Section 294.665 – Levying board to submit audit report or financial statements annually.
The levying board of each municipal corporation under the jurisdiction of the commission shall annually submit a copy of the full report of its independent auditor under ORS 297.425, or a copy of the financial statements submitted to the Secretary of State under ORS 297.435, as soon as practicable after the close of each fiscal […]
Section 294.670 – Commission may inquire into management, books and systems; rules.
(1) The commission may inquire into the management, books of account and systems employed, of each municipal corporation, and of each department thereof within its respective county. (2) Notwithstanding ORS 294.495 (2), the commission may prescribe such rules and regulations as are considered proper to effectually carry out the purposes of ORS 294.305 to 294.705. […]
Section 294.675 – Calling joint meetings of levying boards.
The commission may call joint meetings of the levying boards subject to ORS 294.605 to 294.705 and may require their attendance for the purpose of discussing problems common to two or more municipal corporations under the jurisdiction of the commission, including long range financial planning, building programs, special levies, bond issues and cooperative ventures such […]
Section 294.680 – Certifying excessive or unauthorized expenditures to district attorney; action by district attorney.
If at any time the commission finds that any municipal corporation, or public official thereof, has expended any public money in excess of the amounts or for any other or different purpose or purposes than is authorized by law, the commission shall certify to the district attorney for the county that fact, and the district […]
Section 294.610 – Tax supervising and conservation commission; members; appointment; qualifications; term; removal; filling vacancies.
(1) A tax supervising and conservation commission shall consist of five members appointed by the Governor. The commissioners appointed shall be citizens of the United States and of Oregon and residents in the county for which they are appointed and shall be electors therein. The commissioners shall serve wholly without compensation. (2) Unless sooner removed […]
Section 294.615 – Oath of commissioner.
Before taking office each commissioner shall take and subscribe the following oath, before an officer qualified to administer oaths, in substantially the following form: ______________________________________________________________________________ State of Oregon ) ) ss. County of ______ ) I, ________, being first duly sworn, depose and say that for the term of ___ year (s), to which I […]
Section 294.620 – Office of commission; employment and compensation of assistants.
(1) The county court shall furnish an office in the county courthouse or other convenient place for the use of the commission, as is furnished to other departments. (2) The commission may employ and fix the salaries of such clerks and other assistants as in their judgment shall seem meet and proper to keep the […]
Section 294.625 – Jurisdiction of commission.
(1) The tax supervising and conservation commission has jurisdiction over all municipal corporations that have a population exceeding 200,000 and that are subject to the provisions of the Local Budget Law. If the territory of the municipal corporation lies in two or more counties, the municipal corporation shall be within the jurisdiction of the commission […]
Section 294.630 – Tax supervising and conservation commission account; additional sources of moneys.
(1) There hereby is created an account to be known as the tax supervising and conservation commission account in the general fund of each county subject to ORS 294.605 to 294.705. (2)(a) On or before April 1 of each year, the tax supervising and conservation commission shall submit certified budgets for the ensuing fiscal year […]
Section 294.632 – Commission calculation and report of costs; municipal corporation reimbursement of commission costs.
(1) Not later than August 30 of each year, the tax supervising and conservation commission shall calculate the net cost of commission operations for the preceding fiscal year. The calculation shall include: (a) Actual expenditures paid out of the tax supervising and conservation commission account established in ORS 294.630, other than expenditures of funds described […]