Title 31, Highways, Roads, Bridges and Ferries

The Department of Transportation may from time to time destroy copies of vouchers which have ceased to possess any record value or serve any purpose and which have been in the files and custody of the department for a period of at least 10 years.

(1) In accordance with ORS 374.329, the Department of Transportation shall transfer jurisdiction of the following state highways to the following cities: (a) Pacific Highway West, State Highway 99, from the department to the City of Eugene. The department shall transfer the follo…

When a new roadside rest area is established adjacent to or within the right of way of a state highway, or when rest room facilities are constructed in an existing roadside rest area adjacent to or within the right of way of a state highway, a separate rest room facility for pers…

(1) If a roadside rest area adjacent to or within the right of way of a state highway does not have a separate rest room facility for persons with disabilities of both sexes, a person with a disability and a person of the opposite sex who is accompanying a person with a disabilit…

(1) The Department of Transportation shall establish by rule a permit program allowing nonprofit organizations to provide free coffee or other nonalcoholic beverages and cookies at roadside rest areas managed by the department. Cookies offered under the program must come from a l…

The Oregon Transportation Commission may adopt rules governing health and safety in roadside rest areas and scenic overlooks under the jurisdiction of the Department of Transportation. [2009 c.99 §2] STATE HIGHWAY FUND

(1) The State Highway Fund shall consist of: (a) All moneys and revenues derived under and by virtue of the sale of bonds, the sale of which is authorized by law and the proceeds thereof to be dedicated to highway purposes. (b) All moneys and revenues accruing from the licensing …

(1) Once every two years, the Oregon Department of Administrative Services shall conduct a highway cost allocation study. The purpose of the study is to determine: (a) The proportionate share that the users of each class of vehicle should pay for the costs of maintenance, operati…

The Department of Transportation shall use an amount equal to the amount of moneys in the State Highway Fund that becomes available for its use from the increase in tax rates created by the amendments to ORS 319.020, 319.530, 825.476 and 825.480 by sections 1, 2 and 10 to 15, cha…

(1) The Legislative Assembly finds that: (a) Estimated highway, road and street revenues from current sources will not adequately meet the need for continued development of a statewide road and bridge system that is economically efficient, provides accessibility to and from comme…

All state officials charged with the collection of highway funds shall, upon the first of each month after collection, unless a different time is otherwise provided, turn the same over to the State Treasurer, who shall enter such revenues in the account of the highway fund. [Amen…

(1) The Department of Transportation shall collect all registration fees for campers, motor homes and travel trailers. Such fees shall be paid into the State Parks and Recreation Department Fund. (2) As used in this section: (a) “Camper” has the meaning given that term in ORS 801…

(1) Out of the funds received by the Department of Transportation or by any county or city from the State Highway Fund reasonable amounts shall be expended as necessary to provide footpaths and bicycle trails, including curb cuts or ramps as part of the project. Footpaths and bic…

The Department of Transportation may incur obligations to be paid from the State Highway Fund for the construction, reconstruction, improvement, repair or maintenance of highways, streets and bridges in excess of the amount then standing to the credit of the State Highway Fund if…

The Department of Transportation shall determine the accounting period for which any expenditures shall be charged against the State Highway Fund. The department may charge such expenditures against the State Highway Fund at the time the expenditures are actually paid even though…

The Department of Transportation shall submit a biennial statement and budget estimate as required by law, and shall limit its expenditures from the State Highway Fund during each biennial period to the total amount of the budget approved according to law; provided, that the word…

The expenses incurred in any proceeding by the Department of Transportation under ORS 368.201 to 368.221, when applied to state highways, shall be paid out of the highway fund. [Amended by 1981 c.153 §62]

It hereby is declared to be the policy and intent of the Legislative Assembly that the total appropriations out of the State Highway Fund made by it for the payment of expenses incurred by the Legislative Assembly by and through its interim committee during any biennium shall be …

(1) The Transportation Project Account is created in the State Highway Fund. Moneys in the account are continuously appropriated to the Department of Transportation for the purpose of making allocations described in ORS 367.617 and for the purpose of paying bond debt service on H…

As used in ORS 366.550 to 366.553, “Historic Columbia River Highway” means all parts of the original Columbia River Highway, constructed between 1913 and 1922, in Multnomah, Hood River and Wasco Counties, that have been designated as a “Historic and Scenic Highway” under ORS 377.…

The Legislative Assembly declares that it is the public policy of the State of Oregon to preserve and restore the continuity and historic integrity of the remaining segments of the Historic Columbia River Highway for public use and enjoyment and in furtherance thereof: (1) To reu…

(1) The Department of Transportation and the State Parks and Recreation Department shall prepare and manage a historic road program, in consultation with the Historic Columbia River Highway Advisory Committee and other affected entities, consistent with the purposes of the Columb…

(1) There is created in the Department of Transportation an advisory committee to advise the Director of Transportation and the Oregon Transportation Commission on policy matters pertaining to the preservation and restoration of the Historic Columbia River Highway. The committee …

The State of Oregon assents to the Act of July 11, 1916, 39 Stat. 355, entitled “An act to provide that the United States shall aid the states in the construction of rural post roads, and for other purposes,” or Acts supplementary thereto, and accepts the provisions and benefits …

The Department of Transportation may enter into all contracts and agreements with the federal government relating to the survey, construction, improvement and maintenance of roads and highways, including county roads and city streets, submit such scheme or program of construction…

For the construction or improvement and maintenance of rural post roads or such other roads, highways and streets as may be eligible for federal aid funds, the good faith of the state is pledged to make available funds which alone, or combined with funds made or to be made availa…

The Department of Transportation may use, allocate or in any manner employ for the purpose of matching any sum of money made available to the state by the federal government for road or highway purposes any moneys credited to the highway fund, regardless of the source from which …

For the purpose of providing funds to match funds made available to the state by the federal government for highway purposes and for the matching of which federal funds there are no highway funds immediately available, the Department of Transportation may borrow money as provided…

The Department of Transportation or officers having control of the state highways shall enter into such contracts, appoint such officers and do any other act or thing necessary to fully meet the requirements of the federal government and the officers acting under the federal stat…

The Department of Transportation or officers having control of the state highways shall, out of the money received in the highway funds each year from any and all sources, first set aside, if deemed necessary or expedient, a sufficient amount to comply with the terms of the Feder…

(1) Where state or county roads are to be surveyed or constructed under the supervision of the federal government with the aid of state or county funds, or both, the State Treasurer or county treasurer, or both, may advance to the federal government, in the manner provided in thi…

(1) The Department of Transportation may enter into a cooperative agreement with any one or more cities, counties, road districts or other municipalities of the state for the construction, reconstruction, improvement, repair or maintenance of any state highway, and provide for an…

(1) The Legislative Assembly declares that it is the public policy of the State of Oregon to promote cooperation between the Department of Transportation and counties on road maintenance projects when it results in an overall benefit to the public. Monetary savings that result fr…

The Department of Transportation may enter into an agreement with any county, city, town or road district for the construction, reconstruction, improvement, repair or maintenance of any road, highway or street, upon terms and conditions mutually agreed to by the contracting parti…

(1) The Department of Transportation and local governments shall consider the importance of farm-to-market roads when making highway funding decisions. (2) As used in this section, “farm-to-market road” means a rural or urban road, street or highway that is used to move agricultu…

Except as otherwise provided in ORS 366.744, the taxes collected under ORS 319.020, 319.530, 803.090, 803.420, 818.225, 825.476 and 825.480 and the special use fuel license fees collected under ORS 319.535, minus $71.2 million per biennium, shall be allocated 24.38 percent to cou…

Each biennium, any portion of the $71.2 million referred to in ORS 366.739 that remains after deducting an amount equal to total debt service payments payable on outstanding Highway User Tax Bonds described in ORS 367.620 (2) shall be allocated 50 percent to the Department of Tra…

(1) The following moneys shall be allocated as provided in subsection (2) of this section: (a) The amount attributable to the increase in title fees by the amendments to ORS 803.090 by section 1, chapter 618, Oregon Laws 2003; (b) The amount attributable to the increase in regist…

(1) The following moneys shall be allocated as described in subsection (2) of this section: (a) The amount attributable to the increase in the inspection fee by the amendments to ORS 803.215 by section 47, chapter 618, Oregon Laws 2003. (b) The amount attributable to any increase…

(1) Each year the Department of Transportation shall determine the increase in the number of vehicle registrations and titles that is attributable to ORS 803.565 and the increase in the number of trip permits issued under ORS 803.600 that is attributable to the amendments to ORS …

(1) The following moneys shall be allocated as described in subsections (2) and (3) of this section: (a) The amount attributable to the fee increases by the amendments to ORS 803.090 by section 42, chapter 865, Oregon Laws 2009. (b) The amount attributable to the fee increases by…

There shall be and hereby are appropriated out of the highway fund annually such sums of money established under ORS 366.739 out of all moneys credited to the State Highway Fund by the State Treasurer between July 1 of any year and June 30 of the following year that are subject t…

The sum designated in ORS 366.762 shall be remitted by warrant to the county treasurers of the several counties. The remittance in any year shall be in proportion of the number of vehicles, trailers, semitrailers, pole trailers and pole or pipe trailers registered in each county,…

The appropriation made by ORS 366.762 shall be remitted to the counties on a monthly basis within 35 days after the end of the month for which a distribution is made in an amount determined in ORS 366.739 and 366.762 and credited to the highway fund for such remittance. [Formerly…

Upon satisfactory showing before the Department of Transportation by any county that the county does not have sufficient funds with which to pay, when due, bonded indebtedness incurred for highway purposes, the department may certify to such fact. Pursuant to the certificate, a w…

(1) Not later than July 31 in each calendar year, the sum of $5,500,000 shall be withdrawn from the appropriation specified in ORS 366.762 and the sum of $250,000 shall be withdrawn from moneys available to the Department of Transportation from the State Highway Fund. The sums wi…

(1) Moneys paid to counties under ORS 366.762 to 366.768 shall be used only for the purposes stated in sections 3 and 3a, Article IX of the Oregon Constitution, and the statutes enacted pursuant thereto including ORS 366.514. (2) Counties receiving moneys under ORS 366.762 to 366…

As used in ORS 366.785 to 366.820, unless the context requires otherwise: (1) “Year” means a calendar year. (2) “City” means only cities of this state which are regularly operating as such through elected governmental officers. (3) “Population” means population as given in the la…

(1) Moneys paid to cities under ORS 366.785 to 366.820 shall be used only for the purposes stated in sections 3 and 3a, Article IX of the Oregon Constitution and the statutes enacted pursuant thereto including ORS 366.514. (2) Cities receiving moneys under ORS 366.785 to 366.820 …

There shall be and hereby are appropriated out of the highway fund annually such sums of money established under ORS 366.739 out of all moneys credited to the highway fund by the State Treasurer between July 1 of any year and June 30 of the following year that are subject to the …