(1) The city-county shall be a city within the meaning of state law, except ORS § 221.610, 221.621, 221.650, 222.210 to 222.310 and 222.840 to 222.915. In merger proceedings under ORS § 222.610 to 222.710 consent by the city-county to the merger may be given by the governing body of the city-county without a popular vote on the merger. No merger or annexation adding territory to the city-county shall change a county boundary. Annexation to the city-county of area in another county or merger into the city-county of a city in another county shall be for the provision of city services only. Territory within the city-county may be transferred under ORS § 199.490 to 199.519 to a city excluded from consolidation under ORS § 199.740 (2).

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(2) The city-county shall be a county for purposes of Articles IV, VI, VII (Amended), VII (Original) and VIII of the Oregon Constitution and in its relationship to any city in the city-county excluded from the consolidation under ORS § 199.740 (2). That relationship shall continue until the excluded city disincorporates or merges into the city-county.

(3) The city-county shall be a county in its relationship to the unincorporated area excluded from the consolidation under ORS § 199.740 (2).

(4) The city-county shall have the powers and duties of counties and county officers and cities and city officers under state law and the city-county charter. The charter shall prescribe or make provision for prescribing what officers and agencies of the city-county shall exercise those powers and duties. The charter may prescribe or make provision for prescribing which duties or functions shall be county, city or jointly city-county powers.

(5) The charter may also prescribe or make provision for prescribing that state officers elected in the city-county alone shall simultaneously be city-county and state officers and have city-county functions prescribed by the charter or ordinances of the city-county.

(6) The city-county shall be both a city and a county entitled to receive funds under state and federal laws allocating funds to cities or counties or both. [1971 c.731 § 10; 1973 c.745 § 4; 1997 c.494 § 6]