Title 31, Highways, Roads, Bridges and Ferries

The authority conferred by ORS 381.005 to 381.020 is cumulative and in addition and supplemental to the authority conferred by any other law.

The Department of Transportation in the name of the state may construct, reconstruct, purchase, rent, lease or otherwise acquire, improve, operate and maintain bridges over the Snake River into the State of Idaho, and may acquire any real property necessary for any such bridge, t…

For the purpose of carrying out or putting into effect the right, power and authority granted by ORS 381.096 or any other law, the Department of Transportation in the name of the state may make and enter into agreements with: (1) The Government of the United States or any of its …

(1) A request for proposals or an invitation to bid issued in accordance with the provisions of ORS 381.096 or 381.098 at a minimum must: (a) Require the proposer or bidder to comply with the requirements of ORS chapters 279A, 279B and 279C and other applicable laws related to en…

Each county, city, town or port of this state adjoining or bordering on any interstate river or stream of water may: (1) Construct, reconstruct, purchase, rent, lease or otherwise acquire, improve, operate and maintain bridges over any interstate river or stream of water to any a…

For the purpose of carrying out or putting into effect the right, power and authority granted by ORS 381.205 to 381.314 or any other law, each of the public bodies or agencies mentioned in ORS 381.205 may make and enter into any agreements with: (1) The Government of the United S…

In carrying out ORS 381.205 to 381.314, each of the counties, cities, towns or ports mentioned in ORS 381.205 may act independent of or in conjunction with each other upon such terms and conditions as may be agreed upon by the contracting parties.

Any agreement made or contract entered into pursuant to the authority of ORS 381.205 to 381.314 shall, among other things, contain express provisions with respect to: (1) The site of the bridges. (2) The maximum financial obligation assumed by each of the contracting parties. (3)…

Any county, city, town or port mentioned in ORS 381.205 may pay out of its respective funds or any other funds available to any of them, all or any part of the cost of the construction, reconstruction, purchase, maintenance, operation or repair of any bridge authorized by ORS 381…

Whenever any county undertakes the construction or acquisition of an interstate bridge or ferry pursuant to ORS 381.205 to 381.314, the county court or board of county commissioners may employ and pay reasonable compensation to attorneys, including the district attorney of the co…

The construction, purchase, acquisition, operation or maintenance of any bridge or of its approaches authorized by ORS 381.205 to 381.314 may be financed in whole or in part through the issuance and sale of revenue bonds. As security for the payment of the bonds, the total or any…

Revenue bonds mentioned in ORS 381.230: (1) Shall be made to mature at such times and bear such annual rate of interest, payable semiannually, as the authority issuing them may determine. (2) May have coupons attached representing the interest payments. (3) Shall contain a recita…

(1) Any county, city, town or port mentioned in ORS 381.205, heretofore or hereafter issuing its revenue bonds under ORS 381.205 to 381.314, may thereafter issue and sell its refunding revenue bonds for the purpose of refinancing and redeeming such outstanding revenue bonds at ma…

All revenue bonds and refunding revenue bonds issued under ORS 381.205 to 381.314 shall be negotiable instruments under the law merchant, notwithstanding they shall be payable solely from the revenues pledged for that purpose. None of such bonds shall be deemed a charge upon the …

Any and all of the counties, cities, towns or ports mentioned in ORS 381.205, independently or in conjunction with each other, may incur indebtedness and issue negotiable bonds therefor in order to obtain funds for the whole or any part of the cost of the construction, reconstruc…

If any bridge constructed, purchased or otherwise acquired under ORS 381.205 to 381.314 is operated as a toll bridge, and the revenues or any part thereof derived as a result of the tolls and charges collected have been pledged and revenue bonds issued, in fixing and determining …

In carrying out ORS 381.205 to 381.314 each of the counties, cities, towns or ports mentioned in ORS 381.205 may: (1) Accept from the United States or any of its agencies such funds as are available for any of the purposes contemplated by ORS 381.205 to 381.314, and enter into su…

The parties contracting for the construction of any bridges under ORS 381.205 to 381.314 shall select and agree upon sites, but no such bridge shall be constructed unless it connects or provision is made for connection with a state and federal highway in this state and any state …

Before any bridge is constructed by any of the counties, cities, towns or ports mentioned in ORS 381.205, the authorities desiring to construct the same shall select the location of the bridge and prepare the plans and specifications and the estimated cost of the structure, inclu…

(1) Preparation of the specifications and designs of any bridge constructed under ORS 381.205 to 381.314 may give consideration to and include provisions for facilities and accommodations for traffic by rail as well as for traffic by motor vehicle, team, bicycle, pedestrian or ot…

Competitive bids shall be invited for the construction of any bridge mentioned in ORS 381.260 in conformity with the plans, specifications and design. The call for bids shall require that each bidder accompany the bid with a certified check or a bidder’s bond or an irrevocable le…

All contracts made and entered into for the construction, purchase, acquisition, reconstruction, improvement or repair of any bridge mentioned in ORS 381.205 shall be made in the name of the authority authorizing performance of the work.

There shall be required, in connection with all contracts mentioned in ORS 381.275 and involving the employment of labor and materials, a satisfactory bond in a sum not less than 50 percent of the total amount of the contract. The bond: (1) Shall be conditioned upon the faithful …

Any county, city, town or port mentioned in ORS 381.205 may exercise the power of eminent domain to carry out any of the provisions of ORS 381.205 to 381.314 in accordance with the procedure provided in ORS chapter 35. [Amended by 1971 c.741 §28]

Any bridge constructed, purchased or otherwise acquired and operated under ORS 381.205 to 381.314 may be operated free to the public or on toll. If operated on toll, the revenues therefrom may be pledged as provided in ORS 381.230.

The connecting road and approaches to any bridges mentioned in ORS 381.205, on the Oregon side of the interstate river, together with the bridge to the center of the channel of the river, shall be part of the Oregon state highway system and shall be so declared and designated by …

In the event that any county, city, town or port mentioned in ORS 381.205 has purchased or acquired or agreed to purchase or acquire any ferry which is being operated in carrying passengers and freight over and across any interstate river or stream at or in proximity to the site …

(1) Whenever any county, city, town or port mentioned in ORS 381.205, heretofore or hereafter determines through its governing authority to construct a bridge under ORS 381.205 to 381.314, it may, as a part of the cost of the bridge, include and acquire any then existing and oper…

The authority conferred by ORS 381.205 to 381.300 is in addition and supplemental to the authority conferred by any other law.

(1) As used in this section and ORS 381.312: (a) “Bridge” means an existing bridge, or a completed bridge that results from a bridge project, and any related facilities. (b) “Bridge project” means a project to construct, reconstruct or replace a bridge that spans the Columbia Riv…

(1) The Port of Hood River, or any private entity or unit of government that the port designates to operate a bridge in an agreement the port enters into under ORS 381.205 to 381.314, may establish, collect or alter a reasonable toll, administrative fee or civil penalty in connec…

(1) The Port of Hood River may sell or otherwise transfer ownership of a bridge or bridge project that the port owns if, in an agreement for the sale or transfer, the port provides that: (a) The sale or transfer is subject to an easement in favor of public use for the duration of…

As used in ORS 381.405 to 381.520: (1) “Construct” includes repair, maintain, improve or other words of similar meaning. (2) “Construction” includes repair, maintenance, improvement or other words of similar meaning. (3) “County court” means the county court of the county in whic…

Bridges over rivers and bodies of water forming interstate boundaries are permanent roads and include approaches and viaducts leading thereto.

For the purposes of ORS 381.405 to 381.520 the right, power and authority of the state to construct bridges, viaducts and roadways over navigable streams and the beds thereof or upon any state lands is granted and given to all counties.

Counties may borrow money for the purpose of constructing interstate bridges and issue bonds to evidence such indebtedness.

(1) This section establishes the procedure for determining whether a county shall issue bonds for the construction of an interstate bridge under ORS 381.420. The question shall be decided by election. The county court: (a) May order the election on its own resolution; or (b) Shal…

The county court is created a bonding committee of the county. The judge of the county court or chairperson of the board of county commissioners shall be chairperson and the county clerk shall be secretary of the bonding committee.

If the electors of the county approve the issuance of bonds, the bonding committee shall arrange to issue and sell the bonds. The bonding committee may arrange the form, details and sale of the bonds in a manner consistent with ORS 381.405 to 381.520. [Amended by 1983 c.350 §249]

(1) The bonds mentioned in ORS 381.420 shall: (a) Be in denominations of $100 or more, but not exceeding $1,000. (b) Run not to exceed 30 years from the date of issuance. (c) Bear interest at a rate not to exceed six percent per year, payable on January 1 and July 1. (d) Have int…

The county treasurer shall keep a register of all the bonds issued or sold under ORS 381.405 to 381.520, noting therein the number of bonds, amount, date of issuance, date of sale and such facts as in the judgment of the county treasurer serve to keep an accurate record of the bo…

(1) The bonding committee shall advertise in one newspaper in the county, if there is one, in one leading newspaper in Portland, Oregon, and in one leading financial newspaper in New York City for two weeks before any sale of bonds, the fact of the sale, inviting bids for the bon…

The proceeds of all the bonds sold under ORS 381.405 to 381.520 shall be paid into the county treasury and shall go into a special bridge fund. Such proceeds shall be disbursed for the purposes for which the bonds are issued.

The county court shall, at the time of making the annual tax levy upon the previous year’s assessment, levy a tax on all the taxable property in the county sufficient to pay the outstanding bonds at maturity and the interest on all outstanding bonds for the current year. The proc…

Incorporated cities may construct, maintain and operate toll bridges over rivers and bodies of water forming interstate boundaries, and for such purpose may borrow money and issue and sell bridge bonds to evidence such indebtedness.

(1) This section establishes the procedure for determining whether a city shall issue bonds for the construction of an interstate bridge under ORS 381.605. The question shall be decided by election. The city council: (a) May order the election on its own resolution; or (b) Shall …