Oregon Code § 802.310·Enacted ·Last updated March 01, 2026
Statute Text
Transportation safety programs; administrator.
(1) The administrator for
transportation safety shall serve as the Governors representative for highway
safety in conformity with the Federal Highway Safety Act of 1966. The Director
of Transportation and the Oregon Transportation Commission shall be responsible
to the Governor for the administration of the state transportation safety
programs. All reports and recommendations relating to program evaluations,
assignment of responsibilities and approval of plans and activities shall be
provided to the Governor by the commission.
(2) The
Department of Transportation, in consultation with the Transportation Safety
Committee, shall do the following:
(a) Organize,
plan and conduct a statewide transportation safety program.
(b) Coordinate
general activities and programs of the several departments, divisions or
agencies of the state engaged in promoting transportation safety.
(c) Provide
transportation safety information and develop other measures of public
information.
(d) Cooperate
fully with all national, local, public and private agencies and organizations
interested in the promotion of transportation safety.
(e) Serve as a
clearinghouse for all transportation safety materials and information used
throughout the state.
(f) Cooperate in
promoting research, special studies and analysis of problems concerning
transportation safety.
(g) Make studies
and suitable recommendations to the legislature concerning safety regulations
and laws.
(3) The
department shall review plans and applications for participation by counties
and cities in the federal government highway safety programs conducted under
the Federal Highway Safety Act of 1966 and any amendments thereto. The
committee shall make recommendations to the department regarding the approval
of plans and applications under ORS 802.315. [1983 c.338 §873; 1991 c.453 §7;
1993 c.741 §78; 2005 c.70 §4]