Section 548.920 – Notice of petition filing; contents; election petition; signature requirements.
(1) If the petition is accepted and filed by the district secretary, the secretary shall, within 30 days thereafter, cause a notice of the filing to be published in one or more newspapers of general circulation within the district or, if there is no such newspaper, in a newspaper of general circulation in each county […]
Section 548.925 – Special election; notice; ballot form.
(1) Within 10 days after the filing of a petition that meets the requirements of ORS 548.920 (3) and 548.920 (2)(c), the district board shall call a special election to be held not less than 30 or more than 60 days after date the petition is filed. (2) The board shall cause notice of the […]
Section 548.930 – Vote result requirements; filing petition with circuit court if vote favors reorganization or dissolution or if no election petition is filed.
(1) Upon canvass of the votes, if it is found and declared by the district board that a majority of the qualified electors and landowners of the district, representing at least one-half of the acres of land assessed by the district, voted against the dissolution or reorganization of the district, the petition for dissolution or […]
Section 548.935 – Circuit court proceeding on petition; contents of court order.
Proceedings in the circuit court upon the petition shall be in the nature of a proceeding in rem and shall be conducted as an action not triable by right to a jury and any judgment or final order of the circuit court shall be subject to appeal in the same manner as other cases in […]
Section 548.940 – Jurisdiction of parties; service of summons and petition.
(1) Jurisdiction of all interested parties may be had by the publication of summons in the manner provided by ORCP 7. Copies of the summons and the petition of the district shall be mailed to each qualified elector and landowner at the mailing address as shown by the records of the county clerk, the county […]
Section 548.945 – Written assent of Secretary of Interior required before judgment if district has federal contract.
If a contract authorized by law has been made between the district and the United States for the construction, operation or maintenance of necessary works or for a water supply, a judgment may not be entered by the court until written assent to the judgment by the Secretary of the Interior has been filed with […]
Section 548.950 – Appearance of interested parties; costs and disbursements.
Any interested party may appear in the proceedings. Costs and disbursements may be allowed and divided between the parties or taxed to the losing party or parties in the discretion of the court. [1973 c.415 §12]
Section 548.955 – Contents of judgment; filing with county treasurer and assessor, Secretary of State and Water Resources Commission.
The judgment of the court shall order the clerk of the court to file certified copies of the judgment with the county treasurer and the county assessor of each county in which any property located within or assessed by the district is located, and with the Secretary of State and the Water Resources Commission. [1973 […]
Section 548.710 – Bonds of district; use and delivery to creditors.
Whenever any irrigation or drainage district files its petition in bankruptcy pursuant to the provisions of the Act of Congress approved May 24, 1934, authorizing bankruptcy proceedings by municipalities and other political subdivisions of any state, the district may, for the purpose of carrying out any plan of readjustment of its indebtedness which has been […]
Section 548.715 – Debt refunding agreements; obtaining consent of unknown or nonconsenting creditors.
Whenever any irrigation or drainage district engaged in the refunding of its indebtedness has entered into a contract for such purposes with 80 percent or more of the owners or holders of its bonds, warrants or other evidences of indebtedness, such district may proceed to obtain the constructive consent of the unknown or nonconsenting owners […]