Oregon Revised Statutes

Or. Rev. Stat. § 225.480 (2026)

City liability; application of moneys; use of eminent domain prohibited

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225.480 City liability; application of moneys; use of eminent domain prohibited. (1) In carrying out the powers granted in ORS 225.470, a city of this state shall be liable only for its own acts with regard to the planning, financing, construction, acquisition, operation, ownership or maintenance of common facilities. No moneys or other contributions supplied by a city of this state for the planning, financing, construction, acquisition, operation or maintenance of common facilities shall be credited or applied otherwise to the account of any other participant in the common facilities.

(2) A city shall not exercise its power of eminent domain to acquire a then existing thermal power plant or any part thereof. [1967 c.603 §5]

Notes of Decisions

Cited in 2 cases, 1969–1984 · leading case: DeFazio v. Washington Pub. Power Supply Sys., 679 P.2d 1316 (Or. 1984).

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DeFazio v. Washington Pub. Power Supply Sys., 679 P.2d 1316 (Or. 1984). · cites it 8× “ORS 225.480, ORS 261.250. Each may "furnish money and provide property" and sell revenue bonds "pledging revenues of its electric system and its interest or share of the revenues derived from the common facilities .”

Miles v. City of Eugene, 451 P.2d 59 (Or. 1969). “ORS 225.480 provides that cities are liable only for their own acts and that no money supplied by the cities shall be credited to the account of any other participant in a venture of this kind.”

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