Statute Text
Power
to engage in certain commercial activities.
For the use of the Port of Portland or for public
convenience and the convenience of air transport, shipping, commercial and
industrial development of the port and the waterfront of its harbors, rivers
and waterways, the port may:
(1) Acquire by
purchase, condemnation or other lawful method lands necessary for its use or to
be improved for public convenience and the convenience of the air transport,
shipping, commercial and industrial development of the port as well as all or
any part of the waterfront of its harbors, rivers and waterways.
(2) Acquire by
purchase, condemnation or other lawful method lands necessary or convenient for
the purpose of depositing or dumping thereon earth, sand, gravel, rock or other
material dredged or excavated, in the exercise of any of its powers, from any of
the rivers or other waterways or lands within the boundaries or under the
control of the port.
(3) Enlarge its
tidal area, fill and reclaim lands, and make such disposition by use,
conveyance, development or lease of lands so filled or reclaimed as it
considers advisable.
(4) Construct,
excavate and dredge canals and channels connecting its waterways with one
another, with other waterways and with the sea.
(5) Purchase or
otherwise acquire, construct, operate, maintain, lease, rent and dispose of
airports, and their approaches, wharves, piers, docks, slips, warehouses,
elevators, dry docks, terminals, buildings, and all other facilities and aids
incident to the development, protection and operation of the port and of the
air transport, shipping, commercial and industrial interests of the port,
within the port, and collect wharfage, storage and other charges for the use of
such facilities.
(6) Own, acquire,
construct, purchase, lease, operate and maintain within the port lines of
railroad, with sidetracks, turnouts, switches and connections with other lines
of railroad, and streets, roads, water mains, sewers, pipelines, and also gas
and electric conduits and lines which a utility is unwilling or unable to
furnish, within or to or from the boundaries of the port; and carry and
transport freight and passengers thereon and thereover for hire, and perform
lighterage for hire.
(7) Acquire, own,
lease, rent, operate, maintain and dispose of towboats, barges and other
vessels for the transportation of cargo or passengers in maritime commerce on
the Columbia and Snake Rivers and their tributaries, within or without the
boundaries of this state.
(8) Acquire, own,
lease, rent, operate, maintain and dispose of unit trains and related
facilities for the transportation of bulk commodities to facilities within the
port from locations within or without the port. [Amended by 1959 c.362 §2; 1967
c.548 §1; 1971 c.728 §106; 1973 c.178 §6; 1981 c.879 §4]