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83rd OREGON LEGISLATIVE ASSEMBLY--2025 Regular Session
House Bill 2355
Sponsored by Representative MCLAIN (at the request of Washington County) (Presession filed.)
SUMMARY
The following summary is not prepared by the sponsors of the measure and is not a part of the body thereof subject
to consideration by the Legislative Assembly. It is an editor’s brief statement of the essential features of the
measure as introduced.The statement includes a measure digest written in compliance with applicable readability
standards.
Digest: The Act would let more than one parcel of land be included in an annexation petition
that does not require an election. The Act would make it so that a public hearing is not needed for
a petition signed by a majority of the electors who live on the land to be annexed. (Flesch Read-
ability Score: 60.2).
Provides that more than one parcel of land may be included in a petition for annexation to a
district that does not require an election. Provides that a petition that is signed by a majority of the
electors residing on the land to be annexed does not require a public hearing.
A BILL FOR AN ACT
Relating to district annexations; amending ORS 198.857.
Be It Enacted by the People of the State of Oregon:
SECTION 1. ORS 198.857 is amended to read:
198.857. (1)(a) Notwithstanding ORS 198.750, 198.755, 198.760, 198.765, 198.775, 198.850 and
198.855, [a parcel of land may be annexed to a district as provided in this section.]
[(2) When] the owner of a parcel of land [wants] seeking to annex that land to a district[, the
owner] may file an annexation petition with the county board.
(b) More than one parcel of land may be included in the petition if the petition relates
to a single district.
(2)(a) The petition shall declare that the petition is filed pursuant to this section, state the name
of the affected district and all affected counties, indicate the principal Act of the affected district
and be signed by [the owner of the parcel of land] all the owners of parcels of land seeking
annexation.
(b) Before the petition is filed with the county board, the petition must be approved by in-
dorsement thereon by the board of the affected district and by any other agency also required by
the principal Act to indorse or approve the petition.
(3)(a) Except as provided in subsection (5) of this section, if a petition filed under this sec-
tion meets the requirements of this section and is otherwise sufficient under the principal Act of
the affected district, the county board shall set a date for a public hearing on the petition.
(b) The hearing shall be held not sooner than 20 days [nor] or later than 50 days after the date
on which the petition is filed.
(c) Written notice of the hearing shall be mailed to the [petitioner] petitioners and to the board
of the affected district.
(4)(a) At the time stated in the notice described in subsection (3) of this section, the county
board shall hold a public hearing to consider the petition.
(b) When determining whether to approve the petition, the county board shall consider the local
comprehensive plan for the area and any service agreement executed between a local government
NOTE:Matter in boldfaced type in an amended section is new; matter [italic and bracketed] is existing law to be omitted.
New sections are in boldfaced type.
LC 2140 HB2355
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and the affected district.
(c) If the petition is approved, the county board shall enter an order describing the boundaries
of the land and declaring the land annexed to the district.
(5) A public hearing on the petition is not required if the petition is signed by a majority
of the electors residing on the land to be annexed.
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