Terms Used In Oregon Statutes > Chapter 553 - Water Control Districts

• Apportion: means to determine the proportionate share of any assessment which is to be borne by a tract of land subject to assessment or to determine the proportionate share of any charge which is to be borne by the owner or occupant of a tract of land. See Oregon Statutes 553.010
• Appraisal: A determination of property value.
• Board: means the board of directors of a water control district created under the provisions of this chapter. See Oregon Statutes 553.010
• Court: means the county court having jurisdiction over a water control district and includes the board of county commissioners. See Oregon Statutes 553.010
• District: means a water control district created under this chapter. See Oregon Statutes 553.010
• Engineering plan: means the plans and specifications for the works to be constructed or purchased within any subdistrict, including such maps, profiles, plans and other data as may be necessary to set forth the location, character of the work, the property benefited, taken or damaged, showing any and all rights of way or other property which may be required for the construction of any works, together with the estimates of the cost of the works and an estimate of the benefits and damages which will accrue to each tract of land within a subdistrict upon the construction or purchase of the works. See Oregon Statutes 553.010
• Executor: A male person named in a will to carry out the decedent
• Gift: A voluntary transfer or conveyance of property without consideration, or for less than full and adequate consideration based on fair market value.
• Juror: A person who is on the jury.
• New assessed valuation: means the assessed valuation of a tract of land as assessed by the county assessor for the county in which the land is located for the year in which an adjustment of benefits is made by a district. See Oregon Statutes 553.010
• Notice by publication: means the giving of notice by publication in a newspaper defined as a legal publication under the laws of Oregon in each county in which lands within a district are located. See Oregon Statutes 553.010
• Original appraised benefits: means the benefits determined to accrue to a tract of land by an appraisal. See Oregon Statutes 553.010
• Original assessed valuation: means the assessed valuation of a tract of land as assessed by the county assessor for the county in which the land is located for the year in which the original benefits were determined. See Oregon Statutes 553.010
• Plaintiff: The person who files the complaint in a civil lawsuit.
• Pleadings: Written statements of the parties in a civil case of their positions. In the federal courts, the principal pleadings are the complaint and the answer.
• Record: means to file a document for recording with the county clerk of each county in which the lands within a district or subdistrict are located. See Oregon Statutes 553.010
• tract of land: means real property, together with improvements thereon, whether publicly or privately owned, within a district. See Oregon Statutes 553.010
• User fees: Fees charged to users of goods or services provided by the government. In levying or authorizing these fees, the legislature determines whether the revenue should go into the treasury or should be available to the agency providing the goods or services.
• Verdict: The decision of a petit jury or a judge.
• Works: means dams, storage reservoirs, canals, ditches, dikes, levees, revetments, and all other structures, facilities, improvements and property necessary or convenient for draining land, controlling flood or surface waters, or supplying lands with water for irrigation, domestic or other purposes. See Oregon Statutes 553.010