Oregon Revised Statutes Public Organizations for Community Service § 268.340

(1) To the extent necessary to provide a metropolitan aspect of a public service, a district may acquire by purchase, condemnation, devise, gift or grant real and personal property or any interest therein within and without the district, including property of other public corporations. In so doing the district may proceed under ORS chapter 35.

(2) A district may lease and dispose of property in accordance with ORS 271.300 to 271.360.

(3) For purposes of surveys necessary for its proper functioning, a district may enter upon land, after giving the owner thereof reasonable advance notice of the entry.