Statute Text
Columbia River Light Rail Transit Compact.
The provisions of the Columbia River Light Rail
Transit Compact are as follows:
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ARTICLE I
Columbia River Light
Rail
Transit Authority
Established
The States of
Oregon and Washington establish by way of this interstate compact an
independent, separate regional authority, which is an instrumentality of both
of the signatory parties hereto, known as Columbia River Light Rail Transit
Authority (hereinafter referred to as the Authority). The Authority shall be
a body corporate and politic, and shall have only those powers and duties
granted by this compact and such additional powers as may hereafter be
conferred upon the Authority by the acts of both signatories.
ARTICLE II
Definitions
As used in this
compact, the following words and terms shall have the following meanings,
unless the context clearly requires a different meaning:
(1) C-TRAN
means the Clark County Public Transportation Benefit Authority based in Clark
County, Washington, or any successor agency or authority.
(2) Major feeder
system means all bus or other transit services provided by C-TRAN or Tri-Met
that are or are planned to be connected with the South North light rail transit
line, to accommodate the transfer of passengers to or from the light rail line
and to transport light rail passengers between the light rail station and their
trip origin or trip destination.
(3) Signatory
or signatory state means the State of Oregon or the State of Washington.
(4) South North
light rail transit line means the light rail line directly connecting portions
of Clackamas County, Oregon, Portland, Oregon and Clark County, Washington as
may be extended from time to time, including any segment thereof, and also
including, without limitation, all light rail vehicles, rights-of-way,
trackage, electrification, stations, park-and-ride facilities, maintenance
facilities, tunnels, bridges and equipment, fixtures, buildings and structures
incidental to or required in connection with the performance of light rail
service between portions of Clackamas County, Oregon, Portland, Oregon and
Clark County, Washington. The South North light rail transit line shall include
a system that comprises any future light rail lines and transit facilities that
cross the jurisdictional lines of the signatory states.
(5) Transit
facilities means all real and personal property necessary or useful in
rendering transit service by means of rail, bus, water and any other mode of
travel including, without limitation, tracks, rights of way, bridges, tunnels,
subways, rolling stock for rail, motor vehicles, stations, terminals, areas for
parking and all equipment, fixtures, buildings and structures and services
incidental to or required in connection with the performance of transit
service.
(6) Transit
service means the transportation of persons and their packages and baggage by
C-TRAN, Tri-Met or the Authority by means of transit facilities.
(7) Tri-Met
means the Tri-County Metropolitan Transportation District based in Portland,
Oregon, or any successor agency or authority.
ARTICLE III
Purpose and Functions
The purpose of
the Authority is:
(1) To generally
cause the South North light rail transit line to be designed, engineered,
financed, constructed and developed consistently with the applicable regional
transportation and land use plans and the locally preferred alternative
selected pursuant to regulations of the Federal Transit Administration or the
regulations of any successor federal agency or authority;
(2) To facilitate
the operation and maintenance of the South North light rail transit line;
(3) To coordinate
C-TRAN and Tri-Met activities to implement and operate the major feeder system
that serves the South North light rail transit line;
(4) To coordinate
C-TRAN and Tri-Met activities to implement and operate buses or other transit
facilities that serve bi-state trips; and
(5) To serve only
such other regional transit purposes and to perform such other regional transit
functions as the signatories may authorize.
ARTICLE IV
Powers
The Authority has
the power to:
(1) Sue and be
sued, plead and be impleaded in all actions, suits or proceedings, brought by
or against it.
(2) Adopt
suitable rules and regulations not inconsistent with this compact, the
Constitution and laws of the United States or the constitutions and laws of the
signatories. The Authority may adopt rules and regulations that:
(a) Govern its
activities;
(b) Add
specificity to its powers and duties;
(c) Interpret
legislation that is applicable to the Authority; and
(d) Resolve
inconsistencies resulting from the application of the laws and regulations of
both signatories.
(3) Acquire,
maintain, control, and convey easements, licenses, and other limited property
rights for the purpose of constructing the South North light r