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OR Rev Stat § 267.320 (2021)
2021 Oregon Revised Statutes|Volume : 07 - Public Facilities and Finance|Chapter 267 - Mass Transit Districts; Transportation Districts|Section 267.320 - User charges, fees and tolls; persons over 65.

(1) Except as otherwise provided in this section, to carry out the powers granted by ORS 267.010 to 267.394, the district board may by ordinance impose and may collect user charges, fees and tolls from those who are served by or use the transit system and other facilities and services of the district. (2) The district shall not charge a person over 65 years of age a fee of more than 50 percent of the regular fee for transportation provided by the district. The maximum fee established by this subsection does not apply on any weekday, Monday through Friday, between the hours of 5 a.m. and 9 a.m. or between the hours of 3 p.m. and 7 p.m. [1969 c.643 §26; 1973 c.474 §1; 1975 c.124 §1; 1975 c.169 §1; 1981 c.634 §1; 2003 c.14 §131]
OR Rev Stat § 267.325 (2021)
2021 Oregon Revised Statutes|Volume : 07 - Public Facilities and Finance|Chapter 267 - Mass Transit Districts; Transportation Districts|Section 267.325 - Lease purchase agreements.

For the purpose of financing the design, engineering, acquisition, construction and installation of any mass transit system, a district may enter into lease purchase agreements for such term of years as the board may determine. The lease purchase payments payable by a district under any such lease purchase agreement may be payable out of any funds of the district, including without limitation any operating revenues, tax revenues or grants. [1989 c.899 §2]
OR Rev Stat § 267.330 (2021)
2021 Oregon Revised Statutes|Volume : 07 - Public Facilities and Finance|Chapter 267 - Mass Transit Districts; Transportation Districts|Section 267.330 - General obligation bonds; conditions; interest rate; payment of principal and interest; pledge of net revenue.

(1) To carry out any of the powers granted by ORS 267.010 to 267.394, a district, when authorized at any properly called election held for the purpose, may borrow money, and sell and dispose of general obligation bonds. Outstanding bonds shall never exceed in the aggregate two and one-half percent of the real market value of all taxable property within the district. (2) The bonds shall be issued from time to time by the district board in behalf of the district as authorized by the electors thereof. The bonds shall mature serially within not to exceed 30 years from issue date. However, for an indebtedness to the federal government or this state, the district may issue one or more bonds of the denominations agreed upon. Bonds shall bear interest at a rate, payable semiannually, as the board shall determine. The bonds shall be so conditioned that the district shall promise and agree therein to pay to the bearer at a place named therein, the principal sum, with interest at the rate named therein, payable semiannually, in accordance with the tenor and terms of the interest coupons attached. (3) For the purpose of additionally securing the payment of the principal and interest on general obligation bonds issued under this section, the district may by resolution of the board, which resolution shall constitute part of the contract with the holders of the bonds, pledge all or any part of the net revenue of the district. The district board may adopt such a resolution without submitting the question of the pledge to the electors of the district. [1969 c.643 §28; 1983 c.347 §19; 1991 c.459 §365]
OR Rev Stat § 267.334 (2021)
2021 Oregon Revised Statutes|Volume : 07 - Public Facilities and Finance|Chapter 267 - Mass Transit Districts; Transportation Districts|Section 267.334 - Electoral approval for issuance of general obligation bonds by Tri-Met to fund extension of light rail.

(1) If the line extending Tri-Met’s regional light rail system north from Clackamas County, Oregon, is not part of a phased project that will serve both the Portland metropolitan region and Clark County, Washington, then prior to the issuance by Tri-Met of any general obligation bonds to fund its share of the line extending Tri-Met’s regional light rail system north from Clackamas County, Oregon, Tri-Met shall submit to its electors the question of the issuance of such general obligation bonds. (2) As used in this section: (a) "Portland metropolitan region" means the area within the urban growth boundary established by Metro as that boundary existed on July 1, 1995. (b) "Metro" means the metropolitan service district created under ORS chapter 268 and exercising home rule charter powers. (c) "Tri-Met" means the Tri-County Metropolitan Transportation District of Oregon, a mass transit district created under ORS chapter 267. [Formerly 197.587] Note: 267.334 was enacted into law by the Legislative Assembly but was not added to or made a part of ORS chapter 267 or any series therein by legislative action. See Preface to Oregon Revised Statutes for further explanation.
OR Rev Stat § 267.335 (2021)
2021 Oregon Revised Statutes|Volume : 07 - Public Facilities and Finance|Chapter 267 - Mass Transit Districts; Transportation Districts|Section 267.335 - Authority to issue revenue bonds; interest-bearing warrants.

(1) In addition to the authority to issue general obligation bonds, after a vote of the people, a district may issue and sell revenue bonds and pledge as security therefor all or any part of the unobligated net revenue of the district. Revenue bonds shall be issued in the same manner and form as are general obligation bonds of the district but they shall not be subject to the percentage limitation provided by ORS 267.330 applicable to issuance of general obligation bonds and shall not be a lien upon any property within the limits of the district. Such bonds shall be payable, both as to principal and interest, solely from the net revenues of the district remaining after payment of obligations having a priority and payment of all expenses of operation and maintenance of the district, including any taxes levied thereafter against the district. All revenue bonds shall contain a clause reciting that both the principal and interest are payable solely from net revenues of the district remaining after paying such obligations and expenses. (2) In lieu of issuing bonds secured by unobligated net revenue under subsection (1) of this section, the treasurer, when authorized by the board, may execute and issue interest-bearing warrants drawn against funds created by and for operation and maintenance of the mass transit system in excess of current cash on hand, but not in an amount exceeding one-half of the estimated annual gross revenue for operation of the mass transit system for the next ensuing year. [1969 c.643 §29]
OR Rev Stat § 267.340 (2021)
2021 Oregon Revised Statutes|Volume : 07 - Public Facilities and Finance|Chapter 267 - Mass Transit Districts; Transportation Districts|Section 267.340 - Refunding bonds.

Refunding bonds of the same character and tenor as those replaced thereby may be issued pursuant to a resolution adopted by the district board without submitting to the electors the question of authorizing the issuance of the bonds. [1969 c.643 §30]
OR Rev Stat § 267.345 (2021)
2021 Oregon Revised Statutes|Volume : 07 - Public Facilities and Finance|Chapter 267 - Mass Transit Districts; Transportation Districts|Section 267.345 - Issuance of bonds.

All general obligation and revenue bonds, including refunding bonds, issued under ORS 267.330 to 267.345 shall be issued as prescribed in ORS chapter 287A. [1969 c.643 §31; 2007 c.783 §84]
OR Rev Stat § 267.360 (2021)
2021 Oregon Revised Statutes|Volume : 07 - Public Facilities and Finance|Chapter 267 - Mass Transit Districts; Transportation Districts|Section 267.360 - Business, trade, occupational and professional licenses and fees; exceptions.

To carry out any of the powers granted by ORS 267.010 to 267.394, a district may by ordinance raise revenue by licensing and imposing a fee on any business, trade, occupation and profession carried on or practiced in the district. This section does not empower a district to require licenses of or impose fees on companies that are licensed by the state under ORS 731.358 or 731.362 to transact insurance, as defined in ORS 731.146, or to require licenses of or impose fees upon the representatives of such companies who are not residents of the district. [1969 c.643 §32]
OR Rev Stat § 267.370 (2021)
2021 Oregon Revised Statutes|Volume : 07 - Public Facilities and Finance|Chapter 267 - Mass Transit Districts; Transportation Districts|Section 267.370 - District taxing authority.

(1) To carry out any of the powers granted by ORS 267.010 to 267.394, a district may by ordinance impose a tax: (a) Upon the entire taxable income of every resident of the district subject to tax under ORS chapter 316 and upon the taxable income of every nonresident that is derived from sources within the district which income is subject to tax under ORS chapter 316; and (b) On or measured by the net income of a mercantile, manufacturing, business, financial, centrally assessed, investment, insurance or other corporation or entity taxable as a corporation doing business, located, or having a place of business or office within or having income derived from sources within the district which income is subject to tax under ORS chapter 317 or 318. (2) The rate of the tax imposed by ordinance adopted under authority of subsection (1) of this section shall not exceed one percent. The tax may be imposed and collected as a surtax upon the state income or excise tax. (3) Any ordinance adopted pursuant to subsection (1) of this section shall require a nonresident, corporation or other entity taxable as a corporation having income from activity both within and without the district taxable by the State of Oregon to allocate and apportion such net income to the district in the manner required for allocation and apportionment of income under ORS 314.280 and 314.605 to 314.675. (4) The district shall allow a credit against the tax imposed pursuant to this section, in an amount equal to the employer’s payroll tax paid to the district by the taxpayer. (5) If a district adopts an ordinance under this section, the ordinance shall be consistent with any state law relating to the same subject, and with rules and regulations of the Department of Revenue prescribed under ORS 305.620. (6) An ordinance adopted under this section shall not declare an emergency. [1969 c.643 §33; 1971 c.600 §1; 1975 c.752 §2]
OR Rev Stat § 267.385 (2021)
2021 Oregon Revised Statutes|Volume : 07 - Public Facilities and Finance|Chapter 267 - Mass Transit Districts; Transportation Districts|Section 267.385 - Employer payroll tax; collection; enforcement.

(1) To carry out the powers granted by ORS 267.010 to 267.394, a district may by ordinance impose an excise tax on every employer equal to not more than eight-tenths of one percent of the wages paid with respect to the employment of individuals. For the same purposes, a district may by ordinance impose a tax on each individual equal to not more than eight-tenths of one percent of the individual’s net earnings from self-employment. (2) No employer shall make a deduction from the wages of an employee to pay all or any portion of a tax imposed under this section. (3) The provisions of ORS 305.620 are applicable to collection, enforcement, administration and distribution of a tax imposed under this section. (4) At any time an employer or individual fails to remit the amount of taxes when due under an ordinance of the district board imposing a tax under this section, the Department of Revenue may enforce collection by the issuance of a distraint warrant for the collection of the delinquent amount and all penalties, interest and collection charges accrued thereon. Such warrant shall be issued and may be enforced in the same manner and have the same force and effect as prescribed with respect to warrants for the collection of delinquent state income taxes. (5) Any ordinance adopted under subsection (1) of this section shall require an individual having net earnings from self-employment from activity both within and without the district taxable by the State of Oregon to allocate and apportion such net earnings to the district in the manner required for allocation and apportionment of income under ORS 314.280 and 314.605 to 314.675. Such ordinance shall give the individual the option of apportioning income based on a single factor designated by the ordinance. (6) Any ordinance adopted under subsection (1) of this section with respect to net earnings from self-employment may impose a tax for a taxable year measured by each individual’s net earnings from self-employment for the prior taxable year, whether such prior taxable year begins before or after November 1, 1981, or such ordinance. (7) Any ordinance imposing a tax authorized by subsection (1) of this section shall not apply to any business, trade, occupation or profession upon which a tax is imposed under ORS 267.360. (8) The district board may not adopt an ordinance increasing a tax authorized by subsection (1) of this section unless the board makes a finding that the economy in the district has recovered to an extent sufficient to warrant the increase in tax. In making the finding, the board shall consider regional employment and income growth. [1969 c.643 §35; 1981 c.907 §3; 2003 c.576 §197; 2003 c.739 §7; 2009 c.253 §1]
OR Rev Stat § 267.387 (2021)
2021 Oregon Revised Statutes|Volume : 07 - Public Facilities and Finance|Chapter 267 - Mass Transit Districts; Transportation Districts|Section 267.387 - Restrictions on increase in payroll tax.

Notwithstanding ORS 267.385 (1) and subject to ORS 267.260 (3) and (6), an increase in any tax imposed on wages or on net earnings from self-employment that is authorized by a mass transit district under ORS 267.385 (1) on or after January 1, 2010, must be phased in over a 10-year period. The district shall by ordinance set forth the increments by which the increase in tax is phased in. Subject to ORS 267.260 (3) and (6), each annual increment may not increase the rate of tax by more than 0.02 percent of the wages or net earnings from self-employment. [2009 c.253 §2] Note: 267.387 was enacted into law by the Legislative Assembly but was not added to or made a part of ORS chapter 267 or any series therein by legislative action. See Preface to Oregon Revised Statutes for further explanation.
OR Rev Stat § 267.390 (2021)
2021 Oregon Revised Statutes|Volume : 07 - Public Facilities and Finance|Chapter 267 - Mass Transit Districts; Transportation Districts|Section 267.390 - Acceptance of funds from United States.

The district may: (1) Accept, without limitation by any other provision of ORS 267.010 to 267.394 requiring approval of indebtedness, any contributions or loans from the United States for the purpose of carrying out any provision of ORS 267.010 to 267.394; and (2) Do anything that the board considers necessary in order to avail itself of aid, assistance or cooperation under this section under any federal law. [1969 c.643 §37]
OR Rev Stat § 267.394 (2021)
2021 Oregon Revised Statutes|Volume : 07 - Public Facilities and Finance|Chapter 267 - Mass Transit Districts; Transportation Districts|Section 267.394 - Investment of certain funds held by TriMet.

Notwithstanding any provision of ORS chapter 294 or ORS 295.001 to 295.108, funds held in trust by TriMet, as defined in ORS 197A.500, for the purpose of paying post-employment benefits other than pensions, and any funds necessary to pay the reasonable expenses of administering the trust, are not surplus funds for purposes of ORS 294.004 and may be invested in accordance with the standard of judgment and care for the investment of investment funds as set forth in ORS 293.726. [2019 c.16 §2]
OR Rev Stat § 267.410 (2021)
2021 Oregon Revised Statutes|Volume : 07 - Public Facilities and Finance|Chapter 267 - Mass Transit Districts; Transportation Districts|Section 267.410 - Certain districts authorized to impose employer payroll tax on state agencies and political subdivisions.

ORS 267.300, 267.380 and 267.410 to 267.430 apply only to a mass transit district situated in a metropolitan statistical area with a population exceeding 400,000. [1989 c.869 §7; 2009 c.11 §31]
OR Rev Stat § 267.420 (2021)
2021 Oregon Revised Statutes|Volume : 07 - Public Facilities and Finance|Chapter 267 - Mass Transit Districts; Transportation Districts|Section 267.420 - Employer payroll tax on State of Oregon and political subdivisions; requirements for tax ordinance.

(1) Any ordinance imposing an employer payroll tax on an entity described in ORS 267.380 (1)(a)(C) shall be adopted not less than six months prior to the beginning of the fiscal year of the mass transit district within which the employer payroll tax becomes effective. (2)(a) Any ordinance imposing an employer payroll tax on an entity described in ORS 267.380 (1)(a)(C) shall provide that for each of the four fiscal years after the fiscal year in which the employer payroll tax was first imposed, the entity shall pay the applicable percentage of the amount of employer payroll tax which, without regard to this section, it would have been required to pay under the law. (b) The applicable percentage shall be determined in accordance with the following table: ______________________________________________________________________________ Number of fiscal years The applicable after the fiscal year percentage is: in which the employer payroll tax is first imposed: One 20 Two 40 Three 60 Four 80 ______________________________________________________________________________ (c) In the fifth fiscal year after the fiscal year in which the employer payroll tax is first imposed on an entity described in ORS 267.380 (1)(a)(C) and in any subsequent fiscal year, the applicable percentage shall be 100 percent. [1989 c.869 §4]
OR Rev Stat § 267.430 (2021)
2021 Oregon Revised Statutes|Volume : 07 - Public Facilities and Finance|Chapter 267 - Mass Transit Districts; Transportation Districts|Section 267.430 - Certain state agencies exempt from employer payroll tax.

ORS 267.300, 267.380, 267.410 to 267.430 do not apply to entities described in ORS 267.380 (1)(a)(C) that made, and that continue to make, payments under the provisions of ORS 291.405 and 291.407 equivalent to the rate in effect on January 1, 1989. If a mass transit district or transportation district does not collect a tax under ORS 267.300 (1)(g) or 267.615 (1)(g), ORS 267.300, 267.380 and 267.410 to 267.430 do not affect payment under ORS 291.405 and 291.407. [1989 c.869 §6]
OR Rev Stat § 267.480 (2021)
2021 Oregon Revised Statutes|Volume : 07 - Public Facilities and Finance|Chapter 267 - Mass Transit Districts; Transportation Districts|Section 267.480 - TriMet Crash Advisory Committee.

(1) The TriMet Crash Advisory Committee is established. The committee consists of seven members appointed by TriMet’s general manager. When selecting committee members, the general manager shall seek members with a wide variety of backgrounds, including expertise or experience in transportation safety. Members must include: (a) One member who is an expert in transportation safety engineering, design or planning, including the efforts by the City of Portland to eliminate transportation-related deaths and serious injuries in Portland. (b) One member who is an advocate for public transportation. (c) One member who is an advocate for pedestrians or bicyclists. (d) One member who is an advocate for transportation safety. (e) One member who is an advocate for elderly persons or persons with disabilities. (f) One member who is a state or local government official with responsibilities for transportation infrastructure or safety. (g) One member who is on TriMet’s board of directors. (2) The term of office of each member of the committee is four years. Before the expiration of the term of a member, the general manager shall appoint a successor. A member is eligible for reappointment. In case of a vacancy for any cause, the general manager shall appoint a person to fill the office for the unexpired term. (3) A majority of the members of the committee constitutes a quorum for the transaction of business. (4) Official action by the committee requires the approval of a majority of the members of the committee. (5) The committee shall elect one of its members to serve as chairperson. (6) The committee shall review crashes involving TriMet vehicles that result in injury or fatality. The committee may decline to review certain crashes or categories of crashes. (7) The committee shall: (a) Meet biannually; and (b) Report to TriMet’s board of directors as needed, but no less than once per year. (8) The general manager may use a currently existing TriMet committee for the purpose of complying with this section. (9) As used in this section, "TriMet" means the Tri-County Metropolitan Transportation District of Oregon, a mass transit district created under ORS chapter 267. [2019 c.632 §1] Note: 267.480 was enacted into law by the Legislative Assembly but was not added to or made a part of ORS chapter 267 or any series therein by legislative action. See Preface to Oregon Revised Statutes for further explanation.
OR Rev Stat § 267.510 (2021)
2021 Oregon Revised Statutes|Volume : 07 - Public Facilities and Finance|Chapter 267 - Mass Transit Districts; Transportation Districts|Section 267.510 - Definitions for ORS 267.510 to 267.650.

As used in ORS 267.510 to 267.650: (1) "District" means a transportation district established under ORS 267.510 to 267.650. (2) "System" means the equipment, facilities and other property constructed, erected or acquired by the district and to be used in the transport of passengers. [1974 c.9 §1]
OR Rev Stat § 267.515 (2021)
2021 Oregon Revised Statutes|Volume : 07 - Public Facilities and Finance|Chapter 267 - Mass Transit Districts; Transportation Districts|Section 267.515 - Application of ORS chapter 255 to district.

(1) ORS chapter 255 governs the following: (a) The nomination and election of board members. (b) The conduct of district elections. (2) The electors of a district may exercise the powers of the initiative and referendum regarding a district measure, in accordance with ORS 255.135 to 255.205. [Amended by 1983 c.350 §128]