(1) Upon receiving a petition of any 25 or more landowners, representing at least 70 percent of the acres of land, situated within a protected area, the State Department of Agriculture may include additional adjacent territory in a protected area or withdraw territory from a protected area. The procedures to be followed by the department in considering such petition shall be those set forth in ORS § 561.510 to 561.590 governing the procedures for the declaration of quarantines.

Terms Used In Oregon Statutes 634.236

  • Assets: (1) The property comprising the estate of a deceased person, or (2) the property in a trust account.
  • Department: means the State Department of Agriculture. See Oregon Statutes 634.006
  • Protected area: means an area established under the provisions of this chapter to prohibit or restrict the application of pesticides. See Oregon Statutes 634.006

(2)(a) Upon receiving a petition of any 25 or more landowners, representing at least 70 percent of the acres of land, situated within two or more adjacent protected areas, the department may consolidate such adjacent protected areas. The procedures shall be the same as described in subsection (1) of this section.

(b) In the event of consolidation of protected areas, the corporate existence and terms of office of the area committee members of the preexisting protected areas shall terminate upon the filing of the order described in ORS § 634.216. ORS § 634.216 applies to the newly consolidated protected area, and all rights, powers, assets and duties of the several preexisting protected areas shall be vested in, and assumed by the newly consolidated protected area.

(c) The establishment, organization, duties and authority of the area committee of the consolidated protected area shall be in accordance with ORS § 634.226. [1973 c.341 § 29; 2009 c.98 § 30]

 

[Amended by 1953 c.685 § 12; 1961 c.294 § 11; 1969 c.131 § 4; repealed by 1973 c.341 § 37]

 

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