(1) Ports may be formed in the manner provided in this section and ORS § 777.050.

(2) A proposed port may include all the territory in one county. However, where a petition is filed for formation of a port, the territorial limits of which do not include the county as a whole, the limits proposed by the petition shall not extend beyond the natural watershed of any drainage basin whose waters flow into another bay, estuary or river navigable from the sea situate within the county. [Amended by 1959 c.602 § 1; 1963 c.209 § 1; 1967 c.342 § 1; 1971 c.727 § 182; 1971 c.728 § 2; 2003 c.802 § 149]

[Amended by 1967 c.342 § 2; repealed by 1971 c.727 § 203]

[Amended by 1959 c.602 § 2; 1963 c.252 § 1; repealed by 1971 c.727 § 203]

[1959 c.602 § 4; 1963 c.252 § 2; repealed by 1971 c.727 § 203 and by 1971 c.728 § 138]

[Amended by 1967 c.342 § 3; repealed by 1971 c.647 § 149 and by 1971 c.728 § 138]

[Amended by 1959 c.57 § 1; 1963 c.252 § 3; repealed by 1971 c.647 § 149]

[Amended by 1967 c.342 § 4; repealed by 1971 c.727 § 203]

[Amended by 1959 c.602 § 5; repealed by 1971 c.727 § 203]

[Repealed by 1971 c.647 § 149 and by 1971 c.727 § 203]