§ 261.305 General powers of district
§ 261.310 Irrigation, drainage, other districts given power of utility district in certain cases
§ 261.315 Acquisition of distribution facilities outside district
§ 261.325 Acquisition of water rights
§ 261.327 Acquisition of distribution facilities of private utility; compensation for energy efficiency measures
§ 261.330 District water right appropriation exclusive if not excessive
§ 261.335 Districts subject to public contracting and purchasing requirements
§ 261.345 Employment of labor; pay and conditions; agreements; rights of previous employees of private utility
§ 261.348 Transactions for production, supply or delivery of electricity; financial products contracts
§ 261.350 Agreements for use of excess district facilities
§ 261.355 Procedure for issuance and sale of revenue bonds
§ 261.360 Authority to issue general obligation bonds
§ 261.365 Bond requirements
§ 261.371 Authority to issue and sell revenue bonds
§ 261.375 Election to authorize district bond issue
§ 261.380 Refunding district indebtedness
§ 261.390 Property taxable; time and manner of tax levy and collection

Terms Used In Oregon Statutes > Chapter 261 > Powers

  • Affected territory: means that territory proposed to be formed into, annexed to or consolidated with a district. See Oregon Statutes 261.010
  • Annuity: A periodic (usually annual) payment of a fixed sum of money for either the life of the recipient or for a fixed number of years. A series of payments under a contract from an insurance company, a trust company, or an individual. Annuity payments are made at regular intervals over a period of more than one full year.
  • Any other state: includes any state and the District of Columbia. See Oregon Statutes 174.100
  • Appropriation: The provision of funds, through an annual appropriations act or a permanent law, for federal agencies to make payments out of the Treasury for specified purposes. The formal federal spending process consists of two sequential steps: authorization
  • Beneficiary: A person who is entitled to receive the benefits or proceeds of a will, trust, insurance policy, retirement plan, annuity, or other contract. Source: OCC
  • board: means the governing body of a people's utility district, elected and functioning under the provisions of this chapter. See Oregon Statutes 261.010
  • City: includes any incorporated village or town. See Oregon Statutes 174.100
  • County court: includes board of county commissioners. See Oregon Statutes 174.100
  • County governing body: means either the county court or board of county commissioners and, if the affected territory is composed of portions of two or more counties, the governing body of that county having the greatest portion of the assessed value of all taxable property within the affected territory, as shown by the most recent assessment roll of the counties. See Oregon Statutes 261.010
  • Dependent: A person dependent for support upon another.
  • Dismissal: The dropping of a case by the judge without further consideration or hearing. Source:
  • district: means an incorporated people's utility district, created under the provisions of this chapter. See Oregon Statutes 261.010
  • Fiscal year: The fiscal year is the accounting period for the government. For the federal government, this begins on October 1 and ends on September 30. The fiscal year is designated by the calendar year in which it ends; for example, fiscal year 2006 begins on October 1, 2005 and ends on September 30, 2006.
  • Grace period: The number of days you'll have to pay your bill for purchases in full without triggering a finance charge. Source: Federal Reserve
  • Initial utility system: means a complete operating utility system, including energy efficiency measures and installations within the district or proposed district, capable of supplying the consumers required to be served by the district at the time of acquisition or construction with all of their existing water or electrical energy needs. See Oregon Statutes 261.010
  • Liabilities: The aggregate of all debts and other legal obligations of a particular person or legal entity.
  • Lien: A claim against real or personal property in satisfaction of a debt.
  • Oath: A promise to tell the truth.
  • Obligation: An order placed, contract awarded, service received, or similar transaction during a given period that will require payments during the same or a future period.
  • petition: means a petition addressed to the county governing body and filed with the county clerk, containing the signatures of electors registered in the affected territory, equal to not less than three percent of the total number of votes cast for all candidates for Governor within the affected territory at the most recent election at which a candidate for Governor was elected to a full term, setting forth and particularly describing the boundaries of the parcel of territory, separate parcels of territory, city and district, or any of them, referred to therein, and requesting the county governing body to call an election to be held within the boundaries of the parcel of territory, separate parcels of territory, city and district, or any of them, for the formation of a district, the annexation of a parcel of territory or a city to a district, or the consolidation of two or more districts. See Oregon Statutes 261.010
  • public notice: means any legal publication which requires an affidavit of publication as required in ORS § 193. See Oregon Statutes 174.104
  • Quorum: The number of legislators that must be present to do business.
  • Utility: means a plant, works or other property used for development, generation, storage, distribution or transmission of electricity, or development or transmission of water for domestic or municipal purposes, but transmission of water shall not include water for irrigation or reclamation purposes, except as secondary to and when used in conjunction with a hydroelectric plant. See Oregon Statutes 261.010