Chapter 251 Oregon Laws 2001

AN ACT

HB 2520

Relating to health districts; creating new provisions; and amending ORS 294.316.

Be It Enacted by the People of the State of Oregon:

SECTION 1. Section 2 of this 2001 Act is added to and made a part of ORS 440.315 to 440.410.

SECTION 2. (1) A health district shall adopt an annual budget by:

(a) Preparing a proposed budget for the fiscal year not later than June 1 of each year;

(b) Publishing a notice of the proposed budget and of the date and place of a hearing on the proposed budget five to 30 days prior to the hearing;

(c) Holding a public hearing on the proposed budget;

(d) Adopting a final budget by resolution not later than June 30 of each year; and

(e) Filing a written notice pursuant to ORS 310.060 not later than July 15 of each year if the district seeks to impose property taxes.

(2) A health district may adopt a supplemental budget by resolution at a regular meeting of the district board. A supplemental budget may not extend beyond the end of the fiscal year during which it is submitted.

(3) As used in this section:

(a) “Budget” means a plan of financial operation embodying an estimate of expenditures for a given period or purpose and the proposed means of financing the estimated expenditures.

(b) “Fiscal year” means the period beginning on July 1 of any year and ending on June 30 of the next year.

(c) “Publish” means giving notice or making information or documents available to members of the general public by printing the notice, information or documents in one or more newspapers of general circulation within the jurisdictional boundaries of the health district.

SECTION 3. ORS 294.316 is amended to read:

294.316. The provisions of ORS 294.305 to 294.565 do not apply to the following municipal corporations:

(1) Drainage districts organized under ORS chapter 547;

(2) District improvement companies organized under ORS chapter 554;

(3) Highway lighting districts organized under ORS chapter 372;

(4) Irrigation districts organized under ORS chapter 545;

(5) Road districts organized under ORS chapter 371;

(6) Soil and water conservation districts organized under ORS chapter 568 that will not levy an ad valorem tax during the ensuing year;

(7) Municipal public utilities operating under separate boards or commissions, authorized under ORS chapter 225 and city charters, and people’s utility districts organized under ORS chapter 261, both operating without ad valorem tax support during the ensuing year;

(8) Housing authorities organized under ORS 446.515 to 446.547 and ORS chapter 456 that are not carrying out urban renewal activities using a division of ad valorem taxes under ORS 457.440 during the ensuing year;

(9) Water control districts organized under ORS chapter 553 that will not levy an ad valorem tax during the ensuing year;

(10) Hospital financing authorities organized under ORS 441.525 to 441.595;

(11) Export trading corporations organized under ORS 777.755 to 777.800; [and]

(12) Diking districts organized under ORS chapter 551; and

(13) Health districts organized under ORS 440.315 to 440.410.

SECTION 4. Section 2 of this 2001 Act and the amendments to ORS 294.316 by section 3 of this 2001 Act apply to fiscal years beginning on or after July 1, 2002.

Approved by the Governor May 30, 2001

Filed in the office of Secretary of State May 30, 2001

Effective date January 1, 2002

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