Section 199.745 – First governing body of city-county.
(1) The first members of the governing body of the city-county shall be nominated and elected in the manner and at the times prescribed by the city-county charter. (2) The county clerk shall arrange for, give notice of and conduct the election. The county shall bear the expense of the election. (3) The charter shall […]
Section 199.750 – Status of city-county.
(1) The city-county shall be a city within the meaning of state law, except ORS 221.610, 221.621, 221.650, 222.210 to 222.310 and 222.840 to 222.915. In merger proceedings under ORS 222.610 to 222.710 consent by the city-county to the merger may be given by the governing body of the city-county without a popular vote on […]
Section 199.753 – City-county service district.
(1) A city-county may establish service districts as provided by ORS 199.705 to 199.795 and ORS chapter 451. For the purposes of ORS chapter 451, a city-county shall be considered a county and the city-county legislative body shall be considered a county court. The charter may delegate or provide for the delegation of executive and […]
Section 199.755 – Receipt of state funds by city-county.
(1) A city-county shall receive a share of the revenues allocated to counties under ORS 323.455, 366.762 and 471.810. Subject to subsections (2) and (3) of this section, it shall also receive a share allocated under ORS 323.455, 366.800 and 471.810 to cities. (2) Starting with the first full calendar month after the effective date […]
Section 199.760 – Boundaries of city-county; effect of change; filing boundary change with county assessor and Department of Revenue.
(1) When a city-county is incorporated, for purposes of county functions its boundaries shall be the boundaries of the county that is consolidated into the city-county, and for purposes of city functions: (a) The boundaries shall include all territory located in any city in the county immediately before the consolidation; (b) The boundaries shall exclude […]
Section 199.765 – Permanent rate limit for operating taxes of city-county.
The charter for a city-county shall specify the permanent rate limit for operating taxes for the city-county within the meaning of section 11 (3), Article XI of the Oregon Constitution. The permanent rate limit shall be a rate that would produce the same tax revenue as would have been cumulatively produced by the cities that […]
Section 199.770 – Status of employees after consolidation.
After a consolidation is effected under ORS 199.705 to 199.795, there shall be preserved and continued, to at least the same extent as they exist at the time immediately before the city-county comes into existence, the employment status and pension and other benefit rights of the employees of the consolidating, merging or extinguished governmental units, […]
Section 199.775 – Effect of city-county incorporation.
(1) When a city-county is incorporated, it shall: (a) Succeed to all the property, contracts and rights of the consolidating cities and county; and (b) Subject to whatever debt distribution plan the city-county charter prescribes, become liable for all the obligations of the consolidating cities and county. (2) The officers of the consolidating cities and […]
Section 199.507 – Effective date of transfer of territory; objections; election.
(1) If the boundary commission by its final order approves a transfer of territory, the change shall take effect at the time specified in the final order, but the effective date shall not be less than 45 days, nor more than one year, after the date the commission adopts the final order approving the change. […]
Section 199.715 – City-county consolidation authorized.
By proceeding under ORS 199.705 to 199.795, a county and the most populous city in the county may consolidate to form a city-county, and one or more of the other cities in the county and the unincorporated area may join in the consolidation. [1971 c.731 §3; 1997 c.494 §2]