Title 31, Highways, Roads, Bridges and Ferries

The Legislative Assembly finds that: (1) The development, acquisition and construction of light rail systems and their attendant rights of way, equipment and facilities in the urban and metropolitan areas of the State of Oregon do and will accomplish the purpose of creating jobs …

(1) The Legislative Assembly finds that economic growth and livability depend on a solid transportation infrastructure to aid in the production and distribution of goods and services and the efficient movement of people. (2) The Legislative Assembly also finds that an efficient s…

(1) The Regional Light Rail Extension Construction Fund, separate and distinct from the General Fund, is established in the State Treasury. All moneys in the fund are appropriated continuously to the Department of Transportation for the purposes specified in this section. Interes…

(1) The Regional Light Rail Extension Bond Account is created as a separate and distinct subaccount in the Regional Light Rail Extension Construction Fund. In each fiscal year in which any amounts of principal or interest are due and payable on any revenue bonds issued under ORS …

(1) In each fiscal year beginning with the fiscal year commencing July 1, 1991, there is allocated, from the Administrative Services Economic Development Fund created by ORS 461.540, the amount of $8 million. However, commencing with the first fiscal year next following the fisca…

(1) In accordance with ORS chapter 286A, the State Treasurer, at the request of the Director of Transportation, shall issue revenue bonds from time to time in an aggregate amount not to exceed: (a) The principal sum of $115 million; (b) The costs incurred in connection with the i…

(1) The Department of Transportation and the Tri-County Metropolitan Transportation District shall jointly manage the construction phases of the Westside corridor light rail project. The final project management plans of the managing agencies shall provide that the district shall…

The Legislative Assembly of the State of Oregon hereby adopts and ratifies the Columbia River Light Rail Transit Compact set forth in ORS 391.306, and the provisions of the compact are hereby declared to be the law of this state upon such compact becoming effective as provided in…

The provisions of the Columbia River Light Rail Transit Compact are as follows: ______________________________________________________________________________ ARTICLE I Columbia River Light Rail Transit Authority Established The States of Oregon and Washington establish by way of…

(1) A mass transit district established under ORS 267.010 to 267.394, when operating under the authority or direction of the Columbia River Light Rail Transit Authority established under the Columbia River Light Rail Transit Compact ratified by ORS 391.301, retains all the rights…

(1) The Legislative Assembly of the State of Oregon finds and declares that: (a) It is in the public interest to provide methods of financing the costs of mass transit facilities; and (b) The method of financing provided in ORS 267.227 and 391.500 to 391.660 is in the public inte…

As used in ORS 267.227 and 391.500 to 391.660, unless the context otherwise requires: (1) “Acquire” or “acquisition” means the acquisition, by purchase, lease, gift, grant, devise, construction, installation, reconstruction, repair and alteration, and the equipment, improvement a…

The Oregon Mass Transportation Financing Authority is hereby created as a public instrumentality of the State of Oregon and the exercise by the authority of the powers conferred by ORS 267.227 and 391.500 to 391.660 is the performance of an essential public function. The authorit…

The members shall select a chairperson from among themselves and may select such other officers as they consider necessary. Any member may call a meeting of the board. A majority of the members of the Oregon Mass Transportation Financing Authority shall constitute a quorum for al…

The Oregon Mass Transportation Financing Authority may adopt and amend appropriate bylaws for the regulation of its affairs and the conduct of its business and may elect a secretary who need not be a member. The secretary shall perform such duties as the board shall designate and…

The Oregon Mass Transportation Financing Authority shall have the following powers together with all powers incidental thereto or necessary for the performance thereof: (1) To have perpetual succession as a public instrumentality of the State of Oregon; (2) To sue and be sued and…

Any lease of a mass transit facility entered into pursuant to the provisions of ORS 267.227 and 391.500 to 391.660 shall be for a term not shorter than the longest maturity of any bonds issued to finance such mass transit facility or a portion thereof and shall provide for income…

(1) Bonds may be issued as serial bonds or as term bonds or a combination of both types. The board may provide that such bonds: (a) May be executed and delivered by the Oregon Mass Transportation Financing Authority at any time and from time to time in such amounts including all …

The principal, interest and premiums, if any, on any bonds issued by the Oregon Mass Transportation Financing Authority shall be secured solely by a pledge of the income, revenues and receipts out of which the same shall be made payable and may also be secured by and payable out …

All bonds issued by the Oregon Mass Transportation Financing Authority under the provisions of ORS 267.227 and 391.500 to 391.660 shall not constitute a debt, liability or general obligation of this state, or a pledge of the faith and credit of this state, but shall be payable so…

(1) The income and, to the extent permitted by the Constitution, the property of the Oregon Mass Transportation Financing Authority shall be exempt from all taxation in the State of Oregon. For purposes of the Oregon Securities Law, bonds issued by the authority shall be deemed t…

(1) No transfer authorized by ORS 267.020 of a mass transit district system to a metropolitan service district shall take effect while bonds issued by the Oregon Mass Transportation Financing Authority to finance mass transit facilities for the district are outstanding until a pl…

All expenses of the Oregon Mass Transportation Financing Authority incurred in carrying out the provisions of ORS 267.227 and 391.500 to 391.660 shall be payable solely from funds provided under the authority of ORS 267.227 and 391.500 to 391.660. For the purposes of meeting the …

The Oregon Mass Transportation Financing Authority shall not convey its right, title and interest in mass transit facilities to any district, prior to the time the bonds secured thereby are fully paid, unless the authority has determined that adequate provision has been made for …

The Oregon Mass Transportation Financing Authority may invest any surplus moneys in investments permitted by ORS 294.035. [1977 c.662 §15]

The state and all counties, cities and other municipal corporations, all banking institutions and building and loan associations, savings and loan associations, investment companies, insurance companies and associations, and all personal representatives, guardians, trustees and o…

If any one or more sections or provisions of ORS 267.227 and 391.500 to 391.660, or the application thereof to any person or circumstance, shall ever be held by any court of competent jurisdiction to be invalid, the remaining provisions of ORS 267.227 and 391.500 to 391.660 and t…

ORS 267.227 and 391.500 to 391.660 may be referred to and cited as the “Oregon Mass Transportation Financing Act.” [1977 c.662 §1]