The Oregon Revised Statutes ( ORS ) is the codified body of statutory law governing the U.S. state of Oregon , as enacted by the Oregon Legislative Assembly , and occasionally by citizen initiative . The statutes are subordinate to the Oregon Constitution .
6-477: The Oregon Bicycle Bill ( ORS 366.514) is transportation legislation passed in the U.S. state of Oregon in 1971. It requires the inclusion of facilities for pedestrians and bicyclists wherever a road, street or highway is being constructed or reconstructed and applies to the Oregon Department of Transportation (ODOT) as well as Oregon cities and counties. The law requires that in any given fiscal year,
12-528: A governor-appointed committee that meets quarterly. The committee awards grants that provide approximately $ 5 million every two years for the design and construction of bicycle and pedestrian facilities. Grants are awarded to Oregon cities and counties through the ODOT Pedestrian and Bicycle Grant Program. Oregon Revised Statutes The Office of the Legislative Counsel prepares and publishes
18-458: A minimum of 1% of the state highway fund received by the ODOT, a city or county is used to provide walkways and bikeways located within the right-of-way of public roads, streets or highways open to motor vehicle traffic. In 1971, Don Stathos , a Republican state representative and avid bicyclist from Jacksonville , sponsored House Bill 1700. Nine representatives and one state senator originally backed
24-689: The Oregon Revised Statutes was published in 1989. The 2009 edition requires 21 volumes. The codes which preceded the ORS are Deady's General Laws of Oregon (1845–1864), Deady and Lane's General Laws of Oregon (1843–1872), Hill's Annotated Laws of Oregon (1887), Hill's Annotated Laws of Oregon (2d ed. 1892), Bellinger and Cotton's Annotated Codes and Statutes of Oregon (1902), Lord's Oregon Laws (1910), Oregon Laws (Olson’s) (1920), Oregon Code Annotated (1930), and Oregon Compiled Laws Annotated (1940). This Oregon government -related article
30-458: The bicycle bill. At each stage of the legislative process, the bill passed by one vote. Initially, Governor Tom McCall didn't favor the bill, but changed his mind as he came to believe it was good for Oregon and Oregonians. The governor signed the bill into law on the seat of a Schwinn Paramount . The bill allowed for the creation of the Oregon Bicycle and Pedestrian Advisory Committee,
36-630: The softcover multi-volume Oregon Revised Statutes every two years, after each biennial legislative session. The Oregon Legislature created the Oregon Revised Statutes by recodifying the previous code, which was called the Oregon Compiled Laws Annotated (1940). See 1953 Or. Laws c. 3. The first Oregon Revised Statutes was published in 1953. Replacement parts were published biennially from 1955 to 1987 in odd years. Pages for this set were printed on yellow paper housed in huge, gray looseleaf binders . [1] The first softcover edition of
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