Section 772.105 – Authority to appropriate.
(1) When it is necessary or convenient in the location of any railway to appropriate any part of any public road, street, alley or public grounds not within the corporate limits of a municipal corporation, the county court of the county wherein such road, street, alley or public grounds is located, may agree with the […]
Section 772.205 – Definitions for ORS 772.210 and 772.215.
As used in ORS 772.210 and 772.215, unless the context requires otherwise: (1) “Electrical cooperative association” means a cooperative association which is subject to a tax on gross revenue derived from the use or operation of transmission and distribution lines pursuant to ORS 308.805 to 308.820. (2) “Public utility” has the meaning given that term […]
Section 772.210 – Right of entry and condemnation of lands for construction of service facilities.
(1) Any public utility, electrical cooperative association or transmission company may: (a) Enter upon lands within this state in the manner provided by ORS 35.220 for the purpose of examining, locating and surveying the line thereof and also other lands necessary and convenient for the purpose of construction of service facilities, doing no unnecessary damage […]
Section 772.010 – Right of entry for survey of proposed right of way; notice required.
(1) A corporation organized for the construction of a railway, sewer or canal or of any ditch or flume for the conducting of water for irrigation or domestic purposes, or for the purpose of selling water to the public for general purposes for public use, or for conducting potable or waste water by means of […]
Section 772.215 – Appropriation of public lands.
When it is necessary or convenient, in the location of any poles or lines mentioned in ORS 772.210, to appropriate any part of any public road, street, alley or public grounds not within the corporate limits of any municipal corporation, the county court or board of county commissioners of the county within which such road, […]
Section 772.015 – Condemnation of lands for rights of way and necessary facilities.
Any corporation mentioned in ORS 772.010 may condemn so much land as may be necessary for the lines of such railway, sewer, canal, ditch, flume or pipeline, not exceeding 100 feet in width, besides a sufficient quantity of land for toolhouses, workshops, materials for construction, timber excepted, and a right through such adjacent land to […]
Section 772.020 – Condemnation of additional land for railway purposes.
(1) Any railway corporation mentioned in ORS 772.010 may condemn a sufficient quantity of land in addition to that specified in ORS 772.015, for necessary sidetracks, spur tracks and laterals reasonably necessary for manufacturing establishments, also for depot and water stations, cuttings and embankments, and for the proper construction, security and convenient operation of its […]
Section 772.025 – Approval of railroad crossing, intersection or connection.
(1) Whenever any railroad corporation, authorized by ORS 772.020 to condemn the right to cross or connect with any other right of way or constructed line of railroad, is unable to agree with the owner of the line which it desires to cross, it may apply to the Department of Transportation in the manner provided […]
Section 772.030 – Condemnation of right of way through canyon or pass for joint use by railroads.
(1) Any railroad company whose right of way passes through any canyon, pass or defile shall not prevent any other railroad company from the use and occupancy of said canyon, pass or defile for the purpose of its railroad in common with the railroad first located. (2) Any railroad company authorized by law to condemn […]
Section 772.035 – Acquisition of water rights by corporations for canal, irrigation, domestic or stock purposes.
Any corporation organized in whole or in part for the construction of a canal for navigating or manufacturing purposes or of any ditch or flume for the purpose of conveying water for irrigating, domestic or stock purposes may condemn such waterways, water rights or privileges, or otherwise acquire established water rights or privileges, or those […]