Oregon Code § 552.710·Enacted ·Last updated March 01, 2026
Statute Text
Subdistrict procedure; authority.
(1) When a district has adopted a plan under ORS 552.403, subdistricts may be
created as provided by this section.
(2) Proceedings
to create subdistricts, located totally or partially within or outside of a
district, may be initiated by a petition of the landowners within the
subdistrict. Except as otherwise provided by this section, the petition shall
fulfill the same requirements concerning the subdistrict as a petition is, by
ORS 552.118, required to fulfill concerning the creation of the main district.
The petition shall be filed with the county board of the county where the
greater portion of land within the boundaries of the subdistrict is located,
and shall be accompanied by an undertaking as provided by ORS 552.118.
Proceedings to create a subdistrict shall conform in all things to the
provisions relating to the creation of a district. However, the owners of 50
percent or more of the total acreage within the proposed subdistrict shall be
required to sign the petition for the creation of a subdistrict.
(3) If the county
board adopts an order creating a subdistrict, the clerk of the county board
shall give notice of the order to the district board. The district board of the
main district is the governing board of each subdistrict of the district. For
the purpose of qualifying to be a member of a district board, under ORS 552.208
(1), ownership of land within a subdistrict, regardless of the location of the
subdistrict, is considered ownership of land within the district. The territory
within one subdistrict may be included within another subdistrict or
subdistricts.
(4) After the
creation of a subdistrict, proceedings in reference to a subdistrict shall in
all matters conform to the provisions of this chapter applicable to districts.
In all matters affecting only a subdistrict, provisions of this chapter
applicable to a district apply to the subdistrict as though it were an
independent district.
(5) The petition
for creation of a subdistrict shall include a statement of the amount or
quantity of water for which the subdistrict desires to acquire the perpetual
use and the amount of money the subdistrict is willing to pay therefor. Prior
to the entry of a judgment creating a subdistrict, the county board shall be
furnished the verified consent of the district board to furnish such perpetual
use of water for the purposes specified to the subdistrict at a price and upon
the terms mentioned in the petition. [1969 c.606 §32; 2003 c.576 §519]