543.150
Municipal corporations and utility districts; applicability of laws; powers of
commission respecting districts.
The provisions of ORS 543.010, 543.050, 543.210, 543.220, 543.250, 543.260 and
543.290 to 543.610 shall not apply to cities, towns or other municipal
corporations of this state, including utility districts organized under section
12, Article XI, Oregon Constitution, and legislation enacted thereunder;
saving, however, to such cities, towns and other municipal corporations the
rights and preferences specified in ORS 543.260, 543.270 and 543.610. The Water
Resources Commission shall exercise the powers in relation to utility districts
as may be conferred upon the commission by any legislation providing for the
creation of such utility districts. [Amended by 1985 c.673 §144; 1991 c.869 §7]
Notes of Decisions
Emerald PUD v. PP & L, 729 P.2d 552 (Or. 1986).
· cites it 8× “Section 37 of that chapter, currently codified as amended at ORS 543.150, exempted the state, municipalities and PUDs from its provisions, but also reserved to some of these entities the "rights and preferences" of sections 9, 10 and 21 of chapter 67.”
Emerald PUD v. PP & L, 711 P.2d 179 (Or. Ct. App. 1985).
· cites it 2× “We do not believe that ORS 543.150 clarifies the meaning of ORS 543.”
Emerald People's Util. Dist. v. Pac. Power & Light Co., 729 P.2d 552 (Or. 1986).
· cites it 8× “Section 37 of that chapter, currently codified as amended at ORS 543.150, exempted the state, municipalities and PUDs from its provisions, but also reserved to some of these entities the “rights and preferences” of sections 9, 10 and 21 of chapter 67.”
Steamboaters v. Winchester Water Control Dist., 688 P.2d 92 (Or. Ct. App. 1984).
“See ORS 543.150 and 543.650. Steamboaters maintains that, in view of District’s contract with Elektra, District’s application is actually a private application and therefore does not qualify for the municipal exemption.”
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