ORS Chapter 547

Chapter 547 — DrainageDistricts

 

2009 EDITION

 

DRAINAGEDISTRICTS

 

WATERLAWS

 

ORGANIZATIONOF DRAINAGE DISTRICTS; SCOPE OF LAW

 

547.005     Authorityto form drainage district

 

547.010     Petitionto form district; contents

 

547.015     Verificationand filing of petition

 

547.020     Fixingtime and place of hearing; notice; jurisdiction over district

 

547.025     Filingof objections

 

547.030     Evidenceat hearing; findings; appeal

 

547.040     Applicationof Act of 1915 and amendments to districts organized under earlier laws

 

547.045     Statelands within district; authority to sign petition or objections; liability oflands; assessments

 

547.050     Signingof petition by Governor

 

547.055     Attackon validity or boundaries of district; time for commencement of suit

 

547.060     Scopeof Drainage District Act

 

BOARDOF SUPERVISORS; ADMINISTRATION; SURETY BONDS; WARRANTS

 

547.105     Electionof supervisors; qualifications and terms of office; quorum for transaction ofbusiness at owners’ meetings

 

547.110     Annualmeeting; election of supervisors; owners entitled to vote

 

547.112     Changein number of supervisors

 

547.115     Supervisor’soath of office

 

547.120     Boardof supervisors; officers; secretary; seal; record of proceedings; report

 

547.125     Secretaryas treasurer; duties; audit of books and report to landowners; compensation

 

547.130     Recordof meetings, proceedings, certificates, bonds, acts

 

547.135     Removalof employees

 

547.140     Uniformcharge to pay expenses of organizing district, surveys, assessing benefits anddamages; collection; surplus funds; refunding in case of dissolution

 

547.150     Paymentof claims; warrants; nonpayment; interest-bearing warrants; charge or levy oftax to pay

 

ENGINEER;PLAN FOR RECLAMATION; COMMISSIONERS; ASSESSMENT OF BENEFITS

 

547.205     Appointmentof engineer; duties; surveys; report; maps

 

547.210     Engineer’sreport; adoption by supervisors; report constitutes “Plan for Reclamation”;exclusion of lands not benefited; certain irrigated lands deemed to bebenefited

 

547.215     Commissioners;appointment; qualifications; quorum; continuing existence

 

547.220     Noticeof appointment of commissioners; meeting; secretary of board of supervisors tofurnish certain information; oath; officers

 

547.225     Assessmentof benefits and damages by commissioners; report; compensation

 

547.230     Noticeof report of commissioners; publication; form

 

547.235     Exceptionsto report or assessment; hearing by court; modifications; transmission ofjudgment and report to supervisors and county clerks; appeal from judgment

 

547.240     Dissolutionof district if cost exceeds benefits; obligations and expenses; additionalcharges

 

547.245     Reassessmentof benefits

 

547.250     Changesin plan for reclamation; petition for amendment of plan; notice

 

547.255     Objectionsto petition; findings; judgment; recording

 

547.260     Appointmentof commissioners when plan amended; subsequent proceedings; court costs

 

547.265     Amendmentof plan where works or charge insufficient; additional charge

 

WORKSAND IMPROVEMENTS OF DISTRICT

 

547.305     Entryon land; acquisition of property; water filings and appropriations;condemnation of property devoted to public use; right of way across state lands

 

547.310     Boardauthority regarding reclamation works; contracts; engineer’s duties

 

547.315     Connectingexisting improvements; procedure; connection with improvements outside district

 

547.320     Powersof districts regarding irrigation works; bonds

 

547.325     Powersof districts under 1,000 acres regarding domestic water supply

 

CONTRACTSWITH UNITED STATES FOR RECLAMATION

 

547.355     Contractswith United States for reclamation by drainage or irrigation authorized

 

547.360     Paymentof amounts due; assessments on lands; lien thereof; collection

 

DISTRICTSWEST OF CASCADES; CONSTRUCTION AND MAINTENANCE OF DITCHES

 

547.405     Districtswest of Cascades; control of supervisors over improvements

 

547.410     Maintainingimprovements; notice to owner or occupant of premises

 

547.415     Failureof owner or occupant to act; maintenance by supervisors

 

547.420     Liabilityfor cost of work; notice of claim of lien; foreclosure; sale of land

 

547.425     Prohibitedpractices

 

547.430     Civilliability for expense of removal of filth or obstruction; recovery by action

 

ASSESSMENTS,CHARGES AND TAXES

 

547.455     Annualcharge or assessment; computation; apportionment; liability of state lands;payment of assessments by bonds, coupons or warrants

 

547.460     County,city and town lands subject to taxation, assessment or charges

 

547.465     Assessmentor charge of low lands used for growing crops

 

547.470     Extraassessment or charge for lake drainage

 

547.475     Listof assessments and apportionments

 

547.480     Collectionof tax; disposition

 

547.482     Filingboundary change with county assessor and Department of Revenue

 

547.485     Governingbody of county to make assessment and levy upon failure of supervisors to do so

 

547.490     Waiverof penalty or interest by certain districts

 

547.492     Alternativecharge or assessment method

 

547.495     Cropsbound by lien; exceptions

 

547.500     Noticeor claim of crop lien; filing; contents

 

547.505     Recordingof crop lien claim by clerk; indexing

 

547.510     Formof crop lien claim; foreclosure

 

547.515     Removalof crops to another county; recording of notice in latter county; rights ofpurchasers and mortgagees

 

BONDSOF DISTRICT

 

547.555     Bonds;issuance; interest; place of payment; maturities

 

547.560     Saleof bonds; procedure

 

547.565     Paymentof bonds from assessments

 

547.570     Bondproceeds; depository

 

547.575     Bondfund account; general fund

 

547.580     Retirementof bonds before maturity; call provisions

 

FUNDINGAND REFUNDING OF DEBT UNDER 1909 ACT

 

547.605     Fundingand refunding of debt; bonds; place of payment

 

547.610     Saleor exchange of bonds; application of proceeds; cancellation of retiredobligations; record of transactions

 

547.615     Taxfor payment of interest and principal; sinking fund

 

547.620     Retirementof outstanding bonds; notice to bondholders to submit propositions; premium;calling of bonds

 

ALTERNATIVEMETHOD OF REFUNDING INDEBTEDNESS OR ISSUING BONDS

 

547.655     Authorityto adopt alternative procedure

 

547.660     Exchangeof refunding bonds for outstanding indebtedness

 

547.665     Numbering;maturities; negotiability; interest; place of payment; denominations;execution; registration; authority to retire bonds

 

547.670     Offerby holders of indebtedness to surrender evidences thereof or acceptproportional payment; sale of bonds; notice; publication

 

547.675     Lienon land assessed for bond payment

 

547.680     Emergencyfund; assessments for; use of

 

547.685     Retirementof bonds before maturity; notice of call; date of payment; cessation ofinterest

 

547.690     Judicialconfirmation

 

547.695     Saleof lands for delinquent charges; district as purchaser; resale; payment ofproceeds into emergency fund; district to bid at tax sale

 

547.697     Bondfund separate from district general fund; deposits to bond fund and districtgeneral fund; expenditures from bond fund and district general fund

 

WITHDRAWAL

 

547.755     Partof district annexed to city to be withdrawn from district only by consent ofvoters

 

PENALTIES

 

547.990     Penalties

 

ORGANIZATIONOF DRAINAGE DISTRICTS; SCOPE OF LAW

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