OAR 603-071-0025
Procedure for District Zoning and Elections Affected Thereby

In accordance with the provisions of subsection (1) of ORS 568.560 (Number of directors), whereby the department is directed to provide for the zoning of each Soil and Water Conservation District in order to assure proper representation of all people in the district and to facilitate district functions, the following procedure shall be followed:

(1)

Each Soil and Water Conservation District Board of Directors shall prepare a map of the district indicating the Board’s proposed zones for the election of directors. In those districts where the Board of Directors consists of five members, the zones shall be three in number, and in those districts where the Board of Directors consists of seven members the zones shall be five in number.

(2)

After preparation of said zoning map, the same shall be submitted to the department which shall review the proposed zones for compliance with the provisions of ORS 568.560 (Number of directors), and thereafter either adopt the zones as proposed or modify the zones so as to cause the same to be in compliance with above cited statute.

(3)

The department shall notify each Soil and Water Conservation District Board of Directors of the approved zoning of the district. Each director elected from one of the established zones shall meet the “land manager” requirements of subsection (1) of ORS 568.560 (Number of directors), and the statutory provision for election of two “land occupiers” to a board (who need not be land managers), may be complied with by the election of two members at-large. Any registered voter residing within the district is qualified to be elected to an at-large position on the board.

Source: Rule 603-071-0025 — Procedure for District Zoning and Elections Affected Thereby, https://secure.­sos.­state.­or.­us/oard/view.­action?ruleNumber=603-071-0025 (accessed May 26, 2025).

May 26, 2025

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