Oregon Revised Statutes

Or. Rev. Stat. § 450.880 (2026)

Sewer service charges

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450.880 Sewer service charges. (1) The authority may adopt ordinances imposing sewer service charges within an area within the authority, for the purpose of financing the improvement, operation and maintenance of a sewage disposal or drainage system acquired or constructed by the authority for the area.

(2) The board may contract with any city or district serving water in such area to collect such service charges with the water bills, and the serving agency may cut off water for nonpayment of such service charges. The board may pay the water-serving agency for the reasonable cost of such collection services.

(3) Service charges may also be collected and enforced in substantially the manner provided in ORS 454.225. [1955 c.614 §38; 1983 c.740 §174]

Notes of Decisions

Cited in 2 cases, 1998–2014 · 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). “870 (setting out procedure for authority to specially assess property for new construction); ORS 450.880 (authorizing authority to adopt ordinances imposing sewer service charges to finance construction, operation, and maintenance); ORS 450.”

City of Medford v. Bear Creek Valley Sanitary Auth., 963 P.2d 120 (Or. Ct. App. 1998). · cites it 4× “” Bear Creek is similarly authorized to collect a “sewer service fee” by ORS 450.880 5 for the purpose of “financing the improvement, operation, and maintenance of a sewage disposal or drainage system.”

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