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2023 Oregon Revised Statutes › Volume : 07 - Public Facilities and Finance › Chapter 267 - Mass Transit Districts; Transportation Districts › Section 267.030 - Use of alternative fuels for certain district vehicles; exceptions; annual report; application to all district vehicles.

(1) To the maximum extent possible, motor vehicles subject to the control of a district shall use alternative fuel for operation.
(2) To the extent that it is economically and technologically possible, all motor vehicles purchased or leased by the board of the district shall be capable of using alternative fuel. However, this subsection does not apply if the vehicle will be primarily used in an area that does not have and cannot reasonably be expected to establish an alternative fuel refueling station or if the district is unable to secure financing sufficient to cover additional costs resulting from the requirement of this subsection.
(3) Prior to July 1 of each year, the board of the district shall submit an annual report to the Department of Environmental Quality and the State Department of Energy. The report shall contain at a minimum:
(a) The number of purchases and leases of vehicles capable of using alternative fuel;
(b) The number of conversions of vehicles from the use of gasoline or diesel fuel to the use of alternative fuel;
(c) The quantity of each type of alternative fuel used; and
(d) Any other information required by the Department of Environmental Quality and the State Department of Energy to carry out their functions under subsection (4) of this section.
(4) If the Department of Environmental Quality and State Department of Energy determine that the use of alternative fuel required by this section has been effective in reducing total annual motor vehicle emissions in the district, the motor vehicles subject to the control of the board of the district shall be capable of using alternative fuel, to the maximum extent possible.
(5) The board of the district shall comply with all safety standards established by the United States Department of Transportation in the conversion, operation and maintenance of vehicles using alternative fuel.
(6) As used in this section, "alternative fuel" means any fuel determined by the Department of Environmental Quality to be less polluting than conventional gasoline, including but not necessarily limited to reformulated gasoline, low sulfur diesel fuel, natural gas, liquefied petroleum gas, methanol, ethanol, any fuel mixture containing at least 85 percent methanol or ethanol and electricity. [1991 c.730 §2; 2003 c.186 §12]
2023 Oregon Revised Statutes › Volume : 07 - Public Facilities and Finance › Chapter 267 - Mass Transit Districts; Transportation Districts › Section 267.080 - Creation of district; district jurisdiction.

As provided by ORS 267.010 to 267.394, a mass transit district may be created in any metropolitan statistical area for the purpose of providing a mass transit system for the people of the district. Except as otherwise provided in ORS 267.107 (2)(c), the territorial jurisdiction of the district may include all territory within the geographic boundaries of every Oregon county in that metropolitan statistical area. [Formerly 267.100; 2009 c.11 §27]
2023 Oregon Revised Statutes › Volume : 07 - Public Facilities and Finance › Chapter 267 - Mass Transit Districts; Transportation Districts › Section 267.085 - Resolution to form district; content; filing.

(1) In addition to and not in lieu of other actions authorized for the initiation of proceedings to form a mass transit district, the governing body of the most populous city in a metropolitan statistical area may by resolution propose formation of a mass transit district, if that city has a local transit system and if the governing body finds that area-wide mass transit needs cannot be met by local transit operation. The resolution of the governing body shall be addressed to and filed with the county board of the principal county and proceedings conducted as provided by ORS 198.705 to 198.955.
(2) A certified copy of the order forming a mass transit district shall be filed with the Governor. [Formerly 267.105; 2009 c.11 §28]
2023 Oregon Revised Statutes › Volume : 07 - Public Facilities and Finance › Chapter 267 - Mass Transit Districts; Transportation Districts › Section 267.090 - Directors; appointment; term; vacancies; Governor to fix time of first meeting.

(1) Board members of a mass transit district may not be elected at the time of formation, but if a district is formed, the Governor shall, within 60 days after receiving a certified copy of the formation order, appoint from subdistricts the members of the first board of directors of the district, designate one member as the temporary chairperson and fix the time and place of the organizational meeting.
(2) The board of directors of a mass transit district shall consist of seven members. One director shall be appointed from each of seven subdistricts. The Governor shall appoint as one of the directors a person who regularly uses the services provided by a mass transit system. Directors shall reside in the subdistrict from which they are respectively appointed. The subdistricts shall be as nearly equal in population as possible based on the latest federal census and shall be designed to ensure representation of the most populous city, other cities and unincorporated territory in the proposed district proportionate to their respective populations provided that if less than the entire district is taxed by the district, the subdistricts shall be wholly within the taxed area. The district or, if the taxed area is less than the entire district, the taxed area shall be divided into subdistricts initially, and after each succeeding federal census, by the Secretary of State.
(3) The term of office of a director is four years, but each director shall serve at the pleasure of the Governor. Before the expiration of the term of a director, the director’s successor shall be appointed. A director is eligible for reappointment. In case of a vacancy for any cause, the Governor shall appoint a person to serve for the unexpired term. A director whose term has expired shall continue to serve until the appointment of a successor unless discharged by the Governor.
(4) All appointments of members of the board by the Governor are subject to confirmation by the Senate pursuant to Article III, section 4, of the Oregon Constitution. [Formerly 267.110; 2007 c.71 §80; 2018 c.4 §5]
2023 Oregon Revised Statutes › Volume : 07 - Public Facilities and Finance › Chapter 267 - Mass Transit Districts; Transportation Districts › Section 267.095 - Terms of directors first appointed.

(1) Notwithstanding ORS 267.090, the terms of three of the directors of the first board of a district expire on the first Tuesday in the second January after the date of their appointment.
(2) The terms of four of the directors so appointed expire on the first Tuesday in the fourth January after the date of their appointment.
(3) The respective terms of the directors of the first board shall be determined by the Governor. [Formerly 267.115; 2018 c.4 §6]
2023 Oregon Revised Statutes › Volume : 07 - Public Facilities and Finance › Chapter 267 - Mass Transit Districts; Transportation Districts › Section 267.097 - Governor to solicit recommendations for director in metropolitan statistical area with population over 400,000.

Before appointing a director to the board of a district situated in a metropolitan statistical area with a population exceeding 400,000, the Governor shall solicit from each city and county located wholly or partly within the subdistrict for which the appointment will be made recommendations of qualified individuals for the position. [1985 c.678 §2; 2009 c.11 §29]
2023 Oregon Revised Statutes › Volume : 07 - Public Facilities and Finance › Chapter 267 - Mass Transit Districts; Transportation Districts › Section 267.107 - Resolution to create certain districts; contents; election; filing.

Notwithstanding ORS 267.085:
(1) The governing body of the most populous city in a metropolitan statistical area may by resolution propose creation of a mass transit district if the governing body finds that area-wide mass transit needs cannot be met by local transit operation.
(2) The resolution of the governing body shall:
(a) Be considered at a public hearing only after notice as required for regular consideration of other resolutions by city charter or ordinance;
(b) Include findings of the need for creation of a mass transit district in the affected area;
(c) Describe the boundaries of the proposed district, which may be limited to a proposed service area but which may not extend beyond the limits of the city’s urban growth boundary; and
(d) If approved, be addressed to and filed with the governing body of the county in which the proposed district is principally situated.
(3) Upon receipt of the resolution under subsection (2) of this section, the county governing body shall commence district formation proceedings as provided in ORS 198.705 to 198.955.
(4) The county governing body shall order an election within the proposed district for approval or disapproval by the electors voting on the question of formation of a district under this section, notwithstanding the provisions of ORS 198.810 (3).
(5) A certified copy of an order forming a mass transit district shall be filed with the Governor. [1977 c.347 §2; 1979 c.585 §1; 1999 c.454 §3; 2009 c.11 §30; 2018 c.4 §1]
2023 Oregon Revised Statutes › Volume : 07 - Public Facilities and Finance › Chapter 267 - Mass Transit Districts; Transportation Districts › Section 267.108 - Appointment of directors.

(1) For a mass transit district formed under ORS 267.107, the Governor shall appoint members of the board of directors in accordance with ORS 267.090 and 267.095.
(2) Before making an appointment under this section, the Governor shall solicit recommendations of qualified individuals for the position from one or more local business and civic groups. [1979 c.585 §5; 1985 c.678 §4; 2005 c.747 §5; 2018 c.4 §2]
2023 Oregon Revised Statutes › Volume : 07 - Public Facilities and Finance › Chapter 267 - Mass Transit Districts; Transportation Districts › Section 267.110

[1969 c.643 §4; 1971 c.727 §96; 1975 c.142 §1; 1975 c.632 §3; 1977 c.728 §1; 1981 c.496 §1; renumbered 267.090]
2023 Oregon Revised Statutes › Volume : 07 - Public Facilities and Finance › Chapter 267 - Mass Transit Districts; Transportation Districts › Section 267.114 - Minimum area of district.

The territorial boundaries of a mass transit district whose formation was initiated under ORS 267.107 shall include, as a minimum area, all of the territory within the urban growth boundary, as the urban growth boundary may exist from time to time, of the city that proposed creation of the mass transit district. [1999 c.454 §2]
2023 Oregon Revised Statutes › Volume : 07 - Public Facilities and Finance › Chapter 267 - Mass Transit Districts; Transportation Districts › Section 267.120 - Officers of board; terms; oath.

(1) The board shall choose from among its members, by majority vote of the members, a president, vice president, treasurer and secretary, to serve for terms of two years.
(2) Each director, before entering upon the duties of office, shall take and subscribe to an oath that the director will honestly, faithfully and impartially perform duties as a director and disclose any conflict of interest the director may have in any matter to be acted upon by the board. A copy of the oath shall be filed with the secretary of the board. [1969 c.643 §6; 1971 c.23 §7; 1971 c.403 §4; 1975 c.605 §15]
2023 Oregon Revised Statutes › Volume : 07 - Public Facilities and Finance › Chapter 267 - Mass Transit Districts; Transportation Districts › Section 267.125 - Meetings of board; quorum.

The district board shall hold regular monthly meetings at a time and place fixed by the rules of the board. Special meetings may be held when called by the president of the board or when called by a majority of the members. However, five days’ notice of a special meeting shall be given by the secretary to each member not joining in the call. A majority of the members constitutes a quorum for the transaction of business. [1969 c.643 §7]
2023 Oregon Revised Statutes › Volume : 07 - Public Facilities and Finance › Chapter 267 - Mass Transit Districts; Transportation Districts › Section 267.130 - Additional compensation prohibited.

No officer or employee of the district shall offer, solicit or accept money or any other thing of value as a consideration, in addition to the salary paid the officer or employee by the district, for services performed within the scope of the official duties of the officer or employee. [1969 c.643 §13; 1971 c.23 §8]
2023 Oregon Revised Statutes › Volume : 07 - Public Facilities and Finance › Chapter 267 - Mass Transit Districts; Transportation Districts › Section 267.135 - General manager; qualifications; term; removal.

(1) The board shall appoint a general manager on the basis of the qualifications of the general manager with special reference to the actual experience in or knowledge of accepted practices in respect to the duties of the office of the general manager. A general manager shall hold office for an indefinite term and may be removed by the board only by an affirmative vote of a majority of the members.
(2) Before a general manager is removed, the general manager shall upon demand be given a written statement of the reasons for removal. If requested, the general manager shall be given an open hearing at a meeting of the board before the final vote for removal. However, the board may by resolution suspend the general manager from office pending a hearing. The action of the board in suspending or removing a general manager, if approved by a majority of the members of the board, may be reconsidered by the board but is otherwise final and not subject to appeal. [1969 c.643 §14]
2023 Oregon Revised Statutes › Volume : 07 - Public Facilities and Finance › Chapter 267 - Mass Transit Districts; Transportation Districts › Section 267.140 - Duties of general manager.

A general manager of a district shall:
(1) Have full charge of the acquisition, construction, maintenance and operation of the transit system of the district.
(2) Have full charge of the administration of the business affairs of the district.
(3) Enforce all ordinances adopted by the board.
(4) Administer the personnel system adopted by the board and, except for officers appointed by the board, appoint, discipline or remove all officers and employees, subject to ORS 267.010 to 267.394 and the rules of the board.
(5) Prepare and submit to the board within 30 days after the end of each fiscal year a complete report of the finances and administrative activities of the district for that preceding fiscal year.
(6) Keep the board advised as to the needs of the district.
(7) Prepare all plans and specifications for acquisition of equipment or construction of improvements or facilities for the district.
(8) Cause to be installed and maintained a system of auditing and accounting which shows completely and at all times the financial condition of the district.
(9) Devote the entire working time of the general manager to the business of the district.
(10) Perform such other duties as the board requires by resolution. [1969 c.643 §15]
2023 Oregon Revised Statutes › Volume : 07 - Public Facilities and Finance › Chapter 267 - Mass Transit Districts; Transportation Districts › Section 267.145 - General manager’s attendance at board meetings; pro tempore manager.

(1) The general manager shall attend the meetings of the board and may participate in its deliberations, but has no vote.
(2) The board may appoint a general manager pro tempore during the absence or disability of the general manager. [1969 c.643 §16]
2023 Oregon Revised Statutes › Volume : 07 - Public Facilities and Finance › Chapter 267 - Mass Transit Districts; Transportation Districts › Section 267.150 - Ordinances; regulating use of facilities; public hearings; route, schedule changes.

(1) The legislative authority of a district board shall be exercised by ordinance.
(2) The board may enact police ordinances relating to the protection, use and enjoyment of district property and facilities. A district may appoint peace officers who shall have the same authority as other peace officers, except that such authority shall be limited to the enforcement of police ordinances of the district and the enforcement, for purposes relating to the protection, use and enjoyment of district property and facilities, of state and local laws.
(3) The board may, by ordinance, provide a procedure for the conduct of public hearings on proposed changes in transit routes and schedules. The board may delegate to the general manager or other administrative officer the authority to conduct such hearings.
(4) An ordinance shall not be required for a mass transit district to adopt temporary or experimental changes in routes and schedules. [1969 c.643 §17; 1973 c.116 §2; 1975 c.392 §1]
2023 Oregon Revised Statutes › Volume : 07 - Public Facilities and Finance › Chapter 267 - Mass Transit Districts; Transportation Districts › Section 267.154 - Collection of data relating to administrative process for adjudicating ordinance violations; reports.

(1) A mass transit district that establishes an administrative process to adjudicate ordinance violations under ORS 267.153 shall track data relating to each violation subject to the administrative process, including:
(a) The type of violation and the approximate location of the violation;
(b) The resolution of the administrative process, including the amount of fine assessed, if any, the amount and type of community service required, if any, and whether the citation was successfully resolved through the administrative process pursuant to ORS 267.153;
(c) The race and sex of the person cited, based on the observations of the person issuing the citation; and
(d) The age of the person cited, if provided to the person issuing the citation.
(2)(a) The mass transit district shall prepare annual reports on the data described in subsection (1) of this section. The reports shall disclose the data only in an aggregate manner, such that the disclosed information cannot be used to identify, contact or locate any single individual.
(b) The mass transit district shall annually transmit the report to the committees or interim committees of the Legislative Assembly related to the judiciary. The first report must be made no later than one year after the administrative process to adjudicate ordinance violations is implemented. [2017 c.427 §3]
Note:
See note under 267.153.
2023 Oregon Revised Statutes › Volume : 07 - Public Facilities and Finance › Chapter 267 - Mass Transit Districts; Transportation Districts › Section 267.170 - Initiative and referendum.

(1) The electors of a district may exercise the powers of the initiative and referendum with reference to legislation of the district, in accordance with ORS 255.135 to 255.205.
(2) A district board on its own resolution may call an election for the purpose of referring an ordinance to the electors of a district for their approval before the ordinance takes effect. [1969 c.643 §39; 1977 c.728 §3; 1979 c.190 §411; 1981 c.173 §39; 1983 c.350 §124]
2023 Oregon Revised Statutes › Volume : 07 - Public Facilities and Finance › Chapter 267 - Mass Transit Districts; Transportation Districts › Section 267.203 - Authority to enter into transaction for electricity or diesel fuel.

(1) A mass transit district may enter into transactions with persons or entities for the supply or delivery of electricity or diesel fuel on an economic, dependable and cost-effective basis, including transactions involving financial products contracts and agreements for exchange of fixed and variable pricing agreements and other service contracts that reduce the risk of economic losses in transactions for the supply or delivery of electricity or diesel fuel.
(2) Notwithstanding subsection (1) of this section, a mass transit district may not enter into a transaction for the supply or delivery of electricity or diesel fuel that:
(a) Constitutes the investment of surplus funds for the purpose of receiving interest or other earnings from the investment; or
(b) Is for any purpose other than the supply or delivery of electricity or diesel fuel on a cost-effective basis. [2007 c.894 §6]
Note:
267.203 was added to and made a part of ORS chapter 267 by legislative action but was not added to any smaller series therein. See Preface to Oregon Revised Statutes for further explanation.
2023 Oregon Revised Statutes › Volume : 07 - Public Facilities and Finance › Chapter 267 - Mass Transit Districts; Transportation Districts › Section 267.205 - Classification and designation of service areas; determination of area financing.

(1) A district board may by ordinance classify and designate as a service area the territory within the district that is benefited by the mass transit system beyond the general benefit to all territory within the district. The board may by ordinance amend the boundaries of the service area to conform to changes in the mass transit system service.
(2) Subject to restrictions in the Oregon Constitution, any of the methods of financing authorized under ORS 267.300 may, in the discretion of the board, be imposed in the service area rather than in the entire district. [1969 c.643 §24]
2023 Oregon Revised Statutes › Volume : 07 - Public Facilities and Finance › Chapter 267 - Mass Transit Districts; Transportation Districts › Section 267.207 - Change of district boundaries; elector approval; withdrawal of service from area; territorial jurisdiction of district; boundary commission exemption.

(1) The board of directors of a mass transit district may alter the territorial boundaries of the district by a nonemergency ordinance adopted at any regular meeting.
(2) If an ordinance annexing territory to a district is initiated or referred by, or referred to, the electors of the district, it shall not take effect unless approved by a majority of the electors registered in the territory proposed to be annexed to the district voting on the question and by a majority of the electors of the district voting on the question.
(3)(a) The board of directors of a mass transit district, as a result of the continuing comprehensive transportation planning process required by the Federal Transit Administration, shall determine annually the territory in the district within which the transit system of the district will operate. When the board determines during such planning process for any fiscal year that it will not provide transit service during that fiscal year to an area presently within the district, the board shall by ordinance withdraw from that area on the date specified in the ordinance, and that area shall no longer be part of the district. The board shall by ordinance set forth the criteria to be used in making the determinations described in this subsection.
(b) Subject to paragraph (a) of this subsection, the territorial jurisdiction of a district shall include:
(A) All territory located within the boundaries of a metropolitan service district;
(B) Each census tract within which the transit system of the district operates, or such smaller portion of the tract as determined by the board; and
(C) If so determined by the board of directors, any territory located within two and one-half miles or less of the transit system of the district or any route used by that system for the transportation of passengers.
(4) If an ordinance withdrawing territory from a district is initiated or referred by, or referred to, the electors of the district it shall not take effect unless approved by a majority of the electors of the entire district voting on the question.
(5) The alteration of the boundaries of a district under this section is not subject to the jurisdiction or review of a local government boundary commission. [1979 c.877 §5; 1981 c.907 §1; 1983 c.83 §45; 1993 c.741 §22; 2007 c.239 §13]
2023 Oregon Revised Statutes › Volume : 07 - Public Facilities and Finance › Chapter 267 - Mass Transit Districts; Transportation Districts › Section 267.208 - Effective date of change of boundaries; filing boundary change with county assessor and Department of Revenue.

(1) An alteration of the boundaries of a district under ORS 267.207 or 267.250 to 267.263 shall not become effective during the period:
(a) Beginning after the 90th day before a primary election or general election and ending on the day after the election; or
(b) Beginning after the deadline for filing the notice of election before any other election held by the district and ending on the day after the election.
(2) If the effective date established for the alteration of the boundaries is a date that is prohibited under this section, the alteration shall become effective on the day after the election.
(3) For the purposes of ORS 308.225 only, the effective date of an alteration of district boundaries shall be the date on which the board adopts the ordinance altering the boundaries or, if such an ordinance is initiated or referred, the date on which the ordinance is approved by the electors as provided in ORS 267.207.
(4) For purposes of ad valorem taxation, a boundary change must be filed in final approved form with the county assessor and the Department of Revenue as provided in ORS 308.225. [1985 c.808 §77; 1987 c.799 §9; 1989 c.923 §26; 1995 c.712 §100; 2001 c.138 §11]
2023 Oregon Revised Statutes › Volume : 07 - Public Facilities and Finance › Chapter 267 - Mass Transit Districts; Transportation Districts › Section 267.210 - Preparation of general plan for mass transit system; content; revision.

(1) A district shall, within a reasonable time after formation, prepare a broad, general plan for a mass transit system for the district. The plan shall be prepared in cooperation with the Department of Transportation and cities and counties located within and adjacent to the district.
(2) The plan shall show existing and proposed transit systems of the district and of other public and private agencies relating to mass transit. It shall demonstrate a basis for the coordination and planning of future construction, improvement and equipment acquisition of the district, governmental agencies and private interests to assure maximum efficiency and use of mass transit in the district. The plans shall be based on the needs of the district and take into consideration the plans and programs, if any, developed by the Department of Transportation and cities and counties located within the district. The district may have access to all information, statistics, plans and data in the possession of or available to any state agency or public corporation which is pertinent to the preparation of the plan and may reimburse the agency or corporation for any expense incurred in cooperating with the board.
(3) The district board shall revise the plan as necessary for the proper control, utilization, development and improvement of the district transit system. [1969 c.643 §20; 1973 c.116 §4]
2023 Oregon Revised Statutes › Volume : 07 - Public Facilities and Finance › Chapter 267 - Mass Transit Districts; Transportation Districts › Section 267.218 - Feasibility reports and public bidding not required for construction and improvement projects costing less than $50,000.

A district may plan and let contracts for and carry through to completion construction and improvement projects costing less than $50,000 without feasibility reports, publication of notice, public hearings, public inspection of plans, advertisement for bids or public bidding, if the district board has approved the expenditure after obtaining plans, cost estimates and bids as it may deem necessary. [1975 c.141 §2]
2023 Oregon Revised Statutes › Volume : 07 - Public Facilities and Finance › Chapter 267 - Mass Transit Districts; Transportation Districts › Section 267.225 - Intergovernmental agreements; condemnation of authority; joint occupancy.

(1) A mass transit district may cooperate with or enter into agreements with any city, county, port or state agency having jurisdiction or control over any right of way that is available for public travel for the joint use of such right of way. A city, county, port or state agency may cooperate with or enter agreements with a district for the joint use of any right of way open to public travel located within the district.
(2) For the purpose of providing a mass transit system, a district may commence a condemnation proceeding to acquire land or an interest in land for right of way for the system over any public right of way already located, condemned or occupied or that may be located, condemned or occupied by some other public agency for the purpose of travel by the public. The proceeding shall be conducted as provided by the laws of this state for the condemnation of land or an interest in land for right of way for highway purposes. At the time of rendering judgment for compensation or damages, the court shall enter a judgment authorizing the district to occupy and use the right of way, if necessary, in common with the public agency already occupying or owning the right of way, and defining the terms and conditions upon which the right of way shall be so occupied and used in common. [1969 c.643 §12; 2003 c.576 §410; 2003 c.802 §93]
2023 Oregon Revised Statutes › Volume : 07 - Public Facilities and Finance › Chapter 267 - Mass Transit Districts; Transportation Districts › Section 267.227 - Relationship with Oregon Mass Transportation Financing Authority.

A mass transit district may enter into contracts, leases, subleases and agreements with the Oregon Mass Transportation Financing Authority. The obligation of a district to pay rentals to the Oregon Mass Transportation Financing Authority shall not be considered to be the incurring of bonded indebtedness by a district. A district shall reimburse the Oregon Mass Transportation Financing Authority for all expenses incurred by the authority in connection with any application by such district for financial assistance under the Oregon Mass Transportation Financing Act. [1977 c.662 §18]
2023 Oregon Revised Statutes › Volume : 07 - Public Facilities and Finance › Chapter 267 - Mass Transit Districts; Transportation Districts › Section 267.230 - Exemption from public utility or railroad regulation.

(1) Except as provided in ORS 824.045 and subsection (2) of this section, a transit system operated by a district, including the rates and charges made by a district and the equipment operated by a district, shall not be subject to state laws or ordinances of any political subdivision regulating public utilities or railroads, including those laws administered by the Department of Transportation.
(2) ORS 824.200 to 824.256 apply to the transit system operated by a district except for control and regulation of any crossing at which the light rail transit vehicles of a district’s transit system cross a highway at separated grades or any grade crossing at which the light rail transit vehicles operate within and parallel to the right of way of a highway and where all conflicting vehicle movements are controlled by standard highway traffic devices. However, upon written request from the district and the public authority with jurisdiction over the highway at such a grade crossing, the department shall adjudicate any dispute that arises between the district and the public authority with regard to the grade crossing. [1969 c.643 §11; 1973 c.116 §5; 1977 c.420 §1; 1985 c.678 §7; 1995 c.733 §92; 2001 c.522 §10]
2023 Oregon Revised Statutes › Volume : 07 - Public Facilities and Finance › Chapter 267 - Mass Transit Districts; Transportation Districts › Section 267.235 - Protection of employees’ rights when an operating transportation system is acquired.

When the district acquires an operating public transportation system, it shall make fair and equitable arrangements to protect the interests of employees and retired employees of the system. Such protective arrangements shall include, but shall not be limited to:
(1) Preservation of rights, privileges and benefits, including continuation of pension rights and payment of benefits, existing under collective bargaining agreements, or otherwise;
(2) Continuation of collective bargaining rights;
(3) Protection of individual employees against a worsening of their positions with respect to their employment; and
(4) Assurance of employment to persons employed by the mass transportation system acquired and priority of reemployment to persons previously employed. [1969 c.643 §10]
2023 Oregon Revised Statutes › Volume : 07 - Public Facilities and Finance › Chapter 267 - Mass Transit Districts; Transportation Districts › Section 267.240 - Accessibility of facilities and equipment to elderly persons and persons who have disabilities.

(1) In carrying out its duties under ORS 267.200, the district shall provide, for persons who are elderly or have disabilities, a program of transportation that:
(a) Is devised in consultation with and after solicitation of the views of persons representative of the communities for which such transportation shall be provided; and
(b) Gives due regard to parity of service.
(2) In carrying out its duties under ORS 267.200 (4), the district shall cause its future facilities and new equipment to be of such types as to make such facilities and equipment accessible to, and usable by, persons who are elderly or have disabilities. However, contracts for equipment are exempt from this requirement until such equipment:
(a) Is available from not less than two manufacturers in mass producible quantities; and
(b) Conforms to designs approved by the Federal Transit Administration of the United States Department of Transportation as providing access to and being usable by persons who are elderly or have disabilities.
(3) Notwithstanding subsection (2) of this section or any other provision of the law of this state, a program for transportation of persons who are elderly or have disabilities shall be deemed to be in compliance with the laws of this state and rules promulgated thereunder if the program satisfies subsection (1) of this section and the federal regulations relating to transportation for persons who are elderly or have disabilities promulgated by the Federal Transit Administration of the United States Department of Transportation. [1974 c.50 §2; 1981 c.621 §1; 1989 c.224 §37; 1993 c.741 §23; 2007 c.70 §59]
2023 Oregon Revised Statutes › Volume : 07 - Public Facilities and Finance › Chapter 267 - Mass Transit Districts; Transportation Districts › Section 267.245 - District exempt from right of way fencing requirements.

The provisions of ORS 608.310 shall not apply in respect to property operated by a mass transit district as part of a mass transit system. [1977 c.420 §2]
Note:
267.245 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.
2023 Oregon Revised Statutes › Volume : 07 - Public Facilities and Finance › Chapter 267 - Mass Transit Districts; Transportation Districts › Section 267.247 - Acquisition of district lands by adverse possession or operation of statute of limitations prohibited.

The rights of a mass transit district to lands owned by the district are not extinguished by adverse possession. A person may not acquire title or property rights to lands owned by the district through operation of a statute of limitations. [2009 c.307 §1]
Note:
267.247 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.
2023 Oregon Revised Statutes › Volume : 07 - Public Facilities and Finance › Chapter 267 - Mass Transit Districts; Transportation Districts › Section 267.250 - Definitions for ORS 267.250 to 267.263.

As used in ORS 267.250 to 267.263:
(1) "Affected area" means a contiguous area of not less than one square mile in which 200 or more district electors reside and which is within the boundaries of a district, but is outside the boundaries of any city with a population exceeding 10,000. However, the term does not include an area if the withdrawal of that area from the district results in the district having two or more noncontiguous parts.
(2) "Direct service," with respect to an affected area described in a petition filed under ORS 267.253, means the location or placement of any of the facilities of the district or of any route used by the transit system of the district within one mile of any boundary of the affected area. [1987 c.799 §2; 1999 c.444 §§1,2]
2023 Oregon Revised Statutes › Volume : 07 - Public Facilities and Finance › Chapter 267 - Mass Transit Districts; Transportation Districts › Section 267.253 - Petition for withdrawal from district; filing period; number of signatures; contents of petition.

(1) If the electors of an affected area wish to withdraw from a district, they may file a petition for withdrawal with the district board at the times and in the manner provided for in this section. However, if the formation of the district was initiated under ORS 267.107, the petition for withdrawal may not include any area within the urban growth boundary described in ORS 267.114.
(2) A petition for withdrawal under this section may be filed only during the period from January 1 to August 30 in calendar year 2001 and in every fifth calendar year thereafter.
(3) A petition for withdrawal under this section shall be signed by not less than 15 percent of the electors registered in the affected area described in the petition.
(4) A petition filed under this section shall contain substantially the following:
(a) A statement that the petition is filed pursuant to ORS 267.250 to 267.263;
(b) The names of the district and all affected counties; and
(c) A request that proceedings be commenced for the withdrawal of the affected area from the district.
(5) There shall be attached to the petition a map which clearly and precisely shows the exterior boundaries of the affected area by reference to prominent landmarks such as streets, highways, rivers or the boundaries of cities and counties. The map shall be used in lieu of a metes and bounds or legal description of the affected area.
(6) The district board, within five days after receiving a petition filed under this section which conforms to the requirements of this section, shall file the petition with the county clerk of each county in which any part of the affected area is located for signature verification. [1987 c.799 §3; 1999 c.444 §4; 1999 c.454 §4]
2023 Oregon Revised Statutes › Volume : 07 - Public Facilities and Finance › Chapter 267 - Mass Transit Districts; Transportation Districts › Section 267.255 - Hearing on petition; notice.

(1) When a county clerk to whom a petition is submitted under ORS 267.253 certifies that the petition contains the number of valid signatures required under ORS 267.253, the district board shall schedule a public hearing on the petition. A district board may hold a single public hearing with respect to two or more petitions.
(2) The district board shall schedule the public hearing for a date which is not earlier than the 20th day after the date on which the study of the affected area required under ORS 267.257 is completed, but which is not later than the 90th day after the board receives certification from the county clerk under subsection (1) of this section.
(3) The district board shall have notice of the hearing printed once in a newspaper in general circulation within the district. The notice shall be published at least five days prior to the hearing. Notice of the published hearing shall also be posted in at least four different locations within the affected area that are customarily used for the purpose of posting public notice. The notice shall be posted not less than 15 days prior to the date specified in the notice for the hearing and shall be posted for not less than five consecutive days. The notice required under this section shall contain the time and place of the hearing, the purpose of the hearing, a description of the affected area, the extent to which taxes imposed by the district will be increased in the remaining portions of the district as a result of the withdrawal of the affected area, the date on which the district board intends to finally dispose of the petition under ORS 267.257 (2), a statement that the study of the affected area required under ORS 267.257 is on file at the district offices and available for copying and public inspection and a statement that the public may appear and be heard on the issue of withdrawal of the affected area from the district. The date of final disposition of the petition that appears in the notice may be subsequently changed to a later date by the district board without publishing another notice as required by this section.
(4) The hearing required under this section may be conducted by a hearings officer appointed by the district board. [1987 c.799 §4]
2023 Oregon Revised Statutes › Volume : 07 - Public Facilities and Finance › Chapter 267 - Mass Transit Districts; Transportation Districts › Section 267.260 - Withdrawal ordinance; effective date; adjustment in district tax rate as result of withdrawal.

(1) As used in this section, "withdrawal date" means the effective date of an ordinance approving withdrawal of an affected area under ORS 267.250 to 267.263.
(2) An ordinance approving the withdrawal of an affected area under ORS 267.250 to 267.263 shall take effect on the first day of January next following the date which is 30 days after the adoption of the ordinance.
(3) Commencing immediately upon the withdrawal date and notwithstanding any other provision of law, the rate of each tax imposed by the district shall automatically be increased to a rate equal to the rate determined by dividing the rate at which such tax was levied immediately prior to the withdrawal date by a fraction, not more than one, which is equal to the total revenue derived from such tax by the district for the calendar year preceding the year in which the withdrawal ordinance is adopted attributable to the area of the district other than the withdrawn affected area divided by the total revenue derived from such tax by the district for the same period.
(4) If the tax rates required under subsection (3) of this section do not produce tax revenues sufficient to enable the district to make the annual or semiannual payments, when due, and otherwise satisfy the requirements of the bonded or other indebtedness of the district incurred prior to the withdrawal, the district may increase the rate of each tax to a rate that produces revenues sufficient to enable the district to make the annual or semiannual payments, when due, and otherwise satisfy the requirements of such indebtedness.
(5) The district board shall determine rates in accordance with the formula prescribed by subsection (3) of this section and adopt the rates as part of the ordinance approving the withdrawal of the affected area. Any such determination and adoption shall be final and conclusive unless it is shown to be arbitrary and capricious.
(6) If a district adopts an ordinance that increases the rate of an excise tax described in ORS 267.385, the increase shall be adjusted as prescribed in subsection (3) of this section to take into account the withdrawal of an affected area that occurred or occurs at any time after the date the district first imposed any taxes pursuant to ORS 267.385. [1987 c.799 §6; 2003 c.739 §10]
2023 Oregon Revised Statutes › Volume : 07 - Public Facilities and Finance › Chapter 267 - Mass Transit Districts; Transportation Districts › Section 267.263 - Withdrawal of territory not subject to boundary commission review.

The alteration of the boundaries of a district under ORS 267.250 to 267.263 is not subject to the jurisdiction or review of a local government boundary commission. [1987 c.799 §7; 2007 c.239 §14]
2023 Oregon Revised Statutes › Volume : 07 - Public Facilities and Finance › Chapter 267 - Mass Transit Districts; Transportation Districts › Section 267.265 - Use of moneys derived from withdrawal of territory from district.

The savings derived from the cessation of service under an ordinance adopted under ORS 267.257 shall be used to improve service in the remaining portions of the district. Nothing in this section shall prevent the district from exercising its normal budgetary authority to adjust service levels. [1987 c.799 §8]
Note:
267.265 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.
2023 Oregon Revised Statutes › Volume : 07 - Public Facilities and Finance › Chapter 267 - Mass Transit Districts; Transportation Districts › Section 267.300 - Authority of district to finance system.

(1) Subject to restrictions in the Oregon Constitution, a district board may finance construction, acquisition, purchase, lease, operation and maintenance of a mass transit system and related facilities for the purposes authorized under ORS 267.010 to 267.394 by:
(a) Levy of ad valorem taxes under ORS 267.305.
(b) Service charges and user fees collected under ORS 267.320.
(c) Use of the revolving fund authorized under ORS 267.310.
(d) Sale of bonds under ORS 267.330 to 267.345.
(e) Levy of business license fees under ORS 267.360.
(f) Levy of a tax measured by net income under ORS 267.370.
(g) Levy of a tax measured by employer payrolls under ORS 267.380, 267.385 and 267.420.
(h) Use of funds accepted under ORS 267.390.
(i) Short-term borrowings under ORS 267.400.
(j) Levy of a tax measured by net earnings from self-employment under ORS 267.380 and 267.385.
(k) Any combination of the provisions of paragraphs (a) to (j) of this subsection.
(2) All or any part of the funds raised or received by the district under subsection (1)(a) to (k) of this section may be expended by the district for the purpose of financing the construction, reconstruction, improvement, repair, maintenance, operation and use of the primary transit supportive system. However, only those funds raised or received by the district that are restricted by the Oregon Constitution for the purpose of financing the construction, reconstruction, operation and use of public highways, roads, streets and roadside rest areas may be expended by the district for the secondary transit supportive system. As used in this subsection:
(a) "Transit supportive system" means those facilities in any county in which a district operates that constitute the surface transportation system in the county, including highways, roads, streets, roadside rest areas, park-and-ride stations, transfer stations, parking lots, malls and skyways.
(b) "Primary transit supportive system" means those facilities upon which or adjacent to which the district physically operates.
(c) "Secondary transit supportive system" means the remainder of those facilities that constitute the surface transportation system, but over which the district’s operation or facilities are not physically present. [1969 c.643 §23; 1975 c.752 §1; 1983 c.323 §1; 1983 c.749 §1; 1987 c.825 §1; 1989 c.869 §1]
2023 Oregon Revised Statutes › Volume : 07 - Public Facilities and Finance › Chapter 267 - Mass Transit Districts; Transportation Districts › Section 267.302 - Restrictions on financing for districts formed under ORS 267.107.

If a mass transit district was initiated by a resolution pursuant to ORS 267.107, the district shall not use any method of financing under ORS 267.300 other than a method of financing authorized to be used under ORS 267.300 (1)(b), (h) to (j) without first obtaining authorization at a properly called election held for that purpose. [1975 c.632 §2a; 1979 c.585 §3; 1983 c.323 §2; 1983 c.749 §2; 1987 c.825 §2]
Note:
267.302 is repealed January 1, 2026. See sections 4 and 7, chapter 4, Oregon Laws 2018.