Oregon Statutes 552.608 – Assessment of cost of works against benefited land; hearing on proposed assessment
(1) All or part of the cost of building, constructing, purchasing, operating, maintaining and improving the district works described in an engineering plan adopted under ORS § 552.408 or 552.413 may be assessed against the lands to be benefited by the works. The district board shall determine the portion of the cost, if any, that is to be paid from the general funds of the district and the portion that is to be paid by the lands benefited.
Terms Used In Oregon Statutes 552.608
- District: means a water improvement district proposed or created under this chapter. See Oregon Statutes 552.013
- District board: means the board of directors of a district. See Oregon Statutes 552.013
- Engineering plan: means the plans and specifications for the works to be constructed including:
(a) Maps, profiles, plans and other data necessary to show the location and character of the work, and the property benefited, taken or damaged;
(b) All rights of way or other property which may be required for the construction of the works; and
(c) Estimates of the cost of the works and of the benefits and damages which will accrue to each tract of land upon the construction of the works. See Oregon Statutes 552.013
- Works: means dams, storage reservoirs, canals, ditches, dikes, levees, revetments, and all other structures, facilities, improvements and property necessary or convenient for draining land, controlling flood or surface waters, or supplying water for irrigation, domestic supply or other purposes. See Oregon Statutes 552.013
(2) Assessments shall be apportioned by the district board in accordance with the special and peculiar benefit to be received from the district works by each lot or parcel of land. Where parcels of land, or portions thereof, in the district are undeveloped, the district board may, in its discretion, defer assessing or imposing all or any portion of such assessments on such parcels until such parcels are connected with or receiving services from the district works.
(3) The district board shall afford an opportunity for hearing of any individual objections or remonstrances to assessments under this section. If remonstrances or objections are received by the district board signed by more than 50 percent of the landowners representing more than 50 percent of the acreage within the proposed assessment district, the proposed improvement shall not be made. [1969 c.606 § 41]
[Repealed by 1969 c.168 § 1]