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2023 Oregon Revised Statutes › Volume : 12 - Public Health › Chapter 448 - Pool Facilities; Water and Sewage Systems › Section 448.415 - Certification required for operators.

(1) Except as provided in ORS 448.430, any sewage treatment works, whether publicly or privately owned, used or intended for use by the public or private persons must be supervised by an operator certified pursuant to ORS 448.410. The operator’s certification must correspond to the classification of the sewage treatment works supervised by the operator.
(2) Except as provided in ORS 448.430, a person may not:
(a) Allow any sewage treatment works to be operated unless the operator is certified or the sewage treatment works is supervised by an operator certified under the provisions of ORS 448.410 to 448.430 and 448.992.
(b) Perform the duties of an operator unless the person is certified under the provisions of ORS 448.410 to 448.430 and 448.992. [1987 c.635 §§3,4]
Note:
See note under 448.405.
2023 Oregon Revised Statutes › Volume : 12 - Public Health › Chapter 448 - Pool Facilities; Water and Sewage Systems › Section 448.420 - Special certification provisions.

On and after September 27, 1987, an operator holding a current Oregon sewage treatment certification issued under a voluntary certification program shall be considered certified under the program established under ORS 448.410 at the same classification and grade. Certification of operators by any state that, as determined by the Director of the Department of Environmental Quality, accepts certifications made under ORS 448.410 to 448.430 and 448.992, shall be accorded reciprocal treatment and shall be recognized as valid and sufficient within the purview of ORS 448.410 to 448.430 and 448.992, if in the judgment of the director, the certification requirements of such state are substantially equivalent to the requirements of ORS 448.410 to 448.430 and 448.992 or any rule adopted under ORS 448.410 to 448.430 and 448.992. [1987 c.635 §5]
Note:
See note under 448.405.
2023 Oregon Revised Statutes › Volume : 12 - Public Health › Chapter 448 - Pool Facilities; Water and Sewage Systems › Section 448.425 - Deposit and use of fees.

Any fees collected pursuant to the schedule adopted under ORS 448.410 shall be deposited in the General Fund of the State Treasury to the credit of the Department of Environmental Quality. Such fees are continuously appropriated to the department to pay the cost of administering the provisions of ORS 448.410 to 448.430 and 448.992. [1987 c.635 §6]
Note:
See note under 448.405.
2023 Oregon Revised Statutes › Volume : 12 - Public Health › Chapter 448 - Pool Facilities; Water and Sewage Systems › Section 448.430 - Certification exception.

The requirements of ORS 448.415 shall not apply to:
(1) Any sewage treatment works with an approved design flow of less than 75,000 gallons a day, if the owner has contracted with a certified operator to provide part-time supervision as the Environmental Quality Commission by rule determines necessary; or
(2) A subsurface sewage disposal system as defined in ORS 454.605. [1987 c.635 §7]
Note:
See note under 448.405.
2023 Oregon Revised Statutes › Volume : 12 - Public Health › Chapter 448 - Pool Facilities; Water and Sewage Systems › Section 448.450 - Powers and duties of Oregon Health Authority; rules; fees.

(1) The Oregon Health Authority shall:
(a) Adopt rules necessary to carry out the provisions of ORS 448.450 to 448.465, 448.992 and 448.994.
(b) Classify all potable water treatment plants and water distribution systems actually used or intended for use by the public. In classifying the potable water treatment plants and water distribution systems, the authority shall take into consideration size and type, character of water to be treated and other physical conditions affecting the treatment plants and distribution systems and the skill, knowledge and experience required of an operator.
(c) Certify persons qualified to supervise the operation of a potable water treatment plant or a water distribution system.
(d) Subject to the prior approval of the Oregon Department of Administrative Services, establish a schedule of fees for certification under paragraph (c) of this subsection. The fees established under the schedule shall be sufficient to pay the cost of the authority in carrying out the provisions of ORS 448.450 to 448.465, 448.992 and 448.994 and shall be within the budget authorized by the Legislative Assembly as that budget may be modified by the Emergency Board.
(2) Notwithstanding the authority of the Oregon Health Authority to establish fees for certification under subsection (1)(d) of this section, the authority will not establish fees for certification of operators of water systems serving ground water to fewer than 150 service connections.
(3) In adopting rules under this section, the authority shall consult with the Department of Environmental Quality in order to coordinate rules adopted under this section with rules adopted by the Environmental Quality Commission under ORS 448.410. [1987 c.635 §9; 1991 c.67 §125; 1991 c.703 §10; 2001 c.723 §1; 2001 c.900 §199a; 2009 c.595 §868; 2023 c.602 §7]
Note:
See note under 448.405.
2023 Oregon Revised Statutes › Volume : 12 - Public Health › Chapter 448 - Pool Facilities; Water and Sewage Systems › Section 448.455 - Certification required for operators.

(1) Any potable water treatment plant or water distribution system whether publicly or privately owned, used or intended for use by the public or private persons must be supervised by an operator certified pursuant to ORS 448.450. The operator’s certification must correspond to the classification of the water treatment plant or distribution system supervised by the operator.
(2) A person may not:
(a) Allow any potable water treatment plant or water distribution system to be operated unless the operator is certified or the potable water treatment plant or water distribution system is supervised by an operator certified under the provisions of ORS 448.450 to 448.465, 448.992 and 448.994.
(b) Perform the duties of an operator unless the person is certified under the provisions of ORS 448.450 to 448.465, 448.992 and 448.994. [1987 c.635 §§10,11; 2001 c.723 §2]
Note:
See note under 448.405.
2023 Oregon Revised Statutes › Volume : 12 - Public Health › Chapter 448 - Pool Facilities; Water and Sewage Systems › Section 448.460 - Special certification provisions.

On and after September 27, 1987, an operator holding a current Oregon water treatment certification issued under a voluntary certification program shall be considered certified under the program established under ORS 448.450 at the same classification and grade. Certification of operators by any state that, as determined by the Oregon Health Authority, accepts certifications made under ORS 448.450 to 448.465, 448.992 and 448.994, shall be accorded reciprocal treatment and shall be recognized as valid and sufficient within the purview of ORS 448.450 to 448.465, 448.992 and 448.994, if in the judgment of the Director of the Oregon Health Authority, the certification requirements of such state are substantially equivalent to the requirements of ORS 448.450 to 448.465, 448.992 and 448.994 or any rule adopted under ORS 448.450 to 448.465, 448.992 and 448.994. [1987 c.635 §12; 2009 c.595 §869]
Note:
See note under 448.405.
2023 Oregon Revised Statutes › Volume : 12 - Public Health › Chapter 448 - Pool Facilities; Water and Sewage Systems › Section 448.465 - Deposit of fees.

Any fees collected pursuant to the schedule adopted under ORS 448.450 shall be deposited in the General Fund of the State Treasury to the credit of the Oregon Health Authority. Such fees are continuously appropriated to the authority to pay the cost of administering the provisions of ORS 448.450 to 448.465, 448.992 and 448.994. [1987 c.635 §13; 2009 c.595 §870; 2011 c.720 §205]
Note:
See note under 448.405.
2023 Oregon Revised Statutes › Volume : 12 - Public Health › Chapter 448 - Pool Facilities; Water and Sewage Systems › Section 448.990 - Penalties for violations of pool facility or water system requirements.

(1) Violation of ORS 448.005 to 448.090 by any person, firm or corporation, whether acting as principal or agent, employer or employee, is a Class B misdemeanor. Each day that the violation continues is a separate offense.
(2) Subject to ORS 153.022, violation of any of the following is a Class A misdemeanor:
(a) Any rule of the Oregon Health Authority adopted pursuant to ORS 448.115 to 448.330.
(b) Any order issued by the authority pursuant to ORS 448.175.
(c) ORS 448.265 or 448.315 (2)(a). [Amended by 1967 c.344 §8; subsections (2) to (5) enacted as 1973 c.835 §177; 1975 c.254 §18; part renumbered subsection (5) of 468.990; 1983 c.271 §4; 1999 c.1051 §302; 2009 c.595 §871; 2011 c.597 §199]
2023 Oregon Revised Statutes › Volume : 12 - Public Health › Chapter 448 - Pool Facilities; Water and Sewage Systems › Section 448.992 - Sewage treatment works violation penalties.

(1) Any person who knowingly and willfully violates ORS 448.415 (2) commits a Class B misdemeanor.
(2) Any person who knowingly makes any false statement, representation, or certification in any application, record, report, plan or other document filed or required to be maintained under ORS 448.410 to 448.430, or by any rule adopted under ORS 448.410 to 448.430, commits a Class B misdemeanor. [1987 c.635 §8; 2011 c.597 §200]
2023 Oregon Revised Statutes › Volume : 12 - Public Health › Chapter 448 - Pool Facilities; Water and Sewage Systems › Section 448.994 - Potable water treatment plant violation penalty.

(1) Any person who knowingly and willfully violates ORS 448.455 (2) commits a Class B misdemeanor.
(2) Subject to ORS 153.022, any person who knowingly makes any false statement, representation, or certification in any application, record, report, plan or other document filed or required to be maintained under ORS 448.450 to 448.465 and 448.992, or by any rule adopted under ORS 448.450 to 448.465 and 448.992, commits a Class B misdemeanor. [1987 c.635 §15; 1999 c.1051 §303; 2011 c.597 §201]
2023 Oregon Revised Statutes › Volume : 12 - Public Health › Chapter 449 - (Former Provisions) › Section 449.016

[1967 c.424 §2 (enacted in lieu of 449.015); 1969 c.314 §46; 1969 c.593 §4; 1969 c.695 §8; 1973 c.835 §2; renumbered 468.010]
2023 Oregon Revised Statutes › Volume : 12 - Public Health › Chapter 449 - (Former Provisions) › Section 449.107

[1959 c.688 §2; 1967 c.426 §19; 1969 c.511 §5; 1971 c.404 §7; subsection (5) enacted as 1971 c.404 §2; 1973 c.835 §133; renumbered 164.775]
2023 Oregon Revised Statutes › Volume : 12 - Public Health › Chapter 449 - (Former Provisions) › Section 449.685

[1969 c.503 §7; 1971 c.50 §1; 1971 c.662 §3; 1973 c.778 §5; 1973 c.835 §40; 1973 c.839 §2; renumbered 468.220]
2023 Oregon Revised Statutes › Volume : 12 - Public Health › Chapter 449 - (Former Provisions) › Section 449.990

[Subsection (6) enacted as 1953 c.253 §4; 1957 c.192 §5; subsection (2) enacted as 1959 c.688 §3; 1961 c.332 §9; subsections (18) and (19) enacted as 1961 c.426 §16; 1965 c.362 §4; 1967 c.426 §18; subsection (20) enacted as 1967 c.425 §15; 1969 c.511 §6; subsection (4) enacted as 1969 c.251 §4; subsection (21) enacted as 1969 c.331 §9; subsection (22) enacted as 1969 c.504 §2; 1971 c.763 §17; subsection (23) enacted as 1971 c.406 §11; subsection (24) enacted as 1971 c.563 §6; 1973 c.92 §5; repealed by 1973 c.835 §234]
2023 Oregon Revised Statutes › Volume : 12 - Public Health › Chapter 450 - Sanitary Districts and Authorities; Water Authorities › Section 450.005 - Definitions for ORS 450.005 to 450.245.

As used in ORS 450.005 to 450.245, unless the context requires otherwise:
(1) "District board" means the governing body of a district.
(2) "County board" means the county court or board of county commissioners of the county.
(3) "County" means the county in which the district, or the greater portion of the taxable assessed value of the district or proposed district, is located.
(4) "District" means a sanitary district formed in one or more counties and outside the corporate limits of any city pursuant to ORS 450.005 to 450.245 or pursuant to any law which those sections supersede.
(5) "Owner" means the holder of the record title to real property or the vendee under a land sale contract, if there is such a contract.
(6) "Secretary" means the secretary of the district. [Amended by 1969 c.563 §1; 1983 c.83 §87; 2001 c.373 §1]
2023 Oregon Revised Statutes › Volume : 12 - Public Health › Chapter 450 - Sanitary Districts and Authorities; Water Authorities › Section 450.009 - Formation purposes; petition.

Sanitary districts may be formed for the purpose of providing sanitation facilities and services. In addition to the other matters, a petition for formation of a sanitary district shall state the number of members, three or five, on the district board. [1955 c.442 §2 (enacted in lieu of 450.010); 1969 c.563 §2; 1971 c.727 §119; 1975 c.647 §36]
2023 Oregon Revised Statutes › Volume : 12 - Public Health › Chapter 450 - Sanitary Districts and Authorities; Water Authorities › Section 450.045 - Board members; qualifications; first terms.

(1) The power and authority given a sanitary district, except as otherwise provided, shall be exercised by a board of three or five members, according to the number set forth in the petition for formation.
(2) A person is qualified to be a member of the board if the person is an elector of or owner in the district.
(3) If the first board to be elected has three members:
(a) The terms of the candidates receiving the highest and second highest votes expire June 30 next following the second regular district election.
(b) The term of the candidate receiving the third highest vote expires June 30 next following the first regular district election.
(4) If the first board to be elected has five members:
(a) The terms of the candidates receiving the first, second and third highest votes expire June 30 next following the second regular district election.
(b) The term of the candidate receiving the fourth or fifth highest vote expires June 30 next following the first regular district election. [Amended by 1955 c.442 §6; 1971 c.647 §83; 1971 c.727 §§120,195; 1973 c.796 §62; 1975 c.647 §34; 1983 c.83 §88; 1983 c.350 §262; 2007 c.168 §1]
2023 Oregon Revised Statutes › Volume : 12 - Public Health › Chapter 450 - Sanitary Districts and Authorities; Water Authorities › Section 450.055 - Board officers; term; vacancy.

(1) The officers of the district shall be the district board, consisting of three or five members, and a secretary appointed by the board.
(2) Except as to those members of the board who are elected on formation and those members who are elected at an election when the number of board members is increased to five, the term of office of each elected member shall be four years.
(3) Vacancy in the membership of the board shall occur by reason of the occurrence of any event listed in ORS 236.010 or, unless excused, by failure to attend three successive regular board meetings. The district board shall fill any vacancy on the board as provided in ORS 198.320. [Amended by 1955 c.442 §7; 1967 c.439 §1; 1969 c.563 §§11,29; 1969 c.669 §9; 1975 c.647 §35; 1983 c.350 §263]
2023 Oregon Revised Statutes › Volume : 12 - Public Health › Chapter 450 - Sanitary Districts and Authorities; Water Authorities › Section 450.059 - Election laws applicable.

(1) ORS chapter 255 governs the following:
(a) The nomination and election of members of the district board.
(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. [1983 c.350 §268]
2023 Oregon Revised Statutes › Volume : 12 - Public Health › Chapter 450 - Sanitary Districts and Authorities; Water Authorities › Section 450.062 - Increase of board membership from three to five members; election.

(1) A district having a three member board may vote to increase the number of members on the board to five at a regular district election as provided in this section. The board shall order an election on the question of increased membership when 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 requirements for preparing, circulating and filing a petition under this section shall be as provided for an initiative petition in ORS 255.135 to 255.205. The board shall be increased to five members if a majority of the votes cast on the question favors the increase.
(2) At the same election at which the question of increasing the board from three to five members is voted upon, the electors shall vote for a number of candidates:
(a) To fill any vacancy;
(b) To elect a successor to any position the term of which expires June 30 next following the election; and
(c) To elect two candidates to fill the two new board positions if the board membership is increased.
(3) If the board membership is increased under this section, the Secretary of State by rule shall adjust and stagger the terms of the board members elected at the election under this section as necessary so that at least two board members are elected at each subsequent regular district election. [1955 c.442 §5; 1971 c.647 §85; 1983 c.350 §265]
2023 Oregon Revised Statutes › Volume : 12 - Public Health › Chapter 450 - Sanitary Districts and Authorities; Water Authorities › Section 450.065 - Election of president; appointment, duties and compensation of secretary.

(1) At its first regular meeting each year, or as soon thereafter as practicable, the board shall choose one of its members as president and appoint a secretary.
(2) The secretary shall receive such compensation as is fixed by the order of the board.
(3) The secretary shall perform all duties required by the board and those prescribed in ORS 450.005 to 450.245.
(4) Within 30 days following the entry of the order establishing a district, the secretary of the district shall file a written report with the Environmental Quality Commission, stating the name of the district, the date of its formation and the names and addresses of the board members, and shall furnish with the report a map showing the district boundaries. [Amended by 1957 c.671 §1; 1969 c.345 §9; 1971 c.727 §121]
2023 Oregon Revised Statutes › Volume : 12 - Public Health › Chapter 450 - Sanitary Districts and Authorities; Water Authorities › Section 450.070 - Meetings of board.

(1) The board shall hold such meetings either in the day or evening, as may be convenient, but must hold one regular monthly meeting at a stated time and public place, at which, so far as practicable, district business shall be conducted.
(2) In case of the absence or inability of the president or secretary to act, the board may, by order entered in its minutes, choose a president pro tempore, or secretary pro tempore, or both.
(3) Special meetings may be called by the president or two members of the board by giving notice of time and place of the meeting six hours in advance.
2023 Oregon Revised Statutes › Volume : 12 - Public Health › Chapter 450 - Sanitary Districts and Authorities; Water Authorities › Section 450.082 - District may contract for employee health care services or insurance.

(1) The district board may enter into contracts for medical or any other remedial care recognized under state law and hospital services or insurance covering employees of the district for remedial care and hospital benefits. Failure to obtain insurance or service contracts shall not be construed as negligence or lack of diligence on the part of the board or the members thereof.
(2) As used in this section "remedial care" includes services rendered by a person licensed to practice one or more of the healing arts within the scope of the license of the person. [1967 c.439 §4]
2023 Oregon Revised Statutes › Volume : 12 - Public Health › Chapter 450 - Sanitary Districts and Authorities; Water Authorities › Section 450.084 - Payment for services or insurance by district.

(1) The district may agree to pay none, part or all of the premiums or charges on insurance or service contracts, and it may collect from the salary of any employee covered by the contract the percentage of the premiums or charges the employee is required to provide pursuant to the contract. Contributions for premiums or charges by employees shall be only on a voluntary basis.
(2) The board may negotiate more than one contract with one or more companies or associations if necessary to obtain optimum coverage at minimum cost.
(3) No premium or other periodic charge on any insurance or service contract shall be paid unless the insurer or hospital association issuing such policy or contract is authorized to transact business as an insurance company or hospital association in this state.
(4) Expenses incurred by a district in establishing programs or providing benefits authorized by ORS 450.082 and this section are expenses for which a district may levy taxes as provided by ORS 450.170. [1967 c.439 §§3,5]
2023 Oregon Revised Statutes › Volume : 12 - Public Health › Chapter 450 - Sanitary Districts and Authorities; Water Authorities › Section 450.085 - Adoption of regulations and ordinances.

Any general regulation or ordinance of a district board shall be adopted in accordance with ORS 198.510 to 198.600. Orders not establishing a general regulation need not be posted or published. [Amended by 1971 c.268 §16]
2023 Oregon Revised Statutes › Volume : 12 - Public Health › Chapter 450 - Sanitary Districts and Authorities; Water Authorities › Section 450.090 - Deposit of district moneys; contents of withdrawal or payment order.

Moneys of the district may be deposited in accordance with ORS 295.001 to 295.108 and as designated by the district board. Moneys shall be withdrawn or paid out only upon proper order and warrant or check signed by the president and countersigned by the secretary. The order shall:
(1) Specify the name of the person to whom the moneys are paid;
(2) Specify the fund from which the moneys are paid;
(3) State generally the purpose for which the moneys are paid; and
(4) Be entered in the minutes of the board. [Amended by 1977 c.318 §1; 2001 c.373 §2; 2019 c.587 §41]
2023 Oregon Revised Statutes › Volume : 12 - Public Health › Chapter 450 - Sanitary Districts and Authorities; Water Authorities › Section 450.095 - Bond election.

(1) This section establishes the procedure for determining whether bonds of the district, either general obligation, revenue or a combination of both, shall be issued and sold to raise money for the purposes set forth in ORS 450.075 (3). The question shall be decided by election. The board:
(a) May order the election on its own resolution; or
(b) Shall order the election when a petition is filed as provided in this section.
(2) The order of the board calling the election shall determine the form of the bonding proposal as follows:
(a) The order may submit to the electors as one proposal the question of issuing bonds to make all outlays, or so many of them as may be selected; or
(b) The order may submit as separate questions the issuance of bonds for any of the outlays singly or in such combinations as the order may direct.
(3) The requirements for preparing, circulating and filing a petition under this section shall be as provided for an initiative petition under ORS 255.135 to 255.205.
(4) In addition to the information required under ORS 255.085 in a notice for an election on the issuance of bonds, the notice for an election under this section shall describe the form of the bonding proposal as determined under subsection (2) of this section.
(5) When an election is called pursuant to a petition of electors, the proposal under subsection (2) of this section must conform with the proposal of the petition.
(6) If a majority of the votes cast at a bond election is in favor of the issuance of bonds, the board may issue and dispose of the bonds proposed in the order calling the election. [Amended by 1957 c.671 §2; 1969 c.563 §13; 1983 c.83 §89; 1983 c.350 §269]
2023 Oregon Revised Statutes › Volume : 12 - Public Health › Chapter 450 - Sanitary Districts and Authorities; Water Authorities › Section 450.110 - District bonds; denomination; place of payment; interest.

(1) General obligation or revenue bonds shall be of such denominations as the district board determines, except that no bonds shall be of a denomination greater than $5,000.
(2) All bonds shall be payable in lawful money of the United States at a place named by the district board, and shall bear interest at a rate determined by the district board, payable semiannually. [Amended by 1969 c.563 §14; 1981 c.94 §37; 2001 c.373 §3]
2023 Oregon Revised Statutes › Volume : 12 - Public Health › Chapter 450 - Sanitary Districts and Authorities; Water Authorities › Section 450.115 - Use of proceeds of bond sale.

The proceeds of the sale of bonds shall be paid to the district. The proceeds shall be used for the purpose indicated in the order calling for election upon the question of the issuance of the bonds, and for no other purpose. However, if those purposes are entirely fulfilled, any remaining proceeds shall be used for payment of the principal and interest of the bonds. [Amended by 2001 c.373 §4]
2023 Oregon Revised Statutes › Volume : 12 - Public Health › Chapter 450 - Sanitary Districts and Authorities; Water Authorities › Section 450.120 - Debt limitations.

The total outstanding district bonds of all types, including improvement bonds of the kind authorized by ORS 223.205 and 223.210 to 223.295, shall at no time exceed in the aggregate 13 percent of the real market value of all taxable property within the district, computed in accordance with ORS 308.207. [Amended by 1955 c.612 §1; 1963 c.9 §27; 1991 c.459 §402]
2023 Oregon Revised Statutes › Volume : 12 - Public Health › Chapter 450 - Sanitary Districts and Authorities; Water Authorities › Section 450.125 - Payment of bonds; issuance of improvement bonds.

(1) All general obligation and revenue bonds shall be paid within a period of 30 years and in annual installments of such amounts as will make the combined amount of principal and interest payable each year as nearly equal as practicable during the years of payment.
(2) Improvement bonds may be issued in the manner provided by ORS 223.205 and 223.210 to 223.295 without submitting the question of their issuance to the electors of the district. [Amended by 1955 c.612 §2; 1969 c.563 §15; 1983 c.350 §270]
2023 Oregon Revised Statutes › Volume : 12 - Public Health › Chapter 450 - Sanitary Districts and Authorities; Water Authorities › Section 450.130 - Sewer service charges; collection and enforcement.

(1) The sanitary board may enact ordinances levying sewer service charges within the district, for the purpose of financing the construction, operation and maintenance of the sewage collection and disposal system.
(2) The board may contract with any city or district serving water in such area to collect such service charges with the water bills, and the serving agency may cut off water for nonpayment of such service charges. The board may pay the water serving agency for the reasonable cost of such collection services.
(3) Service charges may also be collected and enforced as provided in ORS 454.225. [Amended by 1975 c.247 §1]
2023 Oregon Revised Statutes › Volume : 12 - Public Health › Chapter 450 - Sanitary Districts and Authorities; Water Authorities › Section 450.135 - Ordinance declaring method of payment.

(1) For the purposes specified in ORS 450.075 (3), a district may declare by ordinance before doing the same that the cost, or any portion thereof, shall be assessed against the property directly benefited. Or it may provide in the ordinance that the cost shall be paid partly by assessment against the property directly benefited and partly out of the general funds of or sewer service charges collected by the district.
(2) The determination of the board as expressed in the ordinance as to the proportion of the cost shall be based upon an exercise of the board’s sound discretion.
2023 Oregon Revised Statutes › Volume : 12 - Public Health › Chapter 450 - Sanitary Districts and Authorities; Water Authorities › Section 450.140 - Assessment ordinance.

If any of the cost of sewers, drains or sewage treatment plants is assessed against the property directly benefited thereby, the board shall, before attempting to make the improvement or assessment, adopt a general ordinance providing for the method of assessment. The ordinance shall:
(1) Contain provision for notice to property owners of intention to make the assessment and improvement.
(2) Provide that notice shall be not less than 20 days before action is taken thereon.
(3) Provide an opportunity for property owners to appear before the board for the purpose of remonstrating against assessments.
(4) Provide for the general method of assessing the property directly benefited and of the recording of liens against the property directly benefited, and of making supplementary assessments and rebates.
2023 Oregon Revised Statutes › Volume : 12 - Public Health › Chapter 450 - Sanitary Districts and Authorities; Water Authorities › Section 450.145 - Entry of assessments in lien docket; lien docket as public record.

(1) When assessments are made they shall be entered into a permanent lien docket which shall be kept in the office of the district and wherein shall be shown the amount of each lien, property against which it has been assessed, the owner thereof and such additional information as is required to keep a permanent and complete record of the lien and the payments thereon.
(2) The lien docket shall be a public record kept by the secretary and shall be open to inspection during all business hours established by the district.
2023 Oregon Revised Statutes › Volume : 12 - Public Health › Chapter 450 - Sanitary Districts and Authorities; Water Authorities › Section 450.150 - Hearing of objections to proposed improvements.

(1) The board shall appoint a time for the hearing of remonstrances or objections against any proposed improvement regardless of the method of payment. At the time appointed all objectors or remonstrators shall have the right to be heard.
(2) If two-thirds or more of the owners of the property directly benefited, which is liable for any of the cost of the sewers, drains or sewage disposal plants, file written remonstrances objecting to the proposed improvement, the board shall sustain the remonstrances, and no further proceedings in the matter of proposed improvements shall be had for a period of six months.
(3) If two-thirds of the owners of the property directly benefited by the proposed improvements do not file written remonstrances against the improvement, the board may proceed with the making of the improvement.
2023 Oregon Revised Statutes › Volume : 12 - Public Health › Chapter 450 - Sanitary Districts and Authorities; Water Authorities › Section 450.160 - Collection and enforcement of delinquent liens; reassessment.

(1) In case the whole or any portion of the cost of sewers, drains or sewage treatment plants is assessed against the property directly benefited and the owner of the property fails to pay the amount of the lien, or any portion thereof, or the interest thereon, when they become due, the board may proceed to foreclose the lien in any manner provided by law for the collection of liens by local governments as defined in ORS 174.116 and may provide by ordinance a general procedure for the collection of liens in any manner not inconsistent with law.
(2) The provisions of ORS 223.405 to 223.485 relating to reassessment shall be available to sanitary districts where applicable. [Amended by 2003 c.802 §117]
2023 Oregon Revised Statutes › Volume : 12 - Public Health › Chapter 450 - Sanitary Districts and Authorities; Water Authorities › Section 450.165 - Preparation and approval of plans for drains and sewer installations.

(1) Whenever the board deems it expedient or necessary to cause to be constructed sewers, drains or sewage treatment plants, the cost of which, in whole or in part, is to be paid either by the proceeds of the sale of bonds by the district or assessed against the property directly benefited or by both methods in proportion, the board shall retain a registered professional engineer to prepare plans and specifications for the sewers, drains or sewage treatment plants, which plans and specifications shall be filed in the office of the secretary of the district.
(2) The district board may, however, adopt any plans and specifications they see fit, provided the plans have been prepared by a registered professional engineer and have been approved by the Oregon Health Authority and the Environmental Quality Commission. [Amended by 2009 c.595 §872]
2023 Oregon Revised Statutes › Volume : 12 - Public Health › Chapter 450 - Sanitary Districts and Authorities; Water Authorities › Section 450.170 - Levy of taxes.

(1) Assessment and collection of property taxes within the district shall be made by the county officers charged with assessment and collection of other property taxes in the county in which the property lies.
(2) The district board shall fix the amount of money to be raised by taxation for district purposes and for the payment of the principal and interest of outstanding indebtedness of the district which will become due during the year.
(3) The district board shall, in the manner and time prescribed by law, transmit to the county assessor a statement of such taxes. If the board fails to levy a direct ad valorem tax sufficient to pay the interest on and the maturing principal of all outstanding general obligation bonds, the county board of any county in which any portion of the district is included shall levy such tax which shall be extended and collected the same as all other sanitary district taxes. [Amended by 1969 c.563 §16]
2023 Oregon Revised Statutes › Volume : 12 - Public Health › Chapter 450 - Sanitary Districts and Authorities; Water Authorities › Section 450.175 - Collection of taxes; taxes as lien on property.

(1) Taxes levied under ORS 450.170 shall be collected at the same time and in the same manner as county taxes are collected, and when collected shall be paid to the district.
(2) The taxes shall be a lien upon the property against which they are levied in the sanitary district and shall be of the same force and effect as other liens for taxes. Their collection shall be enforced by the same means as provided for the enforcement of liens for state and county taxes. [Amended by 2001 c.373 §5]
2023 Oregon Revised Statutes › Volume : 12 - Public Health › Chapter 450 - Sanitary Districts and Authorities; Water Authorities › Section 450.177 - Filing boundary change with county assessor and Department of Revenue.

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. [2001 c.138 §30]
Note:
450.177 was added to and made a part of 450.005 to 450.245 by legislative action but was not added to any smaller series therein. See Preface to Oregon Revised Statutes for further explanation.
2023 Oregon Revised Statutes › Volume : 12 - Public Health › Chapter 450 - Sanitary Districts and Authorities; Water Authorities › Section 450.215 - Plans for division and disposal of properties.

(1) If territory proposed to be annexed is within the limits of another sanitary district, the board of the district to which annexation is proposed and the board of such other district shall meet with each other prior to the hearing on the annexation petition to agree upon a division and disposal of the properties of the other district that lie within the territory proposed to be annexed. An agreement between the boards is effective only in the event the proposed annexation is approved by the electors.
(2) The plan of division of properties provided for in subsection (1) of this section shall be arrived at by giving consideration to the assessed valuation of the other district as a whole, the assessed valuation of the territory to be annexed, the types of properties and their location and intended use. If a plan of division of properties is agreed upon, the plan shall be reduced to writing and, if the proposed annexation is approved by the electors, shall be binding upon the districts party to the plan and upon all other interested persons. [Amended by 1957 c.671 §7; 1969 c.563 §20; 1971 c.727 §123]
2023 Oregon Revised Statutes › Volume : 12 - Public Health › Chapter 450 - Sanitary Districts and Authorities; Water Authorities › Section 450.225 - Effective date of annexation; disposition of properties in territory; liabilities and indebtedness of territory; filing of report.

(1) If the territory annexed to the district was, prior to the vote on the petition for annexation, within the limits of another sanitary district, the effective date of the annexation shall be the effective date of the withdrawal from the other district of the territory previously within its limits.
(2) Unless a plan for division of properties has been agreed upon as provided in ORS 450.215 (2), the district from which the territory has been withdrawn shall proceed to turn over to the district to which the territory has been annexed, its properties in the territory withdrawn. The provisions of ORS 222.560 shall govern the method and procedure by which such division of properties shall be made.
(3) Notwithstanding subsection (2) of this section, the district to which the territory was annexed may, in the sound discretion of its board, assume such obligations if the obligations do not bring the total of the district’s obligation above any applicable limitations prescribed by law or otherwise. When the district assumes such obligations, it shall be liable to the other district, as provided by ORS 222.520 (2)(a) or (b), at the option of the annexing district. After the district agrees to make the payments referred to in this subsection, neither the annexing district nor the annexed territory shall be charged by the other district with any future liabilities, obligations or functions of the other district.
(4) Within 30 days after the effective date of the county board’s order of annexation, the secretary of the annexing district shall file a written report with the Environmental Quality Commission, stating the name of the district and the date of the county board’s order of annexation, and shall furnish with the report a map of the district boundaries as they are after the annexation. [Amended by 1957 c.671 §10; 1969 c.563 §22; 1971 c.727 §124]
2023 Oregon Revised Statutes › Volume : 12 - Public Health › Chapter 450 - Sanitary Districts and Authorities; Water Authorities › Section 450.245 - Application of ORS 450.005 to 450.245 to districts organized under former laws; savings clause.

(1) Sanitary districts organized under chapter 385, Oregon Laws 1935, which were exercising the functions of sanitary districts on July 16, 1949, are vested with all rights, powers and obligations prescribed in ORS 450.005 to 450.245 and, after July 16, 1949, shall conduct their business in accordance with and be subject to those sections.
(2) No right or obligation incurred by the formation of a sanitary district pursuant to the provisions of chapter 385, Oregon Laws 1935, as amended by chapter 402, Oregon Laws 1941, is affected by the repeal of those provisions.
2023 Oregon Revised Statutes › Volume : 12 - Public Health › Chapter 450 - Sanitary Districts and Authorities; Water Authorities › Section 450.250 - Definitions for ORS 450.250 to 450.300.

(1) "District" means a sanitary district duly organized under the provisions of ORS 450.005 to 450.245, having an assessed valuation of not more than $250,000.
(2) "Sewerage system" means complete or primary sewage treatment and disposal facilities, sewer mains, pumping stations, and all equipment and appurtenances necessary, useful or convenient for the treatment or disposal of sewage, or any portion of such a system, whether within or without the boundaries of a district. [1955 c.577 §1; 1959 c.157 §9]
2023 Oregon Revised Statutes › Volume : 12 - Public Health › Chapter 450 - Sanitary Districts and Authorities; Water Authorities › Section 450.255 - Districts eligible for state help in financing sewerage systems.

Districts that have been certified by the Environmental Quality Commission as being in need of sewerage systems may apply to the State Treasurer for the financing of such costs under authority of ORS 450.250 to 450.300. The Environmental Quality Commission shall certify to the State Treasurer, in writing, a list of the districts that are in dire need of sewerage and sanitation facilities. [1955 c.577 §2; 1959 c.574 §1]
2023 Oregon Revised Statutes › Volume : 12 - Public Health › Chapter 450 - Sanitary Districts and Authorities; Water Authorities › Section 450.260 - Conditions precedent to financing application.

A district shall not apply to the State Treasurer for financing under ORS 450.250 to 450.300 unless:
(1) It submits to the State Treasurer plans and specifications prepared by competent registered engineers setting forth the type or character of sewer system or sewerage facilities proposed for the particular district and the estimated cost of the system and of the appurtenances thereto.
(2) It submits to the State Treasurer the proposed plan of the district for liquidation of indebtedness to be incurred for financing the cost of such system or facilities. [1955 c.577 §3; 2009 c.259 §26]
2023 Oregon Revised Statutes › Volume : 12 - Public Health › Chapter 450 - Sanitary Districts and Authorities; Water Authorities › Section 450.265 - Bonds issued by district pursuant to ORS 450.250 to 450.300 are subject to State Treasurer control; refunding bonds issuable.

The bonds issued by districts pursuant to ORS 450.250 to 450.300 shall bear such dates, be in such form, run for such periods of time, bear such rates of interest, and be sold by the districts at such prices as the State Treasurer may determine. Refunding bonds of like obligation may be issued to replace outstanding bonds, provided the refunding bonds are sold publicly upon competitive bids. [1955 c.577 §4; 1981 c.94 §38]
2023 Oregon Revised Statutes › Volume : 12 - Public Health › Chapter 450 - Sanitary Districts and Authorities; Water Authorities › Section 450.270 - Powers of State Treasurer in connection with ORS 450.250 to 450.300.

(1) The State Treasurer shall be the sole judge as to whether state funds shall be invested in the bonds of a district and as to which undertakings shall first be financed. The decision of the State Treasurer on the subject of investment and priority shall be final.
(2) The State Treasurer may enlist the technical services of any state officer or department in a study of the feasibility and cost of the sewerage project. The State Treasurer further may employ registered engineers, at the cost of the district, to make such a study for the district and for the State Treasurer.
(3) The State Treasurer, in the discretion of the State Treasurer, may purchase with moneys from the revolving fund provided by ORS 450.250 to 450.300, general obligation sewerage system bonds of any district, issued under authority of ORS 450.250 to 450.300. If the State Treasurer deems it expedient in the acquisition and construction of a sewerage system for a district to furnish sewerage service for territory that is contiguous to or outside the boundaries of the district, the State Treasurer may authorize the district to furnish such service and to construct part of its system outside its boundaries for such purpose.
(4) The State Treasurer may authorize districts to issue sewerage system bonds with the right reserved to them to redeem bonds at par value and accrued interest prior to the final maturity dates of the bonds.
(5) The State Treasurer, in the discretion of the State Treasurer, may authorize deferment of payment of interest upon the sewerage bonds of the district for a period not exceeding three years, and may provide for the issuance of such bonds with graduated rates of interest.
(6) The State Treasurer may specify the procedure to be followed by a district in availing itself of the provisions of ORS 450.250 to 450.300. [1955 c.577 §5; 2009 c.259 §27]
2023 Oregon Revised Statutes › Volume : 12 - Public Health › Chapter 450 - Sanitary Districts and Authorities; Water Authorities › Section 450.275 - State Treasurer approval of other bond issues by district whose bonds are owned by state.

So long as any of the sewerage bonds of the district are owned by the state, the district shall not issue other bonds of any character without prior written approval of the State Treasurer. [1955 c.577 §6]
2023 Oregon Revised Statutes › Volume : 12 - Public Health › Chapter 450 - Sanitary Districts and Authorities; Water Authorities › Section 450.285 - State Sanitary District Sewer Bond Fund.

(1) The State Sanitary District Sewer Bond Fund is established separate and distinct from the General Fund. Moneys in the State Sanitary District Sewer Bond Fund are continuously appropriated to the State Treasurer for investment under authority of ORS 450.250 to 450.300, and for payment of costs of the State Treasurer in connection with the investment.
(2) The earnings of the fund established under this section shall accrue to the General Fund, and the amounts received in payment of the principal of investments of the fund established under this section shall be credited to the General Fund, to be available for the payment of general governmental expenses.
(3) The State Treasurer may engage such assistance and incur such expenses to carry out the purposes of ORS 450.250 to 450.300 as may be necessary. [1955 c.577 §8; 1957 c.702 §1; 1957 s.s. c.14 §1; 1963 c.341 §4; 2005 c.755 §39]
2023 Oregon Revised Statutes › Volume : 12 - Public Health › Chapter 450 - Sanitary Districts and Authorities; Water Authorities › Section 450.290 - Provisions concerning liquidation of indebtedness incurred by district financing sewerage system under ORS 450.250 to 450.300.

(1) Each district financing the cost of a sewerage system under authority of ORS 450.250 to 450.300 shall submit to the State Treasurer for approval, a schedule of its rates and sewer connection charges, and proposed method of collection thereof. The rates and charges shall be such as, in the judgment of the State Treasurer, are sufficient to pay the operation and maintenance costs of the system and to liquidate, during the period approved by the State Treasurer, the indebtedness incurred by the district in the construction of the system. The State Treasurer may further require as part of the agreement to purchase the bonds of the district, that the district levy and collect assessments in the manner provided by ORS 450.005 to 450.245, and that it pledge the receipts from such assessments, both principal and interest, to the payment of its bonds and the interest thereon. The district shall be fully authorized to levy and collect such assessments against properties within or without the boundaries of the district, that will be benefited by the sewerage system of the district. Should the receipts of the district prove inadequate to pay such costs and such indebtedness, the State Treasurer may direct the district to increase its rates and charges to make the sewerage project self-supporting and self-liquidating, and the district thereupon shall establish the rates and charges prescribed by the State Treasurer.
(2) If the district does not have the ability to collect sewerage charges in connection with or as part of the charge for another service or utility that can be curtailed to secure collection, and if the State Treasurer so directs, delinquent charges for use of or connection with a sewerage system shall be certified to the assessor of the county or counties in which the district is located and shall be entered upon the tax rolls of the county and be collected and accounted for in the same manner in which city taxes are collected and accounted for. The said charges shall constitute liens upon the real property of the corporation or person against whom they are assessed.
(3) The district shall obtain from the State Treasurer approval of its annual budgets and tax levies before they are certified to the clerk and assessor of the county in which the district is located, for extension upon the county tax rolls. [1955 c.577 §9; 1991 c.459 §403a]