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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 199.783 – Division of assets when petition is for boundary change; commissioners to adopt plan for division; appointment of commissioners; effect of plan.

(1) When the petition provided for in ORS 199.780 is for a change in the boundaries of the city-county and a contiguous county, the governing body of the contiguous county and the governing body of the city-county shall appoint two commissioners each to jointly arrange the terms in respect to assumption of liabilities and division […]

Section 199.735 – Election on consolidation; on merger.

(1) The commission shall call an election on a date specified in ORS 221.230. (2) At the election the following questions shall be submitted: (a) To the electors of the county and to the electors of the most populous city, the question of whether the charter shall be adopted as the charter of a city-county. […]

Section 199.787 – Certification of election results.

The county clerk in the contiguous county and the equivalent election officer in the city-county shall certify to the Secretary of State a copy of the summary of votes cast on the question of creating a new county or changing boundaries. Such election officer also shall certify to the Secretary of State the name, territorial […]

Section 199.740 – Effect of election.

(1) The charter shall be approved and the consolidation shall take place if, and only if, the question receives at the election affirmative votes by a majority of those electors of the county voting on the question and also by a majority of those electors of the most populous city in the county voting on […]

Section 199.790 – Issuance of proclamation by Governor.

(1) If an election for the purpose of establishing a new county is held, the Governor shall issue a proclamation declaring a new county created when, of the electors voting at the election, a majority of the electors residing within the limits of the proposed new county voted in favor of the creation of the […]