ORS 215.020: Authority to establish county planning commissions.

(1) The governing body of any county may create and provide for the organization and operations of one or more county planning commissions.

      (2) This section shall be liberally construed and shall include the authority to create more than one planning commission, or subcommittee of a commission, for a county or the use of a joint planning commission or other intergovernmental agency for planning as authorized by ORS 190.003 to 190.130.