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2023 Oregon Revised Statutes › Volume : 06 - Local Government, Public Employees, Elections › Chapter 201 - Boundaries of Counties › Section 201.350 - Wheeler County.

The boundary of Wheeler County is as follows: Beginning at the northwest corner of township 13 south, range 20 east of the Willamette Meridian; thence south three miles along the west line of the township; thence east along section lines to the east boundary of range 22 east; thence south on the range line to the southeast corner of township 13 south, range 22 east; thence easterly along the southerly to the southeast corner of the township line to the northeast corner of township 14 south, range 23 east; thence southerly to the southeast corner of said township; thence easterly along township lines to the southeast corner of township 14 south, range 25 east; thence northerly along the east line of range 25 east, to the northeast corner of township 7 south, range 25 east; thence westerly to the northwest corner of the township; thence northerly along the east line of township 6 south, range 24 east, to the southeast corner of section 1 of the township; thence westerly along section lines to the middle of the main channel of the John Day River; thence southerly along the middle of the main channel of the John Day River to the point where the main channel intersects the east line of section 25, township 9 south, range 19 east; thence southerly along the east line of range 19 east to the place of beginning.
2023 Oregon Revised Statutes › Volume : 06 - Local Government, Public Employees, Elections › Chapter 201 - Boundaries of Counties › Section 201.370 - Boundaries of counties bordering Pacific Ocean.

(1) The boundaries of all counties bordering on the Pacific Ocean extend to the western boundary of the state as defined in the Oregon Constitution.
(2) Notwithstanding the provisions of subsection (1) of this section, planning for ocean resources and for submerged and submersible lands of the territorial sea shall be accomplished as set forth in ORS 196.405 to 196.515. [Amended by 1987 c.576 §22]
2023 Oregon Revised Statutes › Volume : 06 - Local Government, Public Employees, Elections › Chapter 202 - Establishment of New Counties; Change of Boundaries › Section 202.020 - Petitions to form new counties or change existing county boundaries.

Whenever it is desired to form a new county out of one or more then existing counties or to change the boundaries of then existing counties, a petition praying for the formation of such new counties or for the change of the boundaries of then existing counties, describing the territory proposed to be incorporated in the new county or changed from one county to another, together with the name of the proposed new county, if for that purpose, or the name of the then existing county to be eliminated, if any county would be eliminated by the change of boundaries as proposed, signed by a majority of the electors registered in the territory to be embraced in the new county or registered in the territory to be embraced in the change of county boundaries, shall be presented to the county court of each county to be affected by the proposed formation of a new county. Where any existing county would be eliminated by such change of county boundaries the petition shall be signed by not less than 40 percent of the electors of the county to be eliminated. [Amended by 1983 c.83 §14]
2023 Oregon Revised Statutes › Volume : 06 - Local Government, Public Employees, Elections › Chapter 202 - Establishment of New Counties; Change of Boundaries › Section 202.030 - Election order; conduct of election; ballot title.

(1) If the county court finds that the proposed changes will not result in any new or remaining county having an assessed valuation, area or population less than required by the Constitution of this state, the county court shall call an election on a date specified in ORS 203.085 for the purpose of submitting the question of:
(a) The formation of the new county to the electors registered within the limits of the proposed new county;
(b) The elimination of an existing county to the electors of each county affected by the change; or
(c) The change in county boundaries to the electors of each county affected by the change when the change does not result in the formation of a new county.
(2) Except as provided in ORS 202.050 and 202.060, the election shall be conducted in accordance with ORS chapters 246 to 260.
(3) The ballot title for determination of a question submitted under this section shall be prepared as provided in ORS 250.185. [Amended by 1983 c.350 §10; 1999 c.708 §1]
2023 Oregon Revised Statutes › Volume : 06 - Local Government, Public Employees, Elections › Chapter 202 - Establishment of New Counties; Change of Boundaries › Section 202.040 - Commissioners to arrange terms on proposal to change boundaries.

(1) In case the petition provided for in ORS 202.020 is for a change in the boundaries of existing counties, but not for the elimination of any then existing county, the county courts of the counties concerned shall appoint two commissioners each to act with the commissioners of the other counties and arrange the terms in respect to assumption of liabilities and division of assets among the counties concerned, upon which such change shall be made.
(2) If within 30 days after the appointment of the commissioners they have not agreed upon terms, the Governor, upon request of the county court of any county concerned, shall appoint commissioners equal in number to one-half the commissioners already appointed by the counties, who shall meet with such commissioners and draft terms.
(3) Within 60 days thereafter a majority of the commissioners may report to respective county courts a plan for division, which, in addition to the matters mentioned in subsection (1) of this section, may define the territory embraced in the proposed changes.
(4) When made within such time the plan shall be reported by the commissioners to the respective county courts, and if approved by a vote, as provided in ORS 202.030 and 202.060, it shall become a compact between and among such counties, binding upon all. [Amended by 1983 c.350 §11]
2023 Oregon Revised Statutes › Volume : 06 - Local Government, Public Employees, Elections › Chapter 202 - Establishment of New Counties; Change of Boundaries › Section 202.050 - Certification of election to Secretary of State.

The county clerk in each county in which an election under ORS 202.030 is held shall certify to the Secretary of State a copy of the summary of votes cast on the question of creating a new county or changing boundaries. The county clerk also shall certify to the Secretary of State the name, territorial contents and boundaries of the new county, or the names, territorial contents and boundaries of the counties affected by the change in boundaries. [Amended by 1983 c.350 §12]
2023 Oregon Revised Statutes › Volume : 06 - Local Government, Public Employees, Elections › Chapter 202 - Establishment of New Counties; Change of Boundaries › Section 202.060 - Proclamation by Governor.

(1) The Governor shall issue a proclamation declaring a new county created if an election for the purpose of establishing a new county is held and a majority of all electors registered within the limits of the proposed new county voted at the election in favor of the creation of the new county.
(2) The Governor shall issue a proclamation declaring the change in county boundaries if an election for the purpose of changing county boundaries is held, and if a majority of all the electors of each of the counties to be affected by the change in boundaries voted in favor of the proposed change in county boundaries.
(3) If a county is eliminated pursuant to a boundary change under subsection (1) or (2) of this section, the Governor shall declare in the proclamation what counties were eliminated by the change. [Amended by 1983 c.83 §15; 1999 c.708 §2]
2023 Oregon Revised Statutes › Volume : 06 - Local Government, Public Employees, Elections › Chapter 202 - Establishment of New Counties; Change of Boundaries › Section 202.070 - Operation and effect of proclamation.

(1) If the election was for the purpose of establishing a new county, it thereafter shall be a county for all civil, military and other purposes.
(2) If the election was for the purpose of changing county boundaries, the boundaries of the county shall be changed to conform to the description furnished by the county clerk in the certificate provided in ORS 202.050. If such change in county boundaries resulted in the elimination of any existing county, thereafter the eliminated county shall cease to function and the authority of its officers shall cease for all purposes other than the auditing and paying of all outstanding claims against such county and the safekeeping of all county property until proper transfers and assignments of the same have been made.
(3) If the election was for the purpose of changing county boundaries, the change shall take effect within 30 days after the Governor issues the proclamation provided for in ORS 202.060 and the territory taken from any county and added to another county by reason of the change shall become a part of the county to which it has been added and for all purposes shall be deemed a portion thereof and be governed by the laws of this state relating to counties.
2023 Oregon Revised Statutes › Volume : 06 - Local Government, Public Employees, Elections › Chapter 202 - Establishment of New Counties; Change of Boundaries › Section 202.080 - Boundaries to conform to established legal subdivisions; filing boundary change with county assessor and Department of Revenue.

(1) In the establishment of any proposed new county and in the establishment of the boundaries of counties in which a change is proposed, the same shall be made to conform to the established government legal subdivisions.
(2) For purposes of ad valorem taxation, a boundary change must be filed in final approved form with the county assessor and the Department of Revenue as provided in ORS 308.225. [Amended by 2001 c.138 §6]
2023 Oregon Revised Statutes › Volume : 06 - Local Government, Public Employees, Elections › Chapter 202 - Establishment of New Counties; Change of Boundaries › Section 202.100 - County judge and commissioners for new county.

(1) Not later than the 30th day after the Governor issues the proclamation provided for in ORS 199.790 or 202.060, the Governor shall appoint three electors, who must be residents of the new county so formed, to serve as county judge and commissioners for the new county. When the persons appointed accept and qualify for their offices under ORS 204.016 and 204.020, the new county shall have existence as a county and shall be governed by the laws of this state relating to counties. The persons appointed shall serve until the first Monday in January after the general election, or, if applicable, after the election specified in ORS 249.088, at which their successors are elected.
(2) At the next practicable general election, or, if applicable, at the next practicable election specified in ORS 249.088, following the appointment, successors to the persons appointed under this section shall be elected. The candidate receiving the highest number of votes shall be elected county judge. If the office of county judge has judicial functions, the candidate shall be elected to a six-year term. If the office of county judge has no judicial functions, the candidate shall be elected to a four-year term. The candidate receiving the second highest number of votes shall be elected to a four-year term as commissioner. The candidate receiving the third highest number of votes shall be elected to a two-year term as commissioner.
(3) The successors shall take office on the first Monday in January next following their election.
(4) At each general election, or, if applicable, at each election specified in ORS 249.088, following the election at which the first board is elected, a successor shall be elected to fill any expiring term. [Amended by 1983 c.350 §14; 1997 c.494 §20; 2001 c.430 §6]
2023 Oregon Revised Statutes › Volume : 06 - Local Government, Public Employees, Elections › Chapter 202 - Establishment of New Counties; Change of Boundaries › Section 202.110 - Other county officers.

(1) The county judge and the county commissioners appointed under ORS 202.100, acting as a county court, shall appoint a sheriff, a county clerk, a county assessor, a county treasurer and a county surveyor. An officer appointed under this subsection must be an elector of the new county and must accept and qualify for the office under ORS 204.016 and 204.020 before beginning service. The officers, except the county surveyor, appointed under this subsection shall serve until the first Monday in January after the election at which their successors are elected. The county surveyor appointed pursuant to this section serves for the term specified in ORS 204.010.
(2) At the next practicable general election following the appointment, successors to the county officers, except the county surveyor, appointed under subsection (1) of this section shall be elected. The successors shall take office on the first Monday in January next following their election.
(3) All justices and constables in office within the boundaries of any new county shall continue to hold office in such new county during the remainder of their term, and shall give bonds to the new county of the same amount and in the same manner as previously given to the original county in which they were elected or appointed.
(4) At each general election following the general election at which the first county officers under this section are elected, a successor shall be elected to fill any expiring term. [Amended by 1983 c.350 §15; 2009 c.491 §5]
2023 Oregon Revised Statutes › Volume : 06 - Local Government, Public Employees, Elections › Chapter 202 - Establishment of New Counties; Change of Boundaries › Section 202.120 - Locating county seat.

(1) The county court of the new county may temporarily fix the county seat, and such location shall remain the county seat until the first general election thereafter, when the electors of the new county are empowered to vote for and select the place of county seat in the manner provided by law.
(2) Immediately after the selection of the county seat either by the county court or by the canvass of the returns of votes cast at the election for that purpose, the county court shall issue its proclamation and publish the same in a newspaper published in the new county, if there is one, and if not by posting a copy of the proclamation in each election precinct in the county announcing the selection and location of the county seat.
2023 Oregon Revised Statutes › Volume : 06 - Local Government, Public Employees, Elections › Chapter 202 - Establishment of New Counties; Change of Boundaries › Section 202.140 - Compensation of members of county court.

The members of the county court of any new county organized under this chapter, while in the discharge of their duties as provided in this chapter, shall receive the same compensation as is allowed by law for the performance of their ordinary official duties.
2023 Oregon Revised Statutes › Volume : 06 - Local Government, Public Employees, Elections › Chapter 202 - Establishment of New Counties; Change of Boundaries › Section 202.150 - Disposition of public property, records and tax liens.

(1) All public buildings, records or other public property within the limits of the original county shall remain and be the property of such original county; but, if the election is held for change in county boundaries, and any public building belonging to the county is located in the territory affected by the change of boundaries, the county acquiring the new territory shall pay the county from which such territory is taken the value of such public building.
(2) If any county is eliminated by the change in county boundaries, all public buildings and real property of the eliminated county and all liens for unpaid taxes become the property of the county acquiring the territory where the property is situated, and all public records and documents and all other property of every kind belonging to the eliminated county become the property of the county of which the largest area of the eliminated county becomes a part.
2023 Oregon Revised Statutes › Volume : 06 - Local Government, Public Employees, Elections › Chapter 202 - Establishment of New Counties; Change of Boundaries › Section 202.160 - Transcription of real estate, court and tax records.

(1) When a new county is organized in whole or in part from any existing county it shall be the duty of the county court of the new county to cause to be transcribed in the proper books all the records of deeds, mortgages and other instruments, probate records, court records and tax records relating to or affecting real estate in the new county. The cost of transcription shall be paid by the new county.
(2) When the election has been for a change in county boundaries, the county court of the county to which territory has been added shall cause to be transcribed in the proper books all the records of deeds, mortgages and other instruments, probate records and court records and tax records affecting or relating to real estate in such territory.
(3) Any person authorized by the county court to transcribe records pursuant to subsection (1) or (2) of this section shall have free access at all reasonable times to the original records for the purpose of transcribing the same. All records so transcribed shall have the same force and effect in all respects as original records.
(4) Whenever the boundaries of an existing county are changed so as to include territory theretofore within the boundaries of another county, the county court of the county to which territory has been added shall, within 60 days after the taking effect of the Act adding such territory, procure or cause to be procured, properly attested copies of the records of any county in which the lands were theretofore situated, affecting the title to the real estate within the additional territory, and have the same recorded in the records of the county. Thereafter such records shall be recognized and become a part of the official records of the county in which the same shall be so recorded, and such official records or duly certified copies thereof may be introduced in evidence with the same force and effect as the original records of which they are copies.
2023 Oregon Revised Statutes › Volume : 06 - Local Government, Public Employees, Elections › Chapter 202 - Establishment of New Counties; Change of Boundaries › Section 202.170 - Transfer of records.

(1) When a new county is organized in whole or in part from any existing county and any record or any volume of any records of the county from which the new county is created relate wholly to property located within the new county, such records or volumes thereof shall be transferred by the officer of the old county who is in charge thereof to the officer of the new county whose duty it is to make and keep such records and take a receipt therefor. The receipt shall be filed by the officer receiving the same and shall be a sufficient accounting by and discharge to such officer for the disposition of such records. When the records have been so transferred, they shall be considered records of the county in which the property is then situated. Such records shall not be transcribed as in the case of records containing deeds, mortgages and other instruments relating to property in both counties.
(2) In the event of the elimination of any county in a change of county boundaries, all records of the eliminated county shall immediately be transferred to the county of which the largest area of the eliminated county becomes a part and be original records of such county.
2023 Oregon Revised Statutes › Volume : 06 - Local Government, Public Employees, Elections › Chapter 202 - Establishment of New Counties; Change of Boundaries › Section 202.180 - Transfer of electors’ registration records and election records.

(1) The county court of a new county or a county to which territory has been added shall, respectively:
(a) Cause all the registration records of electors living in the new county or in the territory that has been added to an existing county to be segregated from the registration records on file in the counties from which the new county is created or the county from which the territory has been removed;
(b) Cause the registration records to be delivered to the county clerk of the new county or the county to which the territory has been added; and
(c) Provide for the transfer to the county clerk of the new county or the county to which the territory has been added a list of electors and other election records, relating only to precincts and electors within the new county or the territory that has been added to an existing county.
(2) The county clerk of the new county or the county to which the territory has been added shall arrange and install the registration records received under subsection (1) of this section in the manner provided by law. The registration records constitute registration of the electors whose names appear on the records in the new county or the county to which the territory has been added, respectively.
(3) The list of electors and other registration and election records are records of the new county or the county to which the territory has been added, respectively.
(4)(a) If a county boundary change occurs on a date within a period described in paragraph (b) of this subsection, the change is not effective for purposes of eligibility for elections within the territory that is removed from one county and added to another county until the day after the respective ending date described in paragraph (b) of this subsection.
(b) The periods referred to in paragraph (a) of this subsection are the periods:
(A) Beginning on the day after the 90th day before a primary election or a general election and ending on the day of the election; or
(B) Beginning on the day after the deadline for filing the notice of election before any election, other than a primary election or a general election, that is held by a county, district or other municipal corporation affected by the boundary change and ending on the day of the election. [Amended by 2007 c.154 §59; 2013 c.326 §6]
2023 Oregon Revised Statutes › Volume : 06 - Local Government, Public Employees, Elections › Chapter 202 - Establishment of New Counties; Change of Boundaries › Section 202.190 - Payment of moneys due from state.

All moneys due from the State of Oregon to a new county shall be paid to the county treasurer of the new county in the manner and at the same time that such moneys are paid to the other counties of the state. All moneys due from the state to a county from which any territory is taken by reason of change in the boundaries thereof shall be paid to the treasurer of the two counties affected in proportion to the change in the territory affected by the change in boundaries. [Amended by 1975 c.614 §3]
2023 Oregon Revised Statutes › Volume : 06 - Local Government, Public Employees, Elections › Chapter 202 - Establishment of New Counties; Change of Boundaries › Section 202.200 - Apportionment of state taxes payable.

A new county’s proportion of the state taxes shall be determined as follows:
(1) If the new county is formed from one county, the new county shall pay its pro rata share of the amount of state taxes which the county from which it is formed is to pay for that year, and for each succeeding year thereafter until otherwise provided for, based upon the ratio that the taxable valuation of the property in the new county bears to the taxable valuation of the property of the original county before the new county was formed.
(2) If the new county is formed from more than one county, the new county shall pay its pro rata share of the amount of state taxes which each of the counties from which it is formed is to pay for that year, and for each succeeding year thereafter until otherwise provided for, based upon the ratio that the taxable valuation of the property in the area taken from each original county bears to the taxable valuation of the property in each original county before the new county was formed.
(3) In the event the election was for the purpose of a change in county boundaries and a portion of the territory in one county has been added to another county, the state taxes shall be adjusted in the same manner and upon the same basis as in the formation of new counties from more than one county.
2023 Oregon Revised Statutes › Volume : 06 - Local Government, Public Employees, Elections › Chapter 202 - Establishment of New Counties; Change of Boundaries › Section 202.220 - Disposition of special funds and property.

All moneys belonging to special funds, such as fire, school, roads and other funds and property owned by the districts within the boundaries of the new county organized under this chapter or owned by the districts in the territory affected by the change in boundaries segregated under the provisions of this chapter on hand at the time of the settlement provided for in ORS 202.210, shall be turned over in full by the county court of the original county to the county court of the new county, or to the county court of the county acquiring the new territory, and shall be receipted for by the latter and placed to the credit of the districts of the county to which the property belonged.
2023 Oregon Revised Statutes › Volume : 06 - Local Government, Public Employees, Elections › Chapter 202 - Establishment of New Counties; Change of Boundaries › Section 202.230 - Distribution of funds in excess of indebtedness.

(1) Any county in which the amount of public funds on hand at the time of the settlement provided for in ORS 202.210 exceeds the total of its outstanding indebtedness shall, after making the deductions provided for in ORS 202.210 (3), from the amount of such public funds on hand pay over to the county segregated from it and organized under this chapter or to the county acquiring territory under a change of boundaries, a just proportion of such funds based upon the next last assessed valuations of the original county prior to the date of such segregations and in the proportion which the valuation within the segregated portion bears to the aggregate of the valuation within the whole of the original counties. The county courts shall meet as provided in ORS 202.210 and ascertain the amount so to be paid.
(2) The county court of the original counties shall issue warrants for such amount, payable immediately to the treasurer of the new county organized under this chapter, or to the treasurer of the county acquiring new territory, and the amounts so received by the latter shall be placed to the credit of the proper funds of the county.
2023 Oregon Revised Statutes › Volume : 06 - Local Government, Public Employees, Elections › Chapter 202 - Establishment of New Counties; Change of Boundaries › Section 202.240 - Payment of apportioned indebtedness.

The amount of indebtedness of a county organized or acquiring new territory as provided in this chapter, as ascertained by the joint board of county courts, shall be paid to the county from which it segregates or from which the territory is taken, in the warrants of the new county thus segregated or the warrants of the county acquiring new territory, as the case may be.
2023 Oregon Revised Statutes › Volume : 06 - Local Government, Public Employees, Elections › Chapter 202 - Establishment of New Counties; Change of Boundaries › Section 202.250 - Authority to collect revenues.

The authority of any county from which a portion is segregated under this chapter, for the collection of revenue within the boundaries of the portion segregated shall cease from the date upon which the two county courts, under the provisions of ORS 202.210, base the settlement between such counties, and all assessments and levies made by the authority of the county from which such territory is segregated, by its officers in the lawful performance of their official duties, affecting any of the territories embraced in the boundaries of the new county or territory segregated by change in boundaries shall remain the same and shall be payable to, and be collected by, the lawful authorities of the new county or the lawful authorities of the county acquiring such new territory.
2023 Oregon Revised Statutes › Volume : 06 - Local Government, Public Employees, Elections › Chapter 202 - Establishment of New Counties; Change of Boundaries › Section 202.260 - Redistricting of county and filling of vacancies.

The county courts of all the counties affected by the formation of the new county, or by a change in county boundaries, shall immediately after such segregations, redistrict their county into districts provided for by law, and shall fill the vacancies occasioned by such segregation in the manner provided for by law for filling vacancies.
2023 Oregon Revised Statutes › Volume : 06 - Local Government, Public Employees, Elections › Chapter 202 - Establishment of New Counties; Change of Boundaries › Section 202.270 - Renumbering of school and road districts.

School districts and road districts within the counties affected by proceedings under this chapter, shall be renumbered so as to make their number in each county run consecutively, and the number of existing school districts may when necessary be changed to effect that purpose.
2023 Oregon Revised Statutes › Volume : 06 - Local Government, Public Employees, Elections › Chapter 202 - Establishment of New Counties; Change of Boundaries › Section 202.280 - Validity of school district bonds.

The validity of bonds issued by any school district prior to the division of any county or prior to the change of county boundaries, under this chapter, shall in no wise be affected by such division nor by the renumbering of the school districts that may have issued such bonds.
2023 Oregon Revised Statutes › Volume : 06 - Local Government, Public Employees, Elections › Chapter 202 - Establishment of New Counties; Change of Boundaries › Section 202.290 - Judicial district affiliation.

Any county organized under the provisions of this chapter shall, as soon as its organization is completed, constitute a judicial subdivision of the judicial district from which its largest area was taken upon the organization of the new county. The territory segregated by a change of boundaries shall belong to the same judicial district as that the county to which it has been added belonged to at the time of the segregation.
2023 Oregon Revised Statutes › Volume : 06 - Local Government, Public Employees, Elections › Chapter 202 - Establishment of New Counties; Change of Boundaries › Section 202.310 - Venue of actions and proceedings.

In all actions or proceedings, civil or criminal, for the prosecution of a crime committed or a cause of action arising within the boundaries of any judicial subdivision created under the provisions of this chapter, and properly triable in such subdivision under the provisions of the civil and criminal procedure statutes, the venue thereof shall be changed to the new county or to the county to which the territory has been added by the change in boundaries, by order of the court of the judicial district upon payment upon the demand of either party. The demand shall be served upon the opposite party or the attorney of the opposite party, if either can be found in the state, but if neither can be found therein then the change of venue may be made upon filing the demand with the court clerk or court administrator and such change of venue shall have effect in the manner provided by law for the change of venue. [Amended by 1993 c.223 §7]
2023 Oregon Revised Statutes › Volume : 06 - Local Government, Public Employees, Elections › Chapter 202 - Establishment of New Counties; Change of Boundaries › Section 202.320 - Place of return of processes, writs, bonds, notices and other papers.

All processes, writs, bonds, notices, appeals, recognizances, papers and proceedings in actions changed to a new county under the provisions of this chapter issued and made returnable to the circuit court of the county from which a portion has been segregated or organized prior to the creation of such legal subdivision, shall be considered as made, taken and returnable to the circuit court within the boundaries of the judicial district to which the new county or segregated portion has been added. Such bonds, recognizances and obligations shall be payable to the new county and recoverable in the name of such new county, or payable to or recoverable in the name of the county to which the segregated portion has been added by reason of the change in boundaries. All papers and certified copies of all proceedings had in such action shall be transmitted by a court clerk or court administrator of the new county or a court clerk or court administrator of the county acquiring new territory by reason of the change in boundaries. [Amended by 1993 c.223 §8]
2023 Oregon Revised Statutes › Volume : 06 - Local Government, Public Employees, Elections › Chapter 203 - County Governing Bodies; County Home Rule › Section 203.010 - General powers of county as body politic and corporate.

Each county is a body politic and corporate for the following purposes:
(1) To sue and be sued;
(2) To purchase and hold for the use of the county lands lying within its own limits and any personal estate;
(3) To make all necessary contracts; and
(4) To do all other necessary acts in relation to the property and concerns of the county.
2023 Oregon Revised Statutes › Volume : 06 - Local Government, Public Employees, Elections › Chapter 203 - County Governing Bodies; County Home Rule › Section 203.015 - Power of county to contract for purchase or lease of real or personal property.

(1) A county may enter into a contract for the purchase or for the lease with option to purchase of real or personal property when:
(a) The period of time allowed for payment under the contract does not exceed 30 years; and
(b) The county is not obligated to make payments under the contract in any fiscal year unless the county governing body includes such payments in the county’s budget for that fiscal year and makes an appropriation therefor.
(2) The powers granted to counties by this section are in addition to any other powers possessed by counties in this state, and this section may not be construed to limit such powers. [2003 c.794 §184]
Note:
203.015 was added to and made a part of ORS chapter 203 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 : 06 - Local Government, Public Employees, Elections › Chapter 203 - County Governing Bodies; County Home Rule › Section 203.030 - Definition for ORS 203.030 to 203.075.

As used in ORS 203.030 to 203.075, "governing body" means the representative body vested with legislative power by statute or charter. [1973 c.282 §1]
2023 Oregon Revised Statutes › Volume : 06 - Local Government, Public Employees, Elections › Chapter 203 - County Governing Bodies; County Home Rule › Section 203.035 - Power of county governing body or electors over matters of county concern.

(1) Subject to subsection (3) of this section, the governing body or the electors of a county may by ordinance exercise authority within the county over matters of county concern, to the fullest extent allowed by Constitutions and laws of the United States and of this state, as fully as if each particular power comprised in that general authority were specifically listed in ORS 203.030 to 203.075.
(2) The power granted by this section is in addition to other grants of power to counties, shall not be construed to limit or qualify any such grant and shall be liberally construed, to the end that counties have all powers over matters of county concern that it is possible for them to have under the Constitutions and laws of the United States and of this state.
(3) An ordinance adopted by a county governing body that changes the number or mode of selection of elective county officers shall not take effect unless the ordinance is submitted to and approved by the electors of the county at a primary election, general election or election held on the first Tuesday after the first Monday in November of an odd-numbered year. However, an ordinance adopted under this section may not change the mode of selection of a county assessor.
(4) Nothing in this section shall be construed to limit the rights of the electors of a county to propose county ordinances through exercise of the initiative power. [1973 c.282 §2; 1981 c.140 §1; 1985 c.756 §1; 1995 c.712 § 87; 2007 c.155 §12]
2023 Oregon Revised Statutes › Volume : 06 - Local Government, Public Employees, Elections › Chapter 203 - County Governing Bodies; County Home Rule › Section 203.040 - Inapplicability of ordinances inside incorporated city.

Except by consent of the governing body or the electors of a city and except in cities not regularly operating as such through elected governmental officials, ordinances adopted under ORS 203.030 to 203.075 in exercise of the police power shall not apply inside an incorporated city. [1973 c.282 §4; 1977 c.766 §14]
2023 Oregon Revised Statutes › Volume : 06 - Local Government, Public Employees, Elections › Chapter 203 - County Governing Bodies; County Home Rule › Section 203.055 - Elector approval of taxation related ordinance.

Any ordinance, adopted by a county governing body under ORS 203.035 and imposing, or providing an exemption from, taxation shall receive the approval of the electors of the county before taking effect. [1973 c.282 §6; 1975 c.736 §3; 2013 c.753 §§11,12]
2023 Oregon Revised Statutes › Volume : 06 - Local Government, Public Employees, Elections › Chapter 203 - County Governing Bodies; County Home Rule › Section 203.060 - Judicial review and invalidation of ordinances.

Ordinances adopted under ORS 203.030 to 203.075 shall be subject to judicial review and invalidation on account of unreasonableness, procedural error in adoption, or conflict with paramount state law or constitutional provision. [1973 c.282 §7]
2023 Oregon Revised Statutes › Volume : 06 - Local Government, Public Employees, Elections › Chapter 203 - County Governing Bodies; County Home Rule › Section 203.065 - Violation of county ordinances; remedies; enforcement; status of nuisance declared by ordinance; disposition of fines.

(1) Subject to ORS 153.025, violation of an ordinance adopted by a county governing body under ORS 203.030 to 203.075 is a Class A violation. By ordinance, a county governing body may establish a specific fine violation as described in ORS 153.015 that provides for a higher fine than established under ORS 153.018 for Class A violations.
(2) The violator of a county ordinance may be prosecuted by the county in the name of the county, or be made the defendant in a civil proceeding by the county seeking redress of the violation.
(3) Every act or thing done, or anything existing within the limits of a county, which is declared by an ordinance of the county adopted under ORS 203.030 to 203.075 to be a nuisance, shall constitute a nuisance and may be regarded as such in all actions, suits and proceedings, unless the ordinance is declared void by a court of competent jurisdiction.
(4) Fines recovered under ORS 203.030 to 203.075 shall be paid to the clerk of the court in which recovery is had. After first deducting court costs in the proceedings, the clerk shall pay the remainder to the treasurer of the county for the general fund of the county.
(5) Any peace officer, as defined by ORS 161.015, may enforce an ordinance adopted under ORS 203.035. [1973 c.282 §8; 1975 c.736 §4; 1977 c.766 §15; 1999 c.1051 §78a]
2023 Oregon Revised Statutes › Volume : 06 - Local Government, Public Employees, Elections › Chapter 203 - County Governing Bodies; County Home Rule › Section 203.075 - Applicable law for local improvement assessments.

When a county governing body orders the construction of a local improvement and levies an assessment for all or part of the cost of the improvement against property benefited by the improvement, if there is a conflict between ORS 223.205 to 223.295, 223.387 to 223.399, 223.405 to 223.485 and 223.770 and a county charter, county ordinance or another statute, the charter, ordinance or other statute shall prevail. [1987 c.615 §2; 1991 c.902 §109; 1995 c.333 §14; 2017 c.17 §18]
2023 Oregon Revised Statutes › Volume : 06 - Local Government, Public Employees, Elections › Chapter 203 - County Governing Bodies; County Home Rule › Section 203.085 - County election dates; emergency elections.

(1) Except as provided in subsection (3) of this section, no election on a county measure referred by the county governing body or for a county office shall be held on any date other than:
(a) The second Tuesday in March;
(b) The third Tuesday in May;
(c) The fourth Tuesday in August; or
(d) The first Tuesday after the first Monday in November.
(2) Except as provided in subsection (3) of this section, no election on a county measure other than a county measure referred by the county governing body shall be held on any date other than:
(a) The third Tuesday in May; or
(b) The first Tuesday after the first Monday in November.
(3) An emergency election may be held on a date other than those provided in subsection (1) or (2) of this section if the county governing body by resolution finds that an emergency exists that will require an election sooner than the next available election date to avoid extraordinary hardship to the community. A determination under this subsection as to whether an emergency exists is within the sole discretion of the county governing body.
(4) A county governing body, with adequate notice, shall hold a public hearing, on a date other than a regularly scheduled meeting, for the purpose of making findings substantiating the fact that an emergency exists before scheduling an election on a date other than those specified in subsection (1) or (2) of this section.
(5) Notice of a county’s intent to hold an emergency election shall be filed with the county elections authority no later than 47 days preceding the desired election date. At the time the notice of election is given to the county elections authority, the county shall also file with the elections authority a certified copy of the ballot title and a copy of the resolution and findings adopted by the county governing body to authorize the emergency election as required under subsection (4) of this section. [1979 c.316 §3; 1981 c.639 §4; 1985 c.808 §69; 1987 c.267 §64; 1989 c.923 §6; 1991 c.71 §2; 1993 c.713 §51; 1995 c.607 §63; 1995 c.712 §113; 2015 c.44 §1; 2021 c.551 §18]
2023 Oregon Revised Statutes › Volume : 06 - Local Government, Public Employees, Elections › Chapter 203 - County Governing Bodies; County Home Rule › Section 203.105 - Program in Governor’s office to assist counties in fiscal distress.

(1) For purposes of providing assistance to counties in fiscal distress, there is created in the Governor’s office a service delivery technical assistance program.
(2) The service delivery technical assistance program shall:
(a) Award, to public bodies as defined in ORS 174.109, and administer grants for service delivery innovation.
(b) Enter into agreements with public and private entities to provide technical assistance to public bodies.
(c) Convene task forces and work groups as deemed necessary by the program to advance the purposes of this section. [2013 c.760 §1]
Note:
203.105 was enacted into law by the Legislative Assembly but was not added to or made a part of ORS chapter 203 or any series therein by legislative action. See Preface to Oregon Revised Statutes for further explanation.
2023 Oregon Revised Statutes › Volume : 06 - Local Government, Public Employees, Elections › Chapter 203 - County Governing Bodies; County Home Rule › Section 203.111 - County governing body; legislative authority; quorum.

Unless otherwise provided by county charter, a county court shall be the governing body and shall exercise general legislative authority over all matters of county concern and shall consist of the county judge and two county commissioners and a majority of those persons shall constitute a quorum. [1981 c.140 §3 (enacted in lieu of 203.110)]
2023 Oregon Revised Statutes › Volume : 06 - Local Government, Public Employees, Elections › Chapter 203 - County Governing Bodies; County Home Rule › Section 203.115 - County power to change fees.

A county governing body shall not change the amount of a fee it has set pursuant to statute within six months after setting that fee. [1979 c.833 §1; 2009 c.477 §3]
2023 Oregon Revised Statutes › Volume : 06 - Local Government, Public Employees, Elections › Chapter 203 - County Governing Bodies; County Home Rule › Section 203.132 - Inclusion of property outside county or in city in county assessment for local improvement.

(1) The governing body of a county may include property located outside the county or within a city as part of the property to be improved or to be assessed for a public improvement, subject to the following conditions:
(a) The type of improvement is one which the county has authority to finance by assessments against the property that is within the county and outside any city.
(b) The governing body of the other county or the city, by resolution, approves the improvement if any portion of it is within the other county or city.
(c) The governing body of the other county or the city, by resolution, approves the assessment of the property within the other county or city.
(d) The assessment authority, including authority to enforce collection of assessments, is exercised for property outside the county or within a city in the same manner as for property within the county.
(2) The owners of property in the other county or city subject to an assessment under this section shall have the same rights, including remedies, which the owners of property within the county may have. [Formerly 308.165]
2023 Oregon Revised Statutes › Volume : 06 - Local Government, Public Employees, Elections › Chapter 203 - County Governing Bodies; County Home Rule › Section 203.135 - Eminent domain power of county.

In addition to any other powers granted to a county under state law or county charter, a county governing body may exercise the power of eminent domain under ORS chapter 35 to acquire any right or interest in real property for:
(1) Public road, trail or other public easement purposes.
(2) Public park or recreation area purposes.
(3) Public building or public institution purposes.
(4) Purposes of development or protection of property acquired for a purpose otherwise described in this section including acquisition of land for use as a quarry, drainage way, pond, marsh or similar purpose. [1981 c.153 §50]
2023 Oregon Revised Statutes › Volume : 06 - Local Government, Public Employees, Elections › Chapter 203 - County Governing Bodies; County Home Rule › Section 203.145 - Appointment of legal counsel for county governing body; authority of counsel; compensation.

(1) As used in this section, "board" means board of county commissioners, county court or county governing body of a county, as the case may be.
(2) Unless otherwise provided by county charter or legislation enacted pursuant thereto, the board of each county may appoint a person or persons licensed to practice law in the State of Oregon as counsel to advise the board and other county officers, to render services in connection with legal questions of a civil nature arising in the discharge of their functions, to prosecute violations of county law as defined by ORS 203.810, and to provide such additional services as the board determines. Counsel shall serve at the pleasure of the board, on a full- or part-time basis, and be compensated in the manner and amounts the board determines. The board shall reimburse counsel for necessary expenses incurred in performance of services rendered and may provide personnel, facilities and office space necessary for counsel to render such services.
(3) When a person or persons licensed to practice law in the State of Oregon have been appointed pursuant to subsection (2) of this section, they shall have the same civil authority and responsibilities as are otherwise provided for the district attorney when acting as advisor to the board and county officers. [Formerly 203.121]