Nothing contained in this chapter authorizes or empowers the board of directors of any people’s utility district to interfere with or exercise any control over any existing utility owned and operated by any electric cooperative or city in the district unless by consent of the governing body of the electric cooperative or of the city council or the governing body of the plant owned by a city, when the control of the plant is vested in a governing body other than the city council or governing body of the city. However a district may participate fully, on a mutually agreed basis, with electric cooperatives and utilities owned by cities in common facilities under ORS § 261.235 to 261.255 and in the formation and operation of joint operating agencies under ORS Chapter 262. [Amended by 1979 c.558 § 5; 2003 c.802 § 66; 2007 c.301 § 31; 2007 c.895 § 2]

Terms Used In Oregon Statutes 261.030

  • 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
  • City: includes any incorporated village or town. 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
  • Electric cooperative: means a cooperative corporation owning and operating an electric distribution system. See Oregon Statutes 261.010
  • 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

 

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