Oregon Revised Statutes

Or. Rev. Stat. § 261.245 (2026)

Authority of district to acquire interest in power facilities

✓ current as of May 2026

Find cases: SyfertCases citing this section ORSoregonlegislature.gov JustiaChapter on Justia CornellLII Search CasesGoogle Scholar

261.245 Authority of district to acquire interest in power facilities. In addition to the powers otherwise conferred on districts of this state, such a district owning and operating an electric light and power system may plan, finance, construct, acquire, operate, own and maintain an undivided interest in common facilities within or without the state jointly with one or more other districts, with one or more cities, with one or more electric cooperatives, or with one or more other persons or with any combination of such districts, cities, electric cooperatives or persons, and may make such plans and enter into contracts and agreements as are necessary or appropriate for such joint planning, financing, construction, acquisition, operation, ownership or maintenance. [1967 c.603 §10; 1979 c.151 §4; 1999 c.865 §40]

Notes of Decisions

Cited in 1 case, 1984–1984 · leading case: DeFazio v. Washington Pub. Power Supply Sys., 679 P.2d 1316 (Or. 1984).

Sort: Relevance Newest Treatment

DeFazio v. Washington Pub. Power Supply Sys., 679 P.2d 1316 (Or. 1984). · cites it 4× “470, ORS 261.245. When proceeding under the act, each city or district "shall be liable only for its own acts," and no money contributed by it may be credited to another participant.”

Annotations are extracted automatically from the opinions in the Syfert caselaw corpus and ranked by authority, recency, and treatment. Dots show Syfertize treatment of the citing case itself.