Oregon Revised Statutes Shipping and Navigation § 777.605

When a board desires to hold an election for the purpose of submitting to the electors of the port any measure that may lawfully be submitted to the electors, at any meeting called in accordance with its rules or the statutes governing the board, the board may adopt a resolution calling a special election. In the resolution the board may describe in general terms the measures which are to be submitted at the election.