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OR Rev Stat § 276.218 (2021)
2021 Oregon Revised Statutes|Volume : 07 - Public Facilities and Finance|Chapter 276 - Public Facilities|Section 276.218 - Acquiring machines and equipment; terms; pledging operating funds.

(1) The Oregon Department of Administrative Services may acquire by purchase, lease or otherwise, the machines, engines, boilers, pipes, steam fittings, electrical equipment, appliances, transmission poles, lines, wire and other equipment necessary in carrying out the provisions of ORS 276.212, for cash, on contract, conditional bill of sale, lease purchase or installment purchase. The department may contract to pay, as rental or otherwise, on the amortization plan, the principal and interest of the purchase price of such personal property. (2) The rate of interest on the principal of the purchase cost and the terms and conditions for repayment shall be as determined by the department. The department may pledge, on behalf of the State of Oregon, for the retirement of such indebtedness, such reasonable sums from operating appropriations or service charges as is required for: (a) The purchase or securing of steam heat, electrical current or energy from private persons or corporations for light, heat and power for any such public buildings. (b) Transmitting and receiving messages by radio, telephone, telegraph or other device or system in the transaction of any or all business of the state or in which the state is interested. (3) The department may make installment payments on such contracts on such purchase price. Such obligations shall not be deemed a general indebtedness of the state, but shall be payable out of appropriations made or provided for the operation and maintenance of such public buildings. In the case of telecommunications systems and all related equipment, repayment may be from service charges paid by agencies for the operation of the systems. [Amended by 1969 c.199 §33; 1983 c.424 §2]
OR Rev Stat § 276.220 (2021)
2021 Oregon Revised Statutes|Volume : 07 - Public Facilities and Finance|Chapter 276 - Public Facilities|Section 276.220 - Payment of cost of real and personal property.

The Oregon Department of Administrative Services may, for the purpose of paying in whole or in part the cost of any real or personal property acquired or contracted to be purchased or otherwise acquired under the provisions of ORS 276.210 to 276.228, use from any sum appropriated by law for the maintenance, operation and capital outlays of any of the public buildings and grounds or departments, such amount thereof, or equivalent amount, as is reasonably required or would otherwise be paid for the purchase of, or payment for, steam heat, electrical current or energy supplied by any person or corporation to any such state buildings for heat, light or power, and for the purpose of transmitting and receiving messages by radio, telephone, telegraph or other device or system in the transaction of business of the state or in which the state is interested. [Amended by 1969 c.199 §34]
OR Rev Stat § 276.222 (2021)
2021 Oregon Revised Statutes|Volume : 07 - Public Facilities and Finance|Chapter 276 - Public Facilities|Section 276.222 - Contracting to purchase services and use facilities.

The Oregon Department of Administrative Services may: (1) Contract with any person for the furnishing of heat, light, power, telephone, telegraph or radio, or either or all thereof, for any of the purposes mentioned in ORS 276.210 to 276.228. (2) Enter into any necessary contract or agreement with any person for the exclusive use, joint use or common use of any facilities, structures or equipment needful, convenient or necessary to enable the state to carry out any of the provisions of ORS 276.210 to 276.228.
OR Rev Stat § 276.224 (2021)
2021 Oregon Revised Statutes|Volume : 07 - Public Facilities and Finance|Chapter 276 - Public Facilities|Section 276.224 - Charges for providing heat, light, communication, power facilities; transfer from appropriations to revolving fund.

In addition to any other lawful method of paying the costs and expenses incurred under the provisions of ORS 276.210 to 276.228, the Oregon Department of Administrative Services may at its discretion estimate the cost to each and every state building or department affected by the cost and expense of any construction, contract, maintenance and operation made under ORS 276.210 to 276.228 and direct the State Treasurer to transfer from any appropriate or corresponding appropriation theretofore or hereafter made for such state buildings or departments, the amount thus determined by the department to a revolving fund hereby created. All obligations incurred under ORS 276.210 to 276.228 shall be paid from such revolving fund. [Amended by 1969 c.199 §35; 2005 c.755 §8]
OR Rev Stat § 276.226 (2021)
2021 Oregon Revised Statutes|Volume : 07 - Public Facilities and Finance|Chapter 276 - Public Facilities|Section 276.226 - Acceptance of federal funds; contracts with United States or its agencies.

The Oregon Department of Administrative Services may: (1) Accept on behalf of the State of Oregon from the United States or any of its agencies such funds as may be made available to this state for any of the purposes contemplated by ORS 276.210 to 276.228. (2) Enter into such contracts and agreements with the United States or any of its agencies as may be necessary, proper and convenient, not contrary to the laws of this state.
OR Rev Stat § 276.228 (2021)
2021 Oregon Revised Statutes|Volume : 07 - Public Facilities and Finance|Chapter 276 - Public Facilities|Section 276.228 - Approval of claims.

All claims, bills and demands incurred in carrying out the provisions of ORS 276.210 to 276.228 shall be presented to the Oregon Department of Administrative Services for its approval and, on approval, shall be audited and paid as other claims and demands against the state.
OR Rev Stat § 276.229 (2021)
2021 Oregon Revised Statutes|Volume : 07 - Public Facilities and Finance|Chapter 276 - Public Facilities|Section 276.229 - Four-year major construction budgets for state agencies; maintenance plans and budgets; application to certain agencies.

(1) State agencies shall develop four-year major construction budgets. Projects included in these budgets may be accelerated or deferred upon approval of the Emergency Board. (2) State agencies shall include the biennial costs associated with maintenance, major repairs or building alterations in their regular budget presentation to the Legislative Assembly. Agencies shall include in their budget presentations short-term and long-term plans to reduce or eliminate any existing backlog of deferred maintenance. (3) The provisions of this section do not apply to public universities listed in ORS 352.002, the Oregon Health and Science University, or a community college as defined in ORS 341.005. [1997 c.571 §3; 2011 c.637 §86]
OR Rev Stat § 276.234 (2021)
2021 Oregon Revised Statutes|Volume : 07 - Public Facilities and Finance|Chapter 276 - Public Facilities|Section 276.234 - Providing water and water power for public buildings and institutions.

(1) The Oregon Department of Administrative Services shall provide for the supplying of the public buildings and grounds with water and water power sufficient for the present and future use of the facilities serviced. The department shall have full power to carry into effect the provisions of this section. (2) As used in this section, "public buildings and grounds" means the public buildings and grounds and works that are, from time to time, created by law and come within the jurisdiction of the department and the other state buildings now or hereafter located at or near the seat of government. [Amended by 1953 c.259 §2; 1969 c.199 §36]
OR Rev Stat § 276.236 (2021)
2021 Oregon Revised Statutes|Volume : 07 - Public Facilities and Finance|Chapter 276 - Public Facilities|Section 276.236 - Department may acquire land, water and water rights, watercourses, franchises and privileges.

The Oregon Department of Administrative Services may purchase, contract for, and lease, in the name of the state, real property, water, water rights and watercourses, franchises and privileges. Whenever the department deems it necessary or proper, it may appropriate and condemn real property, water, water rights and watercourses, franchises and privileges, including the right to take and condemn real property, water, water rights and watercourses, franchises and privileges, appropriated for or devoted to a public use before February 27, 1901, by any person or corporation under and by virtue of the laws of this state or the Territory of Oregon.
OR Rev Stat § 276.238 (2021)
2021 Oregon Revised Statutes|Volume : 07 - Public Facilities and Finance|Chapter 276 - Public Facilities|Section 276.238 - Purchase of land, water and water rights, watercourses, franchises and privileges.

When the owner fixes a price for land, water, watercourses and water rights, franchises and privileges that is, in the opinion of the Oregon Department of Administrative Services, reasonable, the department may purchase the property at the price fixed without further delay.
OR Rev Stat § 276.240 (2021)
2021 Oregon Revised Statutes|Volume : 07 - Public Facilities and Finance|Chapter 276 - Public Facilities|Section 276.240 - Eminent domain procedure; possession of property; rental value.

(1) In any condemnation proceedings under ORS 276.234 to 276.244, the practice, pleadings, forms and modes of procedure shall conform as near as may be applicable to the practice, pleading, forms and procedure prescribed for the appropriation of real property by private corporations in ORS chapter 35. (2) When it appears that the Oregon Department of Administrative Services has offered the defendant, before commencing the action, an amount equal to or greater than that assessed by the jury, the state shall recover its costs and disbursements from the defendant. (3) If condemnation proceedings are commenced, the department may, at the date of the commencement of the proceedings, take immediate possession of the real property, water and water rights, and watercourses and privileges mentioned in ORS 276.236, or of so much of any or either thereof as may be necessary for the uses of the state, and continue in the possession and have and enjoy the use thereof during the pendency of the condemnation proceedings and until the final determination of the condemnation proceeding, including an appeal to the Court of Appeals if appeal is taken. The reasonable rental value for such time shall be assessed by the jury, if the case is tried before a jury, otherwise by the court. The defendant owner shall have judgment for such reasonable rental value, regardless of whether the condemnation proceedings are finally decided for or against the department. Such reasonable rental value shall be included in the general damages allowed by the court or jury. [Amended by 1979 c.562 §11]
OR Rev Stat § 276.242 (2021)
2021 Oregon Revised Statutes|Volume : 07 - Public Facilities and Finance|Chapter 276 - Public Facilities|Section 276.242 - Proceedings in name of state; pleadings; conveyances and contracts.

All actions and proceedings shall be brought in the name of the state, and the pleadings shall be signed by the Director of the Oregon Department of Administrative Services. All conveyances of lands, or water and water rights, franchises and privileges, shall be made directly to the state, and all leases and contracts shall be made by the Oregon Department of Administrative Services in the name of and for the use and benefit of the state. [Amended by 1969 c.199 §37; 1979 c.284 §129]
OR Rev Stat § 276.244 (2021)
2021 Oregon Revised Statutes|Volume : 07 - Public Facilities and Finance|Chapter 276 - Public Facilities|Section 276.244 - Powers of department.

The Oregon Department of Administrative Services may: (1) Go upon lands or premises in the manner provided by ORS 35.220 to make surveys and to make estimates of cost. (2) From time to time, purchase, lease, contract for or condemn any property, land, water or water rights, franchises and privileges. (3) Construct canals, flumes, ditches and pipelines for conveying waters and reservoirs for the storage of waters. (4) Repair, improve and enlarge any plants, property or property rights, ditches, flumes and pipelines which may be acquired or constructed under the authority conferred by ORS 276.234 to 276.244. (5) Use such measures and employ such persons as, in the opinion of the department, may be proper and suitable to carry out the provisions of ORS 276.234 to 276.244. [Amended by 2003 c.477 §14]
OR Rev Stat § 276.246 (2021)
2021 Oregon Revised Statutes|Volume : 07 - Public Facilities and Finance|Chapter 276 - Public Facilities|Section 276.246 - Repair, replacement and reconstruction of buildings, appliances, fixtures and furniture damaged by fire.

In case of the loss of or damage to any public building of this state or any state institution, educational or otherwise, by fire, or in case of the loss or damage by fire to the apparatus, fixtures, appliances or furniture of any such building, the Oregon Department of Administrative Services may, upon the application of the proper authority or authorities in charge of the building, apparatus, fixtures, appliances or furniture, showing the nature, character and amount of the loss, authorize the immediate reconstruction, rebuilding, repairing or replacing of the buildings, apparatus, fixtures, appliances or furniture. The Secretary of State shall audit and allow all claims therefor, not exceeding in the aggregate an amount specified by the department, in the same manner as other claims against the state are audited and allowed and shall issue certificates of indebtedness therefor. Such certificates shall bear legal interest from date until paid. In no case shall the expenditure of a larger sum be authorized, permitted or made than the actual loss or damage sustained, as shown by the certificate of a competent person or persons appointed by the department to appraise the amount of the damage. [Amended by 1953 c.259 §3]
OR Rev Stat § 276.248 (2021)
2021 Oregon Revised Statutes|Volume : 07 - Public Facilities and Finance|Chapter 276 - Public Facilities|Section 276.248 - Water pipes and supply; entry to place and repair pipes; damages for use of land.

(1) The directors or other lawful managers of any public institution of the state may: (a) Enter upon the lands through which they desire to conduct their pipes for the purpose of providing water supplies and lay the pipes underground. (b) Enter at all times upon such lands for the purpose of keeping the water line in repair and do all things to that end. (2) If damages are claimed for the use of such lands and the parties cannot agree as to the amount of compensation to be paid, they may proceed in the manner provided by law for railroad companies to procure right of way.
OR Rev Stat § 276.250 (2021)
2021 Oregon Revised Statutes|Volume : 07 - Public Facilities and Finance|Chapter 276 - Public Facilities|Section 276.250 - Agreement with City of Salem for water and fire protection.

The Oregon Department of Administrative Services may enter into an agreement with the City of Salem for the furnishing of water and fire protection services to all state buildings in the vicinity of Salem. The rates and terms provided therein shall be equitable and shall not be higher than existing costs of the same amount of water to the state. In addition thereto, equitable payment, as agreed upon by the department may be made for fire protection or increased fire protection to state buildings outside the corporate limits of the City of Salem resulting from the improved water supply. [Amended by 1969 c.199 §38]
OR Rev Stat § 276.252 (2021)
2021 Oregon Revised Statutes|Volume : 07 - Public Facilities and Finance|Chapter 276 - Public Facilities|Section 276.252 - Sewage system for state institutions and departments.

The Oregon Department of Administrative Services may construct sewage systems for departments located in and near the City of Salem, connect the state sewers with the City of Salem sewer system and enter into a contract with the City of Salem by which the state will contribute its relative proportion of the cost of the sewage disposal plant to be constructed by the City of Salem. The department may enter into a contract with the City of Salem for the use of the sewage disposal plant and provide for the payment to the City of Salem of a reasonable share of the cost of operating the plant. [Amended by 1969 c.199 §39]
OR Rev Stat § 276.265 (2021)
2021 Oregon Revised Statutes|Volume : 07 - Public Facilities and Finance|Chapter 276 - Public Facilities|Section 276.265 - Apprenticeship programs; state agency as training agent.

(1) It is the policy of this state to encourage public agencies to participate in apprenticeship programs. Every public agency employing five or more persons in the same apprenticeable occupation for the improvement or maintenance, not including routine maintenance, of a public facility shall be encouraged to register as a training agent with the appropriate apprenticeship committees and shall be expected to employ at least one apprentice for that apprenticeable occupation, subject to the public agency’s available and legislatively approved budget resources. The public agency shall be subject in its capacity as a training agent to the rules and policies of the responsible apprenticeship committees and the State Apprenticeship and Training Council. (2) For purposes of this section: (a) "Apprenticeable occupation" has the meaning defined in ORS 660.010. (b) "Employing five or more persons" means the employment of five or more persons at any time during the current or immediately prior fiscal year; provided, however, that a public agency may petition the State Apprenticeship and Training Council for exemption from the requirements of this section on the grounds that the public agency’s circumstances have so changed since the immediately prior fiscal year as to make application of this section contrary to the interests of current or potential apprentices. (c) "Improvement or maintenance, not including routine maintenance" means construction, reconstruction and major renovation of or to and painting of public facilities and includes the remodeling, alteration and emergency repair of buildings, other structures, real property, highways and roads. "Improvement or maintenance, not including routine maintenance" does not include minor alteration, ordinary repair or maintenance necessary in order to preserve a public facility. (d) "Public agency" means the State of Oregon or any political subdivision thereof or any county, city, district, authority, public corporation or entity and any of their instrumentalities organized and existing under law or charter. (e) "Public facility" means the works, buildings and grounds owned, leased or rented by a public agency and which are situated within the State of Oregon, and shall include any such works, buildings or grounds governed, managed or administered by the Oregon Department of Administrative Services. [1991 c.897 §2]
OR Rev Stat § 276.280 (2021)
2021 Oregon Revised Statutes|Volume : 07 - Public Facilities and Finance|Chapter 276 - Public Facilities|Section 276.280 - Definitions for ORS 276.285.

As used in ORS 276.285: (1) "Construction" means the building, installation or assembly of a new facility; the addition, expansion, alteration, conversion or replacement of an existing facility; or the relocation of a facility from one location to another. "Construction" includes the installation of equipment made a part of the facility and related site preparation. (2) "Facility" means a building, structure, utility and other support systems, or other improvement upon real property. (3) "Improvement" means additions to buildings, structures or other facilities that are intended to be permanent. (4) "Maintenance" means activities to keep facilities in an efficient operating condition and that do not add to the value or extend the economic life of the facilities. (5) "Operations" means activities to run and use a facility for its purpose. (6) "Real property" means land and all buildings, structures and improvements thereon. "Real property" includes fixtures erected on, above or under the land, and includes landscaping, crops, fencing and other support elements. (7) "Repair" means work done to restore worn or damaged real property or facilities to normal operating condition. (8) "Replace" means to exchange or substitute a facility component for another component performing the same function at the same or higher level of performance or economy and in compliance with then current building code requirements. [1995 c.452 §9]
OR Rev Stat § 276.385 (2021)
2021 Oregon Revised Statutes|Volume : 07 - Public Facilities and Finance|Chapter 276 - Public Facilities|Section 276.385 - Rentals for buildings other than State Capitol or Supreme Court Building.

(1) Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the Oregon Department of Administrative Services shall fix rentals for space in buildings specified in ORS 276.004, and rentals or other charges for parking facilities. The rentals shall be fixed on a basis as nearly uniform as practicable to provide amounts: (a) To pay the expenses of operating, maintaining and insuring and paying depreciation on the buildings controlled and managed by the department; (b) To construct, improve, repair, equip and furnish additional buildings, structures and other projects for state government, and to purchase or improve sites therefor; and (c) To provide amounts necessary to repay indebtedness, and the interest thereon, incurred to construct, improve, repair, equip and furnish buildings, structures and other projects for state government. (2) The Oregon Department of Administrative Services shall negotiate with the Department of Transportation and other state agencies who own, operate or control state buildings to determine a fair rental rate when such facilities are to be used by other than the owning agency. (3) Except in the case of the State Transportation Building and such other buildings owned or controlled by other state agencies, all rentals under this section shall be credited to the Oregon Department of Administrative Services Operating Fund. Rentals for the State Transportation Building, and such other state-owned buildings, are credited to the appropriate state fund for the purposes of that fund. [1969 c.706 §10; 1977 c.116 §4; 1977 c.598 §12; 1993 c.500 §21; 2005 c.755 §9]
OR Rev Stat § 276.390 (2021)
2021 Oregon Revised Statutes|Volume : 07 - Public Facilities and Finance|Chapter 276 - Public Facilities|Section 276.390 - Submission of rent schedule to Emergency Board or Joint Interim Committee on Ways and Means.

Not later than June 30 of each even-numbered year, the Oregon Department of Administrative Services shall submit to the Emergency Board or to the Joint Interim Committee on Ways and Means a schedule of rentals proposed for the biennium beginning on July 1 of the next calendar year. [1969 c.706 §11; 1977 c.598 §13; 2011 c.545 §36; 2012 c.107 §7; 2019 c.20 §1]