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Section 824.010 - Annual fees payable by railroads; audit. - (2) In each calendar year the percentage rate of the...
Section 824.014 - Railroad Fund; sources; use. - (2) All fees, penalties and other moneys collected by the...
Section 824.016 - State Rail Rehabilitation Fund; use. - (a) Acquisition of a railroad line. (b) Rehabilitation or improvement...
Section 824.018 - Grade Crossing Protection Account; use; limits. - (2) Moneys credited to the account may also be allocated...
Section 824.019 - Grade Crossing Safety Improvement Fund. - (2) Notwithstanding ORS 823.991, all civil penalties collected under ORS...
Section 824.020 - Definitions for ORS 824.020 to 824.042. - (1) "Class I railroad" has the meaning given that term...
Section 824.022 - Applicability of ORS 824.020 to 824.042, 824.050 to 824.110 and 824.200 to 824.256. - (a) The transportation of passengers and property. (b) The receiving,...
Section 824.026 - Railway inspectors required; powers and duties. - (a) Inquiring into any neglect or violation of and enforcing...
Section 824.030 - Annual report to department; penalty. - (2) Any railroad failing to make such report shall forfeit...
Section 824.040 - Government acquisition of lines; permitted actions. - (2) In the exercise of the power granted under subsection...
Section 824.045 - Department establishment of state safety oversight program for rail fixed guideway public transportation system; fee; rules. - (2) For purposes of 49 U.S.C. 5329(e), the department is...
Section 824.050 - Inspection of, recommendations on and orders concerning railroad equipment and facilities. - (2) This section does not apply to a penalty imposed...
Section 824.052 - Track clearances. - (1) May enter an order prescribing standard track clearances for...
Section 824.054 - Cooperation with federal agencies on matters of safety; disclosure of reports if required by federal law. - (2) The Department of Transportation may assume responsibility for and...
Section 824.056 - Walkway standards; rules; variances. - (2) The department may for good cause shown permit variances...
Section 824.058 - Track improvement and rehabilitation program. - (1) Identify segments of railroad track in this state that:...
Section 824.060 - First aid kits and fire extinguishers required on locomotives; temporary exemptions. - (2) All locomotives shall be equipped with fire extinguishers meeting...
Section 824.062 - Equipment required on track motor cars. - (a) An electric headlight of sufficient candle power to enable...
Section 824.064 - Self-propelled vehicles used in yards or terminals. - (2) As used in subsection (1) of this section, "railroad"...
Section 824.066 - Helper unit operation restrictions. - (2) As used in this section, "helper unit" means a...
Section 824.068 - Water quality standards for locomotives. - (2) The department may for good cause shown permit variances...
Section 824.082 - Notice of movement of hazardous materials; confidentiality of notice information. - (2) Except to the extent that the Department of Transportation...
Section 824.086 - Designation of hazardous materials and notice requirements; rules. - (1) What material and quantity thereof the transportation of which...
Section 824.088 - Notifying Oregon Department of Emergency Management of reportable incident, derailments and fires; radio gear. - (2) As soon as reasonably practicable, each railroad shall notify...
Section 824.090 - Department of Transportation to set standards for safe transportation of hazardous wastes; rules; civil penalty. - (2) The authority granted under this section: (a) Is in...
Section 824.100 - Definitions for ORS 824.102 to 824.110. - (1) "Caboose" means any car or coach used on a...
Section 824.200 - Definitions for 824.200 to 824.256. - (1) "High speed rail system" means a fixed guideway passenger...
Section 824.204 - Authority to construct grade crossings; protective devices. - (2) Whenever any railroad company desires to cross any established...
Section 824.206 - Elimination, relocation or alteration of grade crossing; installation or alteration of protective devices. - (a) Eliminate a grade crossing by relocation of the highway;...
Section 824.208 - Authority to fix speeds and regulate sounding of train warning devices at crossings. - (2) Upon petition of any public authority in interest or...
Section 824.212 - Specifications for construction and maintenance of crossings; application of specifications; priorities; compliance. - (2) Specifications for separate crossings adopted under subsection (1) of...
Section 824.214 - Procedure to obtain permission for crossings; rules. - (2) The department may adopt rules to govern the procedure,...
Section 824.216 - Procedure to compel compliance with orders. - (2) The circuit court has power in case of all...
Section 824.222 - Authority over duration that grade crossing may be blocked; penalty. - (2)(a) Upon petition of the public authority in interest, or...
Section 824.223 - Authority to regulate distance from grade crossing at which railroad may stop or park equipment; penalty. - (2)(a) Upon petition of the public authority in interest, or...
Section 824.224 - When stop signs are to be installed by railroad; exemption; grade crossing alteration, relocation or closure. - (2) The Department of Transportation shall, after hearing, unless hearing...
Section 824.226 - Dangerous grade crossings; notice; hearing; order to install protective devices; apportioning of cost. - (2) If upon such hearing it appears to the satisfaction...
Section 824.228 - Procedure for determining mode of track crossing of intersecting railroads. - (2) The department shall also determine the compensation to be...
Section 824.230 - Installation of protective devices where railroads intersect at grade. - (2) The department in making such order shall designate the...
Section 824.236 - Protective devices at unauthorized railroad-highway crossing; apportionment to railroad; reimbursement; closure. - (2) The department may not order the railroad to install...
Section 824.238 - Division of costs between railroad and public authority. - (1) That portion of the cost of any alteration or...
Section 824.240 - Payment when public highway involved. - (2) Any public authority in interest acting through its governing...
Section 824.242 - Apportionment of costs for installation of protective devices. - (1) At an existing crossing, a crossing relocated pursuant to...
Section 824.244 - Apportionment of costs for maintenance of protective devices. - (1) One hundred percent to the railroad company for devices...
Section 824.248 - Apportionments for crossings above or below grade. - (1) At existing crossings above or below grade: 10 percent...
Section 824.250 - Apportionment when federal funds available. - (1) Apportion the amount of such federal funds to payment...
Section 824.252 - Procedure when disagreement as to apportionment exists. - (a) The necessity for the project; (b) The approval of...
Section 824.254 - Reimbursement procedure for railroad and public authority. - (2) The department may make such audit as the department...
Section 824.304 - Guarding frogs, switches and guardrails. - (2) Any person owning or operating a railroad in this...
Section 824.306 - Shelter of car repairers. - (2) This section does not apply at points where fewer...
Section 824.308 - Railroads to provide first aid training for employees. - (2) Railroads shall bear all costs incurred for the first...
Section 824.400 - Passenger rail plan. - (a) A marketing strategy. (b) Strategies for boosting ridership. (c)...
Section 824.410 - Quarterly report to Legislative Assembly. - Note: See note under 824.400.
Section 824.420 - Cascades Rail Corridor. - (a) Develop a plan to document the shared vision, goals...
Section 824.430 - Annual report to Legislative Assembly. - Before January 1 of each odd-numbered year, the Department of...
Section 824.990 - Civil penalties. - (a) Every person who violates or who procures, aids or...
Section 824.992 - Criminal penalties. - (2) Violation of ORS 824.064 is a Class A misdemeanor....