Section 268.240 – PERS membership for specified classes of district employees; conditions.
(1) A district that is not participating in the Public Employees Retirement System may, by application to the board, include any class of employees of the district in the system established by ORS chapters 238 and 238A without entering into a contract of integration with the board under ORS 238.680. (2) The board shall consider […]
Section 268.300 – Existence, status and general powers of district.
(1) A metropolitan service district has full power to carry out the objectives of its formation and the functions authorized pursuant to its charter and to that end may have and use a seal, have perpetual succession, sue and be sued in its own name, and enter into contracts. (2) For purposes of its authorized […]
Section 268.310 – Powers of district.
Subject to the provisions of a district charter, a district may, to carry out the purposes of this chapter: (1) Subject to the requirements of ORS 459.005 to 459.045, 459.065 to 459.105, 459.205 to 459.385, 459.992 (1) and (2) and 466.995 (1), dispose, and provide facilities for disposal, of solid and liquid wastes. (2) Provide […]
Section 268.313 – Acquisition or construction of major facility; conditions.
Notwithstanding ORS 268.310 (4), a metropolitan service district that does not have a charter may not acquire or construct a major cultural, convention, exhibition, sports or entertainment facility unless: (1) The financing of the acquisition or construction is approved by the electors of the district; or (2) The facility is acquired or constructed pursuant to […]
Section 268.315 – Authority of district to levy ad valorem tax.
For the purpose of performing the functions set forth in ORS 268.310 (3), the district, when authorized at any properly called election held for such purpose, shall have the power to levy an ad valorem tax on all taxable property within its boundaries not to exceed in any one year one-half of one percent (0.005) […]
Section 268.317 – Solid and liquid waste disposal powers.
For purposes of solid and liquid waste disposal, a district may: (1) Build, construct, acquire, lease, improve, operate and maintain landfills, transfer facilities, resource recovery facilities and other improvements, facilities or equipment necessary or desirable for the solid and liquid waste disposal system of the district. Leases authorized by this section include lease-purchase agreements whereunder […]
Section 268.318 – District approval required for disposal, transfer or resource recovery site or facility; criteria.
(1) No public or private disposal, transfer or resource recovery site or facility in the metropolitan service district shall be established, modified or extended without the prior approval of the district. The district may deny an application for the establishment, modification or extension of a site or facility if pursuant to its solid waste management […]
Section 267.650 – Finance elections.
Elections for the purpose of voting on the question of borrowing funds by issuance and sale of general obligation bonds or revenue bonds shall be called by the governing body. [1974 c.9 §15]
Section 268.319 – Reuse and recycling of electronic products.
Any metropolitan service district serving a population of more than 500,000 persons shall develop and implement a program pertaining to electronic product reuse and recycling. Under the program, the metropolitan service district shall prepare educational materials relating to the collection, recycling and reuse of used consumer electronic products and develop and implement an outreach and […]
Section 267.990 – Penalties.
Any person violating a police ordinance of a mass transit district commits a Class A misdemeanor. [1969 c.643 §18(1); 2011 c.597 §174]