Oregon Law
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440.010[Amended by 1963 c.607 §1; 1967 c.613 §1; repealed by 1981 c.45 §1] 440.020[Amended by 1967 c.613 §2; repealed by 1981 c.45 §1] 440.030[Amended by 1963 c.607 §2; 1967 c.613 §4; repealed by 1981 c.45 §1] 440.040[1967 c.613 §3; repealed by 1981 c.45 §1] 440.110[Repealed by 1981 c.45 §1] 440.120[Repealed by 1981 c.45 §1] 440.130[Repealed by 1981 c.45 §1] 440.140[Repealed by 1981 c.45 §1] 440.150[Repealed by 1981 c.45 §1] 440.160[Repealed by 1981 c.45 §1] 440.170[Repealed by 1981 c.45 §1] 440.180[Amended by 1967 c.317 §1; repealed by 1981 c.45 §1] 440.190[Repealed by 1981 c.45 §1] 440.200[Amended by 1967 c.317 §2; repealed by 1981 c.45 §1] 440.210[Repealed by 1981 c.45 §1] 440.220[Amended by 1963 c.607 §3; repealed by 1981 c.45 §1] 440.230[Repealed by 1981 c.45 §1] 440.305District created coterminous with each district existing on July 2, 1957; districts existing on July 2, 1957, abolished 440.310New district succeeds to and replaces abolished district 440.315Definitions for ORS 440.315 to 440.410 440.320Health districts authorized 440.325Board of directors; qualifications 440.327First board of directors; how first terms computed; oath; terms; vacancy 440.330Number of directors; terms; effect of absence; district employee not eligible to serve on board 440.335Election of officers of board of directors; duties; quorum 440.340Directors; meetings; rules 440.345Position numbers for election of directors 440.347District elections 440.350Call of special elections 440.355[Formerly 441.315; repealed by 1979 c.190 §431] 440.360Powers of health districts 440.365User charges 440.370Eminent domain 440.375Authority to issue bonds 440.380Bonds; maturity; interest; conditions 440.385Pledge of income and revenues to secure payment of bonds 440.390Issuance of bonds 440.395Tax levies; use; extension; collection; default 440.397Filing of boundary change 440.400Expenditure and accounting of district funds 440.403Adoption of health district budget 440.405District records open to inspection; preservation of records 440.410Annual audit 440.420[2001 c.405 §1; 2009 c.595 §718; repealed by 2015 c.70 §13] 440.505Port hospitals; levy of taxes; property exempt from taxation 440.600Formation of Central Oregon Health Council 440.601Composition of Central Oregon Health Council; term of office; authority of council; rules 440.602Advisory committee to Central Oregon Health Council 440.603Regional health improvement plan 440.604Rules relating to regional health improvement plan

Chapter 440 — Regional Health Entities

ORS 440.310 New district succeeds to and replaces abolished district

Each health district created by ORS 440.305 (1) shall in all respects be the successor of and replace the territorially coterminous health district abolished by ORS 440.305 (3). Without limiting the foregoing:

(1)

A successor health district is:

(a)

The owner of all assets of the succeeded health district, including real and personal property, money, water, water rights and riparian rights.

(b)

Successor party to the contracts of the succeeded health district.

(c)

Successor party to court proceedings in which the succeeded health district was a party.

(d)

Successor obligor and subject to the indebtedness, bonded or otherwise, of the succeeded health district.

(2)

A successor health district shall levy and collect any tax lawfully assessed or collect any tax lawfully assessed and levied, as the case may be, by the succeeded health district.

(3)

The rules and regulations of the succeeded health district are the rules and regulations of the successor health district until changed under ORS 440.315 to 440.410.

(4)

The directors and officers of the succeeded health district are the directors and officers of the successor health district.

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Provenance

Version history

Earlier statutory text is available in an ingested published ORS edition.