Oregon Revised Statutes
As used in this chapter: “County board” means county court or board of county commissioners of the county. “County” means the county in which the district, or the greater portion of the taxable assessed value of the district, is located. “District” means park and recreation district formed under this chapter. “District board” means the governing body of …
ORS chapter 255 governs the following: The nomination and election of board members. The conduct of all elections in the district. The electors of a district may exercise the powers of the initiative and referendum regarding a district measure, in accordance with ORS 255.135 to 255.205.
A community may form a municipal corporation to provide park and recreation facilities for the inhabitants. In addition to other required matters, the petition for formation shall state the number of members to be on the district board and the method of election of the board of the proposed district from among the methods described in ORS 266.375.
DISTRICT BOARD
The officers of the district shall be a board of three or five members, to be elected by the electors of the district, and a secretary, to be appointed by the board. Every elector of a district is qualified to be a member of the board or officer of the district.
The number of district board members to be elected shall be three or five, according to the number set forth in the petition for formation. The terms of the first board members shall be determined as provided in subsections (2) and (3) of this section. If a three-member board is to be elected: The candidates receiving the highest and the second highest vot…
This section establishes the procedure for determining the following questions: Whether a district having a three-member board shall increase the number of members to five. Whether a district having a five-member board shall decrease the number of members to three. The question of increasing or decreasing the membership of the district board shall be dete…
At the regular district election, successors to the board members whose terms expire shall be elected as follows: In an unzoned district, if one board member is to be elected, the candidate receiving the highest vote shall be elected. If two or three board members are to be elected, the candidates receiving the first and second or first, second and third hi…
When a district under ORS 266.325 expands the membership of its district board from three to five members or reduces the membership of its board from five to three members, the Secretary of State by rule shall provide for continuing the schedule of biennial elections of board members as follows: If the board is reduced to three members, at least one member …
A district board member when elected shall take the oath of office within 10 days after receiving the certificate of election.
The park and recreation board is the governing power of the district and shall exercise all powers of the district. At its first meeting or as soon thereafter as may be practicable, the board shall choose one of its members as president and shall appoint a secretary who need not be a member of the board. In case of the absence, or inability to act, of the p…
The board members may be elected in one of the following methods or a combination thereof: Elected by the electors of zones as nearly equal in population as possible according to the latest federal census. Elected at large by position number by the electors of the district. Candidates for election from zones shall be nominated by electors of the zones. Ca…
This section establishes the procedure for determining whether the method adopted in a district for nominating and electing board members should be changed to another method. The question shall be decided by election. The district board: May order the election on its own resolution; or Shall order the election when a petition is filed as provided in this s…
The board shall adjust zones established within a district as necessary to make them as nearly equal in population as is feasible according to the latest federal census. The board also shall adjust boundaries of zones as necessary to reflect boundary changes of the district. For purposes of ad valorem taxation, a boundary change must be filed in final appro…
Every district shall have power: To have and use a common seal. To sue and be sued in its name. To construct, reconstruct, alter, enlarge, operate and maintain such lakes, parks, recreation grounds and buildings as, in the judgment of the district board, are necessary or proper, and for this purpose to acquire by lease, purchase, gift, devise, condemnatio…
The park and recreation board, by resolution duly adopted, may establish sinking funds for the purpose of defraying the costs of acquiring land for park and recreation sites, and for acquiring or constructing buildings or facilities thereon or therein. Any such fund may be created through the inclusion annually within the tax budget of the district of items …
Except as otherwise provided by ORS 266.530 to 266.580, the money of the district shall be deposited, in the discretion of the district board, either with the county treasurer of the county, in accordance with subsections (2) to (4) of this section, or in one or more banks or savings and loan associations to be designated by the board. Funds deposited in a b…
Any general regulation of the district board shall be adopted in accordance with ORS 198.510 to 198.600. Orders not establishing a general regulation need not be published or posted, unless otherwise provided by this chapter, but shall be entered in the minutes, and the entry shall be signed by the secretary of the board. An ordinary order shall take effect…
The district board may call upon the district attorney for advice as to any district business. The district attorney shall give advice when called on therefor by the board. The board may at any time employ special counsel for any purpose.
A district has the power to contract a bonded indebtedness for the purpose of providing funds: To acquire land, rights of way, interests in land, buildings and equipment. To improve land and develop parks and recreation grounds. To construct, reconstruct, improve, repair and furnish buildings, gymnasiums, swimming pools, golf courses, driving ranges, boat…
For the purpose of providing funds with which to put into effect one or any combination of any of the purposes authorized under ORS 266.480, the district board, when authorized by a majority of those voting at an election called for that purpose, may borrow money and sell and dispose of general obligation bonds. The district board: May order an election un…
Whenever authorized by the electors, the district board may issue general obligation bonds of the district, not exceeding the principal amount stated in the notice of election and for the purpose therein named. The aggregate amount of general obligation bonds issued and outstanding at any one time shall in no case exceed two and one-half percent of the real…
In addition to the authority to issue general obligation bonds, a district, when authorized by a majority of those voting at an election called for that purpose, may sell and dispose of revenue bonds, and pledge as security therefor all or any part of the unobligated net revenue of the district or a recreational facility of the district, to purchase, acquire…
Refunding bonds of the same character and tenor as those replaced thereby may be issued pursuant to a resolution duly adopted by the district board without submitting to the electors the question of authorizing the issuance of such bonds.
In carrying out the powers conferred by this chapter, a district may contract with the United States or any agency thereof for the acquisition, construction, reconstruction, maintenance and operation, or any of them, of park and recreation facilities. Contract provisions for repayment of any loan from the United States, and the bonds securing the payment of…
The county treasurer shall register each bond issued pursuant to ORS 266.480 in a book kept for that purpose in the office of the county treasurer, noting the district, amount, date, time and place of payment, rate of interest and such other facts as may be deemed proper. The county treasurer shall cause the bonds to be delivered promptly to the purchasers …
Whenever the amount of any sinking fund created under ORS 266.430 equals the amount, principal and interest, of any bond then due or subject under the pleasure or option of the district to be paid or redeemed, the county treasurer of the county in which the district is located shall notify the holder of the bond and shall publish a notice in the newspaper pu…
The principal of and the interest on the bonds shall be payable in lawful money of the United States of America at the office of the treasurer of the county or at the fiscal agency of the State of Oregon in the city of New York, at the option of the purchaser thereof. The county treasurer must cause to be paid out of any money in the hands of the county tre…
All proceedings taken prior to March 18, 1949, in the authorization and issuance of bonds by any district pursuant to ORS 266.480 to 266.512 and 266.530 to 266.580 hereby are validated, ratified, confirmed and approved, notwithstanding any defects and irregularities in the proceedings or any part thereof, and notwithstanding that the amount of the bonded ind…
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