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451.010Authorization to establish master plans and service districts; purposes 451.110Definitions for ORS 451.110 to 451.140 451.120Master plans for development of service facilities 451.130Conformity to master plan; approval 451.140Powers of county court under ORS 451.110 to 451.140 451.410Definitions for ORS 451.410 to 451.610 451.420District may construct and operate service facilities 451.430[1955 c.685 §3; 1961 c.576 §5; 1963 c.515 §9; 1967 c.249 §2; 1969 c.646 §2; 1971 c.291 §4; 1971 c.727 §129; repealed by 1973 c.785 §32] 451.435Law governing district formation or change 451.440Plans for service facilities 451.445Formation of district upon finding of health hazard; assessment 451.450[1955 c.685 §5; 1961 c.576 §7; 1963 c.515 §11; repealed by 1971 c.727 §203] 451.460[1955 c.685 §6; 1963 c.515 §12; repealed by 1971 c.727 §203] 451.462[1963 c.515 §12b; 1969 c.646 §3; repealed by 1971 c.727 §203] 451.465[1961 c.576 §§9,11,12,13; 1963 c.515 §12c; repealed by 1971 c.727 §191] 451.467[1961 c.576 §10; 1963 c.515 §13; 1969 c.646 §4; 1971 c.727 §132; repealed by 1973 c.785 §32] 451.469[1969 c.646 §6; repealed by 1971 c.647 §149] 451.470[1955 c.685 §7; repealed by 1961 c.576 §24] 451.472District to construct and operate only authorized service facilities; additional authority; requirements for provision of drainage works 451.476[1963 c.515 §13c; repealed by 1969 c.646 §18] 451.480[1955 c.685 §8; repealed by 1961 c.576 §24] 451.485Governing body of district; order preliminary to construction 451.487Referendum on order; election 451.490Methods of financing service facilities 451.492Financing portion of connection charges; lien 451.495Ordinance governing certain assessments 451.500Charges and fees for financing service facilities 451.510Collection of service charges 451.520Assessments to be entered on lien docket; foreclosure for failure to pay; reassessments 451.530[1955 c.685 §13; 1961 c.576 §16; 1963 c.515 §17; 1965 c.227 §2; 1971 c.325 §4; 1973 c.785 §19; repealed by 1995 c.333 §37] 451.540Tax levy for financing service facilities; hearing 451.542Filing boundary change with county assessor and Department of Revenue 451.545Bond issue for financing service facilities 451.547Tax levies authorized 451.550Powers of district under ORS 451.410 to 451.610 451.555Districts formed to provide comprehensive planning services; adoption of land use plans; advisory committees 451.560Agreements for cooperative financing of service facilities or for use, lease or joint operation of service facilities 451.562[1963 c.515 §21b; 1965 c.475 §1; 1967 c.248 §4; 1969 c.646 §13; 1971 c.291 §1; 1971 c.727 §134; repealed by 1973 c.785 §32] 451.563[1967 c.248 §§2,3; repealed by 1969 c.646 §18] 451.564[1967 c.538 §4; repealed by 1971 c.727 §203] 451.565[1961 c.576 §21; 1965 c.304 §1; repealed by 1969 c.646 §18] 451.566[1971 c.291 §3; repealed by 1973 c.785 §32] 451.568[1973 c.211 §4; repealed by 2015 c.283 §2] 451.570Regulations for sewage disposal, solid waste disposal, street cleaning and other authorized purposes 451.572Certain special districts excluded from water supply county service districts 451.573Definitions for ORS 451.573 to 451.577 451.575Withdrawal of special district before formation of or annexation to county service district; debt distribution plan; delivery of assets and records 451.577Dissolution of special district; service district to succeed 451.580Disposition of moneys received under ORS 451.410 to 451.610 451.585Duty of city when all or part of district incorporated or annexed 451.590Entry upon privately owned lands to survey or lay out service facilities 451.600Restrictions on altering, repairing or connecting with a service facility 451.605Formation of district for emergency communications system 451.610Advisory committee for emergency communications system 451.620Procedures for district formed subject to specified dissolution date 451.990Penalties

Chapter 451 — County Service Facilities

ORS 451.435 Law governing district formation or change

(1)

All district formation and change of organization proceedings shall be initiated, conducted and completed as provided by ORS 198.705 to 198.955. Except for an order allowing an existing district established to provide sewage works to also provide drainage works, no county or portion thereof shall be included within a district that is to provide services in more than one county without the consent of the governing body of the affected county.

(2)

In the case of sewage works, upon certification to the county court by the Environmental Quality Commission or the local health officer that an emergency exists, the county court shall initiate the formation of a district in the manner specified in ORS 198.835, or annexation to an existing district in the manner specified in ORS 198.850 (3), whichever is most appropriate.

(3)

A petition or order initiating the formation or change of organization of a district shall, in addition to the requirement specified by ORS 198.705 to 198.955, state which of the service facilities specified by ORS 451.010 the district shall be authorized to construct, maintain and operate.

(4)

A final order in a formation or change of organization proceeding of a district shall, in addition to the requirements specified by ORS 198.705 to 198.955, state which of the service facilities specified by ORS 451.010 the district shall be authorized to construct, maintain and operate.

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