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2023 Oregon Revised Statutes › Volume : 12 - Public Health › Chapter 450 - Sanitary Districts and Authorities; Water Authorities › Section 450.825 - Plan for sewage disposal and drainage to be developed by authority.

As soon as practicable after the election of the first members of the board, the board shall make a study and survey of the existing sewage disposal facilities and systems in the authority and of its sewage disposal needs, both present and future, and prepare an overall coordinated plan for the authority which incorporates, so far as practicable, existing sewage disposal and drainage systems, future sewage treatment plants, including connecting trunk and lateral sewers, and future drainage systems. Such plan shall be revised from time to time as circumstances may require. In preparing the plan or revisions thereto, the board shall take into consideration expected fluctuations in population and in business and industrial activity. [1955 c.614 §28]
2023 Oregon Revised Statutes › Volume : 12 - Public Health › Chapter 450 - Sanitary Districts and Authorities; Water Authorities › Section 450.830 - Authority may construct and operate sewage disposal and drainage systems; operation beyond authority boundaries.

The sanitary authority may construct, maintain or operate sewage disposal and drainage systems, including sewage treatment plants, trunk and lateral sewers and drains, or any combination thereof, for any area within the authority. Portions of such systems may be constructed outside the authority where necessary or expedient. The authority may furnish sewage disposal service to areas outside the authority on a contract basis. [1955 c.614 §29]
2023 Oregon Revised Statutes › Volume : 12 - Public Health › Chapter 450 - Sanitary Districts and Authorities; Water Authorities › Section 450.835 - Contract for or purchase of sewage disposal and drainage systems.

A sanitary authority may, in performing the powers conferred by ORS 450.830:
(1) Contract with any person, or enter into intergovernmental agreements under ORS chapter 190, for the use or joint operation of all or any portion of any sewage disposal or drainage system; or
(2) Purchase all or any portion of any sewage disposal or drainage system on such terms as are fair and reasonable. Where the area served by such system, or part thereof, is situated within the authority, the authority may agree, on such terms as are fair and reasonable, to furnish sewage disposal or drainage functions for the area then served by such sewage disposal or drainage system. Under this subsection, as a part of the purchase agreement and on such terms as are fair and reasonable, the authority may assume liability for any outstanding bonded or other indebtedness incurred prior to the time of purchase in connection with the facilities to be purchased. [1955 c.614 §30; 2003 c.802 §121]
2023 Oregon Revised Statutes › Volume : 12 - Public Health › Chapter 450 - Sanitary Districts and Authorities; Water Authorities › Section 450.837 - Water and sanitary authority as municipality for purpose of enforcing plumbing code; limitations.

(1) Water authorities and sanitary authorities are municipalities for the purposes of administering and enforcing the plumbing code as provided under ORS 455.150.
(2) However, notwithstanding ORS 455.150 (3), a building official appointed by a water authority or sanitary authority or an inspector acting under the authority and direction of such a building official shall administer and enforce only that portion of the plumbing code governing the installation and maintenance of connections between structures and the mains and sewers of the authority.
(3) Nothing in this section authorizes a building official or inspector of a water authority or sanitary authority to administer or enforce all or part of any specialty code except the plumbing code.
(4) A water authority or sanitary authority shall notify the Director of the Department of Consumer and Business Services not later than May 1 of each year as to whether the authority will or will not exercise the code enforcement power granted by this section. [1989 c.809 §11; 1993 c.577 §33; 1995 c.553 §6]
2023 Oregon Revised Statutes › Volume : 12 - Public Health › Chapter 450 - Sanitary Districts and Authorities; Water Authorities › Section 450.840 - Costs for construction and operation of systems and general expenses of sanitary authority; how borne.

(1) The cost of construction of a sewage disposal system, including treatment plants and trunk or lateral sewers, or a drainage system shall be borne by the area directly benefited by the system. The property within such area shall bear such cost in the manner provided in ORS 450.855.
(2) The cost of operation and maintenance of sewage disposal systems and drainage systems shall be borne by the area directly benefited by such systems. The property within such area shall bear such cost in the manner provided in ORS 450.880.
(3) The costs and expenses of the authority which are not chargeable under ORS 450.600 to 450.989 to any particular area within the authority such as overall planning, expenses of the board, conduct of elections and hearings and mosquito and other insect control shall be borne by the entire authority in the manner provided in ORS 450.885 (1)(a). [1955 c.614 §31]
2023 Oregon Revised Statutes › Volume : 12 - Public Health › Chapter 450 - Sanitary Districts and Authorities; Water Authorities › Section 450.845 - Areas needing sewerage installations to be determined and plans for installations to be made.

Whenever the board deems it expedient or necessary for the protection of the public health, safety and welfare to cause to be constructed treatment plants or trunk or lateral sewers or drains, or any combination thereof, the board shall determine the proposed boundaries of the area to be directly benefited thereby and have a registered professional engineer prepare plans and specifications for such plants, sewers or drains. Such plans and specifications must be approved by the Oregon Health Authority and the Environmental Quality Commission and shall be filed in the office of the sanitary authority. Parcels of land which may be served practicably by lateral sewers or drains connected with treatment plants or trunk sewers or drains and are not adequately served by existing plants, sewers or drains, as the case may be, are considered to be directly benefited by the plants, sewers or drains of the sanitary authority. If all or any portion of the cost of construction is to be specially assessed against individual property, the engineer shall include in the plans and specifications, a description of the location and assessed value of each lot, tract or parcel of land, or portion thereof, to be specially benefited by the improvement, with the names of the record owners thereof and an estimate of the unit cost of the improvement to the specially benefited property. [1955 c.614 §32; 2009 c.595 §873]
2023 Oregon Revised Statutes › Volume : 12 - Public Health › Chapter 450 - Sanitary Districts and Authorities; Water Authorities › Section 450.850 - Hearing on board’s proposed construction plans and estimated special assessments; notice of hearing.

(1) After plans and specifications have been prepared and filed as provided in ORS 450.845, the board shall hold a hearing within the authority and may adjourn the hearings from time to time.
(2) The board shall post notice of the time and place of the hearing in at least three conspicuous places in the area directly benefited, for two weeks prior to the hearing and publish such notice in a newspaper of general circulation printed and published in the area once a week for two successive weeks prior to the hearing or, if there is no such newspaper, in a newspaper of general circulation printed and published in the county in which the area, or the largest portion thereof, is situated. Such notice shall contain a statement that the board proposes to construct a sewage treatment plant or trunk or lateral sewers or drains, or any combination thereof, for the area and a statement, if special assessments are to be levied against property specially benefited, showing the estimated total cost of the improvement which is to be paid for by special assessment of benefited property and the engineer’s estimated unit cost of the improvement to the specially benefited property, clearly indicating that this is an estimate and not an assessment; and set forth the proposed boundaries of the area and that all interested persons may appear and be heard. [1955 c.614 §33; 1973 c.399 §1]
2023 Oregon Revised Statutes › Volume : 12 - Public Health › Chapter 450 - Sanitary Districts and Authorities; Water Authorities › Section 450.860 - Portion of installation construction costs in an authority chargeable to area benefited.

When in providing sewage disposal or drainage systems for an area within the authority the board determines that any portion of sewage treatment plants or trunk or lateral sewers or drains constructed or acquired, or being constructed or acquired, by the authority, will be used by the area, a fair and equitable portion of the original cost of such plants, sewers or drains and of improvements thereto, less depreciation, shall be charged to the area on an assessment or sewer service charge basis, or any combination thereof. The proceeds of such assessments or charges shall be used by the board, in its discretion, for payment of bonds issued to construct such plants, sewers or drains or for future improvements or additions to or maintenance of such plants, sewers or drains. The determination made under this section shall be made at the hearing of the board in connection with any proposed construction of sewage disposal or drainage systems for the area. [1955 c.614 §57]
2023 Oregon Revised Statutes › Volume : 12 - Public Health › Chapter 450 - Sanitary Districts and Authorities; Water Authorities › Section 450.865 - Ordinance specifying action of board at hearing; remonstrances.

(1) After the board has concluded the hearing under ORS 450.850 and 450.855 it may adopt an ordinance specifying the installations to be constructed for the area, the boundaries of the area, the method of apportioning the construction cost to the area directly benefited, whether by assessment, by sewer connection charges, by sewer service charges or annual levy, or combinations thereof, and the method of financing the construction of the installations. A copy of the ordinance shall be published once a week for two successive weeks in a newspaper of general circulation printed and published in the area directly benefited or, if there is no such newspaper, in a newspaper of general circulation printed and published in the county in which the area, or the largest portion thereof, is situated.
(2) If within 30 days after the last publication of such ordinance written remonstrances against the proposed construction are filed in the office of the authority by a majority of the owners of the land in the area directly benefited, no further proceedings shall be had in connection with the proposed construction. However, a modified proposal may be initiated within six months thereafter.
(3) If such remonstrances are not filed by a majority of the owners of the land in the area directly benefited, the board may proceed with the construction of the installation in accordance with the ordinance. [1955 c.614 §35; 1973 c.399 §3]
2023 Oregon Revised Statutes › Volume : 12 - Public Health › Chapter 450 - Sanitary Districts and Authorities; Water Authorities › Section 450.867 - Election on ordinance adopted under ORS 450.865.

(1) If the ordinance adopted under ORS 450.865 specifies that all or a part of the cost of construction of the installation is to be financed through the sale of general obligation bonds of the authority to be repaid by annual levies of taxes against property in the area, the board may call an election within the area to be directly benefited by the construction on the question of whether or not the construction and financing plan adopted by the ordinance should be implemented by the board. The date of the election and a brief description of the proposition to be voted upon shall be included in the ordinance adopted under ORS 450.865.
(2) If a majority of the electors voting on the question at the election vote against the proposal, there shall be no further proceedings in connection with the proposed construction. However, a modified proposal may be initiated within six months after the date of the election.
(3) If a majority of the qualified electors voting at the election approve the proposal, the board may proceed with the construction of the installation in accordance with the ordinance, subject to the right of property owners within the area to remonstrate under ORS 450.865. [1973 c.399 §6; 1975 c.647 §40; 1983 c.350 §273]
2023 Oregon Revised Statutes › Volume : 12 - Public Health › Chapter 450 - Sanitary Districts and Authorities; Water Authorities › Section 450.870 - Assessments against benefited property; lien against land.

(1) All assessments made pursuant to ORS 450.855 (3) shall be determined and made by an order of the board adopted in accordance with such procedures as shall be established by a general ordinance adopted by the board. Such general ordinance shall establish a procedure for assessing property directly benefited by the installation, making supplementary assessments and rebates, notice of the proposed assessment, provide for correction of errors, establish the form of the assessment order and such other procedures as are necessary to the adoption of the assessment order. It shall not be necessary to issue a separate order for each parcel of land, and any number of parcels in the same area and the same county may be included in one order. A copy of the order making an assessment, certified and acknowledged by the manager of the authority, shall be filed with the county clerk of the county in which the land is located. Upon being filed, the assessment shall constitute a lien against the land assessed.
(2) Notice of all assessments levied by an authority shall be given to the landowner by mail and shall be payable on the 30th day after such notice is mailed unless agreements for payment of such installments are made pursuant to ORS 223.205 and 223.210 to 223.295. All assessments shall be paid to the authority and a receipt shall be issued therefor. From time to time the board shall order the satisfaction of the liens against lands on which assessments have been paid, and a copy of such order shall be filed with the county clerk of the county in which the lands are located. [1955 c.614 §36; 1973 c.399 §4; 1977 c.621 §2; 1995 c.333 §23; 2001 c.215 §8]
2023 Oregon Revised Statutes › Volume : 12 - Public Health › Chapter 450 - Sanitary Districts and Authorities; Water Authorities › Section 450.875 - Collection of delinquent assessments by lien foreclosure procedure; reassessment procedure.

(1) In case the whole or any portion of the cost of sewage treatment plants, trunk or lateral sewers or drains is assessed against 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 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 authorities where applicable. [1955 c.614 §37; 2003 c.802 §122]
2023 Oregon Revised Statutes › Volume : 12 - Public Health › Chapter 450 - Sanitary Districts and Authorities; Water Authorities › Section 450.880 - Sewer service charges.

(1) The authority may adopt ordinances imposing sewer service charges within an area within the authority, for the purpose of financing the improvement, operation and maintenance of a sewage disposal or drainage system acquired or constructed by the authority for the area.
(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 in substantially the manner provided in ORS 454.225. [1955 c.614 §38; 1983 c.740 §174]
2023 Oregon Revised Statutes › Volume : 12 - Public Health › Chapter 450 - Sanitary Districts and Authorities; Water Authorities › Section 450.885 - Tax levies on property in the authority; budget for authority.

(1) The authority may, annually as provided in this section:
(a) Levy a tax on all the property in the authority to provide funds with which to pay expenses of the authority and pay general obligation bonds of the authority which expenses and bonds are not chargeable under ORS 450.600 to 450.989 to any particular area in the authority.
(b) Levy an additional tax on the property in any particular area within the authority to provide funds with which to pay any part of the principal and interest on general obligation bonds which are to be paid by such area where sewer service charges or assessments will not be sufficient to pay such principal and interest.
(2) Assessment and collection of taxes levied on property within the authority shall be made by the county officers charged with assessment and collection of other property taxes in the county in which the property lies.
(3) Each year, immediately after the necessary records are made, the county assessor of each county in which the authority is situated shall transmit to the board a statement in writing, showing the total value of all property within the authority and within each area within the authority which is subject to levy under subsection (1)(b) of this section as ascertained for that year from the assessment rolls of each county in which property of the authority lies.
(4) The board shall prepare a budget in the form, manner and time prescribed in the Local Budget Law and in accordance therewith fix the amount of money to be raised by taxation for carrying out its functions and activities and for the payment of the principal and interest of outstanding indebtedness of the authority which will become due during the year. The board shall determine the amount of taxes to be raised from the entire authority and the additional amount to be raised from each of the areas within the authority which are directly benefited by particular installations.
(5) The board shall, in the manner and time prescribed by law, transmit to the county assessor of each county a statement of taxes which are to be collected in such county. If the board fails to levy taxes under this section sufficient to pay the interest on and the maturing principal of all outstanding general obligation bonds of the entire authority or on property in areas which are primarily obligated to pay the bonds, the governing body of the counties in which the authority is situated shall cause such taxes to be levied, extended and collected and, if necessary, cause a tax on all the property in the authority to be levied, extended and collected to pay general obligation bonds of the authority. However, any levy against all property in the authority under this subsection shall not alter or limit the obligation of the area primarily obligated on the bonds as between such area and the authority. [1955 c.614 §39; 1995 c.79 §225]
2023 Oregon Revised Statutes › Volume : 12 - Public Health › Chapter 450 - Sanitary Districts and Authorities; Water Authorities › Section 450.890 - Collection of taxes; taxes as lien on property.

(1) Taxes levied under ORS 450.885 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 sanitary authority. Taxes collected to pay expenses or obligations of a particular area shall be credited to separate accounts or funds of the authority to be used for such purposes.
(2) The taxes shall be a lien upon the property against which they are levied 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 county property taxes. [1955 c.614 §40; 1975 c.122 §1; 2001 c.215 §9]
2023 Oregon Revised Statutes › Volume : 12 - Public Health › Chapter 450 - Sanitary Districts and Authorities; Water Authorities › Section 450.895 - Bonds, general obligation or revenue or combination of both; bonds to mature serially and be paid in installments.

The authority may, when authorized by a majority of the votes cast at an election by electors of the authority, issue general obligation bonds or revenue bonds, or a combination of both, for the purpose of paying the cost of acquisition or construction, operation and maintenance of sewage treatment plants or trunk or lateral sewers or drains for any area or areas within the authority or to carry out any other purpose authorized under ORS 450.600 to 450.989. Each issue of general obligation bonds shall be the general obligation of the entire authority but shall be the primary obligation of the area directly benefited by the sewage treatment plant or trunk or lateral sewers or drains constructed with the proceeds of each issue of such bonds and paid by assessment, annual levy or sewer service charges, or combinations thereof, as determined by the board under ORS 450.855. Revenue bonds shall be payable solely out of designated revenues of the authority and shall not be deemed to be a general obligation of the authority or a charge upon its tax revenues. All bonds issued shall mature serially within not to exceed 30 years from date of issue, and shall be paid 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. [1955 c.614 §41]
2023 Oregon Revised Statutes › Volume : 12 - Public Health › Chapter 450 - Sanitary Districts and Authorities; Water Authorities › Section 450.897 - Bancroft Bonding Act applicable.

Sanitary authorities organized under ORS chapter 450 that are in existence on November 1, 1981, or thereafter, are authorized to use the bonding provisions of ORS 223.205 to 223.316. [1981 c.351 §1; 1991 c.902 §113; 1997 c.249 §151]
Note:
450.897 was enacted into law by the Legislative Assembly but was not added to or made a part of ORS chapter 450 or any series therein by legislative action. 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 450.900 - Election on bond issues; limitation on indebtedness.

(1) Before issuing any bonds under ORS 450.895, the board at a regular meeting shall call an election and submit to the electors of the authority the question whether bonds of the authority, either general obligation, revenue, or a combination of both, shall be issued and sold to raise money for the construction of sewage treatment plants or trunk or lateral sewers or drains for any area or areas within the authority.
(2) The order calling a bond election shall be signed by not less than four members of the board and may submit to the electors as one proposal the question of issuing bonds to finance one or more sewage treatment plants or trunk or lateral sewers or drains; or the order may submit as separate questions the issuance of bonds for any sewage treatment plants or trunk or lateral sewers or drains in such combinations as the order may direct.
(3) The authority’s total outstanding bonds of all kinds, including improvement bonds of the kind authorized by ORS 223.205 and 223.210 to 223.295, and revenue bonds shall at no time exceed in the aggregate 13 percent of the real market value of all property by law assessable for state and county purposes within the authority as reflected in the last roll certified under ORS 311.105. [1955 c.614 §42; 1981 c.804 §102; 1983 c.83 §92; 1991 c.459 §404; 1995 c.79 §226]
2023 Oregon Revised Statutes › Volume : 12 - Public Health › Chapter 450 - Sanitary Districts and Authorities; Water Authorities › Section 450.905 - Notice of bond election.

Notice of a bond election shall contain:
(1) The information required by ORS 255.085 (2).
(2) If general obligation bonds, which are to be paid by particular areas in the authority, are to be issued, a statement that the bonds will be the general obligation of the entire authority but will be the primary obligation of the areas in the authority which will be directly benefited by the sewage treatment plants or trunk or lateral sewers or drains constructed with the proceeds of the bonds and paid through assessment, annual levy, or sewer service charges, or combinations thereof, as determined by the board under ORS 450.855 and designating specifically the boundaries of such area or areas.
(3) If revenue bonds are to be issued, a statement that the bonds will be payable solely out of designated revenues of the authority and will not be a general obligation of the authority or a charge upon the tax revenues of the authority. [1955 c.614 §43; 1971 c.647 §99; 1975 c.647 §41; 1989 c.923 §20; 2021 c.551 §28]
2023 Oregon Revised Statutes › Volume : 12 - Public Health › Chapter 450 - Sanitary Districts and Authorities; Water Authorities › Section 450.915 - Issuance of bonds.

If, at the bond election, a majority of the votes cast is in favor of the issuance of bonds, the board may issue the bonds as prescribed in ORS chapter 287A. [1955 c.614 §45; 1969 c.694 §11; 1975 c.642 §24; 1977 c.188 §4; 1981 c.526 §6; 2001 c.215 §10; 2007 c.783 §188]
2023 Oregon Revised Statutes › Volume : 12 - Public Health › Chapter 450 - Sanitary Districts and Authorities; Water Authorities › Section 450.920 - Disposition of proceeds of sale of bonds.

The proceeds of the sale of bonds shall be deposited with the county treasurer who is custodian of the funds of the authority and shall be placed by the county treasurer in the sanitary authority fund and credited to a special account or accounts which are designated for use for the particular purpose or purposes for which the bond proceeds are to be used. The proceeds of such bonds shall be used solely for the purpose or purposes indicated in the order calling for election upon the question of the issuance of the bonds and for no other purpose. However, the proceeds of the sale of the bonds may be used for payment of the principal and interest of such bonds and expenses of the formation of the authority. [1955 c.614 §46]
2023 Oregon Revised Statutes › Volume : 12 - Public Health › Chapter 450 - Sanitary Districts and Authorities; Water Authorities › Section 450.925 - Issuance of refunding bonds.

(1) The board may, without authorization from the electors, issue refunding bonds for the purpose of refunding outstanding bonds issued under ORS 450.895 to 450.920.
(2) The provisions of ORS 287A.360 to 287A.380 are applicable to refunding bonds issued and sold under this section.
(3) The refunding bonds may be issued to refund bonds originally issued or to refund bonds previously issued for refunding purposes and for no other purpose. [1955 c.614 §47; 2007 c.783 §189]
2023 Oregon Revised Statutes › Volume : 12 - Public Health › Chapter 450 - Sanitary Districts and Authorities; Water Authorities › Section 450.930 - Redemption of bonds before maturity dates.

In its discretion, the board may issue bonds of the authority with reservation of the right to redeem them for retirement or refunding purposes prior to the final dates of maturity. [1955 c.614 §48; 1983 c.347 §28]
2023 Oregon Revised Statutes › Volume : 12 - Public Health › Chapter 450 - Sanitary Districts and Authorities; Water Authorities › Section 450.945 - Custody and disbursement of authority funds by county treasurer.

(1) The county treasurer of the county in which the authority, or the largest area thereof, is situated shall be custodian of all sanitary authority taxes paid to the county treasurer in accordance with ORS 450.890 and such other funds that the authority may pay to the county treasurer for deposit to the credit of the authority. The county treasurer shall pay out moneys of the authority only upon written order of the board, signed by the chairperson of the board and countersigned by the manager of the authority. However, where the board has authorized the manager to approve and order the payment of claims in the amount of $500 or less, the treasurer shall pay out moneys of the authority on such orders of the manager.
(2) The order shall specify the name of the person to whom the money is to be paid, the fund from which it is to be paid and shall state generally the purpose for which payment is to be made.
(3) A copy of the order shall be filed in the records of the board. The county treasurer shall keep the order as a voucher and shall keep account of the receipts and disbursements of money for the sanitary authority.
(4) The county treasurer shall keep separate accounts and funds, where necessary, to segregate the various operations and construction projects of the authority.
(5) Notwithstanding the provisions of subsections (1) to (4) of this section, any funds of the authority other than taxes may be deposited, at the discretion of the board, in one or more banks or savings and loan associations to be designated by the board. Funds deposited in a bank or savings and loan association shall be withdrawn or paid out only upon proper order and warrant or check signed by the chairperson and countersigned by the manager. [1955 c.614 §51; 1975 c.122 §2]
2023 Oregon Revised Statutes › Volume : 12 - Public Health › Chapter 450 - Sanitary Districts and Authorities; Water Authorities › Section 450.947 - Contracts for medical, dental and hospital services; insurance for employees; effect of failure to contract.

(1) An authority may enter into contracts for medical, dental and hospital services or insurance covering employees of the authority for life, accidental death and dismemberment, weekly wage indemnity during disability, dental care, 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 or any other remedial care recognized under the law of this state. [1973 c.399 §8]
2023 Oregon Revised Statutes › Volume : 12 - Public Health › Chapter 450 - Sanitary Districts and Authorities; Water Authorities › Section 450.949 - Payment of contract costs by authority and by employee; multiple contracts; qualification of insurer or hospital association.

(1) The authority 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 authority 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. [1973 c.399 §9]
2023 Oregon Revised Statutes › Volume : 12 - Public Health › Chapter 450 - Sanitary Districts and Authorities; Water Authorities › Section 450.963 - Employees’ retirement system.

(1) An authority may establish an employees’ retirement system pursuant to ORS 450.963 to 450.973. The authority may enter into agreements necessary to establish the system and carry out the plan and may agree to modifications of such agreements from time to time.
(2) The retirement plan may provide for retirement benefits measured on the basis of services rendered or to be rendered by an employee, either before or after the date on which such employee first becomes a member of the retirement plan. The retirement plan may provide for a minimum of years of service and a minimum and maximum age of retirement for the employee. [1973 c.399 §10]
2023 Oregon Revised Statutes › Volume : 12 - Public Health › Chapter 450 - Sanitary Districts and Authorities; Water Authorities › Section 450.967 - Funding of retirement plan.

The authority may budget and provide for payment into the fund of the retirement plan an amount sufficient:
(1) To provide, on an actuarial reserve basis, the amortized level premium cost of the retirement benefits which, under the provision of the retirement system, are to be provided by the authority to its employees who attain the retirement age or retire in accordance with the terms of the retirement plan.
(2) To meet the actuarially computed costs of retirement benefits measured on the basis of services rendered or to be rendered by an employee before or after the date on which such employee becomes a member of the retirement plan. [1973 c.399 §11]
2023 Oregon Revised Statutes › Volume : 12 - Public Health › Chapter 450 - Sanitary Districts and Authorities; Water Authorities › Section 450.971 - Employee contribution.

The authority may collect, as a contribution from any employee, that percentage of the salary received by the employee which is necessary to fund on an actuarial reserve basis the cost of retirement benefits which the employee is required to provide pursuant to the provisions of the retirement plan. [1973 c.399 §12]
2023 Oregon Revised Statutes › Volume : 12 - Public Health › Chapter 450 - Sanitary Districts and Authorities; Water Authorities › Section 450.973 - Eligibility for retirement plan.

Nothing in ORS 450.947 to 450.977 authorizes the authority to budget, provide for payments or collect contributions to fund retirement benefits for an individual who is not in the employment of the authority at the time of the creation of a membership status under a retirement plan. [1973 c.399 §13]
2023 Oregon Revised Statutes › Volume : 12 - Public Health › Chapter 450 - Sanitary Districts and Authorities; Water Authorities › Section 450.977 - Tax levy to finance programs under ORS 450.947 to 450.977.

Expenses incurred by a district in establishing programs or providing benefits authorized by ORS 450.947 to 450.977 are expenses for which an authority may levy taxes as provided in ORS 450.885. [1973 c.399 §7]
2023 Oregon Revised Statutes › Volume : 12 - Public Health › Chapter 450 - Sanitary Districts and Authorities; Water Authorities › Section 450.980 - Procedure for testing proceedings and acts of sanitary authorities.

The provisions of ORS 261.605 to 261.630 relating to court proceedings to test the validity of acts and proceedings of People’s Utility Districts hereby are made applicable, so far as practicable, to the proceedings and acts of sanitary authorities. [1955 c.614 §59]
2023 Oregon Revised Statutes › Volume : 12 - Public Health › Chapter 450 - Sanitary Districts and Authorities; Water Authorities › Section 450.985 - Authority of South Suburban Sanitary District of Klamath Falls to incur indebtedness.

(1) Subject to subsections (3) to (6) of this section, the South Suburban Sanitary District of Klamath Falls, Oregon, may incur indebtedness by borrowing money from financial institutions or issuing revenue bonds and using real property of the district to secure the loan or provide security for payment of the bonds.
(2) No recourse shall be had for payment of a loan made under this section, or interest thereon, against the general fund of the district, nor shall the credit or taxing power of the district be deemed to be pledged thereto.
(3) The governing body of the district, prior to borrowing money or issuing revenue bonds under subsections (1) and (2) of this section, must find that the real property tendered as security for the loan or bonds is:
(a) Not designated for use as park or open space land; and
(b) Surplus to the needs of the district.
(4) Prior to incurring indebtedness under subsections (1) and (2) of this section, the governing body of the district shall adopt an ordinance authorizing the indebtedness and shall submit the ordinance to the electors of the district for approval. The ordinance shall take effect and the indebtedness shall be incurred only upon approval of the ordinance by a majority of those voting upon the question.
(5) Loans made or revenue bonds issued under subsections (1) and (2) of this section and secured by real property of the district shall bear interest at the rate per annum fixed by the governing body of the district after consultation with the State Treasurer.
(6) Prior to foreclosure of real property used to secure a loan made or revenue bonds issued under subsections (1) and (2) of this section, the governing body of the district shall submit to the electors of the district the question of levying upon the taxable property within the district a sum sufficient to pay the principal and interest due on a loan made or revenue bonds issued under subsections (1) and (2) of this section. Upon approval by a majority of those voting on the question, the governing body shall levy the tax and pledge the revenues derived therefrom toward the discharge of the obligation incurred under subsections (1) and (2) of this section.
(7) As used in this section:
(a) "District" means the South Suburban Sanitary District of Klamath Falls, Oregon.
(b) "Financial institution" means a state or national bank, a mutual savings bank or a savings association. [1981 c.284 §§1,2,3,4,5,6]
Note:
450.985 was enacted into law by the Legislative Assembly but was not added to or made a part of ORS chapter 450 or any series therein by legislative action. 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 450.987 - Annexation by city of water or sanitary authority territory.

Upon formation of a water authority or sanitary authority, a city may annex territory situated within the boundaries of the water authority or sanitary authority, but shall not remove any water mains, sewers and drains, service installations, reservoirs, structures, facilities and other improvements or any service provision capability from the water or sanitary authority unless the county governing body or boundary commission determines that:
(1) Withdrawal of the territory or improvements from the water or sanitary authority will have no substantial adverse impact on the ability of the water or sanitary authority to provide service to the remaining territory;
(2) The withdrawal is not solely for the tax advantage of a property owner;
(3) The withdrawal will not result in noncontiguous parcels being served by the water or sanitary authority; and
(4) The water or sanitary authority cannot provide adequate service to the subject territory within a reasonable time. [Formerly 450.670; 1993 c.577 §34]
2023 Oregon Revised Statutes › Volume : 12 - Public Health › Chapter 450 - Sanitary Districts and Authorities; Water Authorities › Section 450.988 - 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 §32]
2023 Oregon Revised Statutes › Volume : 12 - Public Health › Chapter 450 - Sanitary Districts and Authorities; Water Authorities › Section 450.989 - Apportionment of cost among serviced property owners; determination by authority.

(1) If any person is required by an authority to pay the cost of extending a sewer main adjacent to another person’s property so that sewer service for domestic use is provided for that other property without further extension of the sewer main, the authority may require the owner of the other property to refund to the authority for disbursement to the person required to pay the cost of extending the sewer main, a portion of the cost of the extension.
(2) The board may adopt an ordinance specifying the method of apportioning the construction costs to the property served and establishing a procedure for application for and payment of a refund.
(3) The right to require a refund under this section shall not continue for more than 10 years after the date of installation of the sewer main.
(4) The amount to be refunded shall be determined by the authority and such determination shall be final.
(5) The authority may refuse to provide sewer service until a refund is paid. [1983 c.435 §2]
2023 Oregon Revised Statutes › Volume : 12 - Public Health › Chapter 451 - County Service Facilities › Section 451.110 - Definitions for ORS 451.110 to 451.140.

As used in ORS 451.110 to 451.140, unless the context indicates otherwise:
(1) "County court" includes the board of county commissioners.
(2) "Service facilities" means public service installations, works or services provided within a county for any or all of the purposes specified in ORS 451.010. [1955 c.509 §1; 1963 c.515 §3; 1967 c.249 §1; 1973 c.785 §2]
2023 Oregon Revised Statutes › Volume : 12 - Public Health › Chapter 451 - County Service Facilities › Section 451.120 - Master plans for development of service facilities.

(1) The county court of any county may, for the protection of the health, safety and general welfare, prepare and adopt coordinated master plans for the development of service facilities:
(a) To serve unincorporated areas in the county; and
(b) For a service district established under ORS 451.410 to 451.600 and for which the county court serves as governing body, to serve all areas within or served by the district.
(2) Master plans adopted under this section shall be coordinated with the comprehensive plans of the affected cities and counties. [1955 c.509 §2; 1961 c.576 §1; 1963 c.515 §4; 1973 c.785 §3; 1989 c.429 §1]
2023 Oregon Revised Statutes › Volume : 12 - Public Health › Chapter 451 - County Service Facilities › Section 451.130 - Conformity to master plan; approval.

After a coordinated master plan has been adopted under ORS 451.120, the county court may enforce such plan by requiring that plans for the installation or operation of service facilities in areas under county jurisdiction outside the boundaries of cities or in areas within or served by a service district be submitted to the county court for approval, and that such installation or operation shall conform to the master plan. [1955 c.509 §3; 1961 c.576 §2; 1963 c.515 §5; 1969 c.646 §1; 1989 c.429 §2]
2023 Oregon Revised Statutes › Volume : 12 - Public Health › Chapter 451 - County Service Facilities › Section 451.140 - Powers of county court under ORS 451.110 to 451.140.

In carrying out the powers granted to the county court under ORS 451.110 to 451.140, the county court may:
(1) Conduct such surveys and investigations as may be necessary to develop coordinated master plans as provided in ORS 451.120.
(2) Provide for the administration and enforcement of such master plans by engineering analysis, inspection or other appropriate means.
(3) Enter into contracts or agreements with cities, other counties or county service districts for public transportation, the federal government, state agencies, the special districts enumerated in ORS 451.573 or any person or private corporation for a period not to exceed 30 years for the cooperative financing of the preparation and enforcement of coordinated master plans as provided in ORS 451.120 and 451.130.
(4) Levy and collect taxes for the purpose of providing funds to prepare and enforce coordinated master plans as provided in ORS 451.120 and 451.130.
(5) Expend funds for such surveys, investigations and studies as may be necessary for the preparation and enforcement of such master plans. [1955 c.509 §4; 1961 c.576 §3; 1963 c.515 §6; 1973 c.211 §2; 1973 c.785 §4]
2023 Oregon Revised Statutes › Volume : 12 - Public Health › Chapter 451 - County Service Facilities › Section 451.410 - Definitions for ORS 451.410 to 451.610.

As used in ORS 451.410 to 451.610, unless the context indicates otherwise:
(1) "Change of organization" has the meaning given that term in ORS 198.705.
(2) "County" has the meaning given that term in ORS 198.705.
(3) "County court" includes the board of county commissioners.
(4) "District" means a county service district established under ORS 451.410 to 451.610 to provide service facilities in a county or counties.
(5) "Formation" has the meaning given that term in ORS 198.705.
(6) "Owner" means the record owner of real property or the holder of a duly recorded contract for purchase of real property within the district.
(7) "Service facilities" means public service installations, works or services provided within a county or counties for any or all of the purposes specified in ORS 451.010. [1955 c.685 §1; 1961 c.576 §4; 1963 c.515 §7; 1967 c.538 §2; 1973 c.785 §5; 1975 c.630 §2; 2003 c.14 §274; 2003 c.802 §123]
2023 Oregon Revised Statutes › Volume : 12 - Public Health › Chapter 451 - County Service Facilities › Section 451.420 - District may construct and operate service facilities.

When authorized as provided in ORS 451.410 to 451.610 a district may construct, maintain and operate any or all of the service facilities specified in ORS 451.010. [1955 c.685 §2; 1963 c.515 §8; 1973 c.785 §6]
2023 Oregon Revised Statutes › Volume : 12 - Public Health › Chapter 451 - County Service Facilities › Section 451.435 - Law governing district formation or change.

(1) All district formation and change of organization proceedings shall be initiated, conducted and completed as provided by ORS 198.705 to 198.955. Except for an order allowing an existing district established to provide sewage works to also provide drainage works, no county or portion thereof shall be included within a district that is to provide services in more than one county without the consent of the governing body of the affected county.
(2) In the case of sewage works, upon certification to the county court by the Environmental Quality Commission or the local health officer that an emergency exists, the county court shall initiate the formation of a district in the manner specified in ORS 198.835, or annexation to an existing district in the manner specified in ORS 198.850 (3), whichever is most appropriate.
(3) A petition or order initiating the formation or change of organization of a district shall, in addition to the requirement specified by ORS 198.705 to 198.955, state which of the service facilities specified by ORS 451.010 the district shall be authorized to construct, maintain and operate.
(4) A final order in a formation or change of organization proceeding of a district shall, in addition to the requirements specified by ORS 198.705 to 198.955, state which of the service facilities specified by ORS 451.010 the district shall be authorized to construct, maintain and operate. [1973 c.785 §8; 1975 c.630 §3; 1989 c.374 §3; 2015 c.736 §96; 2017 c.17 §39]