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2023 Oregon Revised Statutes › Volume : 19 - Utilities, Vehicle Code, Watercraft, Aviation › Chapter 777 - Ports Generally › Section 777.770 - Additional fiscal powers of export trading corporation.

For the purpose of carrying into effect all or any of its powers, an export trading corporation may:
(1) Borrow money, evidence such borrowing with its promissory notes or other obligations of indebtedness, and pledge in whole or in part any of its assets or revenues not subject to prior liens or pledges.
(2) Issue and sell revenue bonds in the manner and upon the terms and conditions authorized by ORS 777.560 to 777.590.
(3) Purchase, negotiate and sell letters of credit, bills of lading, dock receipts, dock warrants, drafts and other documents of title as defined in ORS 71.2010 (2)(p). [1983 c.200 §11; 2009 c.181 §108]
2023 Oregon Revised Statutes › Volume : 19 - Utilities, Vehicle Code, Watercraft, Aviation › Chapter 777 - Ports Generally › Section 777.773 - Status of obligations of export trading corporation; prohibited investments.

(1) An obligation of an export trading corporation, whether arising from the sale of revenue bonds or otherwise, shall not in any manner be a general obligation of the port, nor a charge upon any revenues or property of the port.
(2) An export trading corporation shall not acquire stock or other equity interest in any private corporation organized for profit. [1983 c.200 §12]
2023 Oregon Revised Statutes › Volume : 19 - Utilities, Vehicle Code, Watercraft, Aviation › Chapter 777 - Ports Generally › Section 777.775 - Status of export trading corporation; application of certain laws.

(1) An export trading corporation is not a contracting agency for the purposes of ORS 279A.055, 279A.065, 279A.070, 279A.075, 279A.100, 279A.105, 279A.120, 279C.005, 279C.100 to 279C.125, 279C.300 to 279C.470 and 279C.570 and ORS chapter 279B, except ORS 279B.025, 279B.235, 279B.240, 279B.270, 279B.275 and 279B.280.
(2) An export trading corporation is not a public employer for the purposes of ORS chapters 238 and 238A. [1983 c.200 §16; 2003 c.733 §81; 2003 c.794 §331]
2023 Oregon Revised Statutes › Volume : 19 - Utilities, Vehicle Code, Watercraft, Aviation › Chapter 777 - Ports Generally › Section 777.780 - Board of directors; election; term; compensation; board officers.

(1) The board of directors of the export trading corporation shall consist of three members. Only commissioners of the port shall be eligible to serve as members of the board of directors. The board of directors shall be elected by majority vote of the commissioners of the port.
(2) The initial board of directors shall consist of one director elected for a one-year term, one director elected for a two-year term and one director elected for a three-year term. Following election of the initial board, the term of office of a director is three years. A director shall serve until a successor is elected and qualified.
(3) Before the expiration of the term of a director, the commissioners of the port shall elect a successor. A director is eligible for reelection. In case of a vacancy for any cause, the commissioners of the port shall elect a person to serve for the unexpired term.
(4) The board shall choose from among its members by majority vote a president, vice president and secretary-treasurer to serve for such terms as the board may determine.
(5) Directors shall not be entitled to compensation for their services but shall be entitled to reimbursements for actual and necessary expenses incurred or paid in the performance of their duties as members of the board. [1983 c.200 §4]
2023 Oregon Revised Statutes › Volume : 19 - Utilities, Vehicle Code, Watercraft, Aviation › Chapter 777 - Ports Generally › Section 777.783 - Board meetings; rules; quorum.

(1) The board may hold regular meetings at the time and place fixed by the rules of the board. A majority of the members of the board constitutes a quorum for the transaction of business.
(2) Special meetings may be held when called by the president of the board or by a majority of the members of the board in the manner prescribed by the rules of the board. [1983 c.200 §5]
2023 Oregon Revised Statutes › Volume : 19 - Utilities, Vehicle Code, Watercraft, Aviation › Chapter 777 - Ports Generally › Section 777.785 - Meetings of board to be open to public; executive sessions.

(1) Except as provided in subsection (2) of this section, all meetings of the board shall be open to the public and all persons shall be permitted to attend any meeting.
(2) In addition to matters which may be considered in executive session under ORS 192.660, the board may also meet in executive session to:
(a) Consider preliminary negotiations for an export trading project involving financial or commercial information which the board in good faith determines should be kept confidential.
(b) Review the operation, modification, enlargement or abandonment of an export trading project involving financial or commercial information which the board in good faith determines should be kept confidential.
(3) In its discretion the board may allow representatives of the news media to attend executive sessions held under subsection (2)(a) and (b) of this section on such terms and conditions as the board may prescribe. [1983 c.200 §6]
2023 Oregon Revised Statutes › Volume : 19 - Utilities, Vehicle Code, Watercraft, Aviation › Chapter 777 - Ports Generally › Section 777.787 - Chief executive officer of export trading corporation; appointment; removal.

(1) The board may appoint a chief executive officer who shall be responsible for the administration of the business affairs of an export trading corporation. The chief executive officer shall perform such duties as the board may prescribe.
(2) The chief executive officer shall hold office for an indefinite term and may be removed from office only by the affirmative vote of a majority of the board. Removal of a chief executive officer may be reconsidered by the board but is otherwise final and not subject to appeal. [1983 c.200 §7]
2023 Oregon Revised Statutes › Volume : 19 - Utilities, Vehicle Code, Watercraft, Aviation › Chapter 777 - Ports Generally › Section 777.790 - Employees of export trading corporation.

(1) An export trading corporation may employ such persons within or outside the boundaries of this state as necessary or convenient to accomplish its purposes. In addition, an export trading corporation may appoint such agents, brokers or representatives, within or outside the boundaries of this state, as necessary or convenient to accomplish its purposes.
(2) The chief executive officer of an export trading corporation may employ, appoint, discipline or remove all employees, agents, brokers and representatives of an export trading corporation, and fix the compensation to be paid to such persons. [1983 c.200 §8]
2023 Oregon Revised Statutes › Volume : 19 - Utilities, Vehicle Code, Watercraft, Aviation › Chapter 777 - Ports Generally › Section 777.793 - Disclosure of commercial or financial information prohibited; exception.

(1) Except as provided in subsection (2) of this section, no officer, agent or employee of an export trading corporation shall disclose commercial or financial information concerning an export trading project.
(2) Commercial or financial information may be disclosed:
(a) In a judicial proceeding when disclosure is ordered by a court of competent jurisdiction;
(b) With the consent of the persons whose interests are affected by disclosure;
(c) By an officer, agent or employee of an export trading corporation acting within the scope of employment, as prescribed by rules of the board; or
(d) When the board finds the information would not reasonably be considered confidential, the export trading corporation has not obliged itself in good faith not to disclose the information and disclosure is in the public interest. [1983 c.200 §9]
2023 Oregon Revised Statutes › Volume : 19 - Utilities, Vehicle Code, Watercraft, Aviation › Chapter 777 - Ports Generally › Section 777.795 - Right to inspect records of export trading corporation; certain records exempt from disclosure.

(1) Except as provided in subsection (2) of this section, the written records of an export trading corporation shall be public records available for inspection under ORS 192.311 to 192.478.
(2) In addition to the exemptions set forth in ORS 192.338, 192.345 and 192.355, the following public records of an export trading corporation are exempt from disclosure:
(a) Information consisting of financial, commercial, sales, production, cost or similar business records of a private concern or enterprise which is not otherwise required to be disclosed by state or federal law.
(b) Trade secrets, as defined in ORS 192.345 (2). [1983 c.200 §14]
2023 Oregon Revised Statutes › Volume : 19 - Utilities, Vehicle Code, Watercraft, Aviation › Chapter 777 - Ports Generally › Section 777.805

[1969 c.599 §39; 1973 c.249 §78; 1975 c.371 §1; 1985 c.565 §120; 1989 c.908 §65; renumbered 285.805 in 1991]
2023 Oregon Revised Statutes › Volume : 19 - Utilities, Vehicle Code, Watercraft, Aviation › Chapter 777 - Ports Generally › Section 777.850

[1977 c.838 §3; 1985 c.565 §122; 1985 c.773 §3; 1989 c.908 §66; 1991 c.483 §1; renumbered 285.870 in 1991]
2023 Oregon Revised Statutes › Volume : 19 - Utilities, Vehicle Code, Watercraft, Aviation › Chapter 777 - Ports Generally › Section 777.858

[1977 c.838 §7; 1979 c.182 §11; 1979 c.800 §1; 1989 c.645 §1; 1989 c.908 §69; renumbered 285.883 in 1991]
2023 Oregon Revised Statutes › Volume : 19 - Utilities, Vehicle Code, Watercraft, Aviation › Chapter 777 - Ports Generally › Section 777.860

[1977 c.838 §8; 1979 c.800 §2; 1985 c.773 §1; 1989 c.645 §2; 1989 c.908 §70; 1991 c.483 §2; renumbered 285.885 in 1991]
2023 Oregon Revised Statutes › Volume : 19 - Utilities, Vehicle Code, Watercraft, Aviation › Chapter 777 - Ports Generally › Section 777.884

[1977 c.838 §§20,24; 1979 c.416 §6; 1985 c.773 §5; 1989 c.908 §81; renumbered 285.915 in 1991]
2023 Oregon Revised Statutes › Volume : 19 - Utilities, Vehicle Code, Watercraft, Aviation › Chapter 777 - Ports Generally › Section 777.915 - Definitions for ORS 777.915 to 777.953.

As used in ORS 777.915 to 777.953, unless the context requires otherwise:
(1) "Board" means the board of commissioners of the Oregon International Port of Coos Bay.
(2) "Coos Bay rail link" means a railroad right-of-way, including spur lines, appurtenances, facilities and related property within the railroad right-of-way, that connects the station of Danebo in Lane County with the station of Coquille in Coos County.
(3) "Port" means the Oregon International Port of Coos Bay. [1987 c.565 §2; 2011 c.437 §1]
2023 Oregon Revised Statutes › Volume : 19 - Utilities, Vehicle Code, Watercraft, Aviation › Chapter 777 - Ports Generally › Section 777.917 - Oregon International Port of Coos Bay; applicability of statutes.

(1) The Port of Coos Bay is hereby renamed the Oregon International Port of Coos Bay.
(2) Notwithstanding ORS 777.135 to 777.165, 777.410 and 777.415, ORS 777.915 to 777.953 apply to the Oregon International Port of Coos Bay. [1987 c.565 §§2a,3]
2023 Oregon Revised Statutes › Volume : 19 - Utilities, Vehicle Code, Watercraft, Aviation › Chapter 777 - Ports Generally › Section 777.920 - Board of port commissioners; powers.

(1) The power and authority given to the Oregon International Port of Coos Bay is vested in and shall be exercised by a board of five commissioners. The board may exercise such powers, at regular or special meetings, as is usual and customary with similar bodies.
(2) The port may own, operate, repair and maintain the Coos Bay rail link. [1987 c.565 §4; 2011 c.437 §2]
2023 Oregon Revised Statutes › Volume : 19 - Utilities, Vehicle Code, Watercraft, Aviation › Chapter 777 - Ports Generally › Section 777.923 - Qualifications of port commissioners.

(1) The board shall be composed of electors registered in the port.
(2) A person is eligible for appointment as a commissioner of the port who at the time of the appointment is a citizen of the United States and of the State of Oregon, and who has for one year immediately preceding appointment resided within the port. [1987 c.565 §5]
2023 Oregon Revised Statutes › Volume : 19 - Utilities, Vehicle Code, Watercraft, Aviation › Chapter 777 - Ports Generally › Section 777.925 - Appointment of port commissioners; term; vacancies.

(1) Upon the expiration of the term of a commissioner, a successor shall be appointed by the Governor, subject to confirmation as provided by ORS 171.562 and 171.565. Except as provided in ORS 777.927 and 777.930, appointees, when confirmed, shall hold office for a term of four years and until their respective successors have been appointed, confirmed and qualified.
(2) If a vacancy occurs by death, resignation or disqualification of a commissioner, the vacancy shall be filled by appointment by the Governor for the unexpired term subject to confirmation as provided by subsection (1) of this section. [1987 c.565 §6]
2023 Oregon Revised Statutes › Volume : 19 - Utilities, Vehicle Code, Watercraft, Aviation › Chapter 777 - Ports Generally › Section 777.927 - Removal of port commissioner for malfeasance; statement of charges; notice; court hearing.

If the Governor is at any time satisfied that a commissioner has been guilty of malfeasance in office, the Governor may file with the Secretary of State a written statement of the acts of the commissioner constituting the malfeasance. Thereupon the Secretary of State shall transmit a copy of the statement to the commissioner named and another copy to the clerk of the Circuit Court for Marion County. After the expiration of 10 days following the delivery of the statement to the commissioner a hearing shall be held before the court, of which hearing the commissioner is entitled to at least five days’ notice. If upon the hearing the court determines that the commissioner has been guilty of malfeasance in office, written findings to that effect shall be made and filed by the court. Thereupon the commissioner shall be considered removed from office. The vacancy so created shall be filled as provided in ORS 777.925. [1987 c.565 §7]
2023 Oregon Revised Statutes › Volume : 19 - Utilities, Vehicle Code, Watercraft, Aviation › Chapter 777 - Ports Generally › Section 777.930 - Removal of port commissioner for lack of attendance; authorized leave of absence.

(1) If a commissioner appointed under ORS 777.925 fails, without being excused by the remaining members of the board, to attend for a period of 60 days any of the regular or special meetings of the board regularly and duly called and held, that commissioner may be removed from office by the Governor.
(2) The board may grant a leave of absence not exceeding three months to a commissioner unable to attend meetings of the board by reason of illness or continued absence from the Oregon International Port of Coos Bay. [1987 c.565 §10]
2023 Oregon Revised Statutes › Volume : 19 - Utilities, Vehicle Code, Watercraft, Aviation › Chapter 777 - Ports Generally › Section 777.933 - Board meetings; rules; executive committee.

(1) The board shall hold at least one regular meeting in each month on a day to be fixed by it, and may hold special meetings as provided by the rules of the board. At all regular and special meetings a majority of the commissioners then members of the board constitutes a quorum.
(2) The board may create an executive committee of which every commissioner shall be a member and of which a number less than a majority, as the board may determine, may constitute a quorum for the transaction of business. The committee may hold its meetings under such rules as the board may prescribe. However, the executive committee has no power except as a committee and only as expressly conferred upon it by the rules of the board. In no event shall the committee exercise the general powers of the board. The board has no power to appoint or delegate any part of its power or authority to any committee except the executive committee. [1987 c.565 §8]
2023 Oregon Revised Statutes › Volume : 19 - Utilities, Vehicle Code, Watercraft, Aviation › Chapter 777 - Ports Generally › Section 777.935 - Board officers.

(1) The Governor shall designate one member of the board as president of the board, who shall hold that office until removed from it by the Governor. The president of the board shall have the powers and perform the duties usual to the office of president.
(2) The president of the board shall designate from the other members of the board a vice president, treasurer and secretary of the board, who shall hold those offices until removed from them by the president. Each officer shall have the powers and perform the duties usual to the respective offices. [1987 c.565 §9]
2023 Oregon Revised Statutes › Volume : 19 - Utilities, Vehicle Code, Watercraft, Aviation › Chapter 777 - Ports Generally › Section 777.940 - Power to issue general obligation bonds; limitation; dedication of revenues; use of proceeds.

(1) For the purpose of carrying into effect any of the powers granted to the port, the port has the power to borrow money and to sell and dispose of bonds which shall constitute a general obligation of the port and be secured by the port’s full faith and credit. Such bonds outstanding at one time shall never exceed in the aggregate one and three-fourths percent of the real market value of all taxable property within the limits of the port, computed in accordance with ORS 308.207. The bonds shall be secured by the taxing power of the port as provided in ORS 777.430 (2). In addition, the port may provide that the bonds shall be payable from and secured by a lien and pledge of all or any part of the revenues derived by the port from the facilities constructed from the proceeds of the bonds.
(2) The port may provide for the creation of special trust funds and may authorize the appointment of a trustee to administer the same and may obligate itself to set aside and pay into a special trust fund any revenues pledged to the payment of the bonds. The port may establish and provide from available funds for the funding of debt service, operation and maintenance reserves.
(3) Proceeds from the sale of the bonds may also be used to pay the costs incurred in issuing the bonds, preliminary work incident to carrying out such powers, including but not limited to planning, engineering, inspection, accounting, fiscal, legal and trustee expenses and other similar expenses, and to pay interest on the bonds for such period as the port may determine, but not to exceed six months beyond completion of the facilities financed with the bonds, and to establish reserves for debt service on the bonds. [1987 c.565 §12; 1991 c.459 §442]
2023 Oregon Revised Statutes › Volume : 19 - Utilities, Vehicle Code, Watercraft, Aviation › Chapter 777 - Ports Generally › Section 777.943 - Issuance of bonds.

Bonds authorized by ORS 777.940 shall be issued as prescribed in ORS chapter 287A. [1987 c.565 §13; 1997 c.171 §25; 2007 c.783 §228]
2023 Oregon Revised Statutes › Volume : 19 - Utilities, Vehicle Code, Watercraft, Aviation › Chapter 777 - Ports Generally › Section 777.945 - Certain uses of bond proceeds prohibited in absence of elector approval.

Bonds shall not be issued by the port to provide funds for the establishment or operation of surface ship and air lines or for the payment of bonuses to either such line or lines without the approval of the electors of the port expressed at an election called and held within the port at which such question is submitted. [1987 c.565 §14]
2023 Oregon Revised Statutes › Volume : 19 - Utilities, Vehicle Code, Watercraft, Aviation › Chapter 777 - Ports Generally › Section 777.947 - Limitation on annual issuance and aggregate amount of bonds in absence of elector approval.

(1) The total amount of general obligation bonds issued in any calendar year by the port without the approval of the electors of the port shall not exceed $500,000.
(2) The aggregate outstanding principal amount of general obligation bonds issued by the port without the approval of the electors of the port shall not at any time exceed $1.5 million.
(3) Nothing in this section applies to refunding bonds. [1987 c.565 §15]
2023 Oregon Revised Statutes › Volume : 19 - Utilities, Vehicle Code, Watercraft, Aviation › Chapter 777 - Ports Generally › Section 777.950 - Certain uses of proceeds of bonds issued without elector approval prohibited.

Notwithstanding any other provision of law, proceeds from the sale of bonds issued by the port without the approval of the electors of the port under ORS 777.947, except for refunding bonds, shall be used only for construction, maintenance and repair of facilities and works necessary for industrial development within the port, construction, maintenance and repair of docks, piers, wharves, dredge and spoil sites and navigation aids and as matching moneys for state and federal grants for the purposes described in this section. [1987 c.565 §16]
2023 Oregon Revised Statutes › Volume : 19 - Utilities, Vehicle Code, Watercraft, Aviation › Chapter 777 - Ports Generally › Section 777.990 - Penalties.

(1) Failure by a port treasurer, or county treasurer charged with the duties provided by ORS 777.515, to comply with the requirements of that section for a period of 10 days is a Class A violation.
(2) Subject to ORS 153.022, any person violating a regulation adopted by a port board under ORS 777.120 or 777.190 commits a Class A misdemeanor. [Amended by 1971 c.728 §102; 1999 c.1051 §226; 2011 c.597 §95]
2023 Oregon Revised Statutes › Volume : 19 - Utilities, Vehicle Code, Watercraft, Aviation › Chapter 778 - Port of Portland › Section 778.005 - Definitions.

As used in this chapter, unless the context requires otherwise:
(1) "Board" means the board of commissioners of the Port of Portland.
(2) "Port" means The Port of Portland.
(3) "Elector" means an elector residing in the port.
(4) "Portland metropolitan area" means the Oregon portion of a metropolitan statistical area as designated by the United States Office of Management and Budget with an Oregon population of more than 750,000. [Amended by 1971 c.728 §103; 1973 c.178 §1; 2009 c.11 §98]
2023 Oregon Revised Statutes › Volume : 19 - Utilities, Vehicle Code, Watercraft, Aviation › Chapter 778 - Port of Portland › Section 778.008 - Port of Portland granted powers of ports formed under ORS chapter 777; exceptions; additional powers.

(1) ORS 777.005 to 777.050, 777.110, 777.120, 777.132 to 777.165, 777.210, 777.220 and 777.405 to 777.435 do not apply to the Port of Portland.
(2) Subject to subsection (1) of this section, the Port of Portland has all powers possessed by ports formed under ORS 285A.666 to 285A.732, 777.005 to 777.725, 777.915 to 777.953 and 777.990.
(3) ORS 777.530 and 777.535 apply to the Port of Portland and the Port of Portland has all powers granted to other ports under ORS 777.530 and 777.535.
(4) The Port of Portland shall do such things, perform such duties and exercise such powers as it may be authorized or empowered to do, perform or exercise by any Act of the legislature passed for that purpose, though not directly in amendment of this chapter. The powers granted by this chapter are in addition to other powers granted by law to the port.
(5) In addition to such other duties, functions and powers as may be imposed upon the Port of Portland, the port may make recommendations to the Oregon Board of Maritime Pilots. [1971 c.728 §116; 1987 c.775 §7; subsection (3) enacted as 1989 c.644 §5]
2023 Oregon Revised Statutes › Volume : 19 - Utilities, Vehicle Code, Watercraft, Aviation › Chapter 778 - Port of Portland › Section 778.010 - District known as Port of Portland; boundaries; capacity to sue.

The Portland metropolitan area is a separate district, to be known as the Port of Portland, and as such shall have perpetual succession, and by that name shall exercise and carry out all the powers and objects conferred on it by law. The port may sue and be sued, plead and be impleaded in all actions, suits or proceedings brought by or against it; provided, however, that the bonded or other indebtedness of the port that was chargeable to or a lien upon the property within the limits of the port:
(1) Prior to June 30, 1963, shall not be chargeable to or a lien upon all of that property which lies east of the east boundary line of range two east of the Willamette Meridian in Multnomah County; or
(2) Prior to June 30, 1973, shall not be chargeable to or a lien upon all that property lying within the boundaries of Clackamas and Washington Counties. [Amended by 1963 c.124 §1; 1973 c.178 §2; 2003 c.802 §152]
2023 Oregon Revised Statutes › Volume : 19 - Utilities, Vehicle Code, Watercraft, Aviation › Chapter 778 - Port of Portland › Section 778.015 - Purposes and general powers of port.

The object, purpose and occupation of the Port of Portland shall be to promote the maritime, shipping, aviation, commercial and industrial interests of the port as by law specifically authorized. Subject to ORS 778.016, the port may acquire, hold, use, dispose of and convey real and personal property, make any and all contracts the making of which is not by this chapter expressly prohibited. It may do any other acts and things which are requisite, necessary or convenient in accomplishing the purpose described or in carrying out the powers granted to it by law. The port may supply surface and air craft with fuel and other supplies at reasonable cost as may be for the best interests of the port. [Amended by 1959 c.362 §1; 1971 c.728 §104; 2013 c.689 §1]
2023 Oregon Revised Statutes › Volume : 19 - Utilities, Vehicle Code, Watercraft, Aviation › Chapter 778 - Port of Portland › Section 778.016 - Best value standards for Port of Portland contracts and space leases.

In awarding contracts and leasing spaces, the Port of Portland may establish best value standards and criteria, taking into account factors that include:
(1) Experience, technical capability and past performance.
(2) The qualifications, compensation and retention policies of bidding contractors and lessees with respect to the staff and subcontractors operating at the port.
(3) Potential local and regional benefit within the port, the surrounding community, the region and the state. [2013 c.689 §3]
2023 Oregon Revised Statutes › Volume : 19 - Utilities, Vehicle Code, Watercraft, Aviation › Chapter 778 - Port of Portland › Section 778.020 - Acquisition of City of Portland property by port; assumption of bonds; election.

(1) The Port of Portland may purchase or otherwise acquire all or any of the docks, wharves, elevators, terminals, dry docks and other properties of the City of Portland that are under the charge and control of the dock commission of the city.
(2) If the port purchases or otherwise acquires property as provided by subsection (1) of this section, the port may in payment therefor assume the payment of all or any part of the bonds, debentures and other obligations of the City of Portland issued, sold or incurred for the purpose of acquiring funds to construct, purchase or otherwise acquire the docks, wharves, elevators, terminals, dry docks or other properties. The aggregate amount of bonds, debentures and obligations so assumed shall not exceed a sum determined by the board to be the fair value of the property so acquired by the port. The limitation provided by ORS 778.030 shall not apply to bonds, debentures or other obligations assumed under this section.
(3) The authority granted by this section shall not be exercised without the prior approval of the electors residing within the port expressed at an election called and held within the port at which such question is submitted. [Amended by 1971 c.728 §105]
2023 Oregon Revised Statutes › Volume : 19 - Utilities, Vehicle Code, Watercraft, Aviation › Chapter 778 - Port of Portland › Section 778.025 - Power to engage in certain commercial activities.

For the use of the Port of Portland or for public convenience and the convenience of air transport, shipping, commercial and industrial development of the port and the waterfront of its harbors, rivers and waterways, the port may:
(1) Acquire by purchase, condemnation or other lawful method lands necessary for its use or to be improved for public convenience and the convenience of the air transport, shipping, commercial and industrial development of the port as well as all or any part of the waterfront of its harbors, rivers and waterways.
(2) Acquire by purchase, condemnation or other lawful method lands necessary or convenient for the purpose of depositing or dumping thereon earth, sand, gravel, rock or other material dredged or excavated, in the exercise of any of its powers, from any of the rivers or other waterways or lands within the boundaries or under the control of the port.
(3) Enlarge its tidal area, fill and reclaim lands, and make such disposition by use, conveyance, development or lease of lands so filled or reclaimed as it considers advisable.
(4) Construct, excavate and dredge canals and channels connecting its waterways with one another, with other waterways and with the sea.
(5) Purchase or otherwise acquire, construct, operate, maintain, lease, rent and dispose of airports, and their approaches, wharves, piers, docks, slips, warehouses, elevators, dry docks, terminals, buildings, and all other facilities and aids incident to the development, protection and operation of the port and of the air transport, shipping, commercial and industrial interests of the port, within the port, and collect wharfage, storage and other charges for the use of such facilities.
(6) Own, acquire, construct, purchase, lease, operate and maintain within the port lines of railroad, with sidetracks, turnouts, switches and connections with other lines of railroad, and streets, roads, water mains, sewers, pipelines, and also gas and electric conduits and lines which a utility is unwilling or unable to furnish, within or to or from the boundaries of the port; and carry and transport freight and passengers thereon and thereover for hire, and perform lighterage for hire.
(7) Acquire, own, lease, rent, operate, maintain and dispose of towboats, barges and other vessels for the transportation of cargo or passengers in maritime commerce on the Columbia and Snake Rivers and their tributaries, within or without the boundaries of this state.
(8) Acquire, own, lease, rent, operate, maintain and dispose of unit trains and related facilities for the transportation of bulk commodities to facilities within the port from locations within or without the port. [Amended by 1959 c.362 §2; 1967 c.548 §1; 1971 c.728 §106; 1973 c.178 §6; 1981 c.879 §4]
2023 Oregon Revised Statutes › Volume : 19 - Utilities, Vehicle Code, Watercraft, Aviation › Chapter 778 - Port of Portland › Section 778.030 - Power to issue general obligation bonds; limitation; dedication of revenues; use of proceeds.

(1) For the purpose of carrying into effect any of the powers granted to the Port of Portland, the port has the power to borrow money and to sell and dispose of bonds which shall constitute a general obligation of the port and be secured by the port’s full faith and credit. Such bonds outstanding at one time shall never exceed in the aggregate one and three-fourths percent of the real market value of all taxable property within the limits of the port, computed in accordance with ORS 308.207. In computing the total of bonds at any time outstanding, bonds issued for the purpose of providing funds to meet obligations assumed pursuant to ORS 778.020, shall not be included. The bonds shall be secured by the taxing power of the port as provided in ORS 778.065 (1). In addition, the port may provide that the bonds shall be payable from and secured by a lien and pledge of all or any part of the revenues derived by the port from the facilities constructed from the proceeds of the bonds.
(2) The port may provide for the creation of special trust funds and may authorize the appointment of a trustee to administer the same and may obligate itself to set aside and pay into a special trust fund any revenues pledged to the payment of the bonds. The port may establish and provide from available funds for the funding of debt service, operation and maintenance reserves.
(3) Proceeds from the sale of the bonds may also be used to pay the costs incurred in issuing the bonds, preliminary work incident to carrying out such powers, including but not limited to planning, engineering, inspection, accounting, fiscal, legal and trustee expenses and other similar expenses, and to pay interest on the bonds for such period as the port may determine, but not to exceed six months beyond completion of the facilities financed with the bonds, and to establish reserves for debt service on the bonds. [Amended by 1963 c.9 §39; 1971 c.702 §1; 1971 c.728 §107a; 1977 c.33 §1; 1991 c.459 §443]
2023 Oregon Revised Statutes › Volume : 19 - Utilities, Vehicle Code, Watercraft, Aviation › Chapter 778 - Port of Portland › Section 778.036 - Issuance of bonds.

Bonds authorized by ORS 778.030 shall be issued as prescribed in ORS chapter 287A. [1977 c.33 §3 (enacted in lieu of 778.035); 1981 c.94 §57; 1997 c.171 §26; 2007 c.783 §229]
2023 Oregon Revised Statutes › Volume : 19 - Utilities, Vehicle Code, Watercraft, Aviation › Chapter 778 - Port of Portland › Section 778.040 - General obligation bond issues to be approved by electors.

(1) General obligation bonds shall not be issued by the Port of Portland to provide funds for the establishment or operation of surface ship and air lines or for the payment of bonuses to either such line or lines without the approval of the electors of the port expressed at an election called and held within the port at which such question is submitted.
(2) Whenever the port issues general obligation bonds for purposes other than refunding general obligation bonds previously issued and for purposes other than providing funds to meet the obligations of the City of Portland assumed pursuant to ORS 778.020 in an aggregate amount equal to five percent of the present real market value of all the taxable property within the territorial limits of the port, no additional general obligation bonds shall be issued for purposes other than refunding general obligation bonds theretofore issued without the approval of the electors of the port expressed at an election within the port at which such question is submitted. [Amended by 1971 c.399 §1; 1997 c.461 §2]
2023 Oregon Revised Statutes › Volume : 19 - Utilities, Vehicle Code, Watercraft, Aviation › Chapter 778 - Port of Portland › Section 778.045 - Amount of general obligation bonds issued in one year limited.

The total amount of general obligation bonds issued by the Port of Portland in any calendar year, except for refunding bonds or bonds issued to provide funds to meet obligations assumed pursuant to ORS 778.020, shall not exceed $3 million unless a greater amount is approved by the electors of the port at an election at which such question is submitted. [Amended by 1971 c.728 §110; 1973 c.178 §7; 1997 c.461 §3]
2023 Oregon Revised Statutes › Volume : 19 - Utilities, Vehicle Code, Watercraft, Aviation › Chapter 778 - Port of Portland › Section 778.060 - Expenditure of bond sale funds for operating expenses limited.

The board shall not expend, within any one calendar year, from the funds derived from the sale of bonds, in excess of $500,000 to meet the operating expenses of the Port of Portland. As used in this section "operating expenses" means the maintenance of plant, structures and equipment and such dredging as may be required to preserve or restore at or to its artificial depth a channel previously excavated by the port. [Amended by 1971 c.728 §113]
2023 Oregon Revised Statutes › Volume : 19 - Utilities, Vehicle Code, Watercraft, Aviation › Chapter 778 - Port of Portland › Section 778.065 - Port taxing power; annual limitation.

The Port of Portland may each year assess, levy and collect taxes upon all taxable real and personal property situated within its boundaries as required:
(1) To pay principal and interest on bonds issued under ORS 778.030;
(2) To pay bonds, debentures and other obligations of the City of Portland assumed under ORS 778.020; and
(3) To pay all other expenses that may be incurred in the exercise of the powers granted to the port. [Amended by 1963 c.9 §40; 1971 c.701 §1; 1971 c.728 §143]
2023 Oregon Revised Statutes › Volume : 19 - Utilities, Vehicle Code, Watercraft, Aviation › Chapter 778 - Port of Portland › Section 778.068 - Filing boundary change with county assessor and Department of Revenue.

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. [2001 c.138 §54]
2023 Oregon Revised Statutes › Volume : 19 - Utilities, Vehicle Code, Watercraft, Aviation › Chapter 778 - Port of Portland › Section 778.070 - Tax levy.

(1) Taxes authorized by ORS 778.065 shall be levied in each year and returned to the county officers whose duty it is to extend the tax roll by the time required by law for city taxes to be levied and extended. The county officer whose duty it is to extend the county levy shall extend the levy of the Port of Portland in the same manner city taxes are extended.
(2) All taxes levied by the port are payable at the same time and shall be collected by the same officers as regular county taxes. The county officers collecting the taxes shall pay them to the treasurer of the port as provided by law. [Amended by 1971 c.728 §115]
2023 Oregon Revised Statutes › Volume : 19 - Utilities, Vehicle Code, Watercraft, Aviation › Chapter 778 - Port of Portland › Section 778.073 - Recreational facilities; development; operation; maintenance.

(1) The Port of Portland may construct, operate, equip and maintain public parks, marinas and other recreational facilities on land owned by the port when such facilities may be developed in conjunction with the exercise by the port of any of its other powers.
(2) The port may convey the land and recreational facilities developed under this section to a political subdivision or municipal corporation of this state in exchange for an agreement to operate and maintain the facilities solely for public recreational use.
(3) The port may enter into an agreement with a political subdivision or municipal corporation of this state for the operation and maintenance of recreational facilities. [1971 c.400 §2]
2023 Oregon Revised Statutes › Volume : 19 - Utilities, Vehicle Code, Watercraft, Aviation › Chapter 778 - Port of Portland › Section 778.085 - Control over port waters and wharf lines; adoption and enforcement of navigational rules; authority to establish penalties; limitation.

(1) To the full extent the State of Oregon might exercise control, or grant to the Port of Portland the right to exercise control, the port has full control of the rivers, harbors and waterways within its boundaries and between its boundaries and the sea.
(2) The port may make, change or abolish wharf lines of, in and for the rivers, harbors and waterways within its boundaries.
(3) As it considers convenient, requisite or necessary, or in the best interests of the maritime shipping or commercial interests of the port, the board may by ordinance make, modify or abolish regulations:
(a) For the use or navigation of the rivers, harbors and waterways mentioned in subsection (1) of this section; or
(b) For the placing of obstructions therein, or the removal of obstructions therefrom.
(4) The port may enforce the regulations by penalties or seek other appropriate remedies as the port considers necessary. Penalties are recoverable in the name of the port in any court of this state.
(5) This section does not authorize the port to cause the removal of bridges or other obstructions existing under a grant by this state. This section does not authorize the port to exclude cities other than the City of Portland from free access to the channel of either the Willamette or Columbia Rivers or the Oregon and the Columbia Sloughs, or the free use of the rivers or sloughs for navigation. [Amended by 1963 c.145 §2; 1971 c.728 §117; 2011 c.597 §301]
2023 Oregon Revised Statutes › Volume : 19 - Utilities, Vehicle Code, Watercraft, Aviation › Chapter 778 - Port of Portland › Section 778.090 - Rights of riparian owners and owners of moorage facilities.

Where it is necessary to widen the general channel or improve the navigation of the rivers or sloughs by requiring the removal or destruction of moorage facilities for houseboats, boathouses or pleasure craft in the rivers or sloughs, or by establishing or reestablishing wharf lines that have the effect of destroying or impairing the riparian rights of the adjoining owners, the adjoining owners or others owning the moorage facilities shall be reasonably compensated for the removal or destruction of the moorage facilities and for the destruction or impairment of the riparian rights; and shall not be required to remove or destroy the moorage facilities in absence of reasonable compensation therefor. The Port of Portland may acquire moorage facilities, riparian rights or the real property of adjoining owners by exercise of the power of eminent domain as provided in ORS 778.095. [Amended by 1953 c.713 §2; 1971 c.728 §118; 1973 c.203 §9]
2023 Oregon Revised Statutes › Volume : 19 - Utilities, Vehicle Code, Watercraft, Aviation › Chapter 778 - Port of Portland › Section 778.095 - Eminent domain power.

The Port of Portland may acquire, by condemnation or otherwise, private property necessary or convenient in carrying out any power granted the port. The right to acquire property by condemnation shall be exercised as provided by ORS chapter 35. [Amended by 1971 c.728 §119]
2023 Oregon Revised Statutes › Volume : 19 - Utilities, Vehicle Code, Watercraft, Aviation › Chapter 778 - Port of Portland › Section 778.100 - Reclamation of lands within port limits; assessments; lien; hearing; appeal.

(1) When the Port of Portland contemplates the filling or reclamation of any low, swamp or submersible land within its territory held in private ownership, it may provide by ordinance for assessment by the board of the damages and benefits to be sustained by and to accrue to the land by reason of the filling or reclamation. In making the assessment the question of channel frontage as well as filling shall be considered in assessing benefits. The ordinance may provide for payment of damages to the owner of the land and may provide for creation of a lien upon the land in favor of the port for the amount of benefits and for payment of the amount of the lien, either in cash or in installments, with interest thereon over a term of years.
(2) The ordinance shall provide for a hearing before the board to be held, upon due notice to all owners of and persons interested in the lands to be affected by the assessment, before the assessment is made.
(3) Any owner or person interested in any land affected, who is aggrieved by an assessment made under this section may appeal to the Circuit Court of Multnomah County for judicial review of the assessment. [Amended by 1969 c.594 §62; 1971 c.728 §120]
2023 Oregon Revised Statutes › Volume : 19 - Utilities, Vehicle Code, Watercraft, Aviation › Chapter 778 - Port of Portland › Section 778.105 - Port required to contract for work and materials; dry docks; bids.

(1) Except in cases of emergency and except for ordinary current repair work necessary from day to day, all material purchased for and all work done in, on or for any dry dock, dredge, boat, scow or other appliance to be built, owned or operated by the Port of Portland, when the purchase is made or the work is done by construction, alteration or general overhauling, shall be purchased or done by or under contract. Such contracts shall be let to the lowest competent and responsible bidder, after due advertisement for bids, in the manner usual and customary in the letting of contracts by public bidding, and under regulations prescribed by the port.
(2) Notwithstanding subsection (1) of this section or any other provision of law, the port may let a contract for the construction of a dry dock to the lowest competent and responsible bidder who submits a bid to construct the dry dock within the port, if:
(a) The bid of such bidder does not exceed by more than 10 percent the lowest bid for construction of the dry dock elsewhere; and
(b) In the opinion of the board, the public good will in any way be served thereby. [Amended by 1961 c.11 §1; 1971 c.728 §121; 1977 c.361 §1]
2023 Oregon Revised Statutes › Volume : 19 - Utilities, Vehicle Code, Watercraft, Aviation › Chapter 778 - Port of Portland › Section 778.110 - Personnel; membership in retirement systems.

(1) The Port of Portland may employ engineers, superintendents, mechanics, clerks and other persons as necessary or convenient in carrying on its work and fix their rates of compensation.
(2) No employee of the port shall become a member of the Public Employees Retirement System if membership of the employee in the system would result in coverage of the employee by, and contributions on the employee’s behalf by the port to, both a private pension system and the Public Employees Retirement System. [Amended by 1971 c.495 §1; 1971 c.728 §144]
2023 Oregon Revised Statutes › Volume : 19 - Utilities, Vehicle Code, Watercraft, Aviation › Chapter 778 - Port of Portland › Section 778.115 - Improvement contracts with federal government.

The Port of Portland may contract with the United States Government to do all or part of the work of making, maintaining, or both, a depth of water in the rivers, harbors and waterways within its boundaries and between its boundaries and the sea as determined by the federal government. The port may receive therefor compensation as agreed between the federal government and the port. [Amended by 1963 c.145 §3; 1971 c.728 §123]
2023 Oregon Revised Statutes › Volume : 19 - Utilities, Vehicle Code, Watercraft, Aviation › Chapter 778 - Port of Portland › Section 778.120 - Operation of chapter upon rights of other entities within port limits.

Nothing in this chapter is intended to grant the Port of Portland authority to interfere with or detract from the general rights and powers of a city or a school or road district that is located in whole or in part within the boundaries of the port. However, the port has full power to carry out and fulfill the purpose of its creation, and to exercise its power of assessing, levying and collecting taxes. [Amended by 1971 c.728 §124]
2023 Oregon Revised Statutes › Volume : 19 - Utilities, Vehicle Code, Watercraft, Aviation › Chapter 778 - Port of Portland › Section 778.125 - Port assistance to other governmental units within port boundaries.

Consistent with the purposes, functions and powers granted to it by law, the Port of Portland may provide research or technical assistance for the planning, promotion or implementation of commercial, industrial or economic development projects upon request by any city, county or municipal corporation within the port. [1977 c.45 §2]
2023 Oregon Revised Statutes › Volume : 19 - Utilities, Vehicle Code, Watercraft, Aviation › Chapter 778 - Port of Portland › Section 778.145 - Issuance of revenue bonds; election; use of proceeds; status of bonds.

(1) For the purpose of carrying into effect all or any of the powers granted to ports, the Port of Portland may from time to time issue and sell revenue bonds without the necessity of the electors of the port authorizing the same. Proceeds from the sale of such bonds may be used also to cover the costs incurred in issuing such bonds, and preliminary work incident to carrying out such purposes and powers, including but not limited to planning, engineering, inspection, accounting, fiscal, legal and trustee expenses, the cost of issuance of bonds, engraving, printing, advertising and other similar expenses, and to pay interest on the outstanding bonds issued for any project during the period of actual construction and for such period thereafter as the port may determine, and to establish, maintain or increase any reserves for debt service on the bonds and for working capital. Such revenue bonds shall not in any manner or to any extent be a general obligation of the port nor a charge upon any other revenues or property of the port not specifically pledged thereto.
(2) In addition to the power granted by subsection (1) of this section, a port may authorize and issue revenue bonds under ORS 287A.150. [1971 c.546 §2; 2007 c.783 §230]