Section 454.215 – Authority over disposal systems.
(1) Any municipality may own, acquire, construct, equip, operate and maintain, either within or without its statutory or corporate limits, in whole or in part, disposal systems with all appurtenances necessary, useful or convenient for the collection, treatment and disposal of sewage. The municipality may acquire by gift, grant, purchase or condemnation necessary lands and […]
Section 454.340 – Use of seepage charge; credit for system development charge; seepage charge to cease if user fee imposed.
(1) All seepage charges levied and collected by the governing body shall be used for the construction of treatment works. (2) System development charges for the installation or replacement of cesspools or septic tanks shall not be imposed by a municipality in any area in which seepage charges are imposed and collected under ORS 454.317 […]
Section 454.225 – Rates and charges; collection.
The governing body of the municipality may establish just and equitable rates or charges to be paid for the use of the disposal system by each person, firm or corporation whose premises are served thereby, or upon subsequent service thereto. If the service charges so established are not paid when due, the amounts thereof, together […]
Section 454.350 – Effect of ORS 454.317 to 454.350 on contracts between municipalities.
Nothing in ORS 454.317 to 454.350 prohibits contracts between municipalities under which a municipality may provide treatment facilities or services to another municipality. [1983 c.235 §5]
Section 454.235 – Election; bonds; when election required; compelling election; when bonds can be ordered sold.
(1) The governing body of the municipality, by proposed charter amendment or ordinance, may refer the question of acquiring and constructing a disposal or water system, as defined in ORS 448.115, to a vote of its electors, and after approval thereof by a majority of such electors, may authorize the issuance of and cause to […]
Section 454.360 – Areawide 208 Plan as master plan for provision of sewage services.
The Areawide 208 Plan, adopted pursuant to the Federal Water Pollution Control Act of 1972, P.L. 92-500, as amended, and any sewer implementation plan approved by the Environmental Quality Commission under ORS 454.275 to 454.380 shall be the governing master plan for the provision of sewage collection, treatment and disposal services by municipalities in an […]
Section 454.245 – Serial bonds; term and content; interest; amount.
(1) The governing body of the municipality may determine the maturities and tenor of the bonds issued under ORS 454.235. However, the bonds shall be serial in character in accordance with present or future provisions of law or the charter. They shall be payable in not to exceed 40 years from the date of issuance […]
Section 454.255 – Plans and cost estimates; examination by electors.
Before calling any election under ORS 454.235, the governing body of the municipality shall cause to be prepared plans, specifications and estimates of costs of any proposed disposal or water system, as defined in ORS 448.115, to be voted upon, which may be examined by any elector of the municipality. [1973 c.213 §8; 1981 c.749 […]
Section 454.050 – Rules.
The Environmental Quality Commission may adopt, modify or repeal rules, pursuant to ORS chapter 183, for the administration and implementation of ORS 454.010 to 454.060. [1973 c.101 §6]
Section 454.060 – Powers in addition to other municipal or commission powers.
The powers and authority granted to a municipality or the Environmental Quality Commission by ORS 454.010 to 454.050 are in addition to, and not in lieu of, or derogation of any other powers and authority vested in a municipality or the commission pursuant to law. [1973 c.101 §7]