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440.010[Amended by 1963 c.607 §1; 1967 c.613 §1; repealed by 1981 c.45 §1] 440.020[Amended by 1967 c.613 §2; repealed by 1981 c.45 §1] 440.030[Amended by 1963 c.607 §2; 1967 c.613 §4; repealed by 1981 c.45 §1] 440.040[1967 c.613 §3; repealed by 1981 c.45 §1] 440.110[Repealed by 1981 c.45 §1] 440.120[Repealed by 1981 c.45 §1] 440.130[Repealed by 1981 c.45 §1] 440.140[Repealed by 1981 c.45 §1] 440.150[Repealed by 1981 c.45 §1] 440.160[Repealed by 1981 c.45 §1] 440.170[Repealed by 1981 c.45 §1] 440.180[Amended by 1967 c.317 §1; repealed by 1981 c.45 §1] 440.190[Repealed by 1981 c.45 §1] 440.200[Amended by 1967 c.317 §2; repealed by 1981 c.45 §1] 440.210[Repealed by 1981 c.45 §1] 440.220[Amended by 1963 c.607 §3; repealed by 1981 c.45 §1] 440.230[Repealed by 1981 c.45 §1] 440.305District created coterminous with each district existing on July 2, 1957; districts existing on July 2, 1957, abolished 440.310New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numbers for election of directors 440.347District elections 440.350Call of special elections 440.355[Formerly 441.315; repealed by 1979 c.190 §431] 440.360Powers of health districts 440.365User charges 440.370Eminent domain 440.375Authority to issue bonds 440.380Bonds; maturity;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records open to inspection; preservation of records 440.410Annual audit 440.420[2001 c.405 §1; 2009 c.595 §718; repealed by 2015 c.70 §13] 440.505Port hospitals; levy of taxes; property exempt from taxation 440.600Formation of Central Oregon Health Council 440.601Composition of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 440.315 Definitions for ORS 440.315 to 440.410

As used in ORS 440.315 to 440.410, unless the context requires otherwise:

(1)

“County board” means the county court or board of county commissioners, as the case may be, of the county in which a district, or the greater portion of the taxable assessed value thereof, is located.

(2)

“County clerk” means the county clerk of the county in which a district, or the greater portion of the taxable assessed value thereof, is located.

(3)

“District board” or “board” means the board of directors of a district.

(4)

“Health district” or “district” means any district formed pursuant to ORS 440.315 to 440.410.

(5)

“Owner” means the holder of the record title to real property or the vendee under a land sale contract, if there is such a contract.

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