to an individual, as provided in ORS 403.132; or
(c) To notify the public of an emergency by utilizing an automated notification system if a provider has provided subscriber information to the 9-1-1 jurisdiction or emergency services provider. [Formerly 401.765; 2013 c.305 §2; 2014 c.29 §3; 2015 c.247 §11; 2021 c.617 §8; 2023 c.9 §26]
2023 Oregon Revised Statutes › Volume : 10 - Highways, Military › Chapter 403 - Emergency Communications System; 2-1-1 System; Public Safety Communications Systems › Section 403.140 - Pay phones to be converted to allow emergency calls without charge.

A person that provides telephone service through a coin or credit card operated pay station telephone in an area served by the emergency communications system shall convert every coin or credit pay station telephone to permit calling 9-1-1 and "O"-operator without depositing a coin or charging the caller. [Formerly 401.770; 2015 c.247 §13]
2023 Oregon Revised Statutes › Volume : 10 - Highways, Military › Chapter 403 - Emergency Communications System; 2-1-1 System; Public Safety Communications Systems › Section 403.145 - Use of emergency communications system by users with hearing or speech impairments.

All public safety answering points must be capable of receiving emergency calls through a TTY or other device capable of receiving an emergency call from individuals with hearing or speech impairments. [Formerly 401.773; 2015 c.247 §14]
2023 Oregon Revised Statutes › Volume : 10 - Highways, Military › Chapter 403 - Emergency Communications System; 2-1-1 System; Public Safety Communications Systems › Section 403.150 - Disaster recovery plan.

A 9-1-1 jurisdiction must have a disaster recovery plan for the components of the emergency communications system within the 9-1-1 service area. The disaster recovery plan must include at a minimum:
(1) Recovery procedures for service that is interrupted, preventing transmission of an emergency call to the primary public safety answering point and corresponding secondary public safety answering points. This may include, but is not limited to, a hard-wired alternative route or a plan on file with the provider designating alternative routes or answering points.
(2) A plan to switch public safety answering point operations to an alternate site in the event the primary public safety answering point becomes inoperable.
(3) 24-hour emergency numbers for the providers serving the 9-1-1 jurisdiction. [Formerly 401.775; 2015 c.247 §15]
2023 Oregon Revised Statutes › Volume : 10 - Highways, Military › Chapter 403 - Emergency Communications System; 2-1-1 System; Public Safety Communications Systems › Section 403.155 - Agreements among certain safety agencies for rendering emergency services.

Public or private safety agencies may enter into agreements requiring that an emergency unit dispatched by a public safety answering point must render emergency services without regard to jurisdictional boundaries. [Formerly 401.780; 2015 c.247 §16]
2023 Oregon Revised Statutes › Volume : 10 - Highways, Military › Chapter 403 - Emergency Communications System; 2-1-1 System; Public Safety Communications Systems › Section 403.156 - Response times during emergency.

A governing body may not enforce contractual provisions that have the effect of punishing or penalizing a public or private safety agency for failure to meet mandatory response times during a declared state of emergency in which the public or private safety agency has allowed agency resources to respond and provide emergency services outside the normal service area of the agency. [2009 c.332 §2]
2023 Oregon Revised Statutes › Volume : 10 - Highways, Military › Chapter 403 - Emergency Communications System; 2-1-1 System; Public Safety Communications Systems › Section 403.160 - Mediation of disputes; arbitration; costs and fees.

(1) All disputes between a governing body, 9-1-1 jurisdiction and public or private safety agency regarding the emergency communications system must be mediated if the dispute cannot be resolved in accordance with a written agreement. When a governing body or 9-1-1 jurisdiction obtains knowledge that a dispute exists and cannot be resolved by the agencies, the governing body or the 9-1-1 jurisdiction shall notify the Oregon Department of Emergency Management of the dispute in writing. Within 30 days after this notification, the disputing agencies shall mutually select a mediator and notify the department in writing of this selection. If a mediator is not mutually selected by the agencies within this period, the Director of the Oregon Department of Emergency Management shall select a mediator from the list of mediators established under subsection (3) of this section. Once selected, the mediator shall establish a schedule for the mediation process. The disputing agencies shall resolve the dispute within 60 days after the date the mediator is agreed upon or selected unless the agencies mutually agree in writing to an extension of this deadline. A copy of all extensions must be submitted to the department.
(2) When the mediation process in subsection (1) of this section ends, the mediator shall notify the department in writing of the outcome of the mediation. If the agencies are not able to resolve their dispute through mediation, the 9-1-1 jurisdiction or governing body and public or private safety agency or agencies shall submit the dispute to arbitration. The agencies shall select an arbitrator within 30 days after the end of the mediation. If the disputing agencies are unable to mutually select an arbitrator within this period, the director shall request the presiding judge for the judicial district in which the 9-1-1 service area is located to select an arbitrator. The arbitrator shall hear and decide the dispute within 30 days after selection unless the agencies mutually agree in writing to an extension of this deadline. A party to an arbitration under this subsection may seek confirmation, vacation, modification or correction of the arbitrator’s decision as provided in ORS 36.700, 36.705 and 36.710. A court may vacate a decision only if there is a basis to vacate the decision as described in ORS 36.705 (1)(a) to (d). The court may modify or correct a decision only for the grounds given in ORS 36.710.
(3) The department shall establish a roster of mediators qualified to mediate disputes under subsection (1) of this section. This list may be used by the disputing agencies when selecting a mediator.
(4) Unless otherwise agreed upon, the costs of the mediation or arbitration, including the mediator’s or arbitrator’s fees, must be divided equally among the disputing agencies. [Formerly 401.785; 2015 c.247 §17; 2021 c.539 §64]
2023 Oregon Revised Statutes › Volume : 10 - Highways, Military › Chapter 403 - Emergency Communications System; 2-1-1 System; Public Safety Communications Systems › Section 403.165 - Department to ensure compliance; proceedings authorized.

(1) The Oregon Department of Emergency Management may institute proceedings against a public or private safety agency, a 9-1-1 jurisdiction or other person to compel compliance with or to restrain further violation of ORS 305.823 and 403.105 to 403.250 or rules adopted pursuant to ORS 403.120.
(2) Proceedings authorized by subsection (1) of this section may be instituted without official notice, hearing or order provided in ORS chapter 183. However, proceedings brought against a telecommunications utility must be brought before the Public Utility Commission as provided by ORS chapter 756. [Formerly 401.790; 2021 c.539 §65]
2023 Oregon Revised Statutes › Volume : 10 - Highways, Military › Chapter 403 - Emergency Communications System; 2-1-1 System; Public Safety Communications Systems › Section 403.170 - Agreement with Confederated Tribes of Warm Springs Reservation of Oregon.

(1) The Oregon Department of Emergency Management may enter into an agreement with the Confederated Tribes of the Warm Springs Reservation of Oregon for the purpose of forming an entity to participate in the emergency communications system.
(2) An entity formed under subsection (1) of this section:
(a) Is a 9-1-1 jurisdiction for purposes of ORS 305.823 and 403.105 to 403.250.
(b) Shall comply with all state and federal law applicable to 9-1-1 jurisdictions.
(c) Shall operate within a 9-1-1 service area that includes the Warm Springs Indian Reservation.
(d) May operate a primary public safety answering point to provide emergency communications services within its 9-1-1 service area.
(3) As used in this section, "emergency communications system," "primary public safety answering point," "9-1-1 jurisdiction" and "9-1-1 service area" have the meanings given those terms in ORS 403.105. [2016 c.122 §1; 2021 c.539 §66]
Note:
403.170 was enacted into law by the Legislative Assembly but was not added to or made a part of ORS chapter 403 or any series therein by legislative action. See Preface to Oregon Revised Statutes for further explanation.
2023 Oregon Revised Statutes › Volume : 10 - Highways, Military › Chapter 403 - Emergency Communications System; 2-1-1 System; Public Safety Communications Systems › Section 403.202 - Compensation of sellers of prepaid wireless telecommunications service.

(1) For the purpose of compensating sellers for expenses incurred in collecting the tax imposed under ORS 403.200, each seller is permitted to deduct and retain two percent of the amount of taxes that are collected by the seller from all retail transactions conducted by the seller in this state.
(2) Subsection (1) of this section applies to retail transactions made on or after October 1, 2015, and before January 1, 2022. [2014 c.59 §5a]
2023 Oregon Revised Statutes › Volume : 10 - Highways, Military › Chapter 403 - Emergency Communications System; 2-1-1 System; Public Safety Communications Systems › Section 403.205 - Exemptions.

The tax imposed by ORS 403.200:
(1) Does not apply to:
(a) Services that the state is prohibited from taxing under the Constitution or laws of the United States or the Constitution or laws of the State of Oregon.
(b) Interconnection between telecommunications utilities and competitive access providers certified pursuant to ORS 759.020, common carriers and interexchange carriers.
(2) As imposed under ORS 403.200 (1)(b), does not apply to services provided under the plan of assistance established under section 6, chapter 290, Oregon Laws 1987. [Formerly 401.794; 2015 c.247 §20; 2023 c.251 §7]
Note:
See second note under 403.200.
2023 Oregon Revised Statutes › Volume : 10 - Highways, Military › Chapter 403 - Emergency Communications System; 2-1-1 System; Public Safety Communications Systems › Section 403.207 - Annual report; local government charges for 9-8-8 services.

(1) The Oregon Health Authority shall provide an annual report on the revenue generated by the tax imposed under ORS 403.200 (1)(b) to the Legislative Assembly and the Federal Communications Commission.
(2) A local government may not impose a tax, fee or surcharge on telecommunications services for 9-8-8 services. [2023 c.251 §2]
Note:
403.207 was enacted into law by the Legislative Assembly but was not added to or made a part of ORS chapter 403 or any series therein by legislative action. See Preface to Oregon Revised Statutes for further explanation.
Note:
See second note under 403.200.
2023 Oregon Revised Statutes › Volume : 10 - Highways, Military › Chapter 403 - Emergency Communications System; 2-1-1 System; Public Safety Communications Systems › Section 403.210 - Duties of providers and sellers.

Every provider or seller responsible for the collection of the tax imposed by ORS 403.200 to 403.230 shall keep records, render statements, make returns and comply with rules adopted by the Department of Revenue with respect to the tax. Whenever in the judgment of the department it is necessary, the department may require the provider, seller, consumer or subscriber, by notice served upon that person by first-class mail, to make returns, render statements or keep records sufficient to show whether there is tax liability under ORS 403.200 to 403.230. [Formerly 401.796; 2014 c.59 §4]
2023 Oregon Revised Statutes › Volume : 10 - Highways, Military › Chapter 403 - Emergency Communications System; 2-1-1 System; Public Safety Communications Systems › Section 403.215 - Returns; payment of tax; election; rules.

(1) The provider or seller is responsible for collecting the tax under ORS 403.200 and shall file a return with the Department of Revenue on or before the last day of the month following the end of each calendar quarter, reporting the amount of tax due during the quarter, with the tax due under ORS 403.200 (1)(a) and (b) stated separately. The department shall prescribe the form of the return required by this section and ORS 403.210. The rules of the department must require that returns be made under penalties for false swearing.
(2) When a return of the tax is required under ORS 403.210 or subsection (1) of this section, the provider or seller required to make the return shall remit the tax due to the department at the time fixed for filing the return.
(3) A provider or seller described in subsection (1) of this section may elect to pay the tax based on either of the following:
(a) The amount of tax actually collected during the quarter; or
(b) The net amount of tax billed during the quarter. The net amount billed equals the gross amount of tax billed less adjustments for uncollectible accounts, refunds, incorrect billings and other appropriate adjustments.
(4) Once a provider or seller has made an election under subsection (3) of this section, the provider or seller may not change the method of payment and reporting unless the provider or seller first obtains the permission of the department. [Formerly 401.798; 2014 c.59 §5; 2015 c.247 §§21,22; 2023 c.251 §8]
2023 Oregon Revised Statutes › Volume : 10 - Highways, Military › Chapter 403 - Emergency Communications System; 2-1-1 System; Public Safety Communications Systems › Section 403.217 - Duties of consumers.

Any consumer subject to the tax imposed under ORS 403.200 and from whom the tax has not been collected shall, on or before the 20th day of the month following the close of the calendar year in which the tax is due, file with the Department of Revenue a report of the amount of tax due from the consumer in the preceding tax year in the detail and form as prescribed by the department, submitting with the report the amount of tax due. [2014 c.59 §12]
2023 Oregon Revised Statutes › Volume : 10 - Highways, Military › Chapter 403 - Emergency Communications System; 2-1-1 System; Public Safety Communications Systems › Section 403.220 - Refunds.

(1) If the amount paid by the provider or seller to the Department of Revenue under ORS 403.215 exceeds the amount of tax payable, the department shall refund the amount of the excess with interest thereon at the rate established under ORS 305.220 during a period beginning 45 days after the later of the due date of the return to which the excess relates or the date the excess was paid, and ending on the date the refund is paid. The department may not make a refund to a provider or seller who fails to claim the refund within two years after the due date for filing of the return with respect to which the claim for refund relates.
(2) A consumer or subscriber’s exclusive remedy in a dispute involving tax liability is to file a claim with the department. [Formerly 401.800; 2014 c.59 §6; 2017 c.278 §21]
2023 Oregon Revised Statutes › Volume : 10 - Highways, Military › Chapter 403 - Emergency Communications System; 2-1-1 System; Public Safety Communications Systems › Section 403.228 - Rules.

The Department of Revenue shall establish by rule policies and procedures for the administration of the provisions of ORS 403.200 to 403.230, including policies and procedures for the collection of the tax imposed under ORS 403.200 by providers required to collect the tax imposed on interconnected Voice over Internet Protocol service. [2014 c.59 §13]
2023 Oregon Revised Statutes › Volume : 10 - Highways, Military › Chapter 403 - Emergency Communications System; 2-1-1 System; Public Safety Communications Systems › Section 403.230 - Application of other laws.

(1) Unless the context requires otherwise, the provisions of ORS chapters 305, 314 and 316 as to the audit and examination of reports and returns, determination of deficiencies, assessments, claims for refunds, penalties, interest, jeopardy assessments, warrants, conferences and appeals to the Oregon Tax Court, and procedures relating thereto, apply to ORS 403.200 to 403.230 the same as if the tax were a tax imposed upon or measured by net income. The provisions apply to the consumer or subscriber liable for the tax and to the provider or seller required to collect the tax. As to any amount collected and required to be remitted to the Department of Revenue, the tax is considered a tax upon the provider or seller required to collect the tax and that provider or seller is considered a taxpayer.
(2) Notwithstanding ORS 314.835 and 314.840, the Department of Revenue may disclose information received under ORS 403.200 to 403.230 to the Public Utility Commission to carry out the provisions of chapter 290, Oregon Laws 1987.
(3) The Public Utility Commission may disclose information obtained pursuant to chapter 290, Oregon Laws 1987, to the Department of Revenue to administer the tax imposed under ORS 403.200 to 403.230. [Formerly 401.804; 2014 c.59 §8]
2023 Oregon Revised Statutes › Volume : 10 - Highways, Military › Chapter 403 - Emergency Communications System; 2-1-1 System; Public Safety Communications Systems › Section 403.235 - Emergency Communications Account; suspense account.

(1) The Emergency Communications Account is established in the State Treasury, separate and distinct from the General Fund. All moneys received by the Department of Revenue pursuant to ORS 403.200 to 403.230 and interest thereon must be paid to the State Treasurer to be held in a suspense account established under ORS 293.445.
(2) After payment of refunds:
(a) Moneys necessary to reimburse the Department of Revenue for the actual costs incurred by the department in administering the 9-8-8 coordinated crisis services tax, not to exceed 0.6 percent of tax collections under ORS 403.200 (1)(b), are continuously appropriated to the department; and
(b) The balance of the moneys received must be paid into the State Treasury and credited to the:
(A) Emergency Communications Account with respect to tax paid under ORS 403.200 (1)(a); and
(B) 9-8-8 Trust Fund established in ORS 430.624 with respect to tax paid under ORS 403.200 (1)(b).
(3) Interest earned by the Emergency Communications Account must be credited to the 9-1-1 Subaccount established under subsection (4) of this section. All moneys in the Emergency Communications Account are continuously appropriated to the Oregon Department of Emergency Management and must be used for the purposes described in ORS 403.240.
(4) The 9-1-1 Subaccount is established as a subaccount of the Emergency Communications Account. Thirty-five percent of the amount in the Emergency Communications Account on the date of distribution must be credited to the 9-1-1 Subaccount. Interest earned by the subaccount must be credited to the subaccount. All moneys in the subaccount are continuously appropriated to the Oregon Department of Emergency Management and must be used for the purposes described in ORS 403.240 (3), (4) and (5). [Formerly 401.806; 2015 c.247 §23; 2019 c.653 §7; 2021 c.539 §67; 2023 c.251 §9]
2023 Oregon Revised Statutes › Volume : 10 - Highways, Military › Chapter 403 - Emergency Communications System; 2-1-1 System; Public Safety Communications Systems › Section 403.245 - Limitation on use of moneys; investment of moneys.

(1) Except as provided in subsection (2) of this section, moneys received under ORS 403.240 (8) may be used only to pay for planning, installation, maintenance, operation and improvement of the emergency communications system as it relates to getting an emergency call from a member of the public to the primary public safety answering point and in transmitting the information from the primary public safety answering point to the secondary public safety answering point or responding police, fire, medical or other emergency unit by telephone, radio or computerized means.
(2) Moneys not then being used may be invested by a city or county. The income from the investments must be used for the purposes described in subsection (1) of this section. [Formerly 401.814; 2015 c.247 §25]
2023 Oregon Revised Statutes › Volume : 10 - Highways, Military › Chapter 403 - Emergency Communications System; 2-1-1 System; Public Safety Communications Systems › Section 403.250 - Primary public safety answering points; rules.

(1) The Director of the Oregon Department of Emergency Management shall establish by administrative rule the minimum standards for a primary public safety answering point.
(2) If a primary public safety answering point does not meet the minimum standards established under subsection (1) of this section within 45 days after receipt of written notice from the Oregon Department of Emergency Management, the department shall designate an alternate primary public safety answering point that meets the minimum standards and cause calls to be rerouted to the designated primary public safety answering point. [Formerly 401.816; 2021 c.539 §69]
2023 Oregon Revised Statutes › Volume : 10 - Highways, Military › Chapter 403 - Emergency Communications System; 2-1-1 System; Public Safety Communications Systems › Section 403.300 - Definitions for ORS 403.300 to 403.380.

As used in ORS 403.300 to 403.380, unless the context requires otherwise:
(1) "District" means a 9-1-1 communications district formed under ORS 403.300 to 403.380.
(2) "District board" or "board" means the governing body of a district.
(3) "9-1-1 jurisdiction" has the meaning given that term in ORS 403.105.
(4) "Public or private safety agency" has the meaning given that term in ORS 403.105. [Formerly 401.818; 2015 c.247 §26]
2023 Oregon Revised Statutes › Volume : 10 - Highways, Military › Chapter 403 - Emergency Communications System; 2-1-1 System; Public Safety Communications Systems › Section 403.305 - Formation of emergency communications district; boundaries; approval of formation by safety agencies.

(1) A 9-1-1 communications district may be created as provided in ORS 198.705 to 198.955 and 403.300 to 403.380.
(2) A 9-1-1 communications district consists of the telephone exchange service areas located wholly or partly within a designated 9-1-1 jurisdiction’s service area that is served by a public safety answering point. A district may include more than one city and county.
(3) Before a petition for formation of a district is filed with the county board of the principal county under ORS 198.800, the petition must be approved by indorsement thereon by two-thirds of the governing bodies of all public or private safety agencies representing two-thirds of the population included within the proposed district. A county governing body may not adopt an order under ORS 198.835 for the formation of a district unless the governing body first obtains written approval for the formation of the district from two-thirds of the governing bodies of all public or private safety agencies representing two-thirds of the population included within the proposed district.
(4) In addition to other required matters, the petition for formation must state the number of district board members for the proposed district and the method of election of the board of the proposed district from among the methods described in ORS 403.340. [Formerly 401.821]
2023 Oregon Revised Statutes › Volume : 10 - Highways, Military › Chapter 403 - Emergency Communications System; 2-1-1 System; Public Safety Communications Systems › Section 403.310 - Officers of district; qualifications.

(1) The officers of the district shall be a board of five or seven members elected by the electors of the district.
(2) Any elector residing within the district is qualified to serve as a district board member. [Formerly 401.822]
2023 Oregon Revised Statutes › Volume : 10 - Highways, Military › Chapter 403 - Emergency Communications System; 2-1-1 System; Public Safety Communications Systems › Section 403.315 - Application of ORS chapter 255 to district.

(1) ORS chapter 255 governs the following:
(a) The nomination and election of district board members.
(b) The conduct of district elections.
(2) The electors of a district may exercise the powers of the initiative and referendum regarding a district measure, in accordance with ORS 255.135 to 255.205. [Formerly 401.823]
2023 Oregon Revised Statutes › Volume : 10 - Highways, Military › Chapter 403 - Emergency Communications System; 2-1-1 System; Public Safety Communications Systems › Section 403.320 - Board as governing body of district; president of board.

(1) The district board is the governing body of the district and shall exercise all powers thereof.
(2) At its first meeting or as soon thereafter as may be practicable, the board shall choose one of its members as president. [Formerly 401.827]
2023 Oregon Revised Statutes › Volume : 10 - Highways, Military › Chapter 403 - Emergency Communications System; 2-1-1 System; Public Safety Communications Systems › Section 403.325 - Election of board members at formation election; terms of office.

(1) Five or seven district board members, determined by the number of board members set forth in the petition for formation, must be elected at the election for district formation. Nominating petitions must be filed with the county governing body.
(2) When the petition for formation provides for a five-member district board, if the effective date of the formation of the district occurs in an odd-numbered year, two district board members must be elected for four-year terms and the other three district board members must be elected for two-year terms. If the effective date of the formation occurs in an even-numbered year, two district board members must be elected for three-year terms and the other three district board members must be elected for one-year terms.
(3) When the petition for formation provides for a seven-member district board, if the effective date of the formation of the district occurs in an odd-numbered year, three district board members must be elected for four-year terms and the other four district board members must be elected for two-year terms. If the effective date of the formation occurs in an even-numbered year, three district board members must be elected for three-year terms and the other four district board members must be elected for one-year terms.
(4) Each district board member shall hold office until election and qualification of a successor.
(5) Each district board member elected shall take an oath of office and shall hold office from July 1, next following election.
(6) The district board shall fill any vacancy on the board as provided in ORS 198.320.
(7) Except as otherwise provided in this section or in ORS 403.330, the term of a district board member is four years.
(8) The terms of the members first elected to a district board must be determined by lot. [Formerly 401.832]
2023 Oregon Revised Statutes › Volume : 10 - Highways, Military › Chapter 403 - Emergency Communications System; 2-1-1 System; Public Safety Communications Systems › Section 403.330 - Changing number of board members; election; notice to Secretary of State.

(1) The question of increasing or decreasing the membership of the district board must be determined at a regular district election. The district board, by resolution, may order the question to be submitted to the electors of the district. If a petition is filed with the secretary of the board requesting that the electors of the district be permitted to vote on the question, the district board shall order the question to be submitted to the electors. The requirements for preparing, circulating and filing the petition are as provided for an initiative petition in ORS 255.135 to 255.205. The board is increased to seven members or decreased to five members if a majority of the votes cast on the question favors the increase or decrease. At an election to increase the membership, electors shall vote for candidates to fill the additional positions.
(2) When a district is situated entirely within one county, if the electors approve the increase or decrease in board membership, not later than the 30th day after the election, the district board shall adjust and stagger the terms of the board members as necessary in order to continue biennial elections of board members in accordance with ORS 403.335. The district board shall take into consideration and, as much as possible, provide for the continued method of representation adopted by the district under ORS 403.340.
(3) When a district includes territory in more than one county, not later than the 40th day before the regular district election at which a question under this section will be submitted, the district elections authority shall notify the Secretary of State. If the electors favor the increase or decrease in board membership, not later than the 30th day after the election, the Secretary of State by rule shall adjust and stagger the terms of the board members as necessary in order to continue biennial elections of board members in accordance with ORS 403.335. The Secretary of State shall take into consideration and, as much as possible, provide for the continued method of representation adopted by the district under ORS 403.340. [Formerly 401.833]
2023 Oregon Revised Statutes › Volume : 10 - Highways, Military › Chapter 403 - Emergency Communications System; 2-1-1 System; Public Safety Communications Systems › Section 403.335 - Continuing schedule of biennial elections after change in number of board members.

When a district expands the membership of its district board from five to seven members or reduces the membership of its board from seven to five members:
(1) If the board is reduced to five members, at least two members must be elected at each regular district election.
(2) If the board is expanded to seven members, at least three members must be elected at each regular district election. [Formerly 401.834]
2023 Oregon Revised Statutes › Volume : 10 - Highways, Military › Chapter 403 - Emergency Communications System; 2-1-1 System; Public Safety Communications Systems › Section 403.340 - Manner of electing board members.

(1) The district board members may be elected in one of the following methods:
(a) Elected by the electors of the district from zones as nearly equal in population as possible according to the latest federal census. Each elector of the district is entitled to vote for candidates for election from all the zones in the district.
(b) Elected by the electors of the district from zones as nearly equal in population as possible according to the latest federal census. Each elector of the district is entitled to vote only for candidates for election from the zone in which the elector resides.
(c) Except for one district board member-at-large, elected by the electors of the district from zones as nearly equal in population as possible according to the latest federal census. The district board member-at-large must be elected from the entire district. Each elector of the district is entitled to vote for the district board member-at-large and for candidates for election from the zone in which the elector resides.
(d) Elected at large by position number by the electors of the district.
(2) Candidates for election from zones must be nominated by electors of the zones. Candidates for election at large must be nominated by electors of the district.
(3) Each candidate for election from a zone must be a resident of that zone. [Formerly 401.836]
2023 Oregon Revised Statutes › Volume : 10 - Highways, Military › Chapter 403 - Emergency Communications System; 2-1-1 System; Public Safety Communications Systems › Section 403.345 - Election of board members.

At the regular district election, successors to the board members whose terms expire must be elected as follows:
(1) In an unzoned district, if two board members are to be elected, the candidates receiving the first and second highest vote are elected. If three or four board members are to be elected, the candidates receiving the first, second or third or first, second, third and fourth highest vote are elected.
(2) In a district that is zoned under ORS 403.340:
(a) If a board member is to be elected by the electors of a zone, the candidate who receives the highest vote from the zone is elected.
(b) If a board member is to be elected by the electors of the entire district, the candidate receiving the highest vote among the candidates nominated from the same zone is elected. [Formerly 401.838]
2023 Oregon Revised Statutes › Volume : 10 - Highways, Military › Chapter 403 - Emergency Communications System; 2-1-1 System; Public Safety Communications Systems › Section 403.355 - Changing number and manner of electing board members at same election; separate questions.

A question of changing the method of nominating and electing district board members under ORS 403.350 and a question of increasing or decreasing the number of district board members under ORS 403.330 may be submitted to the electors of a district at the same regular district election. However, the questions must be submitted to the electors as separate questions. [Formerly 401.841]
2023 Oregon Revised Statutes › Volume : 10 - Highways, Military › Chapter 403 - Emergency Communications System; 2-1-1 System; Public Safety Communications Systems › Section 403.360 - General district powers.

A 9-1-1 communications district has the power:
(1) To have and use a common seal.
(2) To sue and be sued in its name.
(3) To make and accept any and all contracts, deeds, leases, releases and documents of any kind which, in the judgment of the board, are necessary or proper to the exercise of any power of the district, and to direct the payment of all lawful claims or demands.
(4) To assess, levy and collect taxes to pay:
(a) The cost of acquiring sites for and constructing, reconstructing, altering, operating and maintaining the components of the emergency communications system within the 9-1-1 service area;
(b) A lawful claim against the district; and
(c) The operating expenses of the district.
(5) To employ all necessary agents and assistants.
(6) To call elections after the formation of the district.
(7) To enlarge the boundaries of the district as provided by ORS 198.705 to 198.955.
(8) To do and perform any and all acts necessary and proper to the complete exercise and effect of any of its powers or the purposes for which it was formed. [Formerly 401.842; 2015 c.247 §27]
2023 Oregon Revised Statutes › Volume : 10 - Highways, Military › Chapter 403 - Emergency Communications System; 2-1-1 System; Public Safety Communications Systems › Section 403.365 - Authority to issue general obligation bonds; elector approval required; bond debt limit.

(1) For the purpose of carrying into effect the powers granted by ORS 403.300 to 403.380, as well as refunding outstanding obligations, a 9-1-1 communications district, when authorized by a majority of the votes cast at an election by electors of the district, may borrow money and sell and dispose of general obligation bonds.
(2) The general obligations outstanding at any one time may not exceed in aggregate principal amount one percent of the real market value of all taxable property within the district computed in accordance with ORS 308.207.
(3) The bonds must mature serially not more than 30 years from the issue date and must be issued as prescribed in ORS chapter 287A. [Formerly 401.844]
2023 Oregon Revised Statutes › Volume : 10 - Highways, Military › Chapter 403 - Emergency Communications System; 2-1-1 System; Public Safety Communications Systems › Section 403.370 - Levy of taxes.

(1) Each year the district board shall determine and fix the amount of money to be levied and raised by taxation, for the purposes of the district. The total amount of taxes levied in each year under this section may not exceed one-tenth of one percent (0.001) of the real market value of all taxable property within the district computed in accordance with ORS 308.207.
(2) Each year a district shall also assess, levy and collect a special tax upon all property, real and personal, in an amount sufficient to pay the yearly interest and principal due on any outstanding general obligation bonds for the year. [Formerly 401.847]
Note:
Sections 12 to 14, chapter 671, Oregon Laws 1987, provide:
Sec. 12.
Section 9 of this Act [403.370] is repealed and section 13 of this Act is enacted in lieu thereof. [1987 c.671 §12]
Sec. 13.
(1) Each year the district board shall determine and fix the amount of money to be levied and raised by taxation, for the purposes of the district.
(2) Each year a district shall also assess, levy and collect a special tax upon all taxable property within the district in an amount sufficient to pay the yearly interest and principal due on any outstanding general obligation bonds for the year. [1987 c.671 §13; 1995 c.333 §34; 2009 c.203 §35]
Sec. 14.
Sections 12 and 13 of this Act first become operative on the first day of the first tax year to which section 10, chapter 533, Oregon Laws 1981 [403.200], does not apply. [1987 c.671 §14]
2023 Oregon Revised Statutes › Volume : 10 - Highways, Military › Chapter 403 - Emergency Communications System; 2-1-1 System; Public Safety Communications Systems › Section 403.375 - Boundaries of zones.

(1) The board shall adjust zones established within a district as necessary to make them as nearly equal in population as is feasible according to the latest federal census. The board also shall adjust boundaries of zones as necessary to reflect boundary changes of 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. [Formerly 401.852]
2023 Oregon Revised Statutes › Volume : 10 - Highways, Military › Chapter 403 - Emergency Communications System; 2-1-1 System; Public Safety Communications Systems › Section 403.380 - Advisory committee; duties and powers; appointment by district board; terms and qualifications of members.

(1) A district board shall appoint an advisory committee to advise and assist the board in carrying out the purposes of ORS 403.300 to 403.380. An advisory committee consists of one representative from each public or private safety agency included within the district. Members of the advisory committee must reside within the district.
(2) A member of an advisory committee shall serve for a term of two years. Of the members first appointed, however, one-half of the members shall serve for a term of one year. The respective terms of the members must be determined by lot at the first meeting of the advisory committee.
(3) The advisory committee shall meet not less than four times a year to review the policies and practices of the district board. The advisory committee shall also meet on the call of the district board. The advisory committee may adopt rules for the conduct of its proceedings.
(4) The advisory committee may propose changes to any of the board’s rules, policies or practices as it deems necessary or desirable. In addition to its other functions and duties, the advisory committee shall review the annual budget of the district. The advisory committee shall meet with the district board and may make recommendations relating to the budget that the committee considers necessary or prudent. [Formerly 401.857]
2023 Oregon Revised Statutes › Volume : 10 - Highways, Military › Chapter 403 - Emergency Communications System; 2-1-1 System; Public Safety Communications Systems › Section 403.400 - Legislative findings.

The Legislative Assembly finds that:
(1) The implementation of a single, easy-to-use telephone number, 2-1-1, will benefit the residents of this state by providing easier access to available services after an emergency and health and human services, by reducing inefficiencies in connecting people with desired service providers and by reducing duplication of efforts.
(2) In a time of reduced resources for the provision of health and human services, establishing a cost-effective means to continue to inform the public about available services is a priority.
(3) An integrated statewide system of local information consists of a single call center, utilizing a shared statewide resources database that contains information regarding services after an emergency and health and human services input by designated regional information centers. [Formerly 401.282; 2011 c.205 §1]
2023 Oregon Revised Statutes › Volume : 10 - Highways, Military › Chapter 403 - Emergency Communications System; 2-1-1 System; Public Safety Communications Systems › Section 403.405 - Definitions for ORS 403.400 to 403.430.

As used in ORS 403.400 to 403.430:
(1) "2-1-1" means the abbreviated dialing code assigned by the Federal Communications Commission for consumer access to community information and referral services.
(2) "2-1-1 service" means a telephone service that provides information about and referral to services after an emergency and health and human services.
(3) "2-1-1 provider" means an Oregon nonprofit organization that is devoted to creating a statewide 2-1-1 system. [Formerly 401.284; 2011 c.205 §2; 2021 c.111 §3]
2023 Oregon Revised Statutes › Volume : 10 - Highways, Military › Chapter 403 - Emergency Communications System; 2-1-1 System; Public Safety Communications Systems › Section 403.410 - Public referral and information telephone number.

2-1-1 is created as the official state dialing code for public referral to and information about health and human services and services after an emergency. [Formerly 401.286]