Oregon Code § 265.200·Enacted ·Last updated March 01, 2026
Statute Text
Pioneer cemetery maintenance districts; annexation.
(1) As used in this section:
(a) Pioneer
cemetery maintenance district means a cemetery maintenance district organized
under ORS chapter 265 that is located in one or more rural counties and is
organized for the purpose of maintaining a cemetery, as defined in ORS 97.010,
that is located outside the urban growth boundaries of all cities.
(b) Rural county
means a county with a population not greater than 20,000.
(2)
Notwithstanding ORS 198.750, 198.755, 198.760, 198.765, 198.775, 198.850,
198.855 and 198.857, a parcel of land may be annexed to a pioneer cemetery
maintenance district as provided in this section.
(3)(a) The owner
of a parcel of land wishing to have the land annexed to a pioneer cemetery
maintenance district must submit an annexation petition to the governing body
of the district.
(b) The annexation
petition shall declare that the petition is filed pursuant to this section,
state the name of the affected pioneer cemetery maintenance district and all
affected counties, indicate the principal Act of the district and be signed by
the landowner.
(c) If the
governing body of the pioneer cemetery maintenance district approves the
annexation petition, the governing body shall endorse the petition.
(4)(a) The
landowner must file the endorsed annexation petition with the board of
commissioners of all affected counties.
(b) If the
endorsed annexation petition filed under this section meets the requirements of
this section and is otherwise sufficient under the principal Act, the county
board shall approve the petition.
(c) Upon
approval, the county board shall enter an order describing the boundaries of
the land and declaring the land annexed to the pioneer cemetery maintenance
district.
(d) For purposes
of ad valorem taxation, the county board shall file the boundary change of the
pioneer cemetery maintenance district in final approved form with the county
assessor and the Department of Revenue as provided in ORS 308.225. [2019 c.246 §2]