Oregon · statute · Or. Rev. Stat. ch. 824 · 79 active provisions
(1) Subject to the provisions of subsections (3) and (4) of this section, each railroad shall pay to the Department of Transportation in each year, such fee as the department finds and determines to be necessary, with the amount of all other fees paid or payable to the department by such railroads in the current calend…
Every person who fails to pay any fees provided for in ORS 824.010 after they are due and payable shall, in addition to such fees, pay a penalty of two percent of such fees for each and every month or fraction thereof that they remain unpaid. If, in the judgment of the Department of Transportation, action is necessary…
(1) The Railroad Fund is established separate and distinct from the General Fund. Interest earned, if any, shall inure to the benefit of the Railroad Fund. (2) All fees, penalties and other moneys collected by the Department of Transportation under ORS 824.010 and 824.012 shall be paid by the department into the State…
(1) The State Rail Rehabilitation Fund is established as an account in the General Fund of the State Treasury. All moneys in the account are appropriated continuously to the Department of Transportation for expenditures for any or all of the following: (a) Acquisition of a railroad line. (b) Rehabilitation or improveme…
(1) There is established in the State Highway Fund an account to be known as the Grade Crossing Protection Account. There shall be credited to the account each fiscal year, from funds received by the State Highway Fund from the registration of vehicles and licensing of drivers under the Oregon Vehicle Code, the sum of…
(1) The Grade Crossing Safety Improvement Fund is established separate and distinct from the General Fund. Interest earned by the Grade Crossing Safety Improvement Fund shall be credited to the fund. (2) Notwithstanding ORS 823.991, all civil penalties collected under ORS 824.222 and 824.223 shall be paid by the Depart…
As used in ORS 824.020 to 824.042, unless the context requires otherwise: (1) “Class I railroad” has the meaning given that term in rules adopted by the Department of Transportation. The definition of “Class I railroad” in rules adopted by the Department of Transportation shall be consistent, insofar as practicable, wi…
(1) ORS 824.020 to 824.042, 824.050 to 824.110 and 824.200 to 824.256 apply to: (a) The transportation of passengers and property. (b) The receiving, delivering, switching, storing, elevation and transfer in transit, ventilation, refrigeration and handling of such property, and all charges connected therewith. (c) All…
If any railway company owning or operating a railway within this state desires to construct any branch line or side line, or to build an extension of the main line, its board of directors shall adopt a resolution defining the branch, side line or extension, and designating the termini thereof, and shall cause a copy of…
(1) The Department of Transportation shall employ at least three full-time railroad inspectors to assist the department as the department may prescribe in: (a) Inquiring into any neglect or violation of and enforcing any law of this state or any law or ordinance of any municipality thereof relating to railroad safety;…
(1) Every railroad shall annually, on or before May 1, unless additional time is granted, file with the Department of Transportation a report verified by a duly authorized officer, in such form and containing such information as the department shall prescribe, covering the year ending December 31 next preceding. (2) An…
(1) The State of Oregon, a city, county, county service district, mass transit district organized under ORS 267.010 to 267.394, a transportation district organized under ORS 267.510 to 267.650 or a port may acquire, own, reconstruct, rehabilitate, operate or maintain a railroad line for the benefit and use of its inhab…
The Department of Transportation shall participate before the appropriate federal agency in all contested railroad line abandonment proceedings involving the proposed abandonment of any railroad line in this state. Prior to such participation, the department shall consult with public entities and users of railroad serv…
(1) Subject to ORS 479.950, the Department of Transportation, by rule, shall establish a state safety oversight program that applies to all rail fixed guideway public transportation systems in Oregon that are not subject to regulation by the Federal Railroad Administration. (2) For purposes of 49 U.S.C. 5329(e), the de…
(1) Except as provided in subsection (2) of this section, the Department of Transportation shall examine and inspect the physical condition of all railroad facilities in the state, including roadbeds, stations and equipment. Whenever it appears from such inspection that the safety of the public or the employees of such…
The Department of Transportation, upon own motion or upon application of any person, and with or without hearing: (1) May enter an order prescribing standard track clearances for railroads. (2) Upon finding good cause, may enter an order granting authority for a railroad to operate at particular points with clearances…
(1) The Department of Transportation may cooperate with, make certifications to, and enter agreements with the Secretary of Transportation of the United States, or any other federal agency with jurisdiction over railroads, under the Federal Railroad Safety Act of 1970, as amended through the effective date of that Act.…
(1) The Department of Transportation, upon the department’s motion or upon application of any person, shall adopt rules that prescribe standards for walkways alongside railroad tracks where necessary for the safety of railroad employees. (2) The department may for good cause shown permit variances from the standards so…
The Department of Transportation may: (1) Identify segments of railroad track in this state that: (a) Are abandoned, threatened with abandonment or have physical characteristics that reduce freight service; and (b) Have the potential for providing renewed, continued or improved rail service that would benefit the state…
(1) Every locomotive of every railroad operating in this state shall be equipped with a first aid kit. (2) All locomotives shall be equipped with fire extinguishers meeting the following requirements: (a) Each locomotive shall have at least one portable fire extinguisher. (b) Fire extinguishers may be of a foam, dry ch…
(1) Every person operating or controlling any railroad which is a common carrier shall equip each of its track motor cars operating during the period 30 minutes before sunset and 30 minutes after sunrise with: (a) An electric headlight of sufficient candle power to enable the operator of the car to plainly discern any…
(1) No railroad shall permit or require an employee to use a self-propelled vehicle in its yards or terminals for inspecting trains, equipment or facilities or transporting employees or materials for the repair of trains, equipment or facilities, unless the vehicle is designed, constructed and operated in accordance wi…
(1) Except for operation in its yards or terminals, no railroad shall permit or require a helper unit that is not attached to a train to be operated with a crew of fewer than two people. (2) As used in this section, “helper unit” means a locomotive power unit placed near the middle of or at the rear of a train to help…
(1) The Department of Transportation shall prescribe standards for water quality on railroad locomotives in this state. (2) The department may for good cause shown permit variances from the standards so prescribed.
As used in ORS 824.082 to 824.090 “hazardous materials” means those substances designated by the Department of Transportation pursuant to ORS 824.086 (1).