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Or. Rev. Stat. § 267.150 (2026)

Ordinances; regulating use of facilities; public hearings; route, schedule changes

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      267.150 Ordinances; regulating use of facilities; public hearings; route, schedule changes. (1) The legislative authority of a district board shall be exercised by ordinance.

      (2) The board may enact police ordinances relating to the protection, use and enjoyment of district property and facilities. A district may appoint peace officers who shall have the same authority as other peace officers, except that such authority shall be limited to the enforcement of police ordinances of the district and the enforcement, for purposes relating to the protection, use and enjoyment of district property and facilities, of state and local laws.

      (3) The board may, by ordinance, provide a procedure for the conduct of public hearings on proposed changes in transit routes and schedules. The board may delegate to the general manager or other administrative officer the authority to conduct such hearings.

      (4) An ordinance shall not be required for a mass transit district to adopt temporary or experimental changes in routes and schedules. [1969 c.643 §17; 1973 c.116 §2; 1975 c.392 §1]

Notes of Decisions
Cited in 4 cases, 1974–2011 · leading case: Doe v. Medford Sch. Dist. 549C, 221 P.3d 787 (Or. Ct. App. 2009).
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Doe v. Medford Sch. Dist. 549C, 221 P.3d 787 (Or. Ct. App. 2009). “260 (“the governing body of each of the cities shall enact an ordinance”); ORS 267.150(2) (“[t]he board may enact police ordinances”); ORS 368.”
Karuk Tribe v. Tri-Cnty. Metro. Transp. Dist., 251 P.3d 773 (Or. Ct. App. 2011). · cites it 2× “” By contrast, the district board is empowered by ORS 267.150 to exercise its “legislative authority * * * by ordinance,” including the power to “enact police ordinances relating to the protection, use and enjoyment of district property and facilities.”
Leppanen v. Lane Transit Dist., 45 P.3d 501 (Or. Ct. App. 2002). “200(2), and to enact ordinances relating to the use of that property, ORS 267.150. In the 1990s, LTD constructed the Downtown Eugene Station, a central boarding area located on a city block in downtown Eugene designed to move boarding activity away from public sidewalks.”
Brookes v. Tri-Cnty. Metro. Transp. Dist., 526 P.2d 590 (Or. Ct. App. 1974). “ORS 267.150 (1). Admittedly, the regulation in issue is not denominated an ordinance.”
— Or. Rev. Stat. § 267.150(2) — 1 case
Doe v. Medford Sch. Dist. 549C, 221 P.3d 787 (Or. Ct. App. 2009). “260 (“the governing body of each of the cities shall enact an ordinance”); ORS 267.150(2) (“[t]he board may enact police ordinances”); ORS 368.”
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