Oregon Revised Statutes

Or. Rev. Stat. § 198.510 (2026)

Definitions for ORS 198.510 to 198.600

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198.510 Definitions for ORS 198.510 to 198.600. As used in ORS 198.510 to 198.600, unless the context requires otherwise:

(1) “County” means the county in which the district, or the greater portion of the assessed value of the district, is located.

(2) “County board” means the board of county commissioners or the county court of the county.

(3) “County clerk” means the county clerk of the county.

(4) “District” has the meaning given that term in ORS 198.010 (2), (4), (5), (11), (12), (14), (16), (17), (19), (20) to (23), (25) to (28). In addition, “district” means any one of the following:

(a) A county service district organized under ORS chapter 451.

(b) The Port of Portland established by ORS 778.010.

(5) “District board” means the governing body of a district and the term includes a county board that is in the governing body of a district.

(6) “Presiding officer” means the chairperson, president or other person performing the office of presiding officer of the district board.

(7) “Principal Act” means the law, other than ORS 198.510 to 198.600, applicable to a district. [1971 c.268 §2; 2007 c.179 §5; 2007 c.562 §22b; 2009 c.584 §22; 2015 c.544 §17; 2015 c.560 §12; 2019 c.621 §30]

198.520 [1971 c.268 §1; 1975 c.782 §48b; 1977 c.756 §3; 1981 c.226 §20; repealed by 2007 c.179 §9]

Notes of Decisions

Cited in 3 cases, 1992–2004 · leading case: Haynes v. Tri-Cnty. Metro. Transp., 103 P.3d 101 (Or. 2004).

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Haynes v. Tri-Cnty. Metro. Transp., 103 P.3d 101 (Or. 2004). “As a mass transit district, TriMet may enact ordinances under ORS 198.510 to 198.600, such as the TriMet Code.”

Comeaux v. Water Wonderland Improvement Dist., 12 Or. Tax 132 (Or. T.C. 1992). “410), ordinances and regulations (ORS 198.510), or formation and changes in organization (ORS 198.”

Haynes v. Tri-Cnty. Metro. Transp. Dist., 103 P.3d 101 (Or. 2004). “The Tri-Met Code provides that it "is adopted as the codification of permanent and general provisions enacted in ordinance form by the Tri-County Metropolitan Transportation District of Oregon (Tri-Met) * * *.”

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