Title 26, Public Facilities, Contracting and insurance

(1) The State of Oregon recognizes that providing and operating state government facilities is a significant capital investment in public infrastructure. Accordingly, it is the policy of the State of Oregon to plan, finance, acquire, construct, manage and maintain state governmen…

All claims, bills and demands incurred in carrying out the provisions of ORS 276.210 to 276.228 shall be presented to the Oregon Department of Administrative Services for its approval and, on approval, shall be audited and paid as other claims and demands against the state.

(1) State agencies shall develop four-year major construction budgets. Projects included in these budgets may be accelerated or deferred upon approval of the Emergency Board. (2) State agencies shall include the biennial costs associated with maintenance, major repairs or buildin…

(1) The Oregon Department of Administrative Services shall provide for the supplying of the public buildings and grounds with water and water power sufficient for the present and future use of the facilities serviced. The department shall have full power to carry into effect the …

The Oregon Department of Administrative Services may purchase, contract for, and lease, in the name of the state, real property, water, water rights and watercourses, franchises and privileges. Whenever the department deems it necessary or proper, it may appropriate and condemn r…

When the owner fixes a price for land, water, watercourses and water rights, franchises and privileges that is, in the opinion of the Oregon Department of Administrative Services, reasonable, the department may purchase the property at the price fixed without further delay.

(1) In any condemnation proceedings under ORS 276.234 to 276.244, the practice, pleadings, forms and modes of procedure shall conform as near as may be applicable to the practice, pleading, forms and procedure prescribed for the appropriation of real property by private corporati…

All actions and proceedings shall be brought in the name of the state, and the pleadings shall be signed by the Director of the Oregon Department of Administrative Services. All conveyances of lands, or water and water rights, franchises and privileges, shall be made directly to …

The Oregon Department of Administrative Services may: (1) Go upon lands or premises in the manner provided by ORS 35.220 to make surveys and to make estimates of cost. (2) From time to time, purchase, lease, contract for or condemn any property, land, water or water rights, franc…

In case of the loss of or damage to any public building of this state or any state institution, educational or otherwise, by fire, or in case of the loss or damage by fire to the apparatus, fixtures, appliances or furniture of any such building, the Oregon Department of Administr…

(1) The directors or other lawful managers of any public institution of the state may: (a) Enter upon the lands through which they desire to conduct their pipes for the purpose of providing water supplies and lay the pipes underground. (b) Enter at all times upon such lands for t…

The Oregon Department of Administrative Services may enter into an agreement with the City of Salem for the furnishing of water and fire protection services to all state buildings in the vicinity of Salem. The rates and terms provided therein shall be equitable and shall not be h…

The Oregon Department of Administrative Services may construct sewage systems for departments located in and near the City of Salem, connect the state sewers with the City of Salem sewer system and enter into a contract with the City of Salem by which the state will contribute it…

(1)(a) A state agency may locate, on premises the state agency owns or controls, devices or facilities that the state agency installs, or has installed, specifically to deliver electricity to the public for electric motor vehicles. (b) A state agency may contract with a vendor th…

(1) It is the policy of this state to encourage public agencies to participate in apprenticeship programs. Every public agency employing five or more persons in the same apprenticeable occupation for the improvement or maintenance, not including routine maintenance, of a public f…

As used in ORS 276.285: (1) “Construction” means the building, installation or assembly of a new facility; the addition, expansion, alteration, conversion or replacement of an existing facility; or the relocation of a facility from one location to another. “Construction” includes…

(1) It is the policy of the State of Oregon to facilitate and encourage state agencies that own real property and operate facilities to manage and develop these properties in an effective and businesslike manner. The maintenance, preservation and development of state-owned real p…

(1) Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the Oregon Department of Administrative Services shall fix rentals for space in buildings specified in ORS 276.004, and rentals or other charges for parking facilities. The rentals shall be fixed on a basis as nearly uniform as prac…

Not later than June 30 of each even-numbered year, the Oregon Department of Administrative Services shall submit to the Emergency Board or to the Joint Interim Committee on Ways and Means a schedule of rentals proposed for the biennium beginning on July 1 of the next calendar yea…

(1) The Oregon Department of Administrative Services shall assign state agencies office space in the buildings described in ORS 276.004 or in leased quarters as provided in ORS 276.420 to 276.440 or in available space in other buildings owned or controlled by other state agencies…

(1) Each month the Oregon Department of Administrative Services may bill state agencies to which quarters in any state building have been assigned an amount fixed by the department as rent for the preceding month for the quarters assigned to such agencies. (2) Moneys so collected…

(1) For the purposes of ORS 276.420 to 276.440, “office quarters” means office space, office buildings and related service, storage and parking facilities and may also include factory built, modular or portable units. (2) Where any agency does not have authority by law to enter i…

Any two or more agencies, including the Oregon Department of Administrative Services, may enter into a joint lease or rental agreement for office quarters in the same city or community, with such provision for apportionment of the rental as may be agreed upon. [Amended by 1977 c.…

(1) It is declared to be the public policy of this state to promote economy, efficiency and convenience to the public by means of centralizing the location of office quarters of all state agencies having offices in the same city or community. (2) Any state agency renting or leasi…

(1) Notwithstanding the provisions of any other law, any lease or rental agreement for office quarters must be approved by the Oregon Department of Administrative Services prior to execution. (2) The Oregon Department of Administrative Services shall exercise supervisory authorit…

(1) The Oregon Department of Administrative Services may enter into, as appropriate, leases, including lease with option to purchase, installment purchases and rental agreements, as lessee, for office quarters for state agencies. In determining which method of acquiring office qu…

(1) For any building under its jurisdiction, as described in ORS 276.004, the Oregon Department of Administrative Services may: (a) Rent office quarters in order of priority first to other public agencies, then to private persons, at rates established under ORS 276.385 and 276.39…

(1) The office building described in section 6, chapter 528, Oregon Laws 1971, shall be exempt from the rent schedules established under ORS 276.385 and 276.390. (2) Rents attributable to any state agency, including the Employment Department, occupying space in such office buildi…

Every state agency, including the Employment Department, occupying space in the building described in section 6, chapter 528, Oregon Laws 1971, shall pay to the Oregon Department of Administrative Services all maintenance costs and necessary service charges arising out of its occ…

Whenever space in the office building authorized by chapter 528, Oregon Laws 1971, exceeds current requirements of the Employment Department, the Oregon Department of Administrative Services may assign such space pursuant to ORS 276.004 and 276.410. However, rental rates for spac…

(1) The Supreme Court, acting through the State Court Administrator, shall exercise control over the use of the Supreme Court Building. (2) The State Court Administrator may enter into a contract with the Oregon Department of Administrative Services to provide for insurance, oper…

(1) As used in ORS 276.591 to 276.601, “parking facility” includes any parking space, grounds, structure or lot used for motor vehicle parking that the state or any state agency owns or controls through a direct lease, lease purchase or installment purchase agreement. (2) It is t…

Any portion of the facilities used during the tax year for parking on a rental or fee basis to private individuals shall be subject to ad valorem taxation computed by determining that percentage that private use bears to the total use of the facilities. [Formerly 276.564; 1981 c.…

(1) The Oregon Department of Administrative Services shall: (a) Manage the parking facilities described in subsection (2) of this section; and (b) Determine the conditions under which such parking facilities may be used. (2) Except as provided in subsection (3) of this section, t…

(1) Except as provided in ORS 276.594, each state agency shall manage and determine under what conditions the agency’s parking facilities may be used by owners and operators of motor vehicles and for other transportation purposes. (2) Based upon its findings, the state agency sha…

(1) Notwithstanding the provisions of ORS 283.395, the Oregon Department of Administrative Services may establish carpool or vanpool programs in which state-owned vehicles are used by state employees as commute vehicles, provided that a daily, weekly or monthly fee is charged tha…

(1) No less than once per biennium, the Oregon Department of Administrative Services shall study and determine the typical market parking rate for any area in which there is a parking facility. (2) An agency responsible for leasing a space under ORS 276.594 and 276.595 shall esta…

There is established a fund in the State Treasury to be known as the State Building Fund which shall be used for the construction, alteration and repair of buildings required for use of institutions and activities under the jurisdiction of the Department of Corrections, the Depar…

The Department of Corrections, the Department of Human Services, the Oregon Health Authority and the State Board of Education each shall determine the buildings to be constructed, altered, repaired, furnished and equipped for the use of institutions and activities under their res…

The Oregon Department of Administrative Services may acquire options, enter into earnest money agreements and enter into similar arrangements to obtain the right to acquire real property, any improvements erected upon the property and any appurtenances connected with the property…

Any incorporated city may purchase a necessary site within its boundaries and erect and maintain thereon a community house for the benefit of the soldiers, sailors and marines of the Army and Navy of the United States, or persons who have been inducted into the service of such ar…

The council or other governing body of any city desiring to construct and maintain a community house under ORS 276.732 may submit the issues to the electors of the city at any regular or special election held within such city. At the election the electors of the city shall design…

The council or other governing body of the city, when authorized by vote of the majority of the electors thereof, shall: (1) Levy the tax or issue and sell bonds as directed by such vote, not to exceed the maximum amount authorized. (2) Purchase a site and erect and thereafter ma…

It is the policy of the State of Oregon that facilities to be constructed or purchased by authorized state agencies be designed, constructed, renovated and operated so as to minimize the use of energy resources and to serve as models of energy efficiency. [1979 c.734 §1; 1989 c.5…

As used in ORS 276.900 to 276.915, unless the context requires otherwise: (1) “Alternative energy system” means an environmentally sound energy system that uses power derived from renewable resources including, but not limited to, the sun, wind, geothermal sources and heat recove…

(1) Before constructing or renovating a major facility, an authorized state agency shall, after comparing various equipment options and to the greatest extent practicable, use fuel cell power systems for emergency backup power applications and for critical power applications in l…