Terms Used In Oregon Statutes > Chapter 261 > Board of Directors

• Answer: The formal written statement by a defendant responding to a civil complaint and setting forth the grounds for defense.
• board: means the governing body of a people's utility district, elected and functioning under the provisions of this chapter. See Oregon Statutes 261.010
• County court: includes board of county commissioners. See Oregon Statutes 174.100
• district: means an incorporated people's utility district, created under the provisions of this chapter. See Oregon Statutes 261.010
• 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.
• Oath: A promise to tell the truth.
• Quorum: The number of legislators that must be present to do business.
• Statute: A law passed by a legislature.
• Subpoena: A command to a witness to appear and give testimony.
• United States: includes territories, outlying possessions and the District of Columbia. See Oregon Statutes 174.100
• 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