2011 Oregon Revised Statutes
ORS Volume 17, Chapters 756 - 838
ORS Chapter 772
772.025 Approval of railroad crossing, intersection or connection.
(1) Whenever any railroad corporation, authorized by ORS 772.020 to condemn the right to cross or connect with any other right of way or constructed line of railroad, is unable to agree with the owner of the line which it desires to cross, it may apply to the Department of Transportation in the manner provided by ORS 824.228 to 824.232.
(2) Upon such application and upon notice and hearing as provided in ORS chapter 183 for contested cases, the department shall determine the right to crossing, intersection or connection, the mode and manner thereof and the compensation to be paid therefor.
(3) No agreement for the crossing of one railroad by another shall be valid without the approval of the department. [Amended by 1971 c.655 234; 1995 c.733 97; 1997 c.275 23]
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