Oregon Statutes 261.115 – Contents of electors petition; certification
(1) All electors’ petitions shall contain a statement as to whether or not the petitioners are desirous of forming a utility district, or to annex territory to an existing utility district, or to consolidate two or more existing utility districts, the description of the territory sought to be included therein and the name by which the utility district is to be known. The statement shall be printed on a separate page or pages.
Terms Used In Oregon Statutes 261.115
- district: means an incorporated people's utility district, created under the provisions of this chapter. See Oregon Statutes 261.010
- petition: means a petition addressed to the county governing body and filed with the county clerk, containing the signatures of electors registered in the affected territory, equal to not less than three percent of the total number of votes cast for all candidates for Governor within the affected territory at the most recent election at which a candidate for Governor was elected to a full term, setting forth and particularly describing the boundaries of the parcel of territory, separate parcels of territory, city and district, or any of them, referred to therein, and requesting the county governing body to call an election to be held within the boundaries of the parcel of territory, separate parcels of territory, city and district, or any of them, for the formation of a district, the annexation of a parcel of territory or a city to a district, or the consolidation of two or more districts. See Oregon Statutes 261.010
- Utility: means a plant, works or other property used for development, generation, storage, distribution or transmission of electricity, or development or transmission of water for domestic or municipal purposes, but transmission of water shall not include water for irrigation or reclamation purposes, except as secondary to and when used in conjunction with a hydroelectric plant. See Oregon Statutes 261.010
(2) There shall be a signature sheet with sufficient space for 20 signatures, and opposite the name of each signer, a space for the residence address of the signers of the petition and the number of their voting precinct. The circulator shall certify on each signature sheet that the circulator:
(a) Witnessed the signing of the signature sheet by each individual whose signature appears on the signature sheet; and
(b) Believes that each individual stated the correct residence address of the individual and that the individual is an elector.
(3) An electors’ petition shall designate three or more persons as chief petitioners and shall set forth their names and mailing addresses. [Amended by 1979 c.558 § 9; 1983 c.567 § 20; 1999 c.318 § 31; 2007 c.848 § 26]