(1) Not later than July 15 of each year, a city, school district or other public corporation authorized to levy or impose a tax on property shall file a written notice certifying the ad valorem property tax rate or the estimated amount of ad valorem property taxes to be imposed by the taxing district and any other taxes on property imposed by the taxing district on property subject to ad valorem property taxation that are required or authorized to be placed on the assessment and tax roll for the current fiscal year. The notice must be accompanied by two copies of a lawfully adopted ordinance or resolution that categorizes the tax, fee, charge, assessment or toll as subject to or not subject to the limits of section 11b, Article XI of the Oregon Constitution, identified by the categories set forth in ORS § 310.150.

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Terms Used In Oregon Statutes 310.060

  • City: includes any incorporated village or town. See Oregon Statutes 174.100
  • Corporation: A legal entity owned by the holders of shares of stock that have been issued, and that can own, receive, and transfer property, and carry on business in its own name.
  • Fiscal year: The fiscal year is the accounting period for the government. For the federal government, this begins on October 1 and ends on September 30. The fiscal year is designated by the calendar year in which it ends; for example, fiscal year 2006 begins on October 1, 2005 and ends on September 30, 2006.
  • Obligation: An order placed, contract awarded, service received, or similar transaction during a given period that will require payments during the same or a future period.

(2) For ad valorem property taxes levied by a taxing district, the notice required under subsection (1) of this section must state as separate items:

(a) The taxing district’s rate or amount of ad valorem property taxation that is within the permanent rate limitation imposed by section 11 (3), Article XI of the Oregon Constitution, or within the statutory rate limit determined in ORS § 310.236 (4)(b) or 310.237, if applicable;

(b) The total rate or amount of the taxing district’s local option taxes imposed pursuant to ORS § 280.040 to 280.145 that have a term of five years or less and that are not for capital projects;

(c) The total rate or amount of the taxing district’s local option taxes that are for capital projects;

(d) The total amount levied for the payment of bonded indebtedness or interest on bonded indebtedness that is not subject to limitation under section 11 (11) or section 11b, Article XI of the Oregon Constitution; and

(e) The total amount levied that is subject to section 11b, Article XI of the Oregon Constitution, but that is not subject to the permanent ad valorem property tax rate limit described in section 11 (3), Article XI of the Oregon Constitution, because the amount levied is to be used to repay:

(A) Principal and interest for a bond issued before December 5, 1996, and secured by a pledge or explicit commitment of ad valorem property taxes or a covenant to levy or collect ad valorem property taxes;

(B) Principal and interest for any other formal, written borrowing of moneys executed before December 5, 1996, for which ad valorem property tax revenues have been pledged or explicitly committed, or that are secured by a covenant to levy or collect ad valorem property taxes;

(C) Principal and interest for a bond issued to refund an obligation described in subparagraph (A) or (B) of this paragraph; or

(D) Local government pension and disability plan obligations that commit ad valorem property taxes.

(3)(a) The notice required under subsection (1) of this section must list each rate or amount subject to the limits of section 11b, Article XI of the Oregon Constitution, identified by the categories set forth in ORS § 310.150.

(b) If an item described in subsection (2) of this section is allocable to more than one category described in ORS § 310.150, the notice must list separately the portion of each item allocable to each category.

(4) For other taxes on property imposed by the taxing district, the notice must state:

(a) The total amount of money to be raised by each other tax, in the aggregate or on a property by property basis, as appropriate.

(b) Each amount that is subject to the limits of section 11b, Article XI of the Oregon Constitution, identified by the categories set forth in ORS § 310.150.

(5) For a district authorized by law to place other fees, charges, assessments or tolls on the assessment and tax roll, the notice must state the total amount of money to be raised on a property by property basis.

(6) In addition to the notice required under subsection (1) of this section, a taxing district that is subject to the Local Budget Law shall also provide the documents required under ORS § 294.458 (3).

(7) Not later than July 15 of each year, the taxing district shall give the notice and documents described in this section to the assessor of the county in which the principal office of the taxing district is located and, if the taxing district is located in more than one county, to the assessor of each county in which any part of the taxing district is located.

(8) The Department of Revenue shall prescribe the form of notice required under this section. All amounts contained in the notice must be stated in dollars and cents or ad valorem property tax rates in dollars and cents per thousand dollars of assessed value, as required by law. If the notice is given to the assessor, clerk or tax supervising and conservation commission of more than one county, a copy of each other such notice given must accompany every notice given.

(9) For good and sufficient reason, a county assessor may extend the time for the giving of the notice required under subsection (1) of this section or correcting an erroneous certification for the current year up to but not later than October 1 as the county assessor considers reasonable. [Amended by 1955 c.259 § 1; 1967 c.293 § 4; 1973 c.333 § 2; 1979 c.241 § 28a; 1981 c.790 § 12; 1985 c.784 § 2; 1991 c.459 § 218; 1993 c.270 § 44; 1995 c.293 § 1; 1997 c.154 § 5; 1997 c.541 § 244; 1999 c.186 § 5; 1999 c.632 § 23; 2001 c.135 § 31; 2001 c.695 § 32; 2001 c.753 § 7; 2005 c.750 § 1; 2007 c.894 § 2; 2011 c.473 § 26; 2013 c.420 § 8]