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Section
545.001
Short title.
Section
545.002
Definitions.
Section
545.004
Section 545.004
Section
545.006
Section 545.006
Section
545.007
Voting rights.
Section
545.008
Section 545.008
Section
545.010
Section 545.010
Section
545.012
Section 545.012
Section
545.014
Section 545.014
Section
545.016
[Amended by 1969 c.345 §12; repealed by 1989 c.182 §49]
Section
545.018
Section 545.018
Section
545.020
Section 545.020
Section
545.022
Section 545.022
Section
545.024
Section 545.024
Section
545.025
Purposes of irrigation district; process for formation.
Section
545.026
Section 545.026
Section
545.028
Section 545.028
Section
545.029
Hearing of petition by county court; authority as to boundaries of district; lands included; order; formation of district without election.
Section
545.030
Section 545.030
Section
545.032
Section 545.032
Section
545.033
Naming and division of districts.
Section
545.034
Section 545.034
Section
545.036
Section 545.036
Section
545.037
Notice of election for determining organization of district; contents; publication; mailing.
Section
545.038
Section 545.038
Section
545.040
[Repealed by 1995 c.42 §184]
Section
545.041
Conduct of election; contents of nominating petition; verification of electors by county assessor; order declaring result; inclusion of portion of district in another district; commencement of duties by directors.
Section
545.043
Qualifications of directors; terms of office; oath.
Section
545.045
Section 545.045
Section
545.051
Change of boundaries authorized; effect on existing rights and liabilities.
Section
545.057
Petition for inclusion of lands within district.
Section
545.059
Notice of petition; publication; deposit for costs.
Section
545.061
Hearing on petition.
Section
545.062
Section 545.062
Section
545.064
Section 545.064
Section
545.065
Section 545.065
Section
545.066
Section 545.066
Section
545.067
Liability of petitioners for obligations of district.
Section
545.068
Section 545.068
Section
545.070
Section 545.070
Section
545.071
Acceptance or rejection of petition; inclusion of land when owner objects.
Section
545.072
[Repealed by 1989 c.182 §49]
Section
545.074
[Repealed by 1975 c.771 §33]
Section
545.075
Requirements that may be imposed upon petitioners in western Oregon district; charges or assessments.
Section
545.076
Section 545.076
Section
545.078
Section 545.078
Section
545.079
Recording of order including lands in district; effect of order; appeal.
Section
545.080
Section 545.080
Section
545.081
Section 545.081
Section
545.082
Section 545.082
Section
545.084
Section 545.084
Section
545.085
Record of petition; admissibility in evidence.
Section
545.086
Section 545.086
Section
545.088
Section 545.088
Section
545.089
Redivision of district; election of directors.
Section
545.090
Section 545.090
Section
545.091
Inclusion of lands not subject to charges of district.
Section
545.092
[Repealed by 1969 c.344 §8]
Section
545.093
Creation of subdistricts; purpose; change in subdistrict boundaries.
Section
545.094
Engineering plan for improvements within subdistricts; notice; hearing; remonstrance.
Section
545.095
Charges or assessments for improvements within subdistrict.
Section
545.097
Exclusion of tracts; effect on status of district, rights and liabilities.
Section
545.099
Petition for exclusion of lands from district; approval by board; payment of costs of exclusion.
Section
545.101
Exclusion of subdivisions with three or more tracts on each acre of land; exceptions.
Section
545.102
Section 545.102
Section
545.104
Section 545.104
Section
545.105
Assent of bondholders; acknowledgment; filing; recording.
Section
545.106
Section 545.106
Section
545.108
Section 545.108
Section
545.109
Recording minutes of board.
Section
545.110
Section 545.110
Section
545.112
Section 545.112
Section
545.113
State agency to pay assessment and charges or to petition for exclusion.
Section
545.114
Section 545.114
Section
545.116
Section 545.116
Section
545.117
[Formerly 545.616; repealed by 1999 c.452 §30]
Section
545.118
[Repealed by 1989 c.182 §49]
Section
545.119
Section 545.119
Section
545.120
[Repealed by 1975 c.771 §33]
Section
545.122
[Repealed by 1969 c.344 §8]
Section
545.123
Redivision of district; election of director.
Section
545.124
Section 545.124
Section
545.126
Liability of excluded lands for district’s obligations.
Section
545.131
Union or merger of districts; petition; approval of board; election; indebtedness.
Section
545.135
Elections subsequent to organization of district; election of directors.
Section
545.137
Notices of election; board of election; place of holding election; nomination of candidates; advertising openings on district board; certificate of election to sole candidate; ballots.
Section
545.139
Board of election; polls; ballots.
Section
545.141
Conduct of election; challenge and verification of qualifications of elector; counting ballots.
Section
545.142
Section 545.142
Section
545.144
Section 545.144
Section
545.145
Certificate of vote; stringing of ballots; sealing of returns; delivery to board secretary; recount.
Section
545.146
Section 545.146
Section
545.148
Section 545.148
Section
545.149
Canvass of returns; standard for rejecting certain election documents; canvass to be in public.
Section
545.150
Section 545.150
Section
545.152
Section 545.152
Section
545.153
Statement of result; contents; certificate of election; effect of informalities in conduct of election.
Section
545.154
[Amended by 1989 c.182 §11; repealed by 1993 c.771 §20]
Section
545.156
[Formerly 545.038; repealed by 1999 c.452 §30]
Section
545.163
Procedures for conducting election by mail.
Section
545.167
Division of district for election of directors; procedure.
Section
545.169
Election of directors from newly created divisions.
Section
545.171
Election precincts in divisions; alteration.
Section
545.172
Section 545.172
Section
545.174
Section 545.174
Section
545.176
Section 545.176
Section
545.178
Section 545.178
Section
545.181
Organization of board; officers; establishment of meeting dates; collection, custody and disbursement of moneys.
Section
545.183
Compensation and expenses of officers and employees; membership fees in associations.
Section
545.185
Meetings of board; quorum; public inspection of records.
Section
545.187
Vacancy in office when director ceases to be resident or landowner; appointment of successor.
Section
545.188
Filling vacancy in office of director.
Section
545.189
Recall of director; procedure; required number of signatures for recall petition.
Section
545.192
Section 545.192
Section
545.194
Section 545.194
Section
545.196
Section 545.196
Section
545.198
Section 545.198
Section
545.199
Increase in number of directors upon determination of board or petition; election on increase.
Section
545.200
[Repealed by 1969 c.345 §20]
Section
545.202
Section 545.202
Section
545.203
Election of additional directors; terms of office.
Section
545.204
Section 545.204
Section
545.206
Section 545.206
Section
545.207
Redivision of district upon increase in directors; representation of divisions; voting qualifications.
Section
545.208
Section 545.208
Section
545.210
Section 545.210
Section
545.211
Decrease in number of directors; redivision of district; terms of office.
Section
545.212
Section 545.212
Section
545.214
Section 545.214
Section
545.216
Section 545.216
Section
545.218
Section 545.218
Section
545.220
[Repealed by 1995 c.42 §184]
Section
545.221
Powers and duties of board as to management of district; water deliveries.
Section
545.222
[Amended by 1979 c.562 §19; repealed by 1995 c.42 §184]
Section
545.224
Section 545.224
Section
545.225
Contracts; conveyances; suits; judicial knowledge concerning district; audit reports.
Section
545.226
[Repealed by 1989 c.182 §49]
Section
545.228
Section 545.228
Section
545.230
Section 545.230
Section
545.232
Section 545.232
Section
545.234
Section 545.234
Section
545.236
Section 545.236
Section
545.237
Right to enter upon lands for inspection and maintenance of water works.
Section
545.239
Right to enter upon and acquire lands and water rights; right of condemnation.
Section
545.241
Bond or other security as condition of immediate possession in condemnation by irrigation or drainage district.
Section
545.242
Section 545.242
Section
545.244
Section 545.244
Section
545.245
Right to immediate possession in condemnation proceeding.
Section
545.246
Section 545.246
Section
545.248
Section 545.248
Section
545.249
Right to condemn for irrigation purposes is a superior right.
Section
545.250
Section 545.250
Section
545.252
Section 545.252
Section
545.253
Title to and rights in property acquired.
Section
545.254
Section 545.254
Section
545.256
Section 545.256
Section
545.257
Authority of irrigation district to acquire domestic or municipal water works; assumption of obligations; sale of surplus water; impairment of irrigation service forbidden.
Section
545.258
Section 545.258
Section
545.260
Section 545.260
Section
545.262
Section 545.262
Section
545.264
Section 545.264
Section
545.266
Section 545.266
Section
545.268
Section 545.268
Section
545.270
Section 545.270
Section
545.271
Furnishing water.
Section
545.272
Section 545.272
Section
545.274
Section 545.274
Section
545.275
Lien on crops for water supplied for irrigation; enforcement; attorney fees.
Section
545.276
Section 545.276
Section
545.278
Section 545.278
Section
545.279
District may require water control devices and measuring devices; notice to water user; objections; hearing.
Section
545.280
Section 545.280
Section
545.282
Section 545.282
Section
545.283
Joinder of districts in acquisition or construction of irrigation or other water use works.
Section
545.284
Section 545.284
Section
545.286
Section 545.286
Section
545.287
Directors may construct or maintain improvements, levy assessments or provide for charges.
Section
545.288
Section 545.288
Section
545.290
[Repealed by 1995 c.42 §184]
Section
545.291
Apportionment of water to tracts; employment of person to distribute water; assessment or charge; lien on land.
Section
545.293
Resolution for water distribution works or services; hearing of objections; construction, repair or maintenance of improvement; apportionment of costs; assessment.
Section
545.295
Conditions required in certain districts before delivering water to additional lands; order; charges and assessments.
Section
545.301
Financing acquisition of water works; contracts with federal government; approval by electors.
Section
545.303
Water works system to be self-sustaining; payment of indebtedness; rates; separate accounts.
Section
545.305
Election concerning acquisition of water works.
Section
545.307
Investment of surplus funds in federal or state bonds.
Section
545.312
Section 545.312
Section
545.314
Section 545.314
Section
545.315
Petition to construct improvements for irrigation; contents; assent of petitioners to assessment of cost of improvement.
Section
545.316
Section 545.316
Section
545.318
Section 545.318
Section
545.319
Elections on question of constructing improvement; resolution of directors.
Section
545.320
Section 545.320
Section
545.322
Section 545.322
Section
545.323
Majority of votes required to approve construction of improvement; cost; apportionment; assessment.
Section
545.324
Section 545.324
Section
545.326
Section 545.326
Section
545.328
[Repealed by 1995 c.42 §184]
Section
545.330
[Repealed by 1995 c.42 §184]
Section
545.332
Section 545.332
Section
545.335
Drainage works; construction authorized; powers of districts; designation of bonds.
Section
545.343
Obligations or contracts with United States under Reclamation Act; acquisition of federal lands.
Section
545.345
Conveyance of lands to United States.
Section
545.347
Obligations or contracts with United States under Fact Finders’ Act.
Section
545.349
Authority to transfer land to federal government for development and colonization; repayment of expenditures; levy of assessments; funds; contracts with federal government.
Section
545.351
Acquisition of lands from owners; crediting of value on charge against remainder of land.
Section
545.352
Section 545.352
Section
545.354
Section 545.354
Section
545.355
Proceedings on extension or cancellation of payments due federal government.
Section
545.356
Section 545.356
Section
545.358
Section 545.358
Section
545.359
Contracts with federal government for flood control works.
Section
545.360
Section 545.360
Section
545.365
Disposition of real property acquired by district; sale to member of board or employee prohibited.
Section
545.367
Authorization of sale of property, excess water or hydroelectric power.
Section
545.369
Release of lien of bonds; form; acknowledgment by bondholders; copy of release as evidence.
Section
545.371
Consent of bondholders; notice requiring presentation of objections; implication of consent; hearing of objections by directors.
Section
545.373
Proceeds of sale; special fund; uses of moneys.
Section
545.375
Purchaser rights; power of directors respecting contracts and instruments relating to transfer.
Section
545.381
Annual assessments; computation of amount to be raised; apportionment; determination of acreage and assessments; credit for water rights.
Section
545.382
Section 545.382
Section
545.384
Section 545.384
Section
545.385
Certain lands may be assessed at different amounts; additional service charge.
Section
545.387
Assessment on benefit basis; determination of benefits.
Section
545.389
Deduction for rights or property required by district; assessments pending construction.
Section
545.391
Assessments for contracts with United States.
Section
545.393
Resolution concerning assessments for payment to United States; publication; collection by county officers.
Section
545.395
Development of district by units; apportionment of assessments; inclusion of noncontiguous land; assessment of reclaimed or improved lands for district obligations.
Section
545.397
Districts developed by units; validation.
Section
545.399
Contract with United States; annual assessments or direct billings.
Section
545.401
Deposit of moneys in special fund; uses.
Section
545.402
Section 545.402
Section
545.404
Section 545.404
Section
545.406
Section 545.406
Section
545.408
Section 545.408
Section
545.410
Section 545.410
Section
545.412
Section 545.412
Section
545.413
Record of assessments and apportionments; error in description; evidence.
Section
545.414
[Amended by 1969 c.124 §4; repealed by 1993 c.771 §20]
Section
545.416
Equalization of assessment and apportionment of taxes; notice of time of meeting of board; public inspection of list.
Section
545.418
Meeting of board; duration; hearing and determination of objections to assessments and apportionment; changes.
Section
545.420
Certification of assessments to county assessors; entry on assessment roll; collection of taxes; deposit of sums collected; disbursements from fund; taxation of state and federal lands.
Section
545.422
Nonperformance by board; assessment, levy and equalization by county court.
Section
545.424
Validation of assessments; defective entry on assessment roll; lands partly outside district.
Section
545.426
Misnomer or mistake relating to ownership not to affect sale.
Section
545.428
Collection of assessments by board secretary; purpose; treatment of unpaid assessments.
Section
545.430
Objections by bondholders; payment from funds otherwise obtained.
Section
545.432
Section 545.432
Section
545.433
Section 545.433
Section
545.434
Section 545.434
Section
545.436
Section 545.436
Section
545.438
Section 545.438
Section
545.440
Section 545.440
Section
545.442
Section 545.442
Section
545.444
Section 545.444
Section
545.446
Section 545.446
Section
545.448
Section 545.448
Section
545.450
Section 545.450
Section
545.452
Section 545.452
Section
545.454
Section 545.454
Section
545.456
Section 545.456
Section
545.458
Section 545.458
Section
545.460
Withholding water while assessments are unpaid; accepting security for payment of assessments.
Section
545.462
Cancellation or compromise of assessment liens on lands acquired by county for taxes.
Section
545.464
Order to tax collector to cancel or change liens; correction of delinquent tax rolls.
Section
545.466
Effect of ORS 545.462 and 545.464 on existing laws.
Section
545.468
Exemption of parcel of land from payment of charge or assessment; qualification of owner of excluded parcel as district elector.
Section
545.471
Charges for water supply; rates; collections and disbursements; basis of charges.
Section
545.473
Districts providing for collection of charges by board secretary; levy of percentage of annual rates.
Section
545.475
Lands subject to assessment.
Section
545.477
Collection of charges; acceptance of district warrants; disposal of moneys collected.
Section
545.479
Provisions not exclusive nor operative to relieve district of duty respecting obligations.
Section
545.482
Authorization of method for billing and collecting incurred charges.
Section
545.484
Computation of amount to be raised; apportionment of charges; fixing due date and delinquency date; fee for other services.
Section
545.486
[Amended by 1971 c.46 §1; repealed by 1991 c.459 §423s]
Section
545.487
Pressurization charge; application to certain lands; apportionment.
Section
545.488
[Amended by 1989 c.182 §29; repealed by 1991 c.459 §423s]
Section
545.490
[Repealed by 1991 c.459 §423s]
Section
545.492
[Repealed by 1991 c.459 §423s]
Section
545.494
Unpaid charge as lien on land; priority respecting other liens and claims.
Section
545.496
Collection of incurred charges; withholding of water until payment; interest on unpaid charges.
Section
545.498
Surety bond to be given by board secretary prior to handling district funds.
Section
545.500
[Amended by 1991 c.459 §423i; 1995 c.42 §118; repealed by 2001 c.476 §11]
Section
545.502
Foreclosure; procedure; redemption after sale; attorney fees.
Section
545.504
Redemption of land upon or prior to foreclosure sale.
Section
545.506
Payment of taxes by district; amount paid added to lien.
Section
545.507
Borrowing for payment of operation and maintenance costs.
Section
545.508
Moneys collected; deposit; separation of funds; disbursements.
Section
545.511
Authorization of bonds, including refunding bonds; contract with state or with United States; election; notice.
Section
545.513
Resubmission of questions to electors; contracts not requiring vote.
Section
545.515
Bonds; interest included in authorized amount.
Section
545.517
Bonds securing payments to United States.
Section
545.519
Issuance of bonds; cancellation of bonds.
Section
545.521
Bonds of districts organized before 1925 with indebtedness of $50,000; retirement of outstanding bonds as condition of further indebtedness; authorization and sale of refunding bonds; application of proceeds; redemption.
Section
545.522
Section 545.522
Section
545.524
Section 545.524
Section
545.526
[Repealed by 1969 c.345 §20]
Section
545.529
Bonds and payments payable from assessments; liability of lands.
Section
545.530
[1969 c.694 §33; see 545.526; repealed by 1971 c.36 §11]
Section
545.532
Increase of assessments to meet defaults; property liable for indebtedness; possession of works upon default.
Section
545.535
Lien against assessed lands; priority.
Section
545.537
Sale of lands for delinquency; purchase by district.
Section
545.539
Bond sinking funds; other funds.
Section
545.541
Retirement of bonds prior to maturity.
Section
545.542
Section 545.542
Section
545.544
Section 545.544
Section
545.545
Determination of liability of individual tracts for bonded indebtedness; acceptance of bonds and cash in payment.
Section
545.546
Section 545.546
Section
545.548
Section 545.548
Section
545.551
Application of ORS 545.553 and 545.555.
Section
545.553
Petition for election on authorization and issuance of bonds.
Section
545.555
Holding election; notice.
Section
545.557
Bonds; maturities; reserves; interest; trustees.
Section
545.559
Bonds and coupons to be negotiable instruments.
Section
545.562
Section 545.562
Section
545.563
Section 545.563
Section
545.564
[Repealed by 1995 c.42 §184]
Section
545.565
Refunding bonds; procedure.
Section
545.567
Determination of liability for assessment to pay bonds; determination on basis of irrigable area or benefits accrued.
Section
545.569
Amounts paid to owners for property or rights.
Section
545.571
Notice of determination; publication; contents.
Section
545.573
Equalization of assessments; hearings.
Section
545.575
Order determining benefits; order of assessment; "benefit surplus" defined.
Section
545.577
Notice of proceedings; appeal to circuit court; notice and summons.
Section
545.579
Pleadings; trial; appeal; finality of assessment order.
Section
545.581
Assessment installments.
Section
545.582
Section 545.582
Section
545.584
Section 545.584
Section
545.585
Bonds; issuance; purposes; form; amortization; maturities; negotiability; numbering; interest; denomination; registration; amount maturing annually; retirement.
Section
545.586
Section 545.586
Section
545.588
Section 545.588
Section
545.589
Recording of assessments; bond lien docket; payment by bonds or coupons; interest on unpaid assessments; lien on land; priority.
Section
545.590
Section 545.590
Section
545.592
Section 545.592
Section
545.593
Section 545.593
Section
545.594
Section 545.594
Section
545.595
Payment of assessment; relief from further assessment.
Section
545.596
Section 545.596
Section
545.598
Section 545.598
Section
545.599
Five-year additional assessment; emergency assessments; emergency fund.
Section
545.600
[Amended by 1959 c.276 §6; repealed by 1975 c.326 §5]
Section
545.602
Section 545.602
Section
545.603
Entry on assessment roll; lien on land; collection; disposal of moneys collected; liability of land sold for taxes; exception.
Section
545.604
Section 545.604
Section
545.606
[Repealed by 1993 c.392 §6]
Section
545.607
Retirement of bonds before maturity.
Section
545.608
[Repealed by 1993 c.392 §6]
Section
545.610
[Amended by 1975 c.72 §1; 1991 c.459 §423q; repealed by 1993 c.392 §6]
Section
545.611
Section 545.611
Section
545.612
Section 545.612
Section
545.613
[1965 c.576 §2; 1975 c.72 §2; 1985 c.581 §1; repealed by 1991 c.459 §423s]
Section
545.614
Section 545.614
Section
545.615
Section 545.615
Section
545.616
Section 545.616
Section
545.617
Sale of land for delinquent assessments; district as purchaser; payment of proceeds into emergency fund; purchase price paid by district.
Section
545.618
Section 545.618
Section
545.620
Section 545.620
Section
545.621
Exchange of refunding bonds for outstanding indebtedness; exchange of interest certificates for bonds.
Section
545.622
Section 545.622
Section
545.624
Section 545.624
Section
545.625
[Formerly 545.276; repealed by 1999 c.452 §30]
Section
545.626
Section 545.626
Section
545.628
Section 545.628
Section
545.629
Declaration of intent to dispose of bonds; resolution; notice of sale; publication.
Section
545.631
Consent of creditors to refunding of indebtedness.
Section
545.633
Obtaining constructive consent of unknown or dissenting creditors; petition.
Section
545.635
Notice of court proceeding to obtain constructive consent; effect of failure to file objection.
Section
545.637
Hearing on petition; judgment; trustee.
Section
545.639
Nature of proceeding; appeal; nonprejudicial errors; costs.
Section
545.643
Contract providing plan of liquidation; resolution; investigation by and approval of Water Resources Commission.
Section
545.645
Terms of contract; parties; execution.
Section
545.647
Recording of contract; effective date; preeminence of contract with respect to rights and liabilities.
Section
545.649
New contract in lieu of previous contract.
Section
545.651
Constructive consent of holders of outstanding indebtedness; procedure for obtaining consent; petition.
Section
545.652
[Repealed by 1973 c.415 §14]
Section
545.654
[Repealed by 1973 c.415 §14]
Section
545.655
Notice of petition and terms of contract; failure to file dissent; effect.
Section
545.656
[Repealed by 1973 c.415 §14]
Section
545.658
[Repealed by 1973 c.415 §14]
Section
545.659
Hearing on petition; judgment; trustee.
Section
545.660
[Repealed by 1973 c.415 §14]
Section
545.662
[Repealed by 1973 c.415 §14]
Section
545.663
Nature of proceeding; appeal; nonprejudicial errors; costs.
Section
545.664
[Repealed by 1973 c.415 §14]
Section
545.666
[Repealed by 1973 c.415 §14]
Section
545.667
State Treasurer as depository.
Section
545.671
Contract providing plan of liquidation; resolution of directors.
Section
545.673
Terms of contract.
Section
545.675
Parties to contract; execution.
Section
545.677
Election authorizing directors to enter into contract.
Section
545.679
Recording of contract; effective date; preeminence of contract with respect to rights and liabilities.
Section
545.683
Submission of claims to board; drawing of warrants; payment; lack of funds; interest on warrants; debts payable by warrants; receipt of warrants, bonds and interest coupons in payment of charges; amount of outstanding warrants; monthly report of district finances.
Section
545.685
Establishing bank account for payment of labor and emergency expenses.
Section
545.990
[Repealed by 1969 c.344 §8]