Oregon Statutes 550.230 – General powers of district
To carry out the purposes for which it was created, the urban flood safety and water quality district is a body corporate and has the power to, without limitation:
Terms Used In Oregon Statutes 550.230
- Assets: (1) The property comprising the estate of a deceased person, or (2) the property in a trust account.
- 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.
- Devise: To gift property by will.
- Gift: A voluntary transfer or conveyance of property without consideration, or for less than full and adequate consideration based on fair market value.
- Liabilities: The aggregate of all debts and other legal obligations of a particular person or legal entity.
- Personal property: All property that is not real property.
- United States: includes territories, outlying possessions and the District of Columbia. See Oregon Statutes 174.100
(1) Have and use a seal.
(2) Have perpetual succession.
(3) Sue and be sued in its own name.
(4) Acquire by condemnation, purchase, devise, gift or voluntary grant real and personal property, or any interest in such property, located inside or outside the boundaries of the managed floodplain, as the board of directors deems necessary for the purposes of the district set forth in ORS § 550.170, and dispose of such real and personal property when the board of directors deems the property unnecessary for the purposes of the district set forth in ORS § 550.170.
(5) Enter into intergovernmental agreements under ORS Chapter 190 for the construction, preservation, improvement, operation or maintenance of any works or other services.
(6) Enter into contracts with the federal government, including, without limitation, the United States Army Corps of Engineers and the Federal Emergency Management Agency.
(7) Build, construct, purchase, improve, operate and maintain, subject to all applicable provisions of law, all works that the board of directors considers necessary or desirable.
(8) Enter into contracts and employ agents, engineers and attorneys.
(9) Enter into contracts or grant agreements with nonprofit corporations or community groups.
(10) Acquire and maintain water and water rights, as the board of directors deems necessary for the purposes of the district set forth in ORS § 550.170.
(11) Enforce the authority of the district and protect the district’s works against public nuisances, obstructions or discharges on public or private property that the district deems to have a negative impact on the district’s works.
(12) Dissolve any drainage district or corporation described in ORS § 550.360 that is located entirely within the boundaries of the district and assume the assets of the dissolved district or corporation, including all lands and personal property, water rights, obligations, debts and liabilities.
(13) Do such other acts and things as may be necessary or proper for the exercise of the powers granted to the district. [2019 c.621 § 9; 2022 c.16 § 9]