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Or. Rev. Stat. § 450.815 (2026)

General powers of authority

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      450.815 General powers of authority. For the purpose of carrying out the powers granted to the authority under other provisions of ORS 450.600 to 450.989 and in addition thereto, the authority may:

      (1) Have and use a common seal.

      (2) Sue and be sued in its name.

      (3) Permit the use, by lease or otherwise, of any property of the authority by any other authority, district, city or other governmental agency.

      (4) Acquire by purchase, gift, devise, condemnation proceedings or otherwise, such real and personal property and rights of way, either within or without the authority, as in the judgment of the board are necessary or proper to the exercise of its powers, and to pay for and hold the same.

      (5) Make and accept contracts, deeds, releases and documents which, in the judgment of the board, are necessary or proper in the exercise of any of the powers of the authority.

      (6) Employ and pay necessary agents, employees and assistants.

      (7) Lay its sewers and drains in any public street, highway or road in the county, and for this purpose enter upon it and make all necessary and proper excavations, restoring it to its proper condition. However, the consent of the proper city, county or state authorities, as the case may be, shall first be obtained and the conditions of such consent complied with.

      (8) Compel all residents and property owners in the authority to connect their houses and structures requiring sewage disposal with adjacent sewers within the authority.

      (9) Fix sewer charges and rentals.

      (10) Do any act necessary or proper to effect and carry out the purposes for which the authority was formed pursuant to ORS 450.600 to 450.989. [1955 c.614 §25; 2001 c.104 §188]

Notes of Decisions
Cited in 6 cases (2 in the last 5 years), 1982–2024 · leading case: Rogue Valley Sewer Servs. v. City of Phoenix, 329 P.3d 1 (Or. Ct. App. 2014).
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Rogue Valley Sewer Servs. v. City of Phoenix, 329 P.3d 1 (Or. Ct. App. 2014). · cites it 11× “Returning to ORS 450.815, which sets forth the general powers of a sanitary authority, the parties disagree as to the effect of ORS 450.”
Rogue Valley Sewer Servs. v. City of Phoenix, 353 P.3d 581 (Or. 2015). · cites it 3× “LaGrande/Astoria, 281 Or at 148. Rather, the state regulates less extensively than the local ordinance, and leaves it to cities to enact reasonable conditions of consent for sanitary authorities.”
Walton v. Neskowin Reg'l Sanitary Auth. (Or. 2024). · cites it 3× “In its answer, defendant admitted that it is a public sewer authority with the powers set out in ORS 450.815, that it had installed the sewer lines “on and under property near or on Plaintiffs’ property” no later than 1995, and that, in 2014, it had informed plaintiffs that they…”
Walton v. Neskowin Reg'l Sanitary Auth. (Or. 2024). · cites it 3× “In its answer, defendant admitted that it is a public sewer authority with the powers set out in ORS 450.815, that it had installed the sewer lines “on and under property near or on Plaintiffs’ property” no later than 1995, and that, in 2014, it had informed plaintiffs that they…”
Rogue Valley Sewer Servs. v. City of Phoenix (Or. 2015). · cites it 3× “See 2 At oral argument, RVS also argued that the ordinance cannot be said to provide for a “use fee” because such fees are charged in exchange for some service, right, or privilege.”
City of Ashland v. Bear Creek Valley Sanitary Auth., 650 P.2d 975 (Or. Ct. App. 1982). “3” «3 “The district has authority under ORS 450.815, 830 and 845 to construct sewers where ‘necessary or expedient.”
— Or. Rev. Stat. § 450.815(4) — 2 cases
Walton v. Neskowin Reg'l Sanitary Auth. (Or. 2024). “In its answer, defendant admitted that it is a public sewer authority with the powers set out in ORS 450.815, that it had installed the sewer lines “on and under property near or on Plaintiffs’ property” no later than 1995, and that, in 2014, it had informed plaintiffs that they…”
Walton v. Neskowin Reg'l Sanitary Auth. (Or. 2024). “In its answer, defendant admitted that it is a public sewer authority with the powers set out in ORS 450.815, that it had installed the sewer lines “on and under property near or on Plaintiffs’ property” no later than 1995, and that, in 2014, it had informed plaintiffs that they…”
— Or. Rev. Stat. § 450.815(7) — 3 cases
Rogue Valley Sewer Servs. v. City of Phoenix, 329 P.3d 1 (Or. Ct. App. 2014). “Returning to ORS 450.815, which sets forth the general powers of a sanitary authority, the parties disagree as to the effect of ORS 450.”
Rogue Valley Sewer Servs. v. City of Phoenix, 353 P.3d 581 (Or. 2015). “LaGrande/Astoria, 281 Or at 148. Rather, the state regulates less extensively than the local ordinance, and leaves it to cities to enact reasonable conditions of consent for sanitary authorities.”
Rogue Valley Sewer Servs. v. City of Phoenix (Or. 2015). “See 2 At oral argument, RVS also argued that the ordinance cannot be said to provide for a “use fee” because such fees are charged in exchange for some service, right, or privilege.”
— Or. Rev. Stat. § 450.815(9) — 1 case
Rogue Valley Sewer Servs. v. City of Phoenix, 329 P.3d 1 (Or. Ct. App. 2014). “Returning to ORS 450.815, which sets forth the general powers of a sanitary authority, the parties disagree as to the effect of ORS 450.”
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