Section 824.410 – Quarterly report to Legislative Assembly.
The Department of Transportation shall submit a quarterly report on the performance of passenger rail to the interim committees of the Legislative Assembly related to transportation in the manner provided under ORS 192.245. The report must include a summary of the number of passengers utilizing passenger rail and on-time performance for the previous quarter. [2015 […]
Section 824.420 – Cascades Rail Corridor.
(1) The Department of Transportation may enter into agreements with the Washington State Department of Transportation and the British Columbia Ministry of Transportation and Infrastructure to: (a) Develop a plan to document the shared vision, goals and objectives for passenger rail service within the Cascades Rail Corridor. (b) Develop a plan to achieve performance goals, […]
Section 824.430 – Annual report to Legislative Assembly.
Before January 1 of each odd-numbered year, the Department of Transportation shall report to the Legislative Assembly in the manner provided in ORS 192.245 about the following: (1) The status of agreements with the Washington State Department of Transportation and the British Columbia Ministry of Transportation and Infrastructure regarding the Cascades Rail Corridor. (2) The […]
Section 824.990 – Civil penalties.
(1) In addition to all other penalties provided by law: (a) Every person who violates or who procures, aids or abets in the violation of ORS 824.060 (1), 824.084, 824.088, 824.304 (1) or 824.306 (1) or any order, rule or decision of the Department of Transportation shall incur a civil penalty of not more than […]
Section 824.992 – Criminal penalties.
(1) Violation of ORS 824.062 is a Class D violation. (2) Violation of ORS 824.064 is a Class A misdemeanor. (3) Violation of ORS 824.082 (1), 824.084 or 824.088 by a railroad is a Class A violation. (4) Violation of ORS 824.082 (2) is a Class A violation. (5) As used in subsection (3) of […]
Section 824.222 – Authority over duration that grade crossing may be blocked; penalty.
(1) The power to fix and regulate the length of time a public railroad-highway grade crossing may be blocked by railroad equipment is vested exclusively in the state. (2)(a) Upon petition of the public authority in interest, or of any railroad or upon the Department of Transportation’s own motion, the department shall, after due investigation […]
Section 824.223 – Authority to regulate distance from grade crossing at which railroad may stop or park equipment; penalty.
(1) The power to regulate the distance from a public railroad-highway grade crossing at which a railroad may stop or park equipment is vested exclusively in the state. (2)(a) Upon petition of the public authority in interest, or of any railroad or upon the Department of Transportation’s own motion, the department shall, after due investigation […]
Section 824.224 – When stop signs are to be installed by railroad; exemption; grade crossing alteration, relocation or closure.
(1) At every farm or private grade crossing of a railroad where no automatic grade crossing protective device is installed, the railroad shall cause to be installed and maintained, as a means of protecting the crossing, one or more stop signs. (2) The Department of Transportation shall, after hearing, unless hearing is not required under […]
Section 824.226 – Dangerous grade crossings; notice; hearing; order to install protective devices; apportioning of cost.
(1) The Department of Transportation on its own motion may, or upon application by the common council or mayor of any city, or any county judge or county commissioner or county roadmaster, or by five or more residents and taxpayers in any city, county or road district to the effect that a public highway and […]
Section 824.228 – Procedure for determining mode of track crossing of intersecting railroads.
(1) Whenever it becomes necessary for the track of one railroad to cross the track of another railroad, the Department of Transportation shall ascertain and define either on the application of a railroad or on its own motion and after notice to the affected railroads, in the manner provided for contested cases in ORS chapter […]