Chapter 285A — Chapter 285A
202 sections in this chapter.
ORS 285A.535 [Formerly 285.263; repealed by 1999 c.509 §61]
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ORS 285A.538 [Formerly 285.265; repealed by 1999 c.509 §61]
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ORS 285A.541 [Formerly 285.267; repealed by 1999 c.509 §61]
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ORS 285A.544 [Formerly 285.270; repealed by 1999 c.509 §61]
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ORS 285A.547 [Formerly 285.273; repealed by 1999 c.509 §61]
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ORS 285A.550 [Formerly 285.275; repealed by 1999 c.509 §61]
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PORTS (Generally)
ORS 285A.600 Policy. (1) The Legislative Assembly declares that it is the policy of this state to include Oregon’s ports in planning and implementing economic development and transportation programs. To that end, the Oregon Business Development Commission and the Oregon Business Development Department, through the Oregon Infrastructure Finance Authority, may work to
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(a) Coordinate with the Department of Transportation and other state agencies, commissions and advisory committees engaged in activities affecting ports to facilitate port planning and development; (b) Promote local cooperation in statewide planning and development of the ports; …
ORS 285A.603 “Port” defined for ORS 285A.603 to 285A.627. As used in ORS 285A.603 to 285A.627, unless the context requires otherwise, “port” means the Port of Portland and any port formed pursuant to ORS 777.005 to 777.725 and 777.915 to 777.953. [Formerly 285.805; 2003 c.802 §153; 2007 c.804 §23]
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ORS 285A.606 [Formerly 285.806; repealed by 2007 c.804 §86]
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ORS 285A.609 [Formerly 285.808; 2003 c.773 §8; repealed by 2007 c.804 §86]
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ORS 285A.612 [Formerly 285.809; 2003 c.773 §9; repealed by 2007 c.804 §86]
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ORS 285A.615 Provision of managerial assistance and technical services; duties of authority; cooperation with other agencies. (1) The Oregon Infrastructure Finance Authority shall provide managerial assistance and technical referral services to ports
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(2) The authority shall disseminate such research and technical information as is available to the authority. (3) The authority shall work cooperatively with existing organizations and agencies that provide research and technical services, including, but not limited to: (a) The D…
ORS 285A.618 [Formerly 285.811; 2003 c.773 §10; repealed by 2007 c.804 §86]
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ORS 285A.621 [Formerly 285.813; repealed by 1999 c.509 §61]
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ORS 285A.624 [Formerly 285.814; repealed by 2007 c.804 §86]
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ORS 285A.627 Authority as coordinating entity for port activities; approval required for creation of new ports. (1) The Oregon Business Development Commission and the Oregon Business Development Department, through the Oregon Infrastructure Finance Authority, shall be the statewide coordinating, planning and research entity for all ports and port authorities in this state to ensure the most orderly, efficient and economical development of the state port system
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(2) Notwithstanding any other provision of law, after July 1, 1969, no port or port authority may be formed without the prior approval of the Oregon Infrastructure Finance Authority. (3) The authority is the statewide coordinating, planning and research entity for port activities…
ORS 285A.630 [Formerly 285.817; repealed by 2007 c.804 §86]
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ORS 285A.633 [Formerly 285.820; repealed by 2007 c.804 §86]
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ORS 285A.636 [Formerly 285.825; repealed by 1999 c.509 §61]
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ORS 285A.639 [Formerly 285.827; repealed by 1999 c.509 §61]
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ORS 285A.642 [Formerly 285.830; repealed by 1999 c.509 §61]
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ORS 285A.645 [Formerly 285.833; repealed by 1999 c.509 §61]
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ORS 285A.648 [Formerly 285.837; repealed by 1999 c.509 §61]
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ORS 285A.651 [Formerly 285.843; repealed by 1999 c.509 §61]
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(Planning and Marketing)
ORS 285A.654 Port Planning and Marketing Fund; uses; sources; investment. (1) There is created within the State Treasury, separate and distinct from the General Fund, the Port Planning and Marketing Fund. All moneys in the Port Planning and Marketing Fund are appropriated continuously to the Oregon Business Development Department for the Oregon Infrastructure Finance Authority and shall be used by the authority for
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(a) Administrative expenses of the authority in processing grant applications and investigating proposed planning or marketing projects related to ports. (b) Payment of grants under ORS 285A.654 to 285A.660 to ports formed under ORS 777.010 and 777.050. (c) Direct purchase by the…
ORS 285A.657 Grants; purposes; application; eligibility; standards; prohibited funding. (1) The Oregon Infrastructure Finance Authority may make grants, as funds are available, to any port formed under ORS chapter 777 or 778 for
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(a) A planning project conducted under ORS 285A.627 or any other planning project necessary for improving the port’s capability to carry out its authorized functions and activities relating to trade and commerce; or (b) A marketing project necessary for improving the port’s capab…
ORS 285A.660 Funding priorities; port strategic business plans; rules. (1) The Oregon Infrastructure Finance Authority shall develop marketing grant funding priorities considering such factors as community need and whether the project will lead to economic diversification, development of a new or emerging industry and redevelopment of existing public facilities. The authority shall give priority to regional or cooperative projects, and projects that leverage other marketing efforts by the state or other local government units
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(2) The authority shall review all proposals to avoid duplication of marketing efforts among ports, and to maintain consistency with the applicable county or city comprehensive plans. (3) Ports shall develop and maintain strategic business plans before obtaining funding. A strate…
ORS 285A.663 [Formerly 285.863; repealed by 1999 c.509 §61]
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(Oregon Port Revolving Fund)
ORS 285A.666 Definitions for ORS 285A.666 to 285A.732. As used in ORS 285A.666 to 285A.732, unless the context requires otherwise
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(1) “Flexible manufacturing space project” means a project for the acquisition, construction, improvement or rehabilitation, in whole or in part, of any building suitable for the conduct of manufacturing processes and, by design, able to be readily modified when necessary to acco…
ORS 285A.669 Application for project money. Any Oregon port district may file with the Oregon Infrastructure Finance Authority an application to borrow money from the Oregon Port Revolving Fund for a project as provided in ORS 285A.666 to 285A.732. The application shall be filed in such a manner and contain or be accompanied by such information as the authority may prescribe. [Formerly 285.873; 2001 c.883 §9; 2009 c.830 §38]
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ORS 285A.672 Review of application. (1) Upon receipt of an application filed as provided in ORS 285A.669, the Oregon Infrastructure Finance Authority shall determine whether the plans and specifications for the proposed project set forth in or accompanying the application are satisfactory
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(2) If the authority determines that the plans and specifications are not satisfactory, the authority may: (a) Reject the application. (b) Require the applicant to submit additional information of the plans and specifications as may be necessary. [Formerly 285.875; 2001 c.883 §10…
ORS 285A.675 Private contract for project not prohibited. Nothing in ORS 285A.666 to 285A.732 is intended to prevent an applicant from employing a private engineering firm and construction firm to perform the engineering and construction work on a proposed project. [Formerly 285.880; 2001 c.883 §11]
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ORS 285A.678 Qualifications for approval of project funding. The Oregon Infrastructure Finance Authority may approve a project proposed in an application filed as provided in ORS 285A.669, if, after investigation, the authority finds that
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(1) The proposed project is feasible and a reasonable risk from practical and economic standpoints, and the loan has reasonable prospect of repayment. (2) Moneys in the Oregon Port Revolving Fund are or will be available for the proposed project. (3) There is a need for the propo…
ORS 285A.681 Loan from fund; contract terms; repayment plan; rules. (1) If the Oregon Infrastructure Finance Authority approves the project, the authority, on behalf of the state, and the applicant may enter into a loan contract that is secured by good and sufficient collateral
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(2) A loan contract entered into pursuant to this section shall set forth, among other matters: (a) A plan for repayment by the applicant to the Oregon Port Revolving Fund of moneys borrowed from the fund for the project and interest on the moneys at a rate of interest determined…
ORS 285A.684 Payment from fund upon loan approval. If the Oregon Infrastructure Finance Authority approves a loan for a project, the authority shall pay moneys for the project from the Oregon Port Revolving Fund, in accordance with the terms of the loan contract as prescribed by the authority. [Formerly 285.887; 2001 c.883 §14; 2009 c.830 §42]
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ORS 285A.687 Filing of lien against port; notice of satisfaction. (1) If the Oregon Infrastructure Finance Authority accepts a lien against any port district’s real or personal property as collateral required by ORS 285A.681, the authority shall file notice of the loan with the recording officer of each county in which is situated any real or personal property of the port district. The notice shall contain a description of the encumbered property, the amount of the loan, and a statement that loan payments are liens against such property
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(2) Upon payment of all amounts loaned to a port district pursuant to ORS 285A.666 to 285A.732, the authority shall file with each recording officer referred to in subsection (1) of this section a satisfaction notice that indicates repayment of the loan. [Formerly 285.890; 2009 c…
ORS 285A.690 Powers to enforce loan agreement. (1) The Oregon Business Development Department may institute proceedings to foreclose any lien for delinquent loan payments
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(2) If a port district fails to comply with a contract entered into pursuant to ORS 285A.681, the department may seek appropriate legal remedies to secure the loan, and may contract with any port project developer for continuation of the project and for repayment of moneys from t…
ORS 285A.693 Sources of loan repayment moneys. A port district that enters into a contract with the Oregon Infrastructure Finance Authority for a project and repayment as provided in ORS 285A.681 may obtain moneys for repayment to the Oregon Port Revolving Fund under the contract in the same manner as other moneys are obtained for purposes of the port district or other moneys available to the developer. [Formerly 285.895; 2001 c.883 §16; 2009 c.830 §45]
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ORS 285A.696 Duties of director. The Oregon Business Development Commission may appoint the Director of the Oregon Business Development Department as their representative and agent in all matters pertaining to ORS 285A.666 to 285A.732. The director shall ensure that all provisions of ORS 285A.666 to 285A.732 are complied with and that appropriately trained personnel are employed pursuant to ORS 285A.070 to properly administer the fiscal and other portions of ORS 285A.666 to 285A.732. [Formerly 285.905; 2009 c.830 §45a]
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ORS 285A.699 Reimbursement to port revolving fund upon refinancing of project. Except as provided in ORS 285A.702, if any project is refinanced or financial assistance is obtained from other sources after the execution of the loan from the state, all such funds shall be used to repay the state first if such refinancing or financial assistance applies only to the project authorized and does not include any subsequent addition, expansion, improvement or further development. [Formerly 285.907; 2001 c.883 §17]
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ORS 285A.702 Funds for joint projects or match money; form of application. (1) The Oregon Infrastructure Finance Authority may authorize funds from the Oregon Port Revolving Fund to be used in appropriate joint governmental participation projects or as match money with any port, state or federally funded project authorized within a port district, subject to the stipulations of ORS 285A.666 to 285A.732
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(2) Any application for a loan under this section shall be in such form as the authority prescribes and shall furnish such proof of federal, state or local approval as appropriate for funding of the project. [Formerly 285.910; 2001 c.883 §18; 2003 c.773 §14; 2009 c.830 §46]
ORS 285A.705 Loan contract. If the Oregon Infrastructure Finance Authority approves an application for the loan of moneys authorized by ORS 285A.702, the authority shall enter into a loan contract, secured by good and sufficient collateral, with the port district that provides, among other matters
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(1) That a notice of any lien against the property be filed with the recording officer of each county as provided for in ORS 285A.687 (1) and (2). (2) That the loan bear interest at the same rate of interest as determined under ORS 285A.681 (2)(a). (3) That the loan term may not …
ORS 285A.708 Oregon Port Revolving Fund; uses; debt limit. (1) There is created within the State Treasury a revolving fund known as the Oregon Port Revolving Fund, separate and distinct from the General Fund. Interest earned by the Oregon Port Revolving Fund shall be credited to the fund. Moneys in this fund are continuously appropriated to the Oregon Business Development Department for the Oregon Infrastructure Finance Authority for the following purposes
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(a) Administrative expenses of the authority in processing applications and investigating proposed projects. (b) Payment of loans to port districts pursuant to ORS 285A.666 to 285A.732. (c) Administrative expenses of the authority relating to ports. In any one year, administrativ…
ORS 285A.709 Transfers to Port Planning and Marketing Fund. (1) Notwithstanding ORS 285A.708 (1) and 285A.711, available moneys in the Oregon Port Revolving Fund that were accrued as repayments or net earned income of the fund may be transferred to the Port Planning and Marketing Fund created under ORS 285A.654
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(2) Notwithstanding ORS 285A.654 (1)(b), moneys transferred to the Port Planning and Marketing Fund under this section may be used for payments of grants under ORS 285A.654 to 285A.660 to ports formed under ORS 285A.603 to 285A.732 or ORS chapter 777 or 778. (3) In addition to an…
ORS 285A.711 Use of fund proceeds. All payments, receipts and interest from outstanding indebtedness shall be retained in the Oregon Port Revolving Fund and accumulated for new project disbursal, and repayment of funds allocated pursuant to section 25, chapter 838, Oregon Laws 1977. All interest earnings of the fund from whatever source shall be retained and accumulated in the Oregon Port Revolving Fund and shall be used for projects, and repayment of funds allocated pursuant to section 25, chapter 838, Oregon Laws 1977. [Formerly 285.920; 2001 c.883 §20]
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ORS 285A.714 [Formerly 285.923; repealed by 1999 c.509 §61]
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ORS 285A.717 [Formerly 285.927; repealed by 1999 c.509 §61]
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ORS 285A.720 [Formerly 285.930; repealed by 1999 c.509 §61]
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ORS 285A.723 [Formerly 285.933; repealed by 1999 c.509 §61]
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ORS 285A.726 [Formerly 285.935; repealed by 1999 c.509 §61]
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