reglab/statecodes huggingface dataset:
2023 Oregon Revised Statutes › Volume : 05 - State Government, Government Procedures, Land Use › Chapter 199 - Local Government Boundary Commissions; City-County Consolidation › Section 199.507 - Effective date of transfer of territory; objections; election.

(1) If the boundary commission by its final order approves a transfer of territory, the change shall take effect at the time specified in the final order, but the effective date shall not be less than 45 days, nor more than one year, after the date the commission adopts the final order approving the change. If no effective date is specified in the final order, the order shall take effect 45 days after the commission adopts the final order approving the change. However, the change shall not take effect unless it is also approved by the electors if within 45 days after the date of the adoption of the order:
(a) Written objections to the change signed by not less than 10 percent or 100, whichever number is the lesser, of the electors in the affected territory are filed with the commission; or
(b) A resolution objecting to the change adopted by the district board, governing body of a city-county or city council of any affected city or district is filed with the commission.
(2) If an objection is filed by the board of a district, governing body of a city-county or city council of a city which under the final order would lose territory, it shall call and hold an election within its boundaries on whether the territory designated for transfer should be withdrawn from the district or city.
(3) If an objection is filed by the board of a district or city council of a city which under the final order would acquire the territory, it shall call and hold an election within its boundaries on whether the territory designated for transfer should be annexed to the district or city.
(4) If objections are filed by the electors, the commission shall certify the fact of the objections to the county board of the county where the territory is located whereupon the board shall call an election within the boundaries of the territory proposed for transfer on whether the territory should be transferred.
(5) An election required by this section shall be held on the next appropriate election date authorized under ORS 203.085, 221.230 or 255.345. The results of the election shall be certified to the commission. If a majority of those voting on a proposition in each and all elections approve the change approved by the commission, the commission thereupon shall proclaim the results of the election. Upon the adoption of the proclamation, the change shall take effect. [1975 c.361 §6; 1981 c.265 §11; 1983 c.336 §18; 1997 c.494 §19]
2023 Oregon Revised Statutes › Volume : 05 - State Government, Government Procedures, Land Use › Chapter 199 - Local Government Boundary Commissions; City-County Consolidation › Section 199.510 - Financial effects of transfer or withdrawal; exceptions.

(1) After the date of a final order or proclamation of annexation or transfer of territory, the territory annexed or transferred shall become subject to the indebtedness, bonded or otherwise, of the affected city or district acquiring the territory in like manner as the territory within the city or district.
(2)(a) Subject to ORS 222.465, if the affected territory is to be annexed to a city, and lies within the boundaries of a district, the affected territory is withdrawn from the district on the date of the final order unless the city is part of the district. The city shall have the right to exercise the choice permitted by ORS 222.520 (2).
(b) Paragraph (a) of this subsection does not apply when the territory to be annexed lies within a water district organized under ORS chapter 264, a sanitary district organized under ORS 450.005 to 450.245 or a park and recreation district organized under ORS chapter 266. Withdrawal of territory from such a water, sanitary district or park and recreation district shall be governed solely by ORS 222.465 and 222.520 to 222.575.
(c) When a city receives services from a district and is part of that district, any territory thereafter annexed to the city shall be included in the boundaries of the district and 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.
(3) After the date of a final order or proclamation withdrawing or transferring territory from an affected city or district, the territory withdrawn or transferred shall be free from assessments and taxes levied thereafter by the affected city or district losing the territory. However, the withdrawn or transferred territory shall remain subject to any bonded or other indebtedness existing at the time of the order, except as provided by ORS 198.882. If the territory is being withdrawn from a district into a city, the city shall have the right to exercise the choice permitted by ORS 222.520 (2). 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 located within the city or district immediately prior to the withdrawal. [1969 c.494 §18; 1971 c.462 §17; 1973 c.808 §2; 1975 c.361 §7; 1977 c.663 §2; 1981 c.265 §12; 1985 c.702 §19; 1989 c.483 §1]
2023 Oregon Revised Statutes › Volume : 05 - State Government, Government Procedures, Land Use › Chapter 199 - Local Government Boundary Commissions; City-County Consolidation › Section 199.512 - Commission proceedings for district formation or annexation to relieve public health danger.

(1) The findings of the Director of the Oregon Health Authority filed with a boundary commission in accordance with ORS 431.740 or 431.750 shall be considered a petition for the purposes of ORS 199.410 to 199.534. When the findings of the director are filed with a commission, it shall proceed in accordance with the findings and with ORS 199.410 to 199.534, but the commission shall not inquire into the need for the proposed facilities or adjust the boundaries of the affected territory.
(2) In proceedings described by subsection (1) of this section, the boundary commission shall determine whether the affected territory shall be included in a new city, new metropolitan service district or new county service district or annexed to an existing district. The final order of the commission shall conclude the proceedings for all purposes; and the formation or annexation approved and ordered by the commission shall take effect 45 days after the date the commission adopts the final order in the proceeding. [1973 c.361 §16; 1989 c.92 §25; 2009 c.595 §179]
2023 Oregon Revised Statutes › Volume : 05 - State Government, Government Procedures, Land Use › Chapter 199 - Local Government Boundary Commissions; City-County Consolidation › Section 199.519 - Effective date of boundary change; filing boundary change with county assessor and Department of Revenue.

(1) Notwithstanding any different effective date specified in ORS 199.480, 199.505 or 199.507, a boundary change under ORS 199.410 to 199.534 shall not become effective during the period:
(a) Beginning after the 90th day before a primary election or general election and ending on the day after the election; or
(b) Beginning after the deadline for filing the notice of election before any other election held by any city or district involved in the boundary change and ending on the day after the election.
(2) If the effective date established for a boundary change is a date that is prohibited under this section, the boundary change shall become effective on the day after the election for voting purposes.
(3) The provisions of this section do not apply if the territory affected by the boundary change has no registered voters.
(4) 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. [1981 c.391 §1; 1985 c.808 §68; 1989 c.92 §26; 1989 c.923 §24; 1995 c.712 §86; 2001 c.138 §4]
2023 Oregon Revised Statutes › Volume : 05 - State Government, Government Procedures, Land Use › Chapter 199 - Local Government Boundary Commissions; City-County Consolidation › Section 199.522 - Economic feasibility analysis for proposed city; filing with commission prior to filing incorporation petition; review of analysis by commission; approval or rejection.

If the territory proposed to be incorporated is within the jurisdiction of a local government boundary commission, then prior to filing a petition to incorporate the territory with the county clerk under ORS 221.031, the petitioners shall file the economic feasibility analysis described in ORS 199.476 (1) with the local government boundary commission for review and approval. The local government boundary commission shall review the feasibility analysis. On the basis of the review and after consultation with the petitioners, if necessary, the boundary commission shall approve or reject the economic feasibility analysis as presented or approve it as modified by the commission. Approval or rejection of the economic feasibility analysis shall be done by an order stating the reasons for the decision of the commission. Approval or rejection of an economic feasibility analysis filed under this section shall be accomplished not later than 120 days after the feasibility analysis is filed with the boundary commission. [1987 c.882 §7]
2023 Oregon Revised Statutes › Volume : 05 - State Government, Government Procedures, Land Use › Chapter 199 - Local Government Boundary Commissions; City-County Consolidation › Section 199.526 - Time limit for obtaining signatures on petition for incorporation of city.

When incorporation of a city is proposed within the jurisdiction of a local government boundary commission, all signatures on the petition described in ORS 221.031 and 221.040 must be obtained within any six-month period to be valid and effective to authorize a major boundary change proceeding under this chapter. [1987 c.882 §8]
Note:
199.526 was enacted into law by the Legislative Assembly but was not added to or made a part of ORS chapter 199 or any series therein by legislative action. See Preface to Oregon Revised Statutes for further explanation.
2023 Oregon Revised Statutes › Volume : 05 - State Government, Government Procedures, Land Use › Chapter 199 - Local Government Boundary Commissions; City-County Consolidation › Section 199.531 - Policy.

The Legislative Assembly finds that:
(1) Since 1985 local governments in boundary commission jurisdictions have undertaken programs involving multiple minor boundary changes, including annexation of territory, which have required the transfer of service delivery obligations from the county or special districts which formerly had jurisdiction of the territory to the annexing city or district, along with the need to receive revenue to support the services;
(2) The local governments and boundary commissions have acted in good faith reliance on state statutes concerning minor boundary changes and in compliance with those statutes;
(3) The transfer of service responsibility has resulted in extinguishing or dissolution of special service districts and the transfer of capital equipment and employees;
(4) If a court or administrative agency determines that one or more of the minor boundary changes are invalid because the statute on which they were based is unconstitutional, responsibility for service and revenue must be resolved in order to avoid substantial disruption to citizens; and
(5) Providing for legislative annexation of the affected territories is the best method for resolving service responsibility and financial obligations without jeopardizing continued service delivery to citizens in the affected territory or imposing unreasonable financial burdens on the city, county and special service districts and their citizens. [1987 c.818 §2]
2023 Oregon Revised Statutes › Volume : 05 - State Government, Government Procedures, Land Use › Chapter 199 - Local Government Boundary Commissions; City-County Consolidation › Section 199.534 - Legislative annexation of territory to cities and districts; effective date; effect on other minor boundary changes.

Notwithstanding any other provision of this chapter or ORS chapter 222, territory annexed or transferred to a city or district by a minor boundary change approved by a boundary commission’s final order adopted after January 1, 1985, but before July 18, 1987, shall be in the annexing city or district by operation of ORS 198.855, 199.490, 199.531, 199.534, 222.120 and 222.170 to 222.177 commencing upon the effective date of the boundary commission’s final order. The creation by ORS 198.855, 199.490, 199.531, 199.534, 222.120 and 222.170 to 222.177 of annexations shall not void or impair any prior or subsequent minor boundary changes inside or outside of the affected territory. [1987 c.818 §3]
2023 Oregon Revised Statutes › Volume : 05 - State Government, Government Procedures, Land Use › Chapter 199 - Local Government Boundary Commissions; City-County Consolidation › Section 199.705 - Definitions for ORS 199.705 to 199.795.

In ORS 199.705 to 199.795:
(1) "City-county" means a city incorporated under ORS 199.705 to 199.795 and having both city and county functions.
(2) "City in the county" means a city having more than 50 percent of its population in the county.
(3) "Most populous city" means a city of not less than 300,000 population.
(4) "Unincorporated area" means the area of unincorporated territory within the county that is outside the urban growth boundary adopted under ORS 268.390. [1971 c.731 §2; 1997 c.494 §1]
2023 Oregon Revised Statutes › Volume : 05 - State Government, Government Procedures, Land Use › Chapter 199 - Local Government Boundary Commissions; City-County Consolidation › Section 199.715 - City-county consolidation authorized.

By proceeding under ORS 199.705 to 199.795, a county and the most populous city in the county may consolidate to form a city-county, and one or more of the other cities in the county and the unincorporated area may join in the consolidation. [1971 c.731 §3; 1997 c.494 §2]
2023 Oregon Revised Statutes › Volume : 05 - State Government, Government Procedures, Land Use › Chapter 199 - Local Government Boundary Commissions; City-County Consolidation › Section 199.720 - Initiation of consolidation proceedings by resolution or petition.

(1) Consolidation proceedings may be initiated by resolution of the governing body of the county or of the most populous city in the county. Within five days after adoption of the resolution a true copy thereof shall be filed with the governing body, other than the adopting governing body, of each city that has any territory within the county and of each county in which such a city has territory.
(2) The proceedings may also be initiated by electors of the county and of the most populous city in the county who reside within or outside of the county, filing with the county clerk of the county a petition signed by a number of such electors equal to six percent of the total number of votes cast in the county for all gubernatorial candidates at the last preceding election at which a Governor was elected for a four-year term.
(3) The form of the petition shall be:
______________________________________________________________________________
CITY-COUNTY CONSOLIDATION
We, the undersigned electors, hereby initiate proceedings for consolidating _____ County, the City of _____, and whatever other cities in the County desire to join in the consolidation. We request that a charter commission be appointed, a charter be prepared, and an election on the consolidation be held, all under the City-County Act of 1971.
Names Addresses
___________ ___________
______________________________________________________________________________
(4) Before the petition is circulated for signatures, a true copy of it shall be filed with the county clerk. No signature on the petition shall be counted unless subscribed thereon and filed with the county clerk within 180 days after the original filing.
(5) Within 15 days after receiving signatures to the petition the county clerk shall verify the signatures. As soon as the county clerk has verified the signatures and whether the number required for the petition have signed, the county clerk shall certify that fact on the petition and file the petition. Within five days after the certification the county clerk shall forward a true copy of the text of the petition and of the certification to the governing body of each city that has any territory within the county and of each county in which such a city has territory.
(6) The date of initiation of the proceedings shall be the date the initiating resolution is adopted or the date that the county clerk certifies that the initiating petition bears the required number of verified signatures. [1971 c.731 §4]
2023 Oregon Revised Statutes › Volume : 05 - State Government, Government Procedures, Land Use › Chapter 199 - Local Government Boundary Commissions; City-County Consolidation › Section 199.730 - Functions of charter commission; rules.

The charter commission:
(1) Shall adopt rules to govern its proceedings.
(2) May acquire property, avail itself of quarters, enter into contracts necessary for its work, and receive and expend gifts, grants and appropriations.
(3) May employ administrative, clerical and technical assistance necessary for its work, and may request and secure information and assistance from the county and other units of local government located in the county and officers and employees thereof including the district attorney and the city attorneys and their staffs.
(4) Within one year after its first meeting shall prepare and publish a preliminary draft of a charter for the city-county.
(5) After publication of the preliminary draft shall hold public hearings thereon.
(6) Within two years after the first meeting of the commission shall prepare a final draft of the charter.
(7) After a majority of the members of the commission has approved the final draft, shall call and fix a date for an election under ORS 199.735. [1971 c.731 §6]
2023 Oregon Revised Statutes › Volume : 05 - State Government, Government Procedures, Land Use › Chapter 199 - Local Government Boundary Commissions; City-County Consolidation › Section 199.735 - Election on consolidation; on merger.

(1) The commission shall call an election on a date specified in ORS 221.230.
(2) At the election the following questions shall be submitted:
(a) To the electors of the county and to the electors of the most populous city, the question of whether the charter shall be adopted as the charter of a city-county.
(b) To the electors of each less populous city in the county, the question of whether that city shall merge into the city-county.
(c) To the electors of the unincorporated area, the question of whether the unincorporated area shall merge into the city-county.
(3) If an elector is eligible to vote in both the county and the most populous city, the question submitted under subsection (2)(a) of this section shall appear only on the county ballot for that elector, but it shall be tallied both as a vote of an elector of the county and as an elector of the most populous city in the county.
(4) The commission shall file the call and the charter with the county clerk, who shall give notice of, conduct and publicize the results of the election under the general laws of the state governing elections. The county shall bear the expense of the election. [1971 c.731 §7; 1973 c.745 §2; 1979 c.190 §402; 1983 c.83 §12; 1983 c.350 §9; 1997 c.494 §4]
2023 Oregon Revised Statutes › Volume : 05 - State Government, Government Procedures, Land Use › Chapter 199 - Local Government Boundary Commissions; City-County Consolidation › Section 199.740 - Effect of election.

(1) The charter shall be approved and the consolidation shall take place if, and only if, the question receives at the election affirmative votes by a majority of those electors of the county voting on the question and also by a majority of those electors of the most populous city in the county voting on the question.
(2) In case the question is approved as provided by subsection (1) of this section:
(a) Any less populous city in the county shall be merged with and become a part of the city-county unless a majority of the electors of the city voting on the question submitted under ORS 199.735 (2) votes against the question.
(b) The unincorporated area in the county shall be merged with and become a part of the city-county unless a majority of the electors in the unincorporated area voting on the question submitted under ORS 199.735 (2) votes against the question.
(3) A majority vote for the question in a city approving it shall have the effect of approving the surrender of the charter of the city as required in section 2a (1), Article XI of the Oregon Constitution. The majority vote in the county approving the question shall have the effect of approving the surrender of the charter, if any, of the county. The surrender in both cases shall take effect when the city-county comes into existence. [1971 c.731 §8; 1973 c.745 §3; 1983 c.83 §13; 1997 c.494 §5]
2023 Oregon Revised Statutes › Volume : 05 - State Government, Government Procedures, Land Use › Chapter 199 - Local Government Boundary Commissions; City-County Consolidation › Section 199.742 - Charter requirements if consolidation is rejected in unincorporated area.

When a majority of the electors in the unincorporated area voting on the question submitted under ORS 199.735 (2) votes against the question, the charter of the city-county shall provide that:
(1) Special districts within the unincorporated area shall not be extinguished.
(2) The rate of taxation for ad valorem property taxes and business income taxes shall initially be set at the rates in effect on the date on which the charter for the city-county is approved.
(3) Fees, including but not limited to business license fees and utility bill fees, shall initially be set at the rate or amount in effect on the date on which the charter for the city-county is approved.
(4) Except for taxes or fees dedicated to correctional facilities, libraries or animal control, any rate increase for fees or taxes that exceeds the rate of population growth in the unincorporated area shall not take effect in the unincorporated area unless the electors in the unincorporated area approve the tax or fee increase.
(5) The unincorporated area shall receive rural service levels for basic city-county services. As used in this subsection, "basic city-county services" includes police, fire, sewer, water and code enforcement services provided by the city-county. [1997 c.494 §10]
2023 Oregon Revised Statutes › Volume : 05 - State Government, Government Procedures, Land Use › Chapter 199 - Local Government Boundary Commissions; City-County Consolidation › Section 199.743 - Financial affairs of city-county if charter becomes effective during fiscal year.

(1) Notwithstanding ORS 294.305 to 294.565 and 310.010 to 310.110, if the charter for a city-county is approved under ORS 199.740 (1) and the effective date of such charter is other than the date of the beginning of the fiscal year immediately following the fiscal year in progress on the effective date of such charter, during the remainder of the fiscal year in progress on the effective date of such charter the city-county shall expend moneys and levy taxes in accordance with the budgets prepared and adopted by each of the municipal corporations consolidated, merged or dissolved in the formation of the city-county pursuant to such charter, as if such charter had not taken effect. For the purposes of this section, the city-county shall be considered to be a continuation of each municipal corporation consolidated, merged or dissolved in the formation of the city-county.
(2) As used in subsection (1) of this section:
(a) "Fiscal year" has the meaning given that term in ORS 294.311.
(b) "Municipal corporation" has the meaning given that term in ORS 294.311. [1973 c.745 §9; 1997 c.308 §32; 2017 c.26 §6]
2023 Oregon Revised Statutes › Volume : 05 - State Government, Government Procedures, Land Use › Chapter 199 - Local Government Boundary Commissions; City-County Consolidation › Section 199.745 - First governing body of city-county.

(1) The first members of the governing body of the city-county shall be nominated and elected in the manner and at the times prescribed by the city-county charter.
(2) The county clerk shall arrange for, give notice of and conduct the election. The county shall bear the expense of the election.
(3) The charter shall prescribe the date on which the city-county comes into existence and shall include necessary transitional provisions. The charter may provide that it will become effective for specified purposes immediately upon the proclamation of the results of the election on the adoption of the charter. [1971 c.731 §9; 1973 c.745 §3a]
2023 Oregon Revised Statutes › Volume : 05 - State Government, Government Procedures, Land Use › Chapter 199 - Local Government Boundary Commissions; City-County Consolidation › Section 199.750 - Status of city-county.

(1) The city-county shall be a city within the meaning of state law, except ORS 221.610, 221.621, 221.650, 222.210 to 222.310 and 222.840 to 222.915. In merger proceedings under ORS 222.610 to 222.710 consent by the city-county to the merger may be given by the governing body of the city-county without a popular vote on the merger. No merger or annexation adding territory to the city-county shall change a county boundary. Annexation to the city-county of area in another county or merger into the city-county of a city in another county shall be for the provision of city services only. Territory within the city-county may be transferred under ORS 199.490 to 199.519 to a city excluded from consolidation under ORS 199.740 (2).
(2) The city-county shall be a county for purposes of Articles IV, VI, VII (Amended), VII (Original) and VIII of the Oregon Constitution and in its relationship to any city in the city-county excluded from the consolidation under ORS 199.740 (2). That relationship shall continue until the excluded city disincorporates or merges into the city-county.
(3) The city-county shall be a county in its relationship to the unincorporated area excluded from the consolidation under ORS 199.740 (2).
(4) The city-county shall have the powers and duties of counties and county officers and cities and city officers under state law and the city-county charter. The charter shall prescribe or make provision for prescribing what officers and agencies of the city-county shall exercise those powers and duties. The charter may prescribe or make provision for prescribing which duties or functions shall be county, city or jointly city-county powers.
(5) The charter may also prescribe or make provision for prescribing that state officers elected in the city-county alone shall simultaneously be city-county and state officers and have city-county functions prescribed by the charter or ordinances of the city-county.
(6) The city-county shall be both a city and a county entitled to receive funds under state and federal laws allocating funds to cities or counties or both. [1971 c.731 §10; 1973 c.745 §4; 1997 c.494 §6]
2023 Oregon Revised Statutes › Volume : 05 - State Government, Government Procedures, Land Use › Chapter 199 - Local Government Boundary Commissions; City-County Consolidation › Section 199.753 - City-county service district.

(1) A city-county may establish service districts as provided by ORS 199.705 to 199.795 and ORS chapter 451. For the purposes of ORS chapter 451, a city-county shall be considered a county and the city-county legislative body shall be considered a county court. The charter may delegate or provide for the delegation of executive and administrative responsibilities in respect to service districts to the chief executive officer and administrative departments of the city-county.
(2) In addition to those districts authorized under ORS 451.010, a city-county may create service districts for any purpose authorized by its charter. [1973 c.745 §8]
2023 Oregon Revised Statutes › Volume : 05 - State Government, Government Procedures, Land Use › Chapter 199 - Local Government Boundary Commissions; City-County Consolidation › Section 199.755 - Receipt of state funds by city-county.

(1) A city-county shall receive a share of the revenues allocated to counties under ORS 323.455, 366.762 and 471.810. Subject to subsections (2) and (3) of this section, it shall also receive a share allocated under ORS 323.455, 366.800 and 471.810 to cities.
(2) Starting with the first full calendar month after the effective date of the consolidation, a city-county shall receive a share of such revenues allocated to cities on the same basis as a city. In computing such share, population shall be determined as provided by subsection (3) of this section.
(3) For the purposes of this section, population of a city-county shall be determined:
(a) For the calendar year in which the consolidation becomes effective, at 87 percent of the population of the city-county as determined under ORS 190.510 to 190.590;
(b) For the first calendar year following the calendar year in which the consolidation becomes effective, at 88 percent of the population of the city-county as determined under ORS 190.510 to 190.590; and
(c) For the second calendar year following the calendar year in which the consolidation becomes effective, at 89 percent; for the third, at 91 percent; for the fourth, at 92 percent; for the fifth, at 94 percent; for the sixth, at 95 percent; for the seventh, at 97 percent; for the eighth, at 98 percent; for the ninth, at 99 percent; and for the 10th and each succeeding calendar year following the calendar year in which the consolidation becomes effective, at 100 percent of the population of the consolidated city-county as determined under ORS 190.510 to 190.590. [1971 c.731 §11; 1997 c.494 §7]
2023 Oregon Revised Statutes › Volume : 05 - State Government, Government Procedures, Land Use › Chapter 199 - Local Government Boundary Commissions; City-County Consolidation › Section 199.760 - Boundaries of city-county; effect of change; filing boundary change with county assessor and Department of Revenue.

(1) When a city-county is incorporated, for purposes of county functions its boundaries shall be the boundaries of the county that is consolidated into the city-county, and for purposes of city functions:
(a) The boundaries shall include all territory located in any city in the county immediately before the consolidation;
(b) The boundaries shall exclude all territory in any city extending into the county if more than half of the population in the city is located outside the county immediately before the consolidation; and
(c) The boundaries shall exclude the unincorporated area when a majority of the electors in the unincorporated area voting on the question submitted under ORS 199.735 (2) votes against the question.
(2) No boundary change effected under ORS 199.705 to 199.795 shall:
(a) Change the boundaries of a legislative district established by state law.
(b) Deprive any member of the Legislative Assembly of the member’s seat in that body.
(3) 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. [1971 c.731 §12; 1997 c.494 §8; 2001 c.138 §5]
2023 Oregon Revised Statutes › Volume : 05 - State Government, Government Procedures, Land Use › Chapter 199 - Local Government Boundary Commissions; City-County Consolidation › Section 199.765 - Permanent rate limit for operating taxes of city-county.

The charter for a city-county shall specify the permanent rate limit for operating taxes for the city-county within the meaning of section 11 (3), Article XI of the Oregon Constitution. The permanent rate limit shall be a rate that would produce the same tax revenue as would have been cumulatively produced by the cities that are the subject of the consolidation, the county and all special districts automatically extinguished under ORS 222.510 or by ORS 199.705 to 199.795, not taking into account any applicable statutory rate limit on operating taxes. To provide for the administration of differential taxation, the charter may establish districts on the basis of services to be provided by the city-county and prescribe operating tax rates for the different districts, except that the operating tax rates may not cumulatively exceed the permanent rate limit established for the city-county under this section. The charter shall provide procedure for modification or dissolution of such districts and for changing such tax rate formula, after the first fiscal year in which the city-county imposes ad valorem property taxes. [1971 c.731 §13; 1973 c.431 §1; 1997 c.541 §350; 1999 c.21 §2]
2023 Oregon Revised Statutes › Volume : 05 - State Government, Government Procedures, Land Use › Chapter 199 - Local Government Boundary Commissions; City-County Consolidation › Section 199.770 - Status of employees after consolidation.

After a consolidation is effected under ORS 199.705 to 199.795, there shall be preserved and continued, to at least the same extent as they exist at the time immediately before the city-county comes into existence, the employment status and pension and other benefit rights of the employees of the consolidating, merging or extinguished governmental units, including, but not limited to:
(1) Rights, privileges and benefits, including pensions and pension rights and benefits existing under collective bargaining agreements or otherwise.
(2) Collective bargaining rights.
(3) Protection of individual employees against a worsening of their positions with respect to their employment.
(4) Employment of persons employed immediately prior to the time the city-county comes into existence by the units.
(5) Priority, as of the time immediately before the city-county comes into existence, of reemployment of employees of the units who have previously been laid off or had their employment terminated.
(6) Paid training or retraining programs for any employee of a unit whose position or job is eliminated by the consolidation, merger or extinction, or by any subsequent administrative reorganization in the city-county. [1971 c.731 §14; 1973 c.745 §5]
2023 Oregon Revised Statutes › Volume : 05 - State Government, Government Procedures, Land Use › Chapter 199 - Local Government Boundary Commissions; City-County Consolidation › Section 199.775 - Effect of city-county incorporation.

(1) When a city-county is incorporated, it shall:
(a) Succeed to all the property, contracts and rights of the consolidating cities and county; and
(b) Subject to whatever debt distribution plan the city-county charter prescribes, become liable for all the obligations of the consolidating cities and county.
(2) The officers of the consolidating cities and county shall forthwith deliver to the city-county officers the assets and records of the consolidating cities and county. Uncollected taxes theretofore levied by the consolidating cities and county shall become the property of the city-county upon collection.
(3) Immediately after the effective date of the county boundary changes effected under ORS 199.760, the officers of the city-county and of adjoining counties that the boundary changes affect shall transfer public records, buildings and property in accordance with ORS chapter 202.
(4) ORS 222.510 applies to any district mentioned in that section whenever the entire area of such a district is included within the boundaries of a city-county, as described under ORS 199.760, for either county or city functions. [1971 c.731 §15; 1973 c.745 §6]
2023 Oregon Revised Statutes › Volume : 05 - State Government, Government Procedures, Land Use › Chapter 199 - Local Government Boundary Commissions; City-County Consolidation › Section 199.777 - New county or county boundary change authorized when unincorporated area rejects consolidation.

(1) When a city-county charter is approved and city-county consolidation takes place under ORS 199.705 to 199.795 and if, at the election held under ORS 199.735, a majority of the electors in the unincorporated area voting at the election votes to reject the proposed city-county charter and city-county consolidation, the electors of the unincorporated area may seek to form a new county in the unincorporated area or to change the boundaries of the city-county and a contiguous county in order to place the unincorporated area within that contiguous county.
(2) The electors of any city that does not become part of the city-county and that is contiguous to the unincorporated area may jointly seek the formation of a new county or a change in county boundaries with the electors of the unincorporated area.
(3) Proceedings to form a new county or to change county boundaries as authorized by this section shall be conducted as provided in ORS 199.780 to 199.795 and ORS chapter 202, except that ORS 202.020, 202.030, 202.040, 202.050, 202.060 and 202.070 do not apply to such proceedings. [1997 c.494 §11]
2023 Oregon Revised Statutes › Volume : 05 - State Government, Government Procedures, Land Use › Chapter 199 - Local Government Boundary Commissions; City-County Consolidation › Section 199.780 - Petition for county formation or boundary change; contents; required number of signatures.

When it is desired to form a new county out of an unincorporated area or one or more contiguous cities or to change the boundaries of a city-county and an existing contiguous county, a petition praying for the formation of the new county or for the change in the boundaries of the city-county and the contiguous county shall be presented to the governing body of each city-county or county affected by the proposed formation or boundary change. The petition shall describe the territory proposed to be formed into the new county or transferred from the city-county to the contiguous county, together with the name of the proposed new county, if the petitioners seek formation of a new county. The petition shall be signed by a number of qualified electors registered in the territory to be formed into the new county or registered in the territory to be transferred to the contiguous county after the change in boundaries that is equal to 15 percent of the votes cast within such territory for all candidates for Governor at the election at which a Governor was elected next preceding the filing of the petition. [1997 c.494 §12]
2023 Oregon Revised Statutes › Volume : 05 - State Government, Government Procedures, Land Use › Chapter 199 - Local Government Boundary Commissions; City-County Consolidation › Section 199.783 - Division of assets when petition is for boundary change; commissioners to adopt plan for division; appointment of commissioners; effect of plan.

(1) When the petition provided for in ORS 199.780 is for a change in the boundaries of the city-county and a contiguous county, the governing body of the contiguous county and the governing body of the city-county shall appoint two commissioners each to jointly arrange the terms in respect to assumption of liabilities and division of assets among the contiguous county and the city-county, upon which the change in boundaries shall be made.
(2) If, within 30 days after the appointment of the commissioners, they have not agreed upon terms, the Governor, upon request of the contiguous county or the city-county, shall appoint commissioners equal in number to one-half the commissioners already appointed, who shall meet with the commissioners already appointed and draft terms.
(3) Within 60 days after terms have been arranged, a majority of the commissioners may report to the respective governing bodies a plan for division.
(4) When made within such time, the plan for division shall be reported by the commissioners to the respective governing bodies and the plan shall become a compact between the city-county and the contiguous county, and shall be binding upon both. [1997 c.494 §14]
2023 Oregon Revised Statutes › Volume : 05 - State Government, Government Procedures, Land Use › Chapter 199 - Local Government Boundary Commissions; City-County Consolidation › Section 199.785 - Election on county formation or boundary change; election procedure; ballot title.

(1) If the governing body finds that the proposed formation or boundary change will not result in any new or remaining county having an area or population less than required by the Constitution of this state, the governing body shall call an election on a date specified in ORS 203.085 for the purpose of submitting to the electors the question of:
(a) The formation of the new county; or
(b) The change in county and city-county boundaries.
(2) The question of formation of the new county shall be submitted only to the electors residing within the territory proposed to be formed into the new county. The question of a change in boundaries shall be submitted to the electors residing within the territory proposed to be transferred from the city-county to a contiguous county and to the electors residing within that contiguous county.
(3) Except as provided in ORS 199.787 and 199.790, the election shall be conducted in accordance with ORS chapters 246 to 260.
(4) The ballot title for determination of a question submitted under this section shall be prepared as provided in ORS 250.185. [1997 c.494 §13]
2023 Oregon Revised Statutes › Volume : 05 - State Government, Government Procedures, Land Use › Chapter 199 - Local Government Boundary Commissions; City-County Consolidation › Section 199.787 - Certification of election results.

The county clerk in the contiguous county and the equivalent election officer in the city-county shall certify to the Secretary of State a copy of the summary of votes cast on the question of creating a new county or changing boundaries. Such election officer also shall certify to the Secretary of State the name, territorial contents and boundaries of the new county, or the names, territorial contents and boundaries of the county and city-county affected by the change in boundaries. [1997 c.494 §15]
2023 Oregon Revised Statutes › Volume : 05 - State Government, Government Procedures, Land Use › Chapter 199 - Local Government Boundary Commissions; City-County Consolidation › Section 199.790 - Issuance of proclamation by Governor.

(1) If an election for the purpose of establishing a new county is held, the Governor shall issue a proclamation declaring a new county created when, of the electors voting at the election, a majority of the electors residing within the limits of the proposed new county voted in favor of the creation of the new county.
(2) If an election for the purpose of changing county and city-county boundaries is held, the Governor shall issue a proclamation declaring the change in boundaries when, of the electors voting at the election, a majority of the electors in the area proposed to be transferred to the contiguous county and a majority of the electors in the contiguous county voted in favor of the proposed change in county and city-county boundaries. [1997 c.494 §16]
2023 Oregon Revised Statutes › Volume : 05 - State Government, Government Procedures, Land Use › Chapter 199 - Local Government Boundary Commissions; City-County Consolidation › Section 199.795 - Operation and effect of proclamation.

(1) If the election was for the purpose of establishing a new county, the unincorporated area thereafter shall be a county for all civil, military and other purposes.
(2) If the election was for the purpose of changing boundaries, the boundaries of the contiguous county and the city-county shall be changed to conform to the description furnished to the Secretary of State in the certification provided under ORS 199.787.
(3) If the election was for the purpose of changing boundaries, the change shall take effect within 30 days after the Governor issues the proclamation provided for in ORS 199.790, and the territory taken from the city-county and added to the contiguous county by reason of the change in boundaries shall become a part of the contiguous county and for all purposes shall be considered a portion thereof. [1997 c.494 §17]
2023 Oregon Revised Statutes › Volume : 05 - State Government, Government Procedures, Land Use › Chapter 200 - Disadvantaged Business Enterprises; Minority-Owned Businesses; Woman-Owned Businesses; Veteran-Owned Businesses; Emerging Small Businesses › Section 200.015 - Legislative findings.

(1) The Legislative Assembly supports the aspirations of minorities, women and emerging small businesses to enter the mainstream of Oregon social, political and economic life.
(2) The Legislative Assembly finds:
(a) The opportunity for full participation in our free enterprise system by minorities, women and emerging small businesses is essential;
(b) Greater economic opportunity for minorities, women and emerging small businesses is essential;
(c) Review of public programs to remedy historical patterns of exclusion of and discrimination against racial or ethnic groups and women is needed;
(d) Public policies and programs to eliminate the effects of long-term, open and pervasive exclusion of and discrimination against minorities and women from the business sector, including increased opportunities to integrate minorities and women into the full economic life of the community should be reviewed; and
(e) In cooperation with the private sector, the affected populations, interested groups and appropriate governmental entities, a program of review should be established to recommend remedies for the unfortunate effects of social, political and economic inequity that still exist.
(3) Women and minorities are rebuttably presumed to be:
(a) Economically disadvantaged.
(b) Socially disadvantaged. [1987 c.893 §3; 1989 c.1043 §2]
2023 Oregon Revised Statutes › Volume : 05 - State Government, Government Procedures, Land Use › Chapter 200 - Disadvantaged Business Enterprises; Minority-Owned Businesses; Woman-Owned Businesses; Veteran-Owned Businesses; Emerging Small Businesses › Section 200.035 - Notice to Governor’s Policy Advisor for Economic and Business Equity.

(1) A state contracting agency shall give timely notice and information to the Governor’s Policy Advisor for Economic and Business Equity if the state contracting agency intends to advertise or solicit bids or proposals for a public contract with a contract price of $10,000 or more and shall notify the policy advisor when the state contracting agency has awarded the contract.
(2) Each state contracting agency shall, in consultation with the policy advisor, establish a process and timeline for providing the policy advisor with the notice and information required by subsection (1) of this section. [1987 c.893 §5; 1997 c.145 §1; 1997 c.802 §10; 2005 c.351 §1; 2015 c.565 §3]
2023 Oregon Revised Statutes › Volume : 05 - State Government, Government Procedures, Land Use › Chapter 200 - Disadvantaged Business Enterprises; Minority-Owned Businesses; Woman-Owned Businesses; Veteran-Owned Businesses; Emerging Small Businesses › Section 200.057 - Designation of certified emerging small business as tier one or tier two firm.

(1) A business may be certified as an emerging small business by the Oregon Business Development Department for up to 12 years and may be:
(a) Designated a tier one firm for up to six years unless the business no longer qualifies as a tier one firm.
(b) Designated a tier two firm for up to six years unless the business no longer qualifies as a tier two firm.
(2) The department shall adjust annually the amount of the average annual gross receipts required to qualify as a tier one firm or a tier two firm using the most recent three-year average of the Consumer Price Index for All Urban Consumers, West Region (All Items), as published by the Bureau of Labor Statistics of the United States Department of Labor.
(3) Notwithstanding the time limits established by subsection (1) of this section, if a tier one firm provides compelling information showing, in the judgment of the department, that the firm has not been afforded an opportunity to bid on emerging small business projects during a year of eligibility, the department shall extend the tier one designation of the firm for one year. A tier one firm may receive the extension described in this subsection only once. [2005 c.683 §2; 2009 c.830 §138; 2019 c.57 §11]
Note:
200.057 was added to and made a part of 200.005 to 200.075 by legislative action but was not added to any other series. See Preface to Oregon Revised Statutes for further explanation.