Oregon Revised Statutes

Or. Rev. Stat. § 777.010 (2026)

Areas that may be included in port

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777.010 Areas that may be included in port. (1) Ports may be formed in the manner provided in this section and ORS 777.050.

(2) A proposed port may include all the territory in one county. However, where a petition is filed for formation of a port, the territorial limits of which do not include the county as a whole, the limits proposed by the petition shall not extend beyond the natural watershed of any drainage basin whose waters flow into another bay, estuary or river navigable from the sea situate within the county. [Amended by 1959 c.602 §1; 1963 c.209 §1; 1967 c.342 §1; 1971 c.727 §182; 1971 c.728 §2; 2003 c.802 §149]

777.015 [Amended by 1967 c.342 §2; repealed by 1971 c.727 §203]

777.020 [Amended by 1959 c.602 §2; 1963 c.252 §1; repealed by 1971 c.727 §203]

777.022 [1959 c.602 §4; 1963 c.252 §2; repealed by 1971 c.727 §203 and by 1971 c.728 §138]

777.025 [Amended by 1967 c.342 §3; repealed by 1971 c.647 §149 and by 1971 c.728 §138]

777.030 [Amended by 1959 c.57 §1; 1963 c.252 §3; repealed by 1971 c.647 §149]

777.035 [Amended by 1967 c.342 §4; repealed by 1971 c.727 §203]

777.040 [Amended by 1959 c.602 §5; repealed by 1971 c.727 §203]

777.045 [Repealed by 1971 c.647 §149 and by 1971 c.727 §203]

Notes of Decisions

Cited in 3 cases, 1975–2010 · leading case: Zutz v. Nelson, 788 N.W.2d 58 (Minn. 2010).

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Zutz v. Nelson, 788 N.W.2d 58 (Minn. 2010). · cites it 2× “2d at 660 ; Or.Rev.Stat. § 777.010. Port commissions "exercise a great variety of governmental power, including the levying of taxes and the acquiring of property.”

Shasta View Irrigation Dist. v. Amoco Chemicals Corp., 986 P.2d 536 (Or. 1999). · cites it 2× “005(5) ("`Port' means a municipal corporation incorporated, or proposed to be incorporated, pursuant to ORS 777.010 and 777.050."). A previous owner of the lot, Sargeant, had failed to pay property taxes and transferred the lot to the port.”

Noble v. Ternyik, 539 P.2d 658 (Or. 1975). “A port commission is a public body, designated by ORS 777.010 as a municipal corporation, which may exercise a great variety of governmental power including the levying of taxes and the acquiring of property.”

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