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377.010[Amended by 1959 c.382 §1; repealed by 1981 c.153 §79] 377.020[Repealed by 1981 c.153 §79] 377.030Destruction or removal of trees on state highways without permission prohibited 377.040Application to department to remove trees along state highways 377.050Consent of department for removal of trees along state highways 377.100Study of highway system; designation of historic and scenic highways 377.105Effect of designation as historic and scenic highway 377.110[1955 c.541 §1; repealed by 1959 c.309 §22] 377.115[1959 c.309 §1; 1965 c.219 §1; repealed by 1971 c.770 §31] 377.120[1955 c.541 §2; repealed by 1959 c.309 §22] 377.125[1959 c.309 §2; 1963 c.400 §1; 1965 c.219 §2; repealed by 1971 c.770 §31] 377.130[1955 c.541 §3; repealed by 1959 c.309 §22] 377.135[1959 c.309 §3; 1965 c.219 §3; repealed by 1971 c.770 §31] 377.140[1955 c.377 §14; 1959 c.94 §1; repealed by 1959 c.309 §22] 377.145[1959 c.309 §4; 1965 c.219 §4; repealed by 1971 c.770 §31] 377.150[1955 c.541 §4; repealed by 1959 c.309 §22] 377.155[1959 c.309 §5; 1965 c.219 §5; repealed by 1971 c.770 §31] 377.160[1955 c.541 §5; repealed by 1959 c.309 §22] 377.165[1959 c.309 §6; repealed by 1971 c.770 §31] 377.170[1955 c.541 §15; repealed by 1959 c.309 §22] 377.175[1959 c.309 §7; 1965 c.219 §6; repealed by 1971 c.770 §31] 377.178[1965 c.219 §13; repealed by 1971 c.770 §31] 377.180[1955 c.541 §6; repealed by 1959 c.309 §22] 377.181[1961 c.615 §13; 1965 c.219 §7; repealed by 1971 c.770 §31] 377.185[1959 c.309 §8; 1961 c.615 §9; 1965 c.219 §8; repealed by 1971 c.770 §31] 377.190[1955 c.541 §7; repealed by 1959 c.309 §22] 377.195[1959 c.309 §9; 1961 c.615 §10; 1965 c.219 §9; repealed by 1971 c.770 §31] 377.200[1955 c.541 §8; repealed by 1959 c.309 §22] 377.205[1959 c.309 §10; 1961 c.615 §11; repealed by 1965 c.219 §10 (377.206 enacted in lieu of 377.205)] 377.206[1965 c.219 §11 (enacted in lieu of 377.205); repealed by 1971 c.770 §31] 377.210[1955 c.541 §9; repealed by 1959 c.309 §22] 377.215[1959 c.309 §11; 1963 c.400 §2; 1965 c.219 §14; repealed by 1971 c.770 §31] 377.220[1955 c.541 §10; repealed by 1959 c.309 §22] 377.225[1959 c.309 §12; 1963 c.400 §3; 1965 c.219 §15; repealed by 1971 c.770 §31] 377.230[1955 c.541 §11; repealed by 1959 c.309 §22] 377.235[1959 c.309 §13; 1963 c.400 §4; 1965 c.219 §16; repealed by 1971 c.770 §31] 377.240[1955 c.541 §12; repealed by 1959 c.309 §22] 377.245[1959 c.309 §14; 1963 c.400 §5; 1965 c.219 §17; repealed by 1971 c.770 §31] 377.250[1955 c.541 §16; repealed by 1959 c.309 §22] 377.255[1959 c.309 §15; 1961 c.615 §14; 1963 c.400 §6; 1965 c.219 §18; repealed by 1971 c.770 §31] 377.260[1955 c.541 §18; repealed by 1959 c.309 §22] 377.265[1959 c.309 §16; 1963 c.400 §7; 1965 c.219 §19; repealed by 1971 c.770 §31] 377.270[1955 c.541 §17; repealed by 1959 c.309 §22] 377.275[1959 c.309 §17; 1963 c.400 §8; 1965 c.219 §20; repealed by 1971 c.770 §31] 377.280[1955 c.541 §13; 1957 c.465 §2; repealed by 1959 c.309 §22] 377.285[1959 c.309 §18; 1961 c.615 §15; 1963 c.400 §9; 1965 c.219 §21; repealed by 1971 c.770 §31] 377.295[1959 c.309 §19; 1963 c.400 §10; 1965 c.219 §22; repealed by 1971 c.770 §31] 377.305[1959 c.309 §20; 1963 c.400 §11; repealed by 1971 c.770 §31] 377.310[Repealed by 1953 c.335 §1] 377.320[Repealed by 1953 c.335 §1] 377.330[Repealed by 1953 c.335 §1] 377.340[Repealed by 1971 c.770 §31] 377.350[Repealed by 1971 c.770 §31] 377.360[Amended by 1957 c.663 §3; repealed by 1971 c.770 §31] 377.405[1961 c.615 §1; 1963 c.400 §12; repealed by 1971 c.770 §31] 377.410[1961 c.615 §5; 1963 c.400 §13; repealed by 1971 c.770 §31] 377.415[1961 c.615 §§7,16; repealed by 1971 c.770 §31] 377.420[1961 c.615 §§2,4; repealed by 1971 c.770 §31] 377.425[1961 c.615 §8; 1963 c.400 §14; repealed by 1971 c.770 §31] 377.430[1961 c.615 §6; repealed by 1971 c.770 §31] 377.505Definitions for ORS 377.505 to 377.540 377.510Signs visible from state highways regulated; junkyards prohibited; exceptions 377.515Removal of nonconforming signs deferred 377.520[1961 c.614 §2; 1963 c.400 §16; 1965 c.219 §26; repealed by 1977 c.578 §5] 377.521Status of previously designated scenic areas 377.525[1961 c.614 §4; 1963 c.400 §17; 1969 c.314 §30; repealed by 1977 c.578 §5] 377.530[1961 c.614 §5; 1963 c.400 §18; repealed by 1977 c.578 §5] 377.535[1961 c.614 §6; 1963 c.400 §19; repealed by 1977 c.578 §5] 377.540Director of Transportation to enforce orders and render administrative assistance 377.545[1961 c.614 §9; repealed by 2001 c.750 §7] 377.605Definitions for ORS 377.605 to 377.655 377.610Public policy on junkyards 377.615Director’s authority to promulgate regulations, enter into agreements with federal government 377.620Restrictions on maintaining or establishing junkyard along highway 377.625Screening junkyard located in restricted area 377.630Removing junkyard from restricted area 377.635Junkyard in violation of restrictions declared a public nuisance; authority to abate; when junk placed on state highway right of way 377.640Acquisition of land necessary to screen or relocate junkyards 377.645Expenditure of moneys to screen or relocate junkyards prior to availability of federal matching funds 377.650Personal property on state highway 377.653Personal property under state highway bridge; rules 377.655Rules for removal and disposition of signs and property in violation of ORS 377.650 377.700Short title 377.705Policy 377.707Identifying location of signs on construction plans; repair or replacement of damaged signs 377.708Effect on certain signs of transfer of jurisdiction over state highway 377.710Definitions for ORS 377.700 to 377.844; rules 377.712Issuance of permits for certain preexisting signs 377.713Compensation following partial or total loss of outdoor advertising sign; rules 377.715Application of ORS 377.700 to 377.844; prohibition against erection or maintenance of certain signs not in compliance with law 377.720Prohibited signs; exceptions 377.723Affidavit of city or county necessary for issuance of sign permit; requirements of affidavit 377.725Permit; application; fee; cancellation; rules 377.726[1977 c.265 §8; 1979 c.146 §3; 1981 c.308 §2; 1999 c.877 §6; 2001 c.750 §6; repealed by 2007 c.199 §28] 377.727[1974 c.33 §8; 1999 c.663 §1; 2007 c.71 §100; repealed by 2007 c.199 §28] 377.729Fees for sign permits and business licenses; rules 377.730License for business of maintaining or erecting signs; fee; application; revocation; suspension 377.735Exemptions from sign permit requirements; historic signs; rules 377.737Giving or receiving compensation or value for signs; rules 377.740ORS 377.700 to 377.844 not intended to authorize signs prohibited by other governmental units 377.745Limitation on form and size of signs 377.750Spacing between signs 377.753Permits for outdoor advertising signs; rules 377.755[1971 c.770 §13; 1973 c.790 §9; 1974 s.s. c.33 §4; 1977 c.256 §1; repealed by 1987 c.336 §7] 377.756Permits for signs erected by city or unincorporated community 377.757Requirements for signs authorized by ORS 377.756; payment of cost of sign 377.758Notification by federal authorities of illegal sign; consequences 377.759Issuance of relocation credits for removal of outdoor advertising signs from scenic byway; rules 377.760[1971 c.770 §26; 1973 c.790 §10; repealed by 1987 c.336 §7] 377.762Issuance of relocation credits for removal of sign 377.763Consolidation of relocation credits 377.765Status of previously existing signs; removal upon payment of compensation 377.766[2007 c.199 §4; repealed by 2009 c.463 §13] 377.767Relocation of existing outdoor advertising sign; conditions 377.768Effect of relocation permit on existing sign permit; duty of director 377.770Signs in protected, commercial or industrial areas 377.773When sign abandoned; removal 377.775Removal procedure for noncomplying signs; ownership issues at hearing; disposition of removed signs; costs of removal 377.777Action to enjoin person from violation of ORS 377.700 to 377.844 377.780Removal of outdoor advertising signs; payment of compensation; value determinations 377.785[1971 c.770 §5; 1973 c.790 §15; 1983 c.324 §36; 1985 c.104 §4; renumbered 285.163 in 1991] 377.787Contracts to study traveler information needs; council to establish sign programs; rules 377.790Construction, maintenance and operation of tourist and motorist informational signs 377.795Allocation of costs of telephone informational system; webpage fee; disposition of receipts 377.800Tourist and motorist informational signs; logo signs; sign and travel plazas 377.805Form of tourist and motorist informational signs; use of logo signs 377.810[1971 c.770 §12; repealed by 1973 c.790 §27] 377.820Application for tourist or motorist informational sign permit; investigation; disposition 377.825Fees for sign applications, maintenance costs and reinstallation 377.830Limitation on motorist informational sign permits; use of logo signs 377.831Application for digital billboard permit 377.833Public notifications 377.835Creation of Travel Information Council as semi-independent state agency; members; qualifications; appointment; terms; chairperson; quorum; executive director; rules 377.836Application of certain statutes to Travel Information Council 377.837[1973 c.790 §26; repealed by 1983 c.111 §10] 377.838Authority of executive director of Travel Information Council 377.839Authority of Travel Information Council 377.840Travel Information Council account; budget process; disposition of moneys received 377.841Roadside rest areas 377.842Refreshments at roadside rest areas; rules 377.844Enforcement of rules regarding health and safety 377.845Use of funds by Department of Transportation after repayment of highway fund 377.880Informational materials in roadside rest areas; rules 377.885Department of Transportation Human Trafficking Awareness Fund 377.887State Parks and Recreation Department Human Trafficking Awareness Fund 377.990[Amended by 1953 c.335 §2; subsection (4) of 1957 Replacement Part enacted as 1955 c.541 §19; repealed by 1959 c.309 §22] 377.992Penalties; rules 377.995[1959 c.309 §21; subsection (5) enacted as 1961 c.615 §17; subsection (6) enacted as 1961 c.614 §11; subsection (7) enacted as 1967 c.590 §12; repealed by 1971 c.770 §31]

Chapter 377 — Highway Beautification; Motorist Information Signs

ORS 377.737 Giving or receiving compensation or value for signs; rules

(1)

To determine whether a person is giving or receiving, or has given or received, compensation or anything of value as defined by the Department of Transportation by rule for displaying a sign, the department may issue an investigative demand upon any person it reasonably believes may have relevant documents or information.

(2)

If any person after being served an investigative demand under subsection (1) of this section fails or refuses to obey the demand, the Department of Transportation may request that the Department of Justice apply to an appropriate circuit court and, after a hearing, request an order requiring compliance with the demand.

Note: 377.737 was added to and made a part of 377.700 to 377.844 by legislative action but was not added to any smaller series therein. See Preface to Oregon Revised Statutes for further explanation.

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