(1) No later than 30 days after closing of the record for a hearing under ORS § 607.018, the county governing body shall take action on the application that was the subject of the hearing. The county governing body may deny the application or may conditionally approve the application.

(2) An applicant for the formation of a livestock district may, not later than 90 days after the county governing body conditionally approves the application, submit a petition signed by a majority of the landowners of record within the proposed livestock district. If the county governing body has conditionally approved the application and receives a petition under this subsection, the county governing body shall declare the livestock district established. If the county governing body does not receive a petition as described in this subsection, notwithstanding any conditional approval the county governing body shall deny the application for the proposed livestock district.

(3) An applicant for the annexation of land to an existing livestock district may, not later than 90 days after the county governing body conditionally approves the application, submit a petition signed by a majority of the landowners of record within the livestock district and a majority of the landowners within the area proposed for annexation to the district. If the county governing body has conditionally approved the application and receives a petition under this subsection, the county governing body shall declare the land annexed to the livestock district. If the county governing body does not receive a petition as described in this subsection, notwithstanding any conditional approval the county governing body shall deny the application for annexation.

(4) If an application is denied under subsections (1) to (3) of this section, an application filed less than 12 months after the denial may not include any of the same land as the denied application. [2019 c.450 § 4]

[Amended by 1957 c.604 § 10; 1995 c.712 § 110; repealed by 2019 c.450 § 9]