71st OREGON LEGISLATIVE ASSEMBLY--2001 Regular Session
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amended section is new. Matter within { - braces and minus
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LC 2032
House Bill 2520
Sponsored by Representative KRUSE (at the request of Interim
House Health and Human Services Committee)
SUMMARY
The following summary is not prepared by the sponsors of the
measure and is not a part of the body thereof subject to
consideration by the Legislative Assembly. It is an editor's
brief statement of the essential features of the measure as
introduced.
Exempts health districts from local budget laws. Creates
procedures for adopting health district budgets.
A BILL FOR AN ACT
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. { + (1) A health district formed pursuant to ORS
440.315 to 440.410 shall adopt an annual budget by:
(a) Preparing and recording a proposed budget for the fiscal
year not later than June 1 of each year;
(b) Publishing a notice of the recording of the proposed budget
and of the date and place of a hearing on the proposed budget for
at least two consecutive weeks 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 after
publishing a notice of the meeting that includes information on
the supplemental budget. 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) 'Fiscal year' means the period beginning on July 1 of any
year and ending on June 30 of the next year.
(b) '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 2. 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 3. { + Section 1 of this 2001 Act and the amendments
to ORS 294.316 by section 2 of this 2001 Act apply to fiscal
years beginning on or after July 1, 2002. + }
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