Chapter 777 — Chapter 777
241 sections in this chapter.
ORS 777.860 [1977 c.838 §8; 1979 c.800 §2; 1985 c.773 §1; 1989 c.645 §2; 1989 c.908 §70; 1991 c.483 §2; renumbered 285.885 in 1991]
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ORS 777.862 [1977 c.838 §9; 1989 c.908 §71; renumbered 285.887 in 1991]
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ORS 777.864 [1977 c.838 §10; 1989 c.908 §72; renumbered 285.890 in 1991]
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ORS 777.866 [1977 c.838 §11; 1989 c.908 §73; renumbered 285.893 in 1991]
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ORS 777.868 [1977 c.838 §12; 1989 c.908 §74; renumbered 285.895 in 1991]
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ORS 777.870 [1977 c.838 §14; 1989 c.908 §75; renumbered 285.897 in 1991]
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ORS 777.872 [1977 c.838 §15; 1989 c.908 §76; renumbered 285.900 in 1991]
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ORS 777.874 [1977 c.838 §21; 1989 c.908 §77; renumbered 285.903 in 1991]
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ORS 777.876 [1977 c.838 §27; 1989 c.908 §78; renumbered 285.905 in 1991]
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ORS 777.878 [1977 c.838 §16; renumbered 285.907 in 1991]
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ORS 777.880 [1977 c.838 §17; 1979 c.800 §3; 1989 c.908 §79; renumbered 285.910 in 1991]
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ORS 777.882 [1977 c.838 §18; 1989 c.645 §3; 1989 c.908 §80; renumbered 285.913 in 1991]
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ORS 777.884 [1977 c.838 §§20,24; 1979 c.416 §6; 1985 c.773 §5; 1989 c.908 §81; renumbered 285.915 in 1991]
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ORS 777.886 [1977 c.838 §22; 1981 c.653 §6; 1989 c.908 §82; renumbered 285.917 in 1991]
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ORS 777.888 [1977 c.838 §23; renumbered 285.920 in 1991]
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ORS 777.890 [1977 c.838 §1; renumbered 777.910]
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ORS 777.892 [1981 c.532 §2; 1989 c.908 §83; renumbered 285.923 in 1991]
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ORS 777.894 [1981 c.532 §3; 1989 c.908 §84; renumbered 285.925 in 1991]
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ORS 777.896 [1981 c.532 §4; renumbered 285.927 in 1991]
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ORS 777.898 [1981 c.532 §5; renumbered 285.930 in 1991]
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ORS 777.900 [1981 c.532 §6; renumbered 285.933 in 1991]
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ORS 777.902 [1981 c.532 §7; renumbered 285.935 in 1991]
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ORS 777.904 [1981 c.532 §8; renumbered 285.940 in 1991]
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ORS 777.910 [Formerly 777.890; renumbered 285.943 in 1991]
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OREGON INTERNATIONAL PORT OF COOS BAY
ORS 777.915 Definitions for ORS 777.915 to 777.953. As used in ORS 777.915 to 777.953, unless the context requires otherwise
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(1) “Board” means the board of commissioners of the Oregon International Port of Coos Bay. (2) “Coos Bay rail link” means a railroad right-of-way, including spur lines, appurtenances, facilities and related property within the railroad right-of-way, that connects the station of D…
ORS 777.917 Oregon International Port of Coos Bay; applicability of statutes. (1) The Port of Coos Bay is hereby renamed the Oregon International Port of Coos Bay
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(2) Notwithstanding ORS 777.135 to 777.165, 777.410 and 777.415, ORS 777.915 to 777.953 apply to the Oregon International Port of Coos Bay. [1987 c.565 §§2a,3]
ORS 777.920 Board of port commissioners; powers. (1) The power and authority given to the Oregon International Port of Coos Bay is vested in and shall be exercised by a board of five commissioners. The board may exercise such powers, at regular or special meetings, as is usual and customary with similar bodies
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(2) The port may own, operate, repair and maintain the Coos Bay rail link. [1987 c.565 §4; 2011 c.437 §2]
ORS 777.923 Qualifications of port commissioners. (1) The board shall be composed of electors registered in the port
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(2) A person is eligible for appointment as a commissioner of the port who at the time of the appointment is a citizen of the United States and of the State of Oregon, and who has for one year immediately preceding appointment resided within the port. [1987 c.565 §5]
ORS 777.925 Appointment of port commissioners; term; vacancies. (1) Upon the expiration of the term of a commissioner, a successor shall be appointed by the Governor, subject to confirmation as provided by ORS 171.562 and 171.565. Except as provided in ORS 777.927 and 777.930, appointees, when confirmed, shall hold office for a term of four years and until their respective successors have been appointed, confirmed and qualified
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(2) If a vacancy occurs by death, resignation or disqualification of a commissioner, the vacancy shall be filled by appointment by the Governor for the unexpired term subject to confirmation as provided by subsection (1) of this section. [1987 c.565 §6]
ORS 777.927 Removal of port commissioner for malfeasance; statement of charges; notice; court hearing. If the Governor is at any time satisfied that a commissioner has been guilty of malfeasance in office, the Governor may file with the Secretary of State a written statement of the acts of the commissioner constituting the malfeasance. Thereupon the Secretary of State shall transmit a copy of the statement to the commissioner named and another copy to the clerk of the Circuit Court for Marion County. After the expiration of 10 days following the delivery of the statement to the commissioner a hearing shall be held before the court, of which hearing the commissioner is entitled to at least five days’ notice. If upon the hearing the court determines that the commissioner has been guilty of malfeasance in office, written findings to that effect shall be made and filed by the court. Thereupon the commissioner shall be considered removed from office. The vacancy so created shall be filled as provided in ORS 777.925. [1987 c.565 §7]
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ORS 777.930 Removal of port commissioner for lack of attendance; authorized leave of absence. (1) If a commissioner appointed under ORS 777.925 fails, without being excused by the remaining members of the board, to attend for a period of 60 days any of the regular or special meetings of the board regularly and duly called and held, that commissioner may be removed from office by the Governor
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(2) The board may grant a leave of absence not exceeding three months to a commissioner unable to attend meetings of the board by reason of illness or continued absence from the Oregon International Port of Coos Bay. [1987 c.565 §10]
ORS 777.933 Board meetings; rules; executive committee. (1) The board shall hold at least one regular meeting in each month on a day to be fixed by it, and may hold special meetings as provided by the rules of the board. At all regular and special meetings a majority of the commissioners then members of the board constitutes a quorum
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(2) The board may create an executive committee of which every commissioner shall be a member and of which a number less than a majority, as the board may determine, may constitute a quorum for the transaction of business. The committee may hold its meetings under such rules as t…
ORS 777.935 Board officers. (1) The Governor shall designate one member of the board as president of the board, who shall hold that office until removed from it by the Governor. The president of the board shall have the powers and perform the duties usual to the office of president
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(2) The president of the board shall designate from the other members of the board a vice president, treasurer and secretary of the board, who shall hold those offices until removed from them by the president. Each officer shall have the powers and perform the duties usual to the…
ORS 777.937 Board to report to Legislative Assembly. The board shall report to the Legislative Assembly of this state, biennially, everything done or performed by the board under this chapter. [1987 c.565 §11]
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ORS 777.940 Power to issue general obligation bonds; limitation; dedication of revenues; use of proceeds. (1) For the purpose of carrying into effect any of the powers granted to the port, the port has the power to borrow money and to sell and dispose of bonds which shall constitute a general obligation of the port and be secured by the port’s full faith and credit. Such bonds outstanding at one time shall never exceed in the aggregate one and three-fourths percent of the real market value of all taxable property within the limits of the port, computed in accordance with ORS 308.207. The bonds shall be secured by the taxing power of the port as provided in ORS 777.430 (2). In addition, the port may provide that the bonds shall be payable from and secured by a lien and pledge of all or any part of the revenues derived by the port from the facilities constructed from the proceeds of the bonds
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(2) The port may provide for the creation of special trust funds and may authorize the appointment of a trustee to administer the same and may obligate itself to set aside and pay into a special trust fund any revenues pledged to the payment of the bonds. The port may establish a…
ORS 777.943 Issuance of bonds. Bonds authorized by ORS 777.940 shall be issued as prescribed in ORS chapter 287A. [1987 c.565 §13; 1997 c.171 §25; 2007 c.783 §228]
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ORS 777.945 Certain uses of bond proceeds prohibited in absence of elector approval. Bonds shall not be issued by the port to provide funds for the establishment or operation of surface ship and air lines or for the payment of bonuses to either such line or lines without the approval of the electors of the port expressed at an election called and held within the port at which such question is submitted. [1987 c.565 §14]
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ORS 777.947 Limitation on annual issuance and aggregate amount of bonds in absence of elector approval. (1) The total amount of general obligation bonds issued in any calendar year by the port without the approval of the electors of the port shall not exceed $500,000
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(2) The aggregate outstanding principal amount of general obligation bonds issued by the port without the approval of the electors of the port shall not at any time exceed $1.5 million. (3) Nothing in this section applies to refunding bonds. [1987 c.565 §15]
ORS 777.950 Certain uses of proceeds of bonds issued without elector approval prohibited. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, proceeds from the sale of bonds issued by the port without the approval of the electors of the port under ORS 777.947, except for refunding bonds, shall be used only for construction, maintenance and repair of facilities and works necessary for industrial development within the port, construction, maintenance and repair of docks, piers, wharves, dredge and spoil sites and navigation aids and as matching moneys for state and federal grants for the purposes described in this section. [1987 c.565 §16]
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ORS 777.953 Annexation; authority; procedure; effect. (1) The board, on its own motion, may initiate a proposal for annexation to the Oregon International Port of Coos Bay of territory that is not within the boundaries of another port organized under this chapter. Annexed territory may be either wholly or partially within or outside the same county in which the Oregon International Port of Coos Bay is located. However, if the territory proposed to be annexed is outside Coos County, the territory must be situated entirely within the watershed of the Coos River and its tributaries. The proposal for annexation shall be made in a resolution adopted by the board
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(2) After adoption of a resolution proposing annexation of the territory described in subsection (1) of this section to the port, the board shall fix a day for a public hearing before the board at which time the electors of the port and of the affected territory may appear and be…
ORS 777.990 Penalties. (1) Failure by a port treasurer, or county treasurer charged with the duties provided by ORS 777.515, to comply with the requirements of that section for a period of 10 days is a Class A violation
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(2) Subject to ORS 153.022, any person violating a regulation adopted by a port board under ORS 777.120 or 777.190 commits a Class A misdemeanor. [Amended by 1971 c.728 §102; 1999 c.1051 §226; 2011 c.597 §95] _______________