71st OREGON LEGISLATIVE ASSEMBLY--2001 Regular Session
 
NOTE:  Matter within  { +  braces and plus signs + } in an
amended section is new. Matter within  { -  braces and minus
signs - } is existing law to be omitted. New sections are within
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LC 2450
 
                           A-Engrossed
 
                         Senate Bill 581
                 Ordered by the Senate March 30
           Including Senate Amendments dated March 30
 
Sponsored by Senator MESSERLE (at the request of Coos County
  Commissioners)
 
 
                             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.
 
  Authorizes diking district to deposit moneys in one or more
  { - banks or savings and loan associations - }  { +
depositories + }.
 
                        A BILL FOR AN ACT
Relating to diking districts; amending ORS 551.060 and 551.110.
Be It Enacted by the People of the State of Oregon:
  SECTION 1. ORS 551.060 is amended to read:
  551.060. After the petition has been granted and the
proceedings had as specified in ORS 551.050, the court shall
apportion the estimated cost of the dikes and dams among the
landowners of the proposed district, in proportion to the
valuation of the lands therein, according to the estimated value
placed upon the respective tracts by the viewers. The cost thus
apportioned shall be a tax upon the land and shall be placed upon
the assessment roll of the county for the current year. Such
taxes for diking purposes shall have the same legal effect and be
collected in a like manner as other state and county taxes upon
the assessment roll.   { - The moneys collected on the assessment
for diking purposes shall be paid to the county treasurer and by
the county treasurer held as a special fund for the credit of the
diking district, to be paid out in accordance with the provisions
hereinafter specified in this chapter. - }
  SECTION 2. ORS 551.110 is amended to read:
  551.110.   { - All bills against the district for labor
performed, material furnished, or on other accounts, shall first
be indorsed by the superintendent, and when approved by the
county court shall be paid by a warrant drawn by the county clerk
upon the fund of the district upon deposit with the county
treasurer. The clerk shall keep a separate account of all
warrants drawn by the clerk upon the fund of the district, giving
the date of the warrant, the number and the account for which
drawn. All warrants drawn upon the fund of the district shall be
receivable for taxes due on account of that fund. The warrants
shall be subject to the same regulations in reference to payment
and interest as are warrants drawn upon the general fund of the
county. - }  { +  Moneys of a district may be deposited in one or
more depositories, as defined in ORS 295.005, designated by the
superintendent of the district in consultation with the advisory
board. Moneys deposited may be withdrawn or paid out only upon a
proper order and warrant or upon a check signed by the
superintendent. The order shall:
  (1) Specify the name of the person to whom the moneys are to be
paid;
  (2) Specify the fund from which the moneys are to be paid;
  (3) State generally the purpose for which the moneys are to be
paid; and
  (4) Be entered in the record of proceedings of landowner
meetings. + }
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