Chapter 496 Oregon Laws 2009

AN ACT

SB 560

Relating to dissolution of county service districts; amending ORS 198.940.

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

SECTION 1. ORS 198.940 is amended to read:

          198.940. The election required by ORS 198.935 shall be dispensed with and the county board shall declare the district dissolved and proceed in accordance with ORS 198.945, if the county board finds that[:]

          [(1)] dissolution is in the interest of the people of the county[;] and:

          [(2)] (1) The territory within the affected district is uninhabited;

          [(3)] (2) The district has failed regularly to elect district board members in accordance with the principal Act of the district; [or]

          [(4)] (3) For a county service district, dissolution is required due to an absence of public need for continuation of the district, as provided in ORS 451.620; or

          (4) For a county service district, the district is no longer necessary for the purpose for which it was formed.

Approved by the Governor June 24, 2009

Filed in the office of Secretary of State June 24, 2009

Effective date January 1, 2010

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