Oregon · statute · Or. Rev. Stat. ch. 354 · 20 active provisions
The Oregon Institute of Technology is declared the managing agency of the FM radio station KTEC, licensed to the Oregon Institute of Technology, and as such shall prescribe standards in conformity with the regulations and laws of the United States Government relating to educational FM radio stations. By such standards…
As used in ORS 354.410 to 354.430, unless the context requires otherwise: (1) “Educational television and radio and distance learning” means programs for direct teaching and instructional enrichment which are transmitted for viewing, listening or interactive instruction in connection with instruction in public elementa…
(1) The purpose of ORS 354.410 to 354.430 is to encourage the development of and provide means for making educational television and radio and distance learning programs of direct instruction and instructional enrichment for pupils available to the public schools of the state and to provide for the authorization and ap…
The Department of Education may utilize its appropriate personnel and facilities and any funds made available to it: (1) To stimulate interest by school districts in the appropriate use of educational television and radio and distance learning in the public schools. (2) To plan and produce suitable educational televisi…
Distance learning course outlines shall be submitted by the course providers to the Department of Education for review and evaluation.
As used in ORS 354.605 to 354.715, unless the context requires otherwise: (1) “County board” means the governing body of the county in which a district is principally situated. (2) “District” means a translator district formed under ORS 354.605 to 354.715. (3) “District board” means the governing board of a district. (…
Except as provided in ORS 354.690 (5), nothing in ORS 354.605 to 354.715 shall apply to the construction or operation of community antenna systems or the redistribution of any signals, writings, images, sounds or intelligence of any nature by cable.
(1) A translator district may be created as provided by ORS 354.605 to 354.715 for the construction, maintenance and operation of translator stations and the transmission and reception of television broadcast signals in areas so remote from regular transmission points that adequate television programming is not availab…
(1) In addition to matters named in ORS 198.750, the petition to form a translator district shall include: (a) A brief description of the proposed system including the type of construction, location, number of translators to be erected and the number of television channels to be provided. (b) The maximum service charge…
The formation and changes of organization of a district shall take place in the manner provided in ORS 198.705 to 198.955.
(1) ORS chapter 255 governs the following: (a) The nomination and election of district board members. (b) The conduct of district elections. (2) The electors of a district may exercise the powers of the initiative and referendum regarding a district measure, in accordance with ORS 255.135 to 255.205.
(1) The district board shall consist of five members, each of whom shall be an elector of the district or a person who pays service charges under ORS 354.690. The terms of office for the district board members first elected shall be determined by lot. The terms of two shall expire June 30 next following the first regul…
A district board shall: (1) Manage and conduct the affairs of the district. (2) Establish and maintain funds and accounts for the district. (3) Establish reasonable rules for the administration of the district.
A translator district shall have full power to carry out the objectives of its formation and to that end may: (1) Acquire by purchase, devise or gift or voluntary grant real and personal property or any interest therein including any rights of way or easements necessary or convenient for its purposes. (2) Sue and be su…
(1) A district may, without elector approval but with permission from the broadcasting television station, generate revenue in the district’s transmissions through the acknowledgment or solicitation of financial support considered necessary for the continued operation of the translator. (2) A district may, without elec…
When authorized by its electors, a district board may finance the acquisition, purchase, lease, operation or maintenance of the district by any of the following methods: (1) Imposition of a service charge upon property within the district for use of the translator signals as provided in ORS 354.690. A district created…
(1) When a district broadcasts television signals through a translator on a regular basis and any property within the district receives those signals, the owner of the property receiving the signal shall be liable to the district for the service charges. (2) When a district broadcasts television signals through a trans…
(1) Subject to limitations of the Oregon Constitution, the district board may refer to the electors of the district any proposal to increase the maximum service charge as provided in ORS 354.635 to maintain the financial stability of the district in an emergency. The proposal shall state that an emergency exists and sp…
Dissolution, liquidation and transfer proceedings shall be conducted in the manner provided by ORS 198.920 to 198.955.
Any property owner who knowingly makes any false verified declaration in order to obtain a service charge exemption under the provisions of ORS 354.690 is guilty of unsworn falsification and upon conviction shall be punished as provided in ORS 162.085. [1975 c.286 §12; 1979 c.108 §16; 1985 c.445 §2] [Reserved for expan…