CHARTER
FOR
JOSEPHINE COUNTY, OREGON
Effective Date: January 5, 1981
Amended November, 1986
Amended November, 1988
Amended September, 1989
Amended May, 1990
Amended November, 1990
Amended May, 1992
Amended November, 1992
Amended March,1993
Amended September, 1993
Amended March, 1994
Amended May, 1994
Amended November, 1994
Amended September 1995
Amended March 1996
Amended May 1996
TABLE OF CONTENTS
III. BOARD OF COUNTY COMMISSIONERS
8. Board of County Commissioners
14.6 County Animal Control Support
15. Operating Budget and Capital Program Projection
15.5 Voter Approval Requirement for Capital Programs or Projects
16. Administrative Responsibility
17.5 Review of County Department Heads
19. Elective Administrative Officers
21. Nomination and Election of County Officers
26.5 Investigation of Abuse or Neglect of an Animal
28. Elections on County Propositions
29. Charter Amendment and Repeal
29.1 Charter Amendment: Right to Bear Arms
29.2 Charter Amendment: Due Process and Just Compensation
29.2.1 More Due Process in the Taking of Assets
29.3 Charter Amendment: Prohibits Advocacy of the Forfeiture of Constitutional Rights
29.4 Charter Amendment: Search and Seizure
29.6 Charter Amendment: Vote on Private Management of County Properties and Fees
29.7 Prohibition of Income Tax
29.8 Charter Amendment: Speech and Religion
29.9 Charter Amendment: Restrict Nudity
29.10 Charter Amendment: Parents and Children
CHARTER FOR JOSEPHINE COUNTY, OREGON
PREAMBLE
We the people of Josephine County, Oregon, in order to avail ourselves of self-determination in county affairs, to the fullest extent now or hereafter granted or allowed by the constitutions and laws of the United States and the State of Oregon, by this Charter confer upon the County the following powers, subject to the following restrictions, and prescribe for it the following procedures and governmental structure.