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Or. Rev. Stat. § 267.080 (2026)

Creation of district; district jurisdiction

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      267.080 Creation of district; district jurisdiction. As provided by ORS 267.010 to 267.394, a mass transit district may be created in any metropolitan statistical area for the purpose of providing a mass transit system for the people of the district. Except as otherwise provided in ORS 267.107 (2)(c), the territorial jurisdiction of the district may include all territory within the geographic boundaries of every Oregon county in that metropolitan statistical area. [Formerly 267.100; 2009 c.11 §27]

 

(Formation – Procedure Used in Portland and Eugene)

Notes of Decisions
Cited in 4 cases, 1985–2018 · leading case: Tri-Cnty. Metro. Transp. Dist. of Or. (Trimet) v. Amalgamated Transit Union Local 757, 412 P.3d 162 (Or. 2018).
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Tri-Cnty. Metro. Transp. Dist. of Or. (Trimet) v. Amalgamated Transit Union Local 757, 412 P.3d 162 (Or. 2018). “ORS 267.080. All of TriMet's authority to act is conferred by law, including specifically the ability to "[e]nter into contracts and employ agents, engineers, attorneys and other persons and fix their compensation.”
Haynes v. Tri-Cnty. Metro. Transp., 103 P.3d 101 (Or. 2004). “” ORS 267.080. As a mass transit district, TriMet may enact ordinances under ORS 198.”
Nw. Nat. Gas Co. v. City of Portland, 711 P.2d 119 (Or. 1985). “” 11 ORS 267.080. Unlike the *314 utilities, Tri-Met does not occupy the streets at the sufferance of the city or by franchise or permit.”
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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