Oregon Revised Statutes

Or. Rev. Stat. § 198.920 (2026)

Dissolution procedure

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198.920 Dissolution procedure. (1) Dissolution of a district may be initiated:

(a) By a petition of the electors requesting dissolution of the district, filed with the county board.

(b) By resolution of the district board filed with the county board when the district board determines that it is in the best interest of the inhabitants of the district that the district be dissolved and liquidated.

(A)(i) If the district at the time of the regular district election has not elected district board members, as required by the principal Act, to fill vacancies on the district board; or

(ii) If the territory within the district is uninhabited; and

(B) If the county board determines that it is in the best interest of the people of the county that the district be dissolved and liquidated.

(2) Within five days after a petition is filed or a resolution of a county board is adopted under this section, a copy shall be filed with the district secretary, if any, or with any other district officer who can with reasonable diligence be located.

(3) If there are no qualified district board members, the county board shall act as or appoint a board of trustees to act in behalf of the district. [1971 c.727 §49; 2011 c.9 §20]

Notes of Decisions

Cited in 2 cases, 1987–2008 · leading case: Shady Cove Water Dist. v. Jackson Cnty., 179 P.3d 698 (Or. Ct. App. 2008).

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Shady Cove Water Dist. v. Jackson Cnty., 179 P.3d 698 (Or. Ct. App. 2008). · cites it 2× “ORS 198.920 -198.955. As relevant to this case, the process consists of three steps.”

Murray v. Lincoln Health Dist., 10 Or. Tax 369 (Or. T.C. 1987). “Defendant is a health district authorized by ORS chapter 440, but in the process of being dissolved in accordance with the procedures found in ORS 198.920 through ORS 198.955. Plaintiffs’ second amended complaint fails to state the grounds on which the tax levy should be voided,…”

— Or. Rev. Stat. § 198.920(2) — 1 case

Shady Cove Water Dist. v. Jackson Cnty., 179 P.3d 698 (Or. Ct. App. 2008). “ORS 198.920 -198.955. As relevant to this case, the process consists of three steps.”

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