Oregon Statutes 255.085 – Notice of district election on issuance of bonds or on other measure
(1)(a) Not later than the 61st day before a district election on a measure, the district elections authority shall deliver to the elections officer a notice stating the date of the election and a ballot title. The district elections authority shall prepare the ballot title for a measure referred by the authority with the assistance of the district attorney for the county of the elections officer or an attorney employed by the district elections authority. The district elections authority shall include the ballot title for the measure at the time the measure is submitted to the elections officer.
Terms Used In Oregon Statutes 255.085
- 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.
- District election: means any election authorized or required to be held by a district. See Oregon Statutes 255.005
- District elections authority: means the county court or board of county commissioners, district board or other body or officer authorized or required to call a district election. See Oregon Statutes 255.005
- Elections officer: means the:
(a) County clerk of the county in which the administrative office of the district is located regarding a measure, or a candidate for an office, to be voted on in a district located in more than one county. See Oregon Statutes 255.005
- Measure: includes any of the following submitted to the people for their approval or rejection at an election:
(a) A proposed law. See Oregon Statutes 255.005
- 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.
(b) For each local option tax measure or general obligation bond measure placed on the ballot by a municipal corporation, the elections officer shall file a copy of the notice delivered under paragraph (a) of this subsection with the Secretary of State in the manner set forth in ORS § 294.474.
(2) A notice of measure election and receipt of ballot title called to approve the issuance of bonds shall include:
(a) The purpose for which the bonds are to be used;
(b) The amount and the term of the bonds;
(c) The kind of bonds proposed to be issued;
(d) If the bond election is authorized by ORS § 450.900, the additional notice requirements in ORS § 450.905; and
(e) The ballot title for the measure.
(3)(a) In the case of a measure submitted by initiative or referendum petition, the elections officer shall publish the notice of measure election and receipt of ballot title in the next available edition of a newspaper of general circulation in the district after the deadline for filing the notice.
(b) In the case of a measure referred by the district elections authority, the elections officer shall publish the notice of measure election and receipt of ballot title in the next available edition of a newspaper of general circulation in the district after the notice of election is filed.
(c) In addition to publishing the notice of measure election and receipt of ballot title as described in paragraphs (a) and (b) of this subsection, the elections officer may publish the notice of measure election and receipt of ballot title on the county’s website for a minimum of seven days. [Formerly 259.090; 1981 c.173 § 32; 1981 c.391 § 11; 1983 c.379 § 2; 1985 c.808 § 42; 1987 c.707 § 23; 1989 c.923 § 14; 1991 c.71 § 10; 1991 c.107 § 12; 1993 c.493 § 46; 1993 c.713 § 59; 1995 c.712 § 120; 2011 c.607 § 11; 2017 c.552 § 6; 2017 c.749 § 29; 2021 c.473 § 6; 2021 c.551 § 26]
[Repealed by 1957 c.608 § 231]
[Formerly 259.100; 1983 c.379 § 3; 1999 c.410 § 64; repealed by 2007 c.154 § 67]
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