(1)(c).

222.885 (1)(c).

����� (B) The required number of petitioners under this paragraph is any number that, if subtracted from the number of petitioners who signed the petition under subsection (2) of this section, would reduce the total number of petitioners below 40 percent of the residents of the territory.

����� (b) If a petition is withdrawn under paragraph (a) of this subsection before the Director of the Oregon Health Authority finds that a danger to public health exists in the territory under ORS 222.880, the Oregon Health Authority and the local board of health shall terminate all proceedings under ORS 222.840 to 222.915 with respect to the territory that was the subject of the petition.

����� (c) If a petition is withdrawn under paragraph (a) of this subsection after the director finds that a danger to public health exists in the territory under ORS 222.880, the alternative plan provided under paragraph (a) of this subsection shall be evaluated by the authority or the Environmental Quality Commission pursuant to the standards described in ORS 222.890. [1967 c.624 �11; 1973 c.637 �12; 1975 c.639 �15; 1981 c.888 �9; 2015 c.281 �3]

����� 222.910 [1967 c.624 �5; 1973 c.637 �13; repealed by 1975 c.639 �16 (222.911 enacted in lieu of 222.910)]

����� 222.911 Participation of director, officer or employee with interest in affected territory. No officer or employee of the Oregon Health Authority who owns property or resides within affected territory that is subject to proceedings under the provisions of ORS 222.840 to 222.915 shall participate in an official capacity in any investigation, hearing or recommendation relating to such proceedings. If the Director of the Oregon Health Authority is such a person, the director shall so inform the Governor, who shall appoint another person to fulfill the duties of the director in any investigation, hearing or recommendation relating to such proceeding. [1975 c.639 �17 (enacted in lieu of 222.910); 2009 c.595 �191]

����� 222.915 Application of ORS 222.840 to 222.915. The provisions of ORS 222.840 to 222.915 do not apply to proceedings to annex territory to any city if the charter or ordinances of the city conflict with or are inconsistent with ORS 222.840 to 222.915. [1967 c.624 �12; 1971 c.673 �5]

PENALTIES

����� 222.990 Penalties. Failure to comply with the provisions of ORS 222.010 subjects the city to a penalty of $100 which may be recovered by an action in the name of the county in which the city is located.

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