Section 454.380 – Limitation on spending for nonconstruction items; exception.
(1) Not more than 20 percent of an assessment imposed by a municipality through a local improvement district for the construction of treatment works in an affected area pursuant to an order of the Environmental Quality Commission under ORS 454.305 shall be used to pay for nonconstruction items. (2) As used in subsection (1) of […]
Section 454.625 – Rules.
In accordance with the applicable provisions of ORS chapter 183, the Environmental Quality Commission shall adopt such rules as it considers necessary for the purpose of carrying out ORS 454.605 to 454.755. [1973 c.835 §210]
Section 454.415
[Formerly 449.395; 1975 c.248 §2; renumbered 468.742 and then 468B.055]
Section 454.430 – Definitions for ORS 454.430 to 454.445.
As used in ORS 454.430 to 454.445: (1) “Assessment” includes all costs, fees or other charges for the construction of or connection to sewage treatment works that are eligible for installment payments under ORS 223.205 to 223.775. (2) “Commission” means the Environmental Quality Commission. (3) “Department” means the Department of Environmental Quality. (4) “Extreme financial […]
Section 454.433 – Policy.
It is declared to be the policy of this state: (1) To provide assistance to property owners who will experience extreme financial hardship resulting from payment of assessed costs for the construction of treatment works required by a federal grant agreement or an order issued by a state commission or agency. (2) To provide assistance […]
Section 454.436 – Assessment Deferral Loan Program Revolving Fund; uses; sources.
(1) There is established the Assessment Deferral Loan Program Revolving Fund separate and distinct from the General Fund in the State Treasury. The moneys in the Assessment Deferral Loan Program Revolving Fund are appropriated continuously to the Department of Environmental Quality to be used for the purposes described in ORS 454.439. (2) The Assessment Deferral […]
Section 454.439 – Conditions for program; administrative expenses; priority; report.
(1) The Department of Environmental Quality shall use the moneys in the Assessment Deferral Loan Program Revolving Fund to provide funds for assessment deferral loan programs administered by public agencies that meet all of the following conditions: (a) The program demonstrates that assessments or charges in lieu of assessments levied against benefited properties for construction […]
Section 454.442 – Application for loan; terms and conditions.
Any public agency desiring funding of its assessment deferral loan program from the Assessment Deferral Loan Program Revolving Fund may borrow from the Assessment Deferral Loan Program Revolving Fund in accordance with the procedures contained in ORS 454.430 to 454.445 and 468.220. The public agency shall submit an application to the Department of Environmental Quality […]
Section 454.317 – Resolution or ordinance authorizing levy and collection of seepage charge.
(1) When a certified copy of the findings and order approving the proposal is filed with the governing body as provided in ORS 454.305, the governing body may adopt a resolution or ordinance authorizing the levy and collection of a seepage charge upon all real properties served by on-site subsurface sewage disposal systems, as defined […]
Section 454.320 – Hearing on resolution or ordinance; notice of levy.
(1) The governing body shall give notice of the time and place of the hearing on the resolution or ordinance by publishing the notice of the intent to adopt the resolution or ordinance in a newspaper of general circulation within the affected area once each week for four successive weeks and by such other means […]