(1) The following factors shall be considered in establishing urban service agreements under ORS § 195.065:

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Terms Used In Oregon Statutes 195.070

  • Equitable: Pertaining to civil suits in "equity" rather than in "law." In English legal history, the courts of "law" could order the payment of damages and could afford no other remedy. See damages. A separate court of "equity" could order someone to do something or to cease to do something. See, e.g., injunction. In American jurisprudence, the federal courts have both legal and equitable power, but the distinction is still an important one. For example, a trial by jury is normally available in "law" cases but not in "equity" cases. Source: U.S. Courts
  • local government: means all cities, counties and local service districts located in this state, and all administrative subdivisions of those cities, counties and local service districts. See Oregon Statutes 174.116

(a) Financial, operational and managerial capacity to provide the service;

(b) The effect on the cost of the urban service to the users of the service, the quality and quantity of the service provided and the ability of urban service users to identify and contact service providers, and to determine their accountability, with ease;

(c) Physical factors related to the provision of the urban service;

(d) The feasibility of creating a new entity for the provision of the urban service;

(e) The elimination or avoidance of unnecessary duplication of facilities;

(f) Economic, demographic and sociological trends and projections relevant to the provision of the urban service;

(g) The allocation of charges among urban service users in a manner that reflects differences in the costs of providing services to the users;

(h) Matching the recipients of tax supported urban services with the payers of the tax;

(i) The equitable allocation of costs between new development and prior development; and

(j) Economies of scale.

(2) The extent of consideration of the factors set forth in subsection (1) of this section is a matter of local government and special district discretion. [1993 c.804 § 4]