Oregon Statutes 294.608 – Populous counties; establishment of tax supervising and conservation commission or submission of financial summary
(1) The governing body of a county with a population of 500,000 or more inhabitants, based on the most recently available data published or officially provided by the Portland State University Population Research Center, shall:
Terms Used In Oregon Statutes 294.608
- Corporation: A legal entity owned by the holders of shares of stock that have been issued, and that can own, receive, and transfer property, and carry on business in its own name.
- Jurisdiction: (1) The legal authority of a court to hear and decide a case. Concurrent jurisdiction exists when two courts have simultaneous responsibility for the same case. (2) The geographic area over which the court has authority to decide cases.
(a) Establish a tax supervising and conservation commission under ORS § 294.710; or
(b) Require each municipal corporation that would be under the jurisdiction of a tax supervising and conservation commission if a commission were established in the county under paragraph (a) of this subsection to submit to the county a financial summary of the proposed budget in the format required under ORS § 294.438.
(2) A municipal corporation required to submit a financial summary of the municipal corporation must comply with the requirement before the date of the first budget committee meeting of the municipal corporation under ORS § 294.426.
(3)(a) The financial summary submitted to the county under this section must be in an electronic format that is compatible with Internet publication.
(b) The county shall publish all financial summaries received from municipal corporations under this section on the Internet website of the county. [2005 c.750 § 7; 2011 c.473 § 25]