(2) All taxes levied by the port are payable at the same time and shall be collected by the same officers as regular county taxes. The county officers collecting the taxes shall pay them to the treasurer of the port as provided by law. [Amended by 1971 c.728 §115]
778.073 Recreational facilities; development; operation; maintenance. (1) The port may construct, operate, equip and maintain public parks, marinas and other recreational facilities on land owned by the port when such facilities may be developed in conjunction with the exercise by the port of any of its other powers.
(2) The port may convey the land and recreational facilities developed under this section to a political subdivision or municipal corporation of this state in exchange for an agreement to operate and maintain the facilities solely for public recreational use.
(3) The port may enter into an agreement with a political subdivision or municipal corporation of this state for the operation and maintenance of recreational facilities. [1971 c.400 §2]
778.075 [Repealed by 1971 c.728 §138]
778.080 [Amended by 1963 c.145 §1; repealed by 1971 c.728 §138]
778.085 Control over port waters, wharf lines; promulgation and enforcement of navigational rules; limitation. (1) To the full extent the State of Oregon might exercise control, or grant to the port the right to exercise control, the port has full control of the rivers, harbors and waterways within its boundaries and between its boundaries and the sea.
(2) The port may make, change or abolish wharf lines of; in and for the rivers, harbors and waterways within its boundaries.
(3) As it considers convenient, requisite or necessary, or in the best interests of the maritime shipping or commercial interests of the port, the board may by ordinance make, modify or abolish regulations:
(a) For the use or navigation of the rivers, harbors and waterways mentioned in subsection (1) of this section; or
(b) For the placing of obstructions therein, or the removal of obstructions therefrom.
(4) The port may enforce the regulations by fines and penalties or seek other appropriate remedies as the port considers necessary. Fines and penalties are recoverable in the name of the port in any court of this state having jurisdiction of actions for the recovery of fines or penalties imposed by state laws. Fines recovered shall be paid to the clerk of the court who, after deducting court costs in the proceedings, shall pay the remainder thereof to the treasurer of the port, to go to its general fund.
(5) This section does not authorize the port to cause the removal of bridges or other obstructions existing under a grant by this state. This section does not authorize the port to exclude cities other than the City of Portland from free access to the channel of either the Willamette or Columbia Rivers or the Oregon and the Columbia Sloughs, or the free use of the rivers or sloughs for navigation. [Amended by 1963 c.145 §2; 1971 c.728 §117]
778.090 Rights of riparian owner and owners of moorage facilities. Where it is necessary to widen the general channel or improve the navigation of the rivers or sloughs by requiring the removal or destruction of moorage facilities for houseboats, boathouses or pleasure craft in the rivers or sloughs, or by establishing or reestablishing wharf lines that have the effect of destroying or impairing the riparian rights of the adjoining owners, the adjoining owners or others owning the moorage facilities shall be reasonably compensated for the removal or destruction of the moorage facilities and for the destruction or impairment of the riparian rights; and shall not be required to remove or destroy the moorage facilities in absence of reasonable compensation therefor. The Port of Portland may acquire moorage facilities, riparian rights or the real property of adjoining owners by exercise of the power of eminent domain as provided in ORS 778.095. [Amended by 1953 c.713 §2; 1971 c.728 §118; 1973 c.203 §9]
778.095 Eminent domain power. The port may acquire, by condemnation or otherwise, private property necessary or convenient in carrying out any power granted the port. The right to acquire property by condemnation shall be exercised as provided by ORS chapter 35. [Amended by 1971 c.728 §119]
778.100 Reclamation of lands within port limits, assessments; lien; hearing; appeal. (1) When the port contemplates the filling or reclamation of any low, swamp or submersible land within its territory held in private ownership, it may provide by ordinance for assessment by the board of the damages and benefits to be sustained by and to accrue to the land by reason of the filling or reclamation. In making the assessment the question of channel frontage as well as filling shall be considered in assessing benefits. The ordinance may provide for payment of damages to the owner of the land and may provide for creation of a lien upon the land in favor of the port for the amount of benefits and for payment of the amount of the lien, either in cash or in installments, with interest thereon over a term of years.
