Oregon · statute · Or. Rev. Stat. ch. 478 · 79 active provisions
(1) As used in this chapter, unless the context requires otherwise: (a) “Board of directors” or “district board” means the governing body of a district. (b) “County” means the county in which the district, or the greater portion of the taxable assessed value of the district, is located. (c) “County board” means the cou…
(1) There hereby is created a rural fire protection district territorially coterminous with each rural fire protection district existing on July 2, 1957, or established after July 2, 1957, and prior to November 22, 1957, if such rural fire protection district was at that time a valid district but for the fact that its…
Each rural fire protection district created by ORS 478.002 shall in all respects succeed to and replace the territorially coterminous rural fire protection district abolished by ORS 478.002. Without limiting the foregoing: (1) A successor district is: (a) The owner of the property of the succeeded district, including r…
(1) A rural fire protection district may be formed in the manner set forth in ORS 478.010 to 478.100. (2) A district may not include: (a) Territory within a water supply district organized under ORS chapter 264 if the district has previously been authorized by its electors to exercise the fire protection powers prescri…
A director of a district shall be an elector or an owner within the district. A district may determine, by ordinance that takes effect at least one year prior to the date of a regular district election, that firefighters of the district, volunteer or otherwise, and other district employees shall not serve as directors.
Nothing in this chapter shall be construed as impairing the legality or organization of any rural fire protection district existing on June 14, 1939, nor to exclude from such districts any lands then included therein, nor the legality of any act of such district done in accordance with the prior law, nor shall it be de…
No final order of a county board establishing a district shall be set aside, or annulled upon appeal or review, on account of any defect or irregularity in the petition asking for organization of such district, or notice thereof, which does not materially affect the substantial rights of an interested party. The follow…
Subject to the provisions of ORS 478.010, a county governing body may, under ORS 198.705 to 198.955, include in or exclude from a proposed district, or territory proposed to be annexed to a district, such territory as it determines.
The authority to include forestland within a rural fire protection district pursuant to ORS 478.010 (2)(b) applies to forestland within the exterior boundaries of an existing district.
Any land upon which structures subject to damage by fire have been built shall be added to the assessment roll for the tax year beginning July 1 following the calendar year in which construction on the structure was begun.
Any owner consenting to add the forestland of the owner to the district under ORS 478.010 (2)(b) shall do so on forms supplied by the Department of Revenue. The owner shall file the original with the district. The district shall forward a copy to the assessor of each county in which the land is located, within 20 days…
Prior to the formation of any rural fire protection district or the annexation of any territory to an existing rural fire protection district of any territory within the exterior boundaries of a forest protection district established pursuant to ORS chapter 477, the petitioners of the proposed district or annexation sh…
(1) When formation of a district is proposed after October 15, 1983, the petition or order for formation may include, in addition to other information required under ORS 198.750 or 198.835: (a) A statement that the district shall be divided into a specified number of zones for the purpose of imposing and levying ad val…
For purposes of ad valorem taxation, a boundary or zone change must be filed in final approved form with the county assessor and the Department of Revenue as provided in ORS 308.225.
(1) The power and authority given to the district, except as otherwise provided, is vested in and shall be exercised by a board of five directors. Except as provided by subsection (3) of this section, the term of director is four years. (2) The board of directors shall fill any vacancy on the board as provided in ORS 1…
(1) Each office of director shall be designated by number as Position No. 1, Position No. 2 and so forth. (2) The secretary of a district shall assign a position number to each office on the board. The number so assigned shall be certified by the secretary to the director in office holding that position. A copy of the…
(1) Candidates for election from subdistricts created by ORS 478.225 shall be nominated by electors of the subdistricts. Candidates for election at large may be nominated by electors of subdistricts or by electors of the district, or any combination of such methods. (2) Subject to ORS 478.225, the directors may be elec…
(1) This section establishes the procedure for determining either of the following questions: (a) Whether subdistricts should be created in a district for the purpose of nominating or electing two or more directors. (b) Whether the method established in a district for nominating and electing directors should be changed…
The boundaries or proposed boundaries of election subdistricts proposed or established within a district under ORS 478.225 from which directors are to be nominated or elected shall be as nearly equal in population as is feasible according to the latest available federal census data and shall be adjusted by the board to…
(1) ORS chapter 255 governs the following: (a) The nomination and election of directors. (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 question whether subdistricts should be established for the purpose of nominating or electing one or more board members may be submitted at an election called under ORS 198.866 and 198.867, or at an election on merger or consolidation called under ORS 198.903. (2) The following provisions of ORS 478.225 (4) app…
(1) At any regular meeting, the district board may call a special election. (2) In any district in which there are no electors registered in the district and the property is used for business, industrial or farming purposes and is nonresidential in character, all owners of property located within the district may vote,…
(1) The district board shall hold meetings at such time and place within the district as it determines. It shall hold at least one regular meeting in each month on a day fixed by the board, and may hold special meetings under such rules as it may make. (2) At the organizational meeting the board shall choose from the m…
(1) The district board shall select a fire chief and assistants and fix their compensation. The fire chief shall be responsible for the equipment and properties of the district. Under the direction of the board, the fire chief shall be responsible for the conduct of the fire department. (2) The board, with advice and c…
(1) The district board shall report to the State Fire Marshal, upon forms prescribed by the State Fire Marshal, information the State Fire Marshal may require, and shall, at any time, upon request furnish further report or information required by the State Fire Marshal. (2) The State Fire Marshal shall cooperate in the…