A water improvement district has full power to carry out the objects of its creation and to that end may: (1) Have and use a seal. (2) Have perpetual succession. (3) Sue and be sued in its own name. (4) Acquire by condemnation, purchase, devise, gift or voluntary grant real and personal property or any […]
The right to condemn property, pursuant to ORS 552.305 (4), shall include property already devoted to public use, including city, state and county property, which is less necessary than the use for which it is required by the district. In the acquisition of property or rights by condemnation, the board shall proceed in the name […]
The district board, its officers, agents or employees shall have the right to enter upon any land in the manner provided by ORS 35.220 to make surveys for the purposes of the district. [1969 c.606 §15; 2003 c.477 §9]
A water improvement district may: (1) Acquire, construct, reconstruct, equip, own, maintain, operate, sell, lease and dispose of domestic, industrial and municipal water works or systems and property and all appurtenances incident thereto. (2) Furnish water for domestic, industrial and municipal uses to premises and inhabitants within the district, and in connection therewith, may supply, […]
(1) The district board shall fix charges for water furnished for domestic, industrial and municipal purposes so that the water system is self-sustaining. All indebtedness incurred in the acquisition, construction, maintenance, operation and disposition of the system shall be paid from the revenue collected and from the proceeds of the disposition of the whole or […]
A district may adopt and promulgate regulations concerning the use of water of the district. The district board may refuse to supply any building, place or premises with water when the user fails after five days’ written notice to comply with the regulations of the district. The written notice shall be by first-class mail or […]
A district shall have power: (1) To make and enforce regulations governing the conduct of the users of the recreational facilities of the district. (2) To prohibit any person violating any regulation from thereafter using the facilities of the district for such period as the board may determine. (3) To establish and collect reasonable charges […]
(1) A district has the power: (a) To cooperate with the United States in the manner provided by Congress for flood control, reclamation, conservation and allied purposes, such as recreation, in protecting the inhabitants, the land and other property within the district from the effects of a surplus or a deficiency of water when the […]
(1) A district shall, within a reasonable time after formation, prepare broad, general plans of watershed improvement. The plan may be prepared in cooperation with the Water Resources Commission and shall conform to the state water resources policy declared by ORS 536.220. (2) The plan also shall show existing and proposed works of the district […]
Construction of district works may be undertaken on motion of the district board or when landowners of the district request the district board to do so. Upon initiation of a construction project, the district board shall obtain engineering plans for the project. [1969 c.606 §33; 1987 c.185 §4; 1989 c.182 §45]
In lieu of obtaining engineering plans as provided by ORS 552.408, the district board may adopt as an engineering plan, any plans meeting the requirements of this chapter made by an agency of the federal government or the state, or proposed as project work plans by a soil and water conservation district in which lands […]
(1) Upon completion or adoption of the engineering plan, the district board shall cause notice to be given to the landowners that the plan, including the general report, may be inspected at the district office. The notice may be given by mail or by publication as the board determines. (2) The notice shall fix a […]
After the approval of the engineering plan as provided by ORS 552.418 and before beginning the construction of any works, the district board shall give notice, by publication and otherwise, as it may consider advisable, calling for bids for the construction of such works, or any portion thereof. [1969 c.606 §36; 1989 c.182 §48]
After advertising for bids, the board shall let a contract for construction of the whole or any part of the project to the lowest responsible bidder; or the board may reject any or all bids and readvertise; or it may construct the project under its own superintendence. Good and sufficient bond, or an irrevocable letter […]
If the district has a chief engineer, the chief engineer shall be superintendent of all the works and improvements and shall, whenever required, and at least once each year, make a full report to the district board of all work done and improvements. The chief engineer shall make such suggestions and recommendations to the board […]
(1) A district may construct works across or along any street or public highway, or over any lands which are property of this state, or any subdivision thereof. A district may construct its work across and along any stream of water or watercourse. (2) Any works across or along any highway, road or street shall […]
