Oregon Statutes 261.171 – County governing body to call election; notice; dates
(1) Upon its own resolution, the county governing body may, and upon receipt of an electors’ petition or resolution of the governing body of a people’s utility district or city that the county governing body finds to be in compliance with this chapter shall, at the earliest practical date submit the question of district formation, annexation or consolidation and, if for formation, the question of a special levy, to the electors within the affected territory at a special election. The special election may be held on the same date as a primary election or general election.
Terms Used In Oregon Statutes 261.171
- Affected territory: means that territory proposed to be formed into, annexed to or consolidated with a district. See Oregon Statutes 261.010
- City: includes any incorporated village or town. See Oregon Statutes 174.100
- County governing body: means either the county court or board of county commissioners and, if the affected territory is composed of portions of two or more counties, the governing body of that county having the greatest portion of the assessed value of all taxable property within the affected territory, as shown by the most recent assessment roll of the counties. See Oregon Statutes 261.010
- district: means an incorporated people's utility district, created under the provisions of this chapter. See Oregon Statutes 261.010
- petition: means a petition addressed to the county governing body and filed with the county clerk, containing the signatures of electors registered in the affected territory, equal to not less than three percent of the total number of votes cast for all candidates for Governor within the affected territory at the most recent election at which a candidate for Governor was elected to a full term, setting forth and particularly describing the boundaries of the parcel of territory, separate parcels of territory, city and district, or any of them, referred to therein, and requesting the county governing body to call an election to be held within the boundaries of the parcel of territory, separate parcels of territory, city and district, or any of them, for the formation of a district, the annexation of a parcel of territory or a city to a district, or the consolidation of two or more districts. See Oregon Statutes 261.010
- Utility: means a plant, works or other property used for development, generation, storage, distribution or transmission of electricity, or development or transmission of water for domestic or municipal purposes, but transmission of water shall not include water for irrigation or reclamation purposes, except as secondary to and when used in conjunction with a hydroelectric plant. See Oregon Statutes 261.010
(2) The notice of the election shall state the purpose of the election, describe in general terms the boundaries of the affected territory and in all other respects comply with the general laws of this state governing the time and manner of holding elections.
(3) The county governing body shall call no more than one election for formation of a district comprising substantially the same area within the same calendar year. [1979 c.558 § 14; 1995 c.712 § 96; 2003 c.14 § 122; 2003 c.802 § 71]
[Repealed by 1979 c.558 § 30]