Oregon Revised Statutes

Or. Rev. Stat. § 461.030 (2026)

Local laws preempted; applicability of other laws; severability

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      461.030 Local laws preempted; applicability of other laws; severability. (1) This chapter shall be applicable and uniform throughout the state and all political subdivisions and municipalities therein, and no local authority shall enact any ordinances, rules or regulations in conflict with the provisions hereof.

      (2) Any other state or local law or regulation providing any penalty, disability or prohibition for the manufacture, transportation, distribution, advertising, possession or sale of any lottery tickets or shares shall not apply to the tickets or shares of the state lottery. The gambling laws of the State of Oregon shall not apply to lottery tickets or shares, or to the operation of the state lottery established by the Constitution of the State of Oregon and this chapter.

      (3) If any provision of this chapter or the application thereof to any person or circumstance is held invalid, such invalidity shall not affect other provisions or applications of this chapter which can be given effect without the invalid provision or application, and to this end the provisions of this chapter are severable.

      (4) This chapter is dependent and is conditioned upon the passage by the voters at the November 6, 1984, general election of an amendment to section 4, Article XV of the Oregon Constitution authorizing state operation of a lottery.

      (5) The Oregon State Lottery is subject to:

      (a) Statewide financial reporting required in ORS 291.040.

      (b) The mass transit assessment under ORS 291.405.

      (c) The deposit of state money to the State Treasurer under ORS 293.265. [1985 c.2 §8(2),(3),(5),(6),(9); 1985 c.302 §8(2),(3),(5),(6),(9)]

Notes of Decisions
Cited in 5 cases (1 in the last 5 years), 2001–2026 · leading case: At&T Commc'ns of Pac. Nw., Inc. v. City of Eugene, 35 P.3d 1029 (Or. Ct. App. 2001).
At&T Commc'ns of Pac. Nw., Inc. v. City of Eugene, 35 P.3d 1029 (Or. Ct. App. 2001). “ORS 461.030(1), for example, makes the legislature’s preemptive intentions regarding the state lottery quite clear: “This chapter shall be applicable and uniform throughout the state and all political subdivisions and municipalities therein, and no local authority shall enact…”
Rogue Valley Sewer Servs. v. City of Phoenix, 353 P.3d 581 (Or. 2015). “See ORS 461.030(1) (“no local authority shall enact any ordinances, rules or regulations *455 in conflict with the provisions hereof’).”
Thunderbird Mobile Club, LLC v. City of Wilsonville, 228 P.3d 650 (Or. Ct. App. 2010). “5 The cited examples of an explicit displacement of local regulations were ORS 461.030(1) (“no local authority shall enact any ordinances, rules or regulations in conflict with the provisions hereof’ relating to the state lottery); ORS 455.”
Schwartz v. Washington Cnty., 375 Or. 227 (Or. 2026). “840(4) (specifying that “[t]he State of Oregon hereby preempts the field” and “[n]o county, city, district, or other political subdivision or agency in this state shall so regu- late”); ORS 461.030(1) (“no local authority shall enact any Cite as 375 Or 227 (2026) 239 ordinances,…”
Rogue Valley Sewer Servs. v. City of Phoenix (Or. 2015). “See ORS 461.030(1) (“no local authority shall enact any ordinances, rules or regulations Cite as 357 Or 437 (2015) 455 in conflict with the provisions hereof”).”
— Or. Rev. Stat. § 461.030(1) — 5 cases
At&T Commc'ns of Pac. Nw., Inc. v. City of Eugene, 35 P.3d 1029 (Or. Ct. App. 2001). “ORS 461.030(1), for example, makes the legislature’s preemptive intentions regarding the state lottery quite clear: “This chapter shall be applicable and uniform throughout the state and all political subdivisions and municipalities therein, and no local authority shall enact…”
Rogue Valley Sewer Servs. v. City of Phoenix, 353 P.3d 581 (Or. 2015). “See ORS 461.030(1) (“no local authority shall enact any ordinances, rules or regulations *455 in conflict with the provisions hereof’).”
Thunderbird Mobile Club, LLC v. City of Wilsonville, 228 P.3d 650 (Or. Ct. App. 2010). “5 The cited examples of an explicit displacement of local regulations were ORS 461.030(1) (“no local authority shall enact any ordinances, rules or regulations in conflict with the provisions hereof’ relating to the state lottery); ORS 455.”
Schwartz v. Washington Cnty., 375 Or. 227 (Or. 2026). “840(4) (specifying that “[t]he State of Oregon hereby preempts the field” and “[n]o county, city, district, or other political subdivision or agency in this state shall so regu- late”); ORS 461.030(1) (“no local authority shall enact any Cite as 375 Or 227 (2026) 239 ordinances,…”
Rogue Valley Sewer Servs. v. City of Phoenix (Or. 2015). “See ORS 461.030(1) (“no local authority shall enact any ordinances, rules or regulations Cite as 357 Or 437 (2015) 455 in conflict with the provisions hereof”).”
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