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Oregon Revised Statutes Animals § 607.020

Current as of January 01, 2023 | Updated by Findlaw Staff

(1) Any area containing 2,000 acres or more may be withdrawn from a livestock district, or a complete dissolution may be effected in the same manner as creation of a livestock district as provided in ORS 607.005 to 607.045. The notice of election for withdrawal or dissolution shall clearly state that the purpose of the election is to allow livestock or a class of livestock to run at large within the boundaries described.

(2) The boundary of an area to be withdrawn from a livestock district shall be drawn in compliance with ORS 607.012, except to the extent that it follows the boundary of the livestock district.

(3) No withdrawal from a livestock district shall be allowed if the area remaining within the livestock district will be less than 2,000 acres.

(4) Any withdrawal from or dissolution of a livestock district which is the subject of an order of the State Department of Agriculture issued under section 33, chapter 604, Oregon Laws 1957, shall be made with reference to the boundaries established thereby.

(5) Any area may be annexed to an existing livestock district in the same manner as creation of a livestock district as provided in ORS 607.005 to 607.045, except that:

(a) The area may be less than 2,000 acres;

(b) The petition for annexation may contain the signatures of fewer than six electors registered in the area proposed to be annexed, without regard to the precincts in which the electors are registered;

(c) The election procedures provided in ORS 607.015, and the notice and order provided in ORS 607.013, shall only apply to and be carried out in the area proposed to be annexed; and

(d) The electors on a proposed annexation shall be limited to those registered in the area to be annexed.

(6) Notwithstanding subsection (5) of this section and ORS 607.015, when a petition for annexation is signed by all the owners of all the land in the area proposed to be annexed or is signed by a majority of the electors registered in the area proposed to be annexed and by the owners of more than half of the land in the area, an election on the proposed annexation shall not be held in either the district or the area proposed to be annexed.

(7) When an annexation election is dispensed with under subsection (6) of this section, the county governing body, after the hearing on the petition for annexation, shall enter an order describing the boundaries of the area and declaring it annexed to the district. The annexation shall be effective on the date of entry of the order by the county governing body.

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