74th OREGON LEGISLATIVE ASSEMBLY--2007 Regular Session
 
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LC 697
 
                         Senate Bill 310
 
Printed pursuant to Senate Interim Rule 213.28 by order of the
  President of the Senate in conformance with presession filing
  rules, indicating neither advocacy nor opposition on the part
  of the President (at the request of Senate Interim Committee on
  Judiciary for Oregon State Bar Real Estate and Land Use
  Section)
 
 
                             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.
 
  Authorizes private sale of county land that is not suited for
construction or placement of dwelling under applicable zoning
ordinances and building codes, whether ordinances and codes are
adopted by county or other governmental entity.
 
                        A BILL FOR AN ACT
Relating to sale of county land; amending ORS 275.225.
Be It Enacted by the People of the State of Oregon:
  SECTION 1. ORS 275.225 is amended to read:
  275.225. (1) Notwithstanding ORS 275.110 to 275.220, the
governing body of a county may authorize the sale of county land
by private sale as provided in this section if each parcel of
county land to be sold is:
  (a) Assessed at less than $5,000 on the most recent assessment
roll prepared for the county; and
  (b) Unsuited for the construction or placement of a dwelling
under   { - current - }   { + applicable + } zoning ordinances
and building codes
  { - of the county - } .
  (2) The governing body of the county may publish a notice of
the private sale of county land described in subsection (1) of
this section in a newspaper of general circulation in the county.
The notice must contain a description of the land and must
indicate the assessed value of the land.
  (3) Not earlier than 15 days after publication of the notice,
an officer or employee of the county authorized by the governing
body of the county to sell the land may sell all or a part of the
land, at private sale without further notice, at a price the
governing body of the county considers reasonable.
  (4) A sale under this section must be made in the manner
provided by ORS 275.190 (1).
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