ORS 384.325
Loans for interstate ferry acquisition and operation

  • security
The construction, purchase, maintenance and operation of any ferry service under ORS 384.305 (Operation of interstate ferries by Department of Transportation, counties, cities, towns or ports) to 384.360 (ORS 384.305 to 384.355 as supplementary authority) may be financed in whole or in part by loans obtained from the United States Government or any of its agencies, or from any other sources. As security for the payment of such loans the revenues derived from the ferry service, over and above the cost of its maintenance and operation, may be hypothecated or pledged, but no such hypothecation or pledge of revenues shall constitute in any manner, or to any extent be made to constitute, a general obligation of the State of Oregon, or of any county, city, town or port making the pledge.

Source: Section 384.325 — Loans for interstate ferry acquisition and operation; security, https://www.­oregonlegislature.­gov/bills_laws/ors/ors384.­html (accessed May 26, 2025).

384.005
“County court” defined 384.105
Department of Transportation to acquire and operate or license ferries 384.110
Ferry approaches and other appurtenances 384.115
Cooperation between Department of Transportation and counties as to ferries 384.120
Discretion as to ferry operation with county and charging tolls 384.125
Funds from which ferry expense paid 384.130
Fixing ferriage rates 384.135
Posting ferriage rates 384.140
Bond or letter of credit of ferry licensee 384.145
Revocation of ferry licenses 384.150
Ferry as part of state highway system 384.305
Operation of interstate ferries by Department of Transportation, counties, cities, towns or ports 384.310
Independent or joint action 384.315
Agreements for carrying out powers of interstate ferry authorities 384.320
Use of funds for interstate ferry expenses 384.325
Loans for interstate ferry acquisition and operation 384.330
Issuing revenue certificates for interstate ferry expenses 384.335
Acceptance of funds from United States and gifts 384.340
Eminent domain 384.345
Operation of interstate ferry free or on toll 384.350
Use of interstate ferry by federal government 384.355
Location of interstate ferry 384.360
ORS 384.305 to 384.355 as supplementary authority 384.365
Contract or contributions for interstate ferries by counties 384.405
Oregon-Washington cooperative interstate ferry service 384.410
Location of ferry 384.415
Manner of ferry acquisition and operation 384.420
Payment of Oregon’s share of ferry expense 384.425
Ferry as part of state highway system 384.430
Rules and regulations as to ferry operation 384.435
Liability and other insurance for ferry service 384.440
Free ferry operation 384.445
Ferry between Umatilla, Oregon, and Plymouth, Washington

Current through early 2026

§ 384.325. Loans for interstate ferry acquisition & operation's source at oregon​.gov