Oregon Revised Statutes

Or. Rev. Stat. § 547.005 (2026)

Authority to form drainage district

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547.005 Authority to form drainage district. The persons shown by the records of the county to be the owners of 50 percent of the acreage in any contiguous body of swamp, wet or overflowed lands or irrigated lands, waters from which contribute to the swamp, wet or overflowed conditions of those or other lands, situated in one or more counties of the state, may form a drainage district for the purpose of having such lands reclaimed and protected by drainage or otherwise from the effects of water, for sanitary or agricultural purposes, or when the same may be conducive to the public health, convenience and welfare or of public utility or benefit.

Notes of Decisions

Cited in 2 cases, 1958–1996 · leading case: Miller v. Water Wonderland Improvement Dist., 918 P.2d 849 (Or. Ct. App. 1996).

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Miller v. Water Wonderland Improvement Dist., 918 P.2d 849 (Or. Ct. App. 1996). · cites it 2× “Because Water Wonderland is a public corporation that provides selected governmental services within a specific geographic area, it satisfies all of the relevant criteria for a special district under Oregon law.”

Peninsula Drainage Dist. No. 2 v. City of Portland, 320 P.2d 277 (Or. 1958). “Plaintiff is organized under ORS 547.005 et seq. It contends that it was required by state law to make the assessments which are in issue and relies upon two provisions of our statutes, which read as follows: “(1) The board of supervisors shall each year make a computation of…”

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