(1) When a district is established for the purpose of providing services related to the emergency communications system under ORS § 403.105 to 403.250, the district shall consist of the 9-1-1 service area that is served by a public safety answering point. A district may include more than one city and county.

(2) Before a petition for formation of a district to provide services related to the emergency communications system is filed with the county board of the principal county under ORS § 198.800, the petition shall be approved by indorsement thereon by two-thirds of the governing bodies of all public or private safety agencies representing two-thirds of the population included within the proposed district.

(3) A county governing body shall not adopt an order under ORS § 198.835 for formation of a district to provide services related to the emergency communications system unless the governing body first obtains written approval for the formation of the district from two-thirds of the governing bodies of all public or private safety agencies representing two-thirds of the population included within the proposed district.

(4) As used in this section, ‘public or private safety agency’ has the meaning given that term by ORS § 403.105. [1987 c.525 § 3; 1989 c.793 § 25; 1993 c.441 § 2; 2015 c.247 § 35]