Section 199.891
[2007 c.243 §2; renumbered 98.520 in 2009]
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 199.777 – New county or county boundary change authorized when unincorporated area rejects consolidation.
(1) When a city-county charter is approved and city-county consolidation takes place under ORS 199.705 to 199.795 and if, at the election held under ORS 199.735, a majority of the electors in the unincorporated area voting at the election votes to reject the proposed city-county charter and city-county consolidation, the electors of the unincorporated area […]
Section 199.780 – Petition for county formation or boundary change; contents; required number of signatures.
When it is desired to form a new county out of an unincorporated area or one or more contiguous cities or to change the boundaries of a city-county and an existing contiguous county, a petition praying for the formation of the new county or for the change in the boundaries of the city-county and the […]
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 199.785 – Election on county formation or boundary change; election procedure; ballot title.
(1) If the governing body finds that the proposed formation or boundary change will not result in any new or remaining county having an area or population less than required by the Constitution of this state, the governing body shall call an election on a date specified in ORS 203.085 for the purpose of submitting […]
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 […]