Oregon Statutes - Chapter 267 - Mass Transit Districts; Transportation Districts

• 267.001   Authority of certain mass transit and transportation districts to impose vehicle registration fees.
  Subject to ORS 801.040, 801.041, 801.042, 801.237 and 803.445, for the purpose of exercising any power the district, as defined in ORS 801.237, is authorized...
• 267.010   Definitions for ORS 267.010 to 267.390.
  As used in ORS 267.010 to 267.390, unless the context requires otherwise: (1) “District” means a mass transit district established under ORS 267.010 to 267.390....
• 267.020   Transfer of transit system to metropolitan service district; effect of transfer order.
  When a metropolitan service district organized under ORS chapter 268 functions in a mass transit district organized under ORS 267.010 to 267.390, the governing body...
• 267.030   Use of alternative fuels for certain district vehicles; exceptions; annual report; application to all district vehicles.
  (1) To the maximum extent possible, motor vehicles subject to the control of a district shall use alternative fuel for operation. (2) To the extent...
• 267.080   Creation of district; district jurisdiction.
  As provided by ORS 267.010 to 267.390, a mass transit district may be created in any standard metropolitan statistical area for the purpose of providing...
• 267.085   Resolution to form district; content; filing.
  (1) In addition to and not in lieu of other actions authorized for the initiation of proceedings to form a mass transit district, the governing...
• 267.090   Directors; appointment; term; vacancies; Governor to fix time of first meeting.
  Except as provided in ORS 267.112: (1) Board members of a mass transit district may not be elected at the time of formation, but if...
• 267.095   Terms of directors first appointed.
  Except as provided in ORS 267.112: (1) Notwithstanding ORS 267.090, the terms of three of the directors of the first board of a district expire...
• 267.097   Governor to solicit recommendations for director in standard metropolitan statistical area with population over 400,000.
  Before appointing a director to the board of a district situated in a standard metropolitan statistical area with a population exceeding 400,000, the Governor shall...
• 267.100   [1969 c.643 §2; 1977 c.347 §3; 1979 c.877 §3; renumbered 267.080]
• 267.105   [1969 c.643 §3; 1971 c.727 §95; renumbered 267.085]
• 267.107   Resolution to create certain districts; contents.
  Notwithstanding ORS 267.085: (1) The governing body of the most populous city in a standard metropolitan statistical area may by resolution propose creation of a...
• 267.108   Director election and district formation election under ORS 267.107 held at same time; designation of subdistricts.
  (1) Notwithstanding the provisions of ORS 198.810 (3), the county governing body shall order an election within the proposed district for approval or disapproval by...
• 267.109   Costs of election under ORS 267.107.
  The expenses incurred for the election held under ORS 267.080, 267.107, 267.112 and this section shall be paid by: (1) The district, if the resolution...
• 267.110   [1969 c.643 §4; 1971 c.727 §96; 1975 c.142 §1; 1975 c.632 §3; 1977 c.728 §1; 1981 c.496 §1; renumbered 267.090]
• 267.112   Directors for districts formed under ORS 267.107; terms; vacancies; compensation and expenses.
  (1) If formation of a district is initiated by resolution adopted and filed in accordance with ORS 267.107, upon the submitting of a formation order...
• 267.114   Minimum area of district.
  The territorial boundaries of a mass transit district whose formation was initiated under ORS 267.107 shall include, as a minimum area, all of the territory...
• 267.115   [1969 c.643 §5; 1975 c.632 §4; renumbered 267.095]
• 267.120   Officers of board; terms; oath.
  (1) The board shall choose from among its members, by majority vote of the members, a president, vice president, treasurer and secretary, to serve for...
• 267.125   Meetings of board; quorum.
  The district board shall hold regular monthly meetings at a time and place fixed by the rules of the board. Special meetings may be held...
• 267.130   Additional compensation prohibited.
  No officer or employee of the district shall offer, solicit or accept money or any other thing of value as a consideration, in addition to...
• 267.135   General manager; qualifications; term; removal.
  (1) The board shall appoint a general manager on the basis of the qualifications of the general manager with special reference to the actual experience...
• 267.140   Duties of general manager.
  A general manager of a district shall: (1) Have full charge of the acquisition, construction, maintenance and operation of the transit system of the district....
• 267.145   General manager’s attendance at board meetings; pro tempore manager.
  (1) The general manager shall attend the meetings of the board and may participate in its deliberations, but has no vote. (2) The board may...
• 267.150   Ordinances; regulating use of facilities; public hearings; route, schedule changes.
  (1) The legislative authority of a district board shall be exercised by ordinance. (2) The board may enact police ordinances relating to the protection, use...
• 267.155   [1969 c.643 §19; repealed by 1971 c.268 §24]
• 267.160   [1969 c.643 §36; repealed by 1971 c.268 §24]
• 267.165   [1969 c.643 §18(2), (3); repealed by 1971 c.268 §24]
• 267.170   Initiative and referendum.
  (1) The electors of a district may exercise the powers of the initiative and referendum with reference to legislation of the district, in accordance with...
• 267.200   Existence, status and general powers of districts.
  A mass transit district shall constitute a municipal corporation of this state, and a public body, corporate and politic, exercising public power. It shall be...
• 267.203   Authority to enter into transaction for electricity or diesel fuel.
  (1) A mass transit district may enter into transactions with persons or entities for the supply or delivery of electricity or diesel fuel on an...
• 267.205   Classification and designation of service areas; determination of area financing.
  (1) A district board may by ordinance classify and designate as a service area the territory within the district that is benefited by the mass...
• 267.207   Change of district boundaries; elector approval; withdrawal of service from area; territorial jurisdiction of district; boundary commission exemption.
  (1) The board of directors of a mass transit district may alter the territorial boundaries of the district by a nonemergency ordinance adopted at any...
• 267.208   Effective date of change of boundaries; filing boundary change with county assessor and Department of Revenue.
  (1) An alteration of the boundaries of a district under ORS 267.207 or 267.250 to 267.263 shall not become effective during the period: (a) Beginning...
• 267.210   Preparation of general plan for mass transit system; content; revision.
  (1) A district shall, within a reasonable time after formation, prepare a broad, general plan for a mass transit system for the district. The plan...
• 267.215   [1969 c.643 §§9,21; repealed by 1975 c.771 §33]
• 267.218   Feasibility reports and public bidding not required for construction and improvement projects costing less than $50,000.
  A district may plan and let contracts for and carry through to completion construction and improvement projects costing less than $50,000 without feasibility reports, publication...
• 267.220   [1969 c.643 §22; repealed by 1975 c.771 §33]
• 267.225   Intergovernmental agreements; condemnation of authority; joint occupancy.
  (1) A mass transit district may cooperate with or enter into agreements with any city, county, port or state agency having jurisdiction or control over...
• 267.227   Relationship with Oregon Mass Transportation Financing Authority.
  A mass transit district may enter into contracts, leases, subleases and agreements with the Oregon Mass Transportation Financing Authority. The obligation of a district to...
• 267.230   Exemption from public utility or railroad regulation.
  (1) Except as provided in ORS 824.045 and subsection (2) of this section, a transit system operated by a district, including the rates and charges...
• 267.235   Protection of employees’ rights when an operating transportation system is acquired.
  When the district acquires an operating public transportation system, it shall make fair and equitable arrangements to protect the interests of employees and retired employees...
• 267.237   Criminal records check; fitness determinations; rules regarding dissemination.
  (1) As used in this section: (a) “District” means a mass transit district organized under ORS 267.010 to 267.390 or a transportation district organized under...
• 267.240   Accessibility of facilities and equipment to elderly and persons who have disabilities.
  (1) In carrying out its duties under ORS 267.200, the district shall provide, for persons who are elderly or have disabilities, a program of transportation...
• 267.245   District exempt from right of way fencing requirements.
  The provisions of ORS 608.310 shall not apply in respect to property operated by a mass transit district as part of a mass transit system....
• 267.250   Definitions for ORS 267.250 to 267.263.
  As used in ORS 267.250 to 267.263: (1) “Affected area” means a contiguous area of not less than one square mile in which 200 or...
• 267.253   Petition for withdrawal from district; filing period; number of signatures; contents of petition.
  (1) If the electors of an affected area wish to withdraw from a district, they may file a petition for withdrawal with the district board...
• 267.255   Hearing on petition; notice.
  (1) When a county clerk to whom a petition is submitted under ORS 267.253 certifies that the petition contains the number of valid signatures required...
• 267.257   Study of area proposed to be withdrawn; approval or denial of withdrawal; judicial review.
  (1) After receiving certification by a county clerk under ORS 267.255 of a petition for withdrawal filed under ORS 267.253, the district board shall conduct...
• 267.260   Withdrawal ordinance; effective date; adjustment in district tax rate as result of withdrawal.
  (1) As used in this section, “withdrawal date” means the effective date of an ordinance approving withdrawal of an affected area under ORS 267.250 to...
• 267.263   Withdrawal of territory not subject to boundary commission review.
  The alteration of the boundaries of a district under ORS 267.250 to 267.263 is not subject to the jurisdiction or review of a local government...
• 267.265   Use of moneys derived from withdrawal of territory from district.
  The savings derived from the cessation of service under an ordinance adopted under ORS 267.257 shall be used to improve service in the remaining portions...
• 267.300   Authority of district to finance system.
  (1) Subject to restrictions in the Oregon Constitution, a district board may finance construction, acquisition, purchase, lease, operation and maintenance of a mass transit system...
• 267.302   Restrictions on financing for districts formed under ORS 267.107.
  If a mass transit district was initiated by a resolution pursuant to ORS 267.107, the district shall not use any method of financing under ORS...
• 267.305   Levy, collection, enforcement of ad valorem taxes.
  (1) A district may assess, levy and collect taxes each year on the assessed value of all taxable property within the limits of the district...
• 267.310   Revolving fund; authority to levy ad valorem taxes for fund.
  For the purpose of establishing a revolving fund to provide money to finance the planning and construction, acquisition, purchase or lease of a mass transit...
• 267.320   User charges, fees and tolls; persons over 65.
  (1) Except as otherwise provided in this section, to carry out the powers granted by ORS 267.010 to 267.390, the district board may by ordinance...
• 267.325   Lease purchase agreements.
  For the purpose of financing the design, engineering, acquisition, construction and installation of any mass transit system, a district may enter into lease purchase agreements...
• 267.330   General obligation bonds; conditions; interest rate; payment of principal and interest; pledge of net revenue.
  (1) To carry out any of the powers granted by ORS 267.010 to 267.390, a district, when authorized at any properly called election held for...
• 267.334   Electoral approval for issuance of general obligation bonds by Tri-Met to fund extension of light rail.
  (1) If the line extending Tri-Met’s regional light rail system north from Clackamas County, Oregon, is not part of a phased project that will serve...
• 267.335   Authority to issue revenue bonds; interest-bearing warrants.
  (1) In addition to the authority to issue general obligation bonds, after a vote of the people, a district may issue and sell revenue bonds...
• 267.340   Refunding bonds.
  Refunding bonds of the same character and tenor as those replaced thereby may be issued pursuant to a resolution adopted by the district board without...
• 267.345   Issuance of bonds.
  All general obligation and revenue bonds, including refunding bonds, issued under ORS 267.330 to 267.345 shall be issued as prescribed in ORS chapter 287A. [1969...
• 267.360   Business, trade, occupational and professional licenses and fees; exceptions.
  To carry out any of the powers granted by ORS 267.010 to 267.390, a district may by ordinance raise revenue by licensing and imposing a...
• 267.370   District taxing authority.
  (1) To carry out any of the powers granted by ORS 267.010 to 267.390, a district may by ordinance impose a tax: (a) Upon the...
• 267.380   Definitions for ORS 267.380 and 267.385.
  (1) As used in ORS 267.380 and 267.385, unless the context requires otherwise: (a) “Employer” means: (A) A person who is in such relation to...
• 267.385   Employer payroll tax; collection; enforcement.
  (1) To carry out the powers granted by ORS 267.010 to 267.390, a district may by ordinance impose an excise tax on every employer equal...
• 267.390   Acceptance of funds from United States.
  The district may: (1) Accept, without limitation by any other provision of ORS 267.010 to 267.390 requiring approval of indebtedness, any contributions or loans from...
• 267.395   [1969 c.643 §38; repealed by 1971 c.647 §149]
• 267.400   Authority to issue short-term obligations; conditions.
  (1) A district may borrow moneys by issuing notes, warrants or other obligations: (a) In anticipation of taxes or other revenues, including but not limited...
• 267.410   Certain districts authorized to impose employer payroll tax on state agencies and political subdivisions.
  ORS 267.300, 267.380 and 267.410 to 267.430 apply only to a mass transit district situated in a standard metropolitan statistical area with a population exceeding...
• 267.420   Employer payroll tax on State of Oregon and political subdivisions; requirements for tax ordinance.
  (1) Any ordinance imposing an employer payroll tax on an entity described in ORS 267.380 (1)(a)(C) shall be adopted not less than six months prior...
• 267.430   Certain state agencies exempt from employer payroll tax.
  ORS 267.300, 267.380, 267.410 to 267.430 do not apply to entities described in ORS 267.380 (1)(a)(C) that made, and that continue to make, payments under...
• 267.510   Definitions for ORS 267.510 to 267.650.
  As used in ORS 267.510 to 267.650: (1) “District” means a transportation district established under ORS 267.510 to 267.650. (2) “System” means the equipment, facilities...
• 267.515   Application of ORS chapter 255 to district.
  (1) ORS chapter 255 governs the following: (a) The nomination and election of board members. (b) The conduct of district elections. (2) The electors of...
• 267.517   Use of alternative fuels for certain district vehicles; exceptions; annual report; application to all district vehicles.
  (1) To the maximum extent possible, motor vehicles subject to the control of a transportation district established under ORS 267.510 to 267.650 having a city...
• 267.520   Method of forming district.
  (1) In addition to initiatory action authorized by ORS 198.705 to 198.955, proceedings to establish a district may be initiated by a resolution adopted by...
• 267.530   Establishment of permanent tax rate limit at time of formation.
  If a district is to impose operating taxes, a permanent rate limit on operating taxes within the meaning of section 11 (3), Article XI of...
• 267.540   Governing body; term; vacancies; chairperson; rules of procedure; report to legislature.
  (1) The governing body of a district shall consist of seven members elected from the district at large for four-year terms. Vacancies shall be filled...
• 267.550   Status of district.
  (1) A transportation district has full power to carry out the objectives of its formation and to that end may have and use a seal,...
• 267.560   General powers.
  A transportation district may provide public transportation and terminal facilities for public transportation including local aspects thereof transferred to the district by one or more...
• 267.570   Powers relating to public transportation.
  (1) For purposes of public transportation, a district may: (a) Contract with the United States or with any county, city or state, or any of...
• 267.575   Preparation of public transit system plan; contents; revision.
  (1) A district shall, within a reasonable time after formation, prepare a broad, general plan for a public transit system for the district. The plan...
• 267.580   Employees.
  The governing body of a district may employ whatever administrative, clerical, technical and other assistance is necessary for the proper functioning of the district, on...
• 267.590   Interagency agreements.
  A district may contract with any public or private agency for the agency to operate any facility or perform any function that the district is...
• 267.600   [1974 c.9 §3; repealed by 1983 c.350 §331a]
• 267.610   Exemption from public utility regulation.
  Transportation facilities operated by a district, including the rates and charges made by the district and the equipment operated by the district, and transportation facilities...
• 267.615   Financing methods.
  (1) For the purpose of performing any of the powers conferred by ORS 267.510 to 267.650, a transportation district may use any of the following...
• 267.620   Power to levy taxes.
  (1) A district may levy annually an ad valorem tax on all taxable property within its boundaries not to exceed in any one year one-half...
• 267.622   Filing boundary change with county assessor and Department of Revenue.
  For purposes of ad valorem taxation, a boundary change must be filed in final approved form with the county assessor and the Department of Revenue...
• 267.630   Issuance and sale of bonds.
  (1) For the purpose of performing any service that the district has power to perform, the district, when authorized at any properly called election held...
• 267.640   Refunding bonds.
  Refunding bonds of the same character and tenor as those replaced thereby may be issued pursuant to a resolution adopted by the district governing body...
• 267.650   Finance elections.
  Elections for the purpose of voting on the question of borrowing funds by issuance and sale of general obligation bonds or revenue bonds shall be...
• 267.990   Penalties.
  Any person violating a police ordinance of a mass transit district is guilty of a misdemeanor and upon conviction shall be punished by a fine...

Last modified: August 7, 2008