ORS 255.335: Regular district election; terms of board members; organizational meeting.
Edition: 2025 EditionEffective: 2026-01-01Last verified: 2026-09-07
Except as provided in ORS 255.400 to 255.424: (1) The regular district election shall be held by each district for the purpose of electing members of the district board to succeed a member whose term expires the following June 30 and to elect members to fill any vacancy which then may exist. The election shall be held in each such district in each odd-numbered year on the third Tuesday in May. (2) A district shall not conduct more than one election of board members in any year. (3) The first regular district election in a district shall be held on the regular district election date next following the year in which the first members of the district board were elected or appointed. (4) The term of a board member elected at the regular district election shall commence on the first day of July next following the election and shall expire June 30 next following the regular district election at which a successor is elected. (5) Each district board shall hold a regular organizational meeting following the regular district election and not later than the last day of July of that year. [Formerly 259.240; 1981 c.639 §8; 1983 c.350 §80; 1983 c.379 §4; 1989 c.923 §16; 1995 c.258 §1; 1995 c.712 §115a; 2001 c.73 §1; 2019 c.449 §44]
Administrative rules citing this section
This rule cites
- ORS 255.400 — resolved
- 255.424 — resolved
Cited by
- ORS 198.320: Filling of vacancies on governing bodies of certain districts.
- ORS 254.471: Extension of deadline for returning ballots in case of emergency.
- ORS 255.325: Legislative intent to promote regularity of special district elections; rulemaking and enforcement by Secretary of State.
- ORS 260.005: Definitions.
- ORS 332.138: Election of directors; term.
- ORS 334.045: Election procedure.
- ORS 478.490: Election on question of dividing district into tax zones; order creating zones; effect.
- ORS 550.190: Initial district board.
- ORS 550.195: Board of directors.
- ORS 550.196: Terms of first directors.
- OAR 165-020-0445: Adjusting the Terms of Office for Douglas County Transportation District Directors
Official source: https://www.oregonlegislature.gov/bills_laws/ors/ors255.html