(1) Have and use a seal.
(2) Have perpetual succession.
(3) Sue and be sued in its own name.
(4) Acquire by condemnation, purchase, devise, gift or voluntary grant real and personal property, or any interest in such property, located inside or outside the boundaries of the managed floodplain, as the district board deems necessary for the purposes of the district set forth in ORS 550.170, and dispose of such real and personal property when the district board deems the property unnecessary for the purposes of the district set forth in ORS 550.170.
(5) Enter into intergovernmental agreements under ORS chapter 190 for the construction, preservation, improvement, operation or maintenance of any works or other services.
(6) Enter into contracts with the federal government, including, without limitation, the United States Army Corps of Engineers and the Federal Emergency Management Agency.
(7) Build, construct, purchase, improve, operate and maintain, subject to all applicable provisions of law, all works that the district board considers necessary or desirable.
(8) Enter into contracts and employ agents, engineers and attorneys.
(9) Enter into contracts or grant agreements with nonprofit corporations or community groups.
(10) Acquire and maintain water and water rights, as the district board deems necessary for the purposes of the district set forth in ORS 550.170.
(11) Enforce the authority of the district and protect the district’s works against public nuisances, obstructions or discharges on public or private property that the district deems to have a negative impact on the district’s works.
(12) Dissolve any drainage district or corporation described in ORS 550.360 that is located entirely within the boundaries of the district and assume the assets of the dissolved district or corporation, including all lands and personal property, water rights, obligations, debts and liabilities.
(13) Do such other acts and things as may be necessary or proper for the exercise of the powers granted to the district. [2019 c.621 §9]
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