Title 31 — HIGHWAYS, ROADS, BRIDGES AND FERRIES
As used in this chapter and in ORS chapter 367, unless the context requires otherwise: “Chief engineer” or “engineer” means the person designated by the director under ORS 184.628. “Commission” means the Oregon Transportation Commission. “Department” means the Department of Transportation. “Director” means the Director of Transportation. “Federal funds”…
As used in this Act: “County court” includes all county officers or boards charged by law with the duty of building, constructing, repairing, altering or maintaining roads or bridges, or both. “Road” or “highway” includes necessary bridges and culverts, and city streets, subject to such restrictions and limitations as are provided.
There is created in the Department of Transportation an advisory committee to be appointed by the Governor to advise the department regarding the regulation of bicycle traffic and the establishment of bicycle lanes and paths. The committee shall consist of eight members including an employee of a unit of local government employed in land use planning, a repr…
The Department of Transportation shall, among other things: So far as practicable, compile statistics relative to the public highways of the state and collect all information in regard thereto which the Director of Transportation may deem important or of value in connection with highway location, construction, maintenance, improvement or operation. Keep on…
The Department of Transportation shall administer a program for the involvement of youth in the prevention and cleanup of litter and vandalism.
As used in this section: “Noxious weeds” means any weed the State Department of Agriculture designates by rule as a noxious weed. “Pesticide” has the meaning given that term in ORS 634.006. The Department of Transportation shall administer a program aimed toward beautifying and cleaning state roadsides. The program shall include public informational activ…
The Department of Transportation may issue a vegetation control permit to a person who holds a sign permit issued pursuant to ORS 377.700 to 377.844. A vegetation control permit authorizes the holder of the permit to control vegetation in the right of way of a state highway, in accordance with the provisions of this section, in order to keep the sign visible…
The Department of Transportation shall establish a program to reduce wildlife-vehicle collisions and promote public safety in priority areas where wildlife corridors identified in the Wildlife Corridor Action Plan by the State Department of Fish and Wildlife intersect with proposed or existing public roads. The program must include, but need not be limited …
The Department of Transportation shall report biennially regarding the status of the program required under ORS 366.161 to interim or regular Senate and House committees relating to natural resources in the manner provided by ORS 192.245. The report must include, but not be limited to: Information concerning the number and types of wildlife corridor infras…
The revolving fund in the amount of $400,000 established by warrant drawn on any fund belonging to the state highway funds in favor of the Director of Transportation is continued. The revolving fund shall be deposited with the State Treasurer. The fund shall be at the disposal of the director. The director may designate persons authorized to pay claims from…
POWERS AND DUTIES OF OREGON TRANSPORTATION COMMISSION
The Oregon Transportation Commission has general supervision and control over all matters pertaining to the selection, establishment, location, construction, improvement, maintenance, operation and administration of state highways, the letting of contracts therefor, the selection of materials to be used therein and all other matters and things considered nec…
The Oregon Transportation Commission shall develop a statewide winter maintenance strategy and policy that includes the use of rock salt or similar solid salt products. In developing the strategy, the commission shall focus on highways under the Department of Transportation’s jurisdiction as the road authority pursuant to ORS 810.010 and take into considerat…
The total cost in any one year for administration and engineering of highway construction shall not exceed 10 percent of the total funds available to the Department of Transportation during that year for its highway activities. FREIGHT ADVISORY COMMITTEE
There is created the Freight Advisory Committee to be appointed by the Director of Transportation to advise the director and the Oregon Transportation Commission regarding issues, policies and programs that impact multimodal freight mobility in Oregon. The director shall have discretion to determine the number of committee members and the duration of member…
The Oregon Transportation Commission may select, establish, adopt, lay out, locate, alter, relocate, change and realign primary and secondary state highways. Except as provided in subsection (3) of this section, the commission may not permanently reduce the vehicle-carrying capacity of an identified freight route when altering, relocating, changing or reali…
The Oregon Transportation Commission may select, establish, designate, construct, maintain, operate and improve or cause to be constructed, maintained, operated and improved a system of state highways within the state, which highways shall be designated by name and by the point of beginning and terminus thereof. The system of state highways shall include suc…
The Department of Transportation may locate, relocate, define, establish, reestablish and confirm the extension, location and establishment of primary and secondary state highways where: By reason of loss or destruction of field notes of the original surveys made by the county when such roads or highways were laid out and established by the county, defectiv…
The Department of Transportation may select, locate, establish, designate, improve and maintain out of the highway fund a system of state highways, and for that purpose may, by mutual agreement with several counties, select county roads or public roads. By an appropriate order entered in its records the department may designate and adopt such roads as state …
Before proceeding with a modernization project, or a series of modernization projects on a single highway, that might result in a segment of highway to which tolling could reasonably be applied, the Department of Transportation shall determine what portion of the costs of construction and maintenance could be recovered through tolls on users of the project. …
The Oregon Transportation Commission may make such changes in the location of highways designated and adopted by the commission, as in the judgment and discretion of the commission will result in better alignment, more advantageous and economical highway operation and maintenance, or as will contribute to and afford a more serviceable system of state highway…
As used in this section, “highway” has the meaning given that term in ORS 801.305. The Department of Transportation shall adopt rules, taking into consideration the following: Incorporating environmental performance standards into the design and construction of all state highway construction projects, including local government highway construction project…
Whenever the Department of Transportation relocates or realigns a state highway or a section thereof, and by reason of such relocation or realignment there is eliminated from the original route of the highway a section thereof, the eliminated section shall, if needed for the service of persons living thereon or for a community served thereby, be maintained b…
The Department of Transportation may select the materials to be used in the construction, maintenance and operation of state highways. It may purchase or contract for, independent of any particular job, improvement or highway project, whether done by contract, force account or otherwise, any material, supplies or equipment deemed necessary for carrying out t…
The Department of Transportation may construct, equip, furnish and maintain office accommodations, shops, equipment sheds, storage plants and warehouses, snow fences, patrolmen quarters or accommodations and any other building, structure or thing deemed necessary for the efficient administration of the duties of the department and which in the opinion of the…
The Department of Transportation may determine the widths of rights of way for all state highways.
The Department of Transportation may acquire rights of way deemed necessary for all primary and secondary state highways, both within and without the corporate limits of cities and towns, except that such rights of way within the corporate limits of cities and towns may be acquired at the sole expense of the state, at the expense of the city or town or at th…
When location, construction, relocation, reconstruction, maintenance or repair of a state highway requires relocation of any facilities placed or maintained in or on a public right of way by any municipal corporation, or a district or authority established under ORS chapter 264, 450, 451, 523 or 545, the Department of Transportation shall pay the municipal c…
When plans of the Department of Transportation projected for one year involve acquisition of properties in any city which will require removal of 25 or more dwelling units, businesses or institutions, the Department of Transportation shall make a study of the persons residing on or maintaining businesses or institutions on property scheduled for highway acqu…
When federal funds are available for payment of direct financial assistance to persons displaced by highway acquisition, the Department of Transportation may match such federal funds to the extent provided by federal law and to provide such direct financial assistance in the instances and on the conditions set forth by federal law and regulations. When fede…
The Department of Transportation may acquire by purchase, agreement, donation or by exercise of the power of eminent domain, real property for right of way through a cemetery, except that the department has no authority to acquire any such real property by exercise of the power of eminent domain if within the area sought to be taken there are graves which wo…
The Department of Transportation may, when acquiring real property for right of way purposes, acquire additional real property adjoining the real property sought to be acquired for the particular public project if such additional and adjoining real property is needed for the purpose of moving and establishing thereon buildings or other structures then establ…
As used in this section and ORS 366.333: “Real property” includes any right, title or interest in real property. “Utility” means any corporation, including municipal or quasi-municipal corporation, company, individual, association of individuals, lessee, trustee or receiver, that owns, operates, manages or controls all or part of any plant or equipment in …
If real property upon which utility facilities are located is necessary for city street, public road or state highway location, relocation, construction, reconstruction, betterment or maintenance, and any portion of the real property is likewise required by the utility for the proper operation of its business, but the utility is willing to convey the real pr…
Whenever in the location, relocation, construction or betterment of any highway within the state, it is deemed necessary to locate, relocate or construct the highway, or any part thereof, upon the right of way of any railroad company, the state, through the Department of Transportation, may negotiate and agree with the railroad company for the right to use o…
The Department of Transportation, in the name of the State of Oregon, hereby is authorized to convey to any person, firm or corporation all or parts of the real properties described in section 1, chapter 21, Oregon Laws 1953, in exchange for other real properties in close proximity thereto which, in the judgment of the department, are of equal or superior us…
The Department of Transportation may acquire by purchase, agreement, donation or by exercise of the power of eminent domain real property, or any right or interest therein, including any easement or right of access, deemed necessary for: Construction of shops, equipment sheds, office buildings, maintenance sites, patrolmen accommodations, snow fences, quarr…
In all cases where title to real property is acquired by the Department of Transportation either by donation, agreement or exercise of the power of eminent domain, a title in fee simple may be taken.
The Department of Transportation may go upon private property in the manner provided by ORS 35.220 to determine the advisability or practicability of locating and constructing a highway over the property or the source, suitability or availability of road-building materials thereon. The department may go upon private property in the manner provided by ORS 35…
Notwithstanding any city, county or other local government charter or ordinance, the Department of Transportation may cut down or remove trees located within a state highway right of way without first obtaining a permit.
The Department of Transportation may sell, lease, exchange or otherwise dispose or permit use of real or personal property, including equipment and materials acquired by the department, title to which real or other property may have been taken either in the name of the department, or in the name of the state, and which real or personal property is, in the op…
The Department of Transportation may enter into all contracts deemed necessary for the construction, maintenance, operation, improvement or betterment of highways or for the accomplishment of the purposes of this Act. All contracts executed by the department shall be made in the name of the state, by and through the department.
Any county, city or road district of the state or any person, firm or corporation may deposit moneys in the State Treasury or may deposit with the Department of Transportation an irrevocable letter of credit approved by the department for laying out, surveying, locating, grading, surfacing, repairing or doing other work upon any public highway within the sta…
The Department of Transportation may allow all claims legally payable out of the highway fund. The department shall, if satisfied as to the correctness and validity of a claim, indorse approval thereon. When claims have been approved and indorsed by the fiscal officer of the department, they shall be filed with the fiscal officer of the department, who shall…
The Department of Transportation may repair or cause to be repaired at once any state highway which has been damaged by slides, flood or other catastrophe so that the highway may be immediately reopened to traffic. To accomplish the reopening of the highway the department may, if it is deemed for the best interests of the state, proceed at once to remove the…
The Department of Transportation may erect and maintain such directional road and other signs on the state highways at such places and of such material and design as it selects.
The Department of Transportation may take down and remove from the right of way of any state highway any sign or other structure or thing erected or maintained thereon contrary to law. When removing a sign or other structure or thing the department shall follow and comply with the legal or statutory procedure provided by law.
The Department of Transportation may construct and maintain within the right of way of any state highway or section thereof sidewalks, footpaths, bicycle paths or trails for horseback riding or to facilitate the driving of livestock. Before the construction of any of such facilities the department must find and declare that the construction thereof is necess…
The Department of Transportation shall construct fences on all freeway overpasses that are built on and after November 4, 1993. The fences shall be designed to deter persons from throwing objects from the overpasses onto the freeways. The Department of Transportation shall construct fences on existing freeway overpasses that involve the greatest risk factor…
The Department of Transportation may erect and maintain gates and stock or cattle guards in state highways at such points where the highways are crossed by drift or stock fences, where such highways intersect state or government-owned highways or other public highways and at other places in the state highways as the department may deem for the best interests…
The Department of Transportation may enter into agreements with a railroad company for the removal of snow from highway and railroad whenever a state highway is in close proximity to a railroad track and by reason thereof and in order to remove from the highway snow and ice which has blocked or threatens to block the highway to traffic it becomes necessary t…
The Department of Transportation may from time to time destroy copies of vouchers which have ceased to possess any record value or serve any purpose and which have been in the files and custody of the department for a period of at least 10 years.
In accordance with ORS 374.329, the Department of Transportation shall transfer jurisdiction of the following state highways to the following cities: Pacific Highway West, State Highway 99, from the department to the City of Eugene. The department shall transfer the following two portions: The portion beginning where the highway intersects with the Beltlin…
ROADSIDE REST AREAS
When a new roadside rest area is established adjacent to or within the right of way of a state highway, or when rest room facilities are constructed in an existing roadside rest area adjacent to or within the right of way of a state highway, a separate rest room facility for persons with disabilities of both sexes shall be constructed. The facility shall mee…
If a roadside rest area adjacent to or within the right of way of a state highway does not have a separate rest room facility for persons with disabilities of both sexes, a person with a disability and a person of the opposite sex who is accompanying a person with a disability for the purpose of assisting the person with a disability in using the rest room m…
The Department of Transportation shall establish by rule a permit program allowing nonprofit organizations to provide free coffee or other nonalcoholic beverages and cookies at roadside rest areas managed by the department. Cookies offered under the program must come from a licensed facility. Rules adopted under this section may not restrict the program to a…
The Oregon Transportation Commission may adopt rules governing health and safety in roadside rest areas and scenic overlooks under the jurisdiction of the Department of Transportation. STATE HIGHWAY FUND
The State Highway Fund shall consist of: All moneys and revenues derived under and by virtue of the sale of bonds, the sale of which is authorized by law and the proceeds thereof to be dedicated to highway purposes. All moneys and revenues accruing from the licensing of motor vehicles, operators and chauffeurs. Moneys and revenues derived from any tax lev…
Once every two years, the Oregon Department of Administrative Services shall conduct a highway cost allocation study. The purpose of the study is to determine: The proportionate share that the users of each class of vehicle should pay for the costs of maintenance, operation and improvement of the highways, roads and streets in the state; and Whether the us…
The Department of Transportation shall use an amount equal to the amount of moneys in the State Highway Fund that becomes available for its use from the increase in tax rates created by the amendments to ORS 319.020, 319.530, 825.476 and 825.480 by sections 1, 2 and 10 to 15, chapter 209, Oregon Laws 1985, and an amount equal to one-third of the amount of mo…
The Legislative Assembly finds that: Estimated highway, road and street revenues from current sources will not adequately meet the need for continued development of a statewide road and bridge system that is economically efficient, provides accessibility to and from commercial, agricultural, industrial, tourist and recreational facilities and enhances the h…
All state officials charged with the collection of highway funds shall, upon the first of each month after collection, unless a different time is otherwise provided, turn the same over to the State Treasurer, who shall enter such revenues in the account of the highway fund.
The Department of Transportation shall collect all registration fees for campers, motor homes and travel trailers. Such fees shall be paid into the State Parks and Recreation Department Fund. As used in this section: “Camper” has the meaning given that term in ORS 801.180. “Motor home” has the meaning given that term in ORS 801.350. “Travel trailer” has …
Out of the funds received by the Department of Transportation or by any county or city from the State Highway Fund reasonable amounts shall be expended as necessary to provide footpaths and bicycle trails, including curb cuts or ramps as part of the project. Footpaths and bicycle trails, including curb cuts or ramps as part of the project, shall be provided …
The Department of Transportation may incur obligations to be paid from the State Highway Fund for the construction, reconstruction, improvement, repair or maintenance of highways, streets and bridges in excess of the amount then standing to the credit of the State Highway Fund if in the opinion of the department there will be sufficient funds available for t…
The Department of Transportation shall determine the accounting period for which any expenditures shall be charged against the State Highway Fund. The department may charge such expenditures against the State Highway Fund at the time the expenditures are actually paid even though the expenditures were obligated during a prior accounting period. The departmen…
The Department of Transportation shall submit a biennial statement and budget estimate as required by law, and shall limit its expenditures from the State Highway Fund during each biennial period to the total amount of the budget approved according to law; provided, that the word “expenditures” shall mean all money actually paid out or due and payable, but s…
The expenses incurred in any proceeding by the Department of Transportation under ORS 368.201 to 368.221, when applied to state highways, shall be paid out of the highway fund.
It hereby is declared to be the policy and intent of the Legislative Assembly that the total appropriations out of the State Highway Fund made by it for the payment of expenses incurred by the Legislative Assembly by and through its interim committee during any biennium shall be deemed to be the maximum amount necessary for such purpose. Any unexpended and u…
The Transportation Project Account is created in the State Highway Fund. Moneys in the account are continuously appropriated to the Department of Transportation for the purpose of making allocations described in ORS 367.617 and for the purpose of paying bond debt service on Highway User Tax Bonds issued under ORS 367.615. Interest on the account is credited …
HISTORIC COLUMBIA RIVER HIGHWAY
As used in ORS 366.550 to 366.553, “Historic Columbia River Highway” means all parts of the original Columbia River Highway, constructed between 1913 and 1922, in Multnomah, Hood River and Wasco Counties, that have been designated as a “Historic and Scenic Highway” under ORS 377.100 and all properties and structures that are within the Columbia River Highway…
The Legislative Assembly declares that it is the public policy of the State of Oregon to preserve and restore the continuity and historic integrity of the remaining segments of the Historic Columbia River Highway for public use and enjoyment and in furtherance thereof: To reuse and manage the Historic Columbia River Highway as a continuous visitor attractio…
The Department of Transportation and the State Parks and Recreation Department shall prepare and manage a historic road program, in consultation with the Historic Columbia River Highway Advisory Committee and other affected entities, consistent with the purposes of the Columbia River Gorge National Scenic Area Act of 1986 and the public policy of this state …
There is created in the Department of Transportation an advisory committee to advise the Director of Transportation and the Oregon Transportation Commission on policy matters pertaining to the preservation and restoration of the Historic Columbia River Highway. The committee shall consist of 10 members, including the State Parks and Recreation Director, Stat…
The State of Oregon assents to the Act of July 11, 1916, 39 Stat. 355, entitled “An act to provide that the United States shall aid the states in the construction of rural post roads, and for other purposes,” or Acts supplementary thereto, and accepts the provisions and benefits of any Act of Congress having for its purpose the construction, improvement or m…
The Department of Transportation may enter into all contracts and agreements with the federal government relating to the survey, construction, improvement and maintenance of roads and highways, including county roads and city streets, submit such scheme or program of construction, improvement or maintenance as may be required by the federal government, and d…
For the construction or improvement and maintenance of rural post roads or such other roads, highways and streets as may be eligible for federal aid funds, the good faith of the state is pledged to make available funds which alone, or combined with funds made or to be made available by counties and cities, will be sufficient to match funds made available to …
The Department of Transportation may use, allocate or in any manner employ for the purpose of matching any sum of money made available to the state by the federal government for road or highway purposes any moneys credited to the highway fund, regardless of the source from which such moneys may have been derived.
For the purpose of providing funds to match funds made available to the state by the federal government for highway purposes and for the matching of which federal funds there are no highway funds immediately available, the Department of Transportation may borrow money as provided in ORS 367.105.
The Department of Transportation or officers having control of the state highways shall enter into such contracts, appoint such officers and do any other act or thing necessary to fully meet the requirements of the federal government and the officers acting under the federal statutes mentioned in ORS 366.556, or of other federal aid furnished.
The Department of Transportation or officers having control of the state highways shall, out of the money received in the highway funds each year from any and all sources, first set aside, if deemed necessary or expedient, a sufficient amount to comply with the terms of the Federal Acts mentioned in ORS 366.556, and any other aid hereafter furnished by the f…
Where state or county roads are to be surveyed or constructed under the supervision of the federal government with the aid of state or county funds, or both, the State Treasurer or county treasurer, or both, may advance to the federal government, in the manner provided in this section, the full amount set forth in the cooperative agreement, or such portion o…
The Department of Transportation may enter into a cooperative agreement with any one or more cities, counties, road districts or other municipalities of the state for the construction, reconstruction, improvement, repair or maintenance of any state highway, and provide for an allocation of the cost of the project to the contracting parties. The Department o…
The Legislative Assembly declares that it is the public policy of the State of Oregon to promote cooperation between the Department of Transportation and counties on road maintenance projects when it results in an overall benefit to the public. Monetary savings that result from the cooperative efforts shall primarily be retained by the counties and the divis…
The Department of Transportation may enter into an agreement with any county, city, town or road district for the construction, reconstruction, improvement, repair or maintenance of any road, highway or street, upon terms and conditions mutually agreed to by the contracting parties, and the department may acquire by purchase, agreement, donation or by exerci…
The Department of Transportation and local governments shall consider the importance of farm-to-market roads when making highway funding decisions. As used in this section, “farm-to-market road” means a rural or urban road, street or highway that is used to move agricultural or logging products to market. Note: 366.578 was enacted into law by the Legislati…
ALLOCATIONS TO COUNTIES AND CITIES (Generally)
Except as otherwise provided in ORS 366.744, the taxes collected under ORS 319.020, 319.530, 803.090, 803.420, 818.225, 825.476 and 825.480 and the special use fuel license fees collected under ORS 319.535, minus $71.2 million per biennium, shall be allocated 24.38 percent to counties under ORS 366.762 and 15.57 percent to cities under ORS 366.800.
Each biennium, any portion of the $71.2 million referred to in ORS 366.739 that remains after deducting an amount equal to total debt service payments payable on outstanding Highway User Tax Bonds described in ORS 367.620 (2) shall be allocated 50 percent to the Department of Transportation, 30 percent to counties and 20 percent to cities. Moneys allocated t…
The following moneys shall be allocated as provided in subsection (2) of this section: The amount attributable to the increase in title fees by the amendments to ORS 803.090 by section 1, chapter 618, Oregon Laws 2003; The amount attributable to the increase in registration fees by the amendments to ORS 803.420 by section 2, chapter 618, Oregon Laws 2003, …
The following moneys shall be allocated as described in subsection (2) of this section: The amount attributable to the increase in the inspection fee by the amendments to ORS 803.215 by section 47, chapter 618, Oregon Laws 2003. The amount attributable to any increase in registration plate fees by the amendments to ORS 803.570 by section 48, chapter 618, O…
Each year the Department of Transportation shall determine the increase in the number of vehicle registrations and titles that is attributable to ORS 803.565 and the increase in the number of trip permits issued under ORS 803.600 that is attributable to the amendments to ORS 803.600 by section 3, chapter 600, Oregon Laws 2003. Notwithstanding any other allo…
The following moneys shall be allocated as described in subsections (2) and (3) of this section: The amount attributable to the fee increases by the amendments to ORS 803.090 by section 42, chapter 865, Oregon Laws 2009. The amount attributable to the fee increases by the amendments to ORS 803.420 by section 43, chapter 865, Oregon Laws 2009. The amount a…
(Counties)
There shall be and hereby are appropriated out of the highway fund annually such sums of money established under ORS 366.739 out of all moneys credited to the State Highway Fund by the State Treasurer between July 1 of any year and June 30 of the following year that are subject to the appropriation under this section by ORS 366.739. The appropriation shall b…
The sum designated in ORS 366.762 shall be remitted by warrant to the county treasurers of the several counties. The remittance in any year shall be in proportion of the number of vehicles, trailers, semitrailers, pole trailers and pole or pipe trailers registered in each county, to the total number of such vehicles registered in the state as of December 31 …
The appropriation made by ORS 366.762 shall be remitted to the counties on a monthly basis within 35 days after the end of the month for which a distribution is made in an amount determined in ORS 366.739 and 366.762 and credited to the highway fund for such remittance.
Upon satisfactory showing before the Department of Transportation by any county that the county does not have sufficient funds with which to pay, when due, bonded indebtedness incurred for highway purposes, the department may certify to such fact. Pursuant to the certificate, a warrant shall be drawn in favor of the county against the highway fund in the amo…
Not later than July 31 in each calendar year, the sum of $5,500,000 shall be withdrawn from the appropriation specified in ORS 366.762 and the sum of $250,000 shall be withdrawn from moneys available to the Department of Transportation from the State Highway Fund. The sums withdrawn shall be transferred to a separate account to be administered by the Departm…
Moneys paid to counties under ORS 366.762 to 366.768 shall be used only for the purposes stated in sections 3 and 3a, Article IX of the Oregon Constitution, and the statutes enacted pursuant thereto including ORS 366.514. Counties receiving moneys under ORS 366.762 to 366.768 shall report annually to the Legislative Assembly the expenditures of those moneys…
(Cities)
As used in ORS 366.785 to 366.820, unless the context requires otherwise: “Year” means a calendar year. “City” means only cities of this state which are regularly operating as such through elected governmental officers. “Population” means population as given in the latest determination of Portland State University.
Moneys paid to cities under ORS 366.785 to 366.820 shall be used only for the purposes stated in sections 3 and 3a, Article IX of the Oregon Constitution and the statutes enacted pursuant thereto including ORS 366.514. Cities receiving moneys under ORS 366.785 to 366.820 shall report annually to the Legislative Assembly the expenditures of those moneys in e…
There shall be and hereby are appropriated out of the highway fund annually such sums of money established under ORS 366.739 out of all moneys credited to the highway fund by the State Treasurer between July 1 of any year and June 30 of the following year that are subject to the appropriation under this section by ORS 366.739. The appropriation shall be dist…
Except as provided in subsection (2) of this section, the appropriation specified in ORS 366.800 shall be allocated to the cities as provided in this subsection. The moneys subject to allocation under this subsection shall be distributed by the Department of Transportation according to the following: The moneys shall be distributed to all the cities. Each …
Funds accrued and payable to cities under ORS 366.785 to 366.820 shall be remitted on a monthly basis within 35 days after the end of the month for which a distribution is made by the Department of Transportation to the financial officer of each city. The funds appropriated shall be apportioned on or before the last day of each month by the department, which…
A city shall set aside in a state tax street fund all money which it receives under ORS 366.785 to 366.820.
Nothing in ORS 366.785 to 366.815 relieves the Department of Transportation of its statutory obligations with respect to the construction, reconstruction, maintenance, repair and improvement of streets or roads taken over by the state, or confers on the department jurisdiction or control over roads or streets benefited by ORS 366.785 to 366.815, except as pr…
The Legislative Assembly finds and declares that the United States federal government has not sufficiently recognized the sacrifice of veterans who participated in cleanup and decontamination efforts between 1962 and 1980 of nuclear testing sites in the Marshall Islands. Note: 366.903 was enacted into law by the Legislative Assembly but was not added to or …
All that portion of the east and west state highway across the state, commencing at the Idaho state line at Ontario and Nyssa, through Huntington, Baker City, La Grande, Pendleton, Umatilla, The Dalles, Hood River, Portland, Astoria and ending at Seaside on the Pacific Ocean, is designated as the Old Oregon Trail. That portion of the highway from The Dalles …
Notwithstanding the description in ORS 366.905, Oregon City, in Clackamas County, Oregon, is recognized and designated as the true and correct end of the Oregon National Historic Trail, otherwise known as the Oregon Trail or the Old Oregon Trail, and as such is deserving of preservation as an historic and economic resource for this state and the nation. Tha…
The Legislative Assembly finds and declares that: Highway 101, the coast highway providing the only access to the whole western length of this state, is of economic, recreational, scenic, social and historic importance to the people of the state. There are many agencies and municipalities with particular regulatory or program interests in Highway 101 and t…
That portion of Broadway Street in Seaside which meets the Pacific Ocean shall be known as the end of the Lewis and Clark Trail.
The portion of Interstate 84 beginning where it intersects with Interstate 5 in Portland and ending at the Idaho state line shall also be known as the Vietnam Veterans Memorial Highway. The Department of Transportation shall place and maintain suitable markers along the highway described in this section that indicate the designation of the highway as the Vi…
The portion of U.S. Highway 97 that is known as The Dalles-California Highway, crossing the State of Oregon beginning at the California state line and ending at the Washington state line, shall also be known as the World War II Veterans Historic Highway. The portion of State Highway 126 from U.S. 97 to Prineville-Crook County Airport shall be known as the W…
The portion of U.S. Highway 30 that is known as the Lower Columbia River Highway, beginning in St. Helens and ending in Rainier, shall also be known as Police Chief Ralph Painter Memorial Highway. The Department of Transportation shall place and maintain suitable markers along the highway described in this section indicating the designation of the highway a…
The portion of State Highway 126 that is known as the Eugene-Springfield Highway, beginning where the highway intersects with West 6th Avenue and West 7th Avenue in Eugene and ending where the highway intersects with Main Street in Springfield, shall also be known as the Officer Chris Kilcullen Memorial Highway. The Department of Transportation shall place …
The bridge that crosses Euchre Creek on U.S. Highway 101 near milepost 317 shall be known as the Wilbur C. Moore Bridge. The Department of Transportation shall place and maintain suitable markers along U.S. Highway 101 indicating the designation of the bridge. Note: See note under 366.918.
The portion of U.S. Highway 26 within the Warm Springs Reservation shall be known as the Warm Springs Veterans Memorial Highway. The Department of Transportation shall place and maintain suitable markers along the highway described in this section that indicate the designation of the highway as the Warm Springs Veterans Memorial Highway. The department may…
The portion of State Highway 126 that is known as the Florence-Eugene Highway, beginning where the highway intersects with U.S. Highway 101 in Florence and ending where it intersects with Oregon Route 569, the Beltline Highway in Eugene, shall also be known as the William Tebeau Memorial Highway. The Department of Transportation shall place and maintain sui…
The portion of U.S. Highway 395 that crosses the State of Oregon, beginning at the California state line and ending at the Washington state line, shall also be known as the World War I Veterans Memorial Highway. The portion of Interstate 5 that crosses the State of Oregon, beginning at the California state line and ending at the Washington state line, shall…
The portion of U.S. Highway 395 known as the Pendleton-John Day Highway, beginning where the highway intersects with State Highway 74, known as the Heppner Highway, and ending at Ukiah, shall also be known as the Don Kendall Memorial Highway. The Department of Transportation shall place and maintain suitable markers along the highway described in this secti…
The portion of Oregon Highway 82 between mileposts 18 and 25 shall also be known as the Deputy Raymond Williams and Deputy Michael Cheney Memorial Highway. The Department of Transportation shall place and maintain suitable markers along the highway described in this section that indicate the designation of the highway as the Deputy Raymond Williams and Depu…
As used in this section, “police officer” includes: Employees of institutions defined in ORS 421.005 as Department of Corrections institutions whose duties, as assigned by the Director of the Department of Corrections, include the custody of persons committed to the custody of or transferred to the Department of Corrections and employees of the Department o…
As used in this section: “Armed Forces of the United States” means: The Army, Navy, Air Force, Marine Corps, Coast Guard and Space Force of the United States; The reserves of the Army, Navy, Air Force, Marine Corps, Coast Guard and Space Force of the United States; and The Oregon National Guard and a National Guard of any other state or territory. “Gold…
The Roadside Memorial Fund is established in the State Treasury, separate and distinct from the General Fund. Moneys in the Roadside Memorial Fund are continuously appropriated to the Department of Transportation for the purpose of carrying out the provisions of ORS 366.930, 366.931, 366.934 and 366.940. Note: See note under 366.918.
Subject to subsection (2) of this section, to recognize and honor Tyrone Woods for his service to the United States, the Department of Transportation shall erect and maintain a roadside memorial sign on Oregon Route 213, near milepost 2. The department may not erect a roadside memorial sign until the department receives the payment of a fee. The department …
The portion of U.S. Highway 20 beginning in Newport, Oregon, and ending at the Idaho state line shall also be known as the Oregon Medal of Honor Highway, honoring current and future Medal of Honor recipients. The Department of Transportation shall place and maintain along U.S. Highway 20 suitable markers that include the designation of the highway as the Or…
The Department of Transportation may install and maintain memorial markers in roadside rest areas and turnouts on U.S. Highway 20 recognizing this state’s current and future recipients of the Medal of Honor. The department may accept moneys from and may enter into agreements with veterans groups to create, install and maintain the signs. The department may…
As used in this section, “firefighter” means any fire or forestry department employee, or authorized fire department volunteer, vested with the duty of preventing or combating fire or preventing the loss of life or property by fire. The Department of Transportation shall erect and maintain a roadside memorial sign that commemorates a firefighter killed in t…
Subject to ORS 153.022, a person who violates any rule adopted by the Oregon Transportation Commission governing health and safety in roadside rest areas or scenic overlooks commits a Class B violation. _______________