2011 Oregon Revised Statutes
ORS Volume 8, Chapters 305 - 325
ORS Chapter 308
308.505 Definitions for ORS 308.505 to 308.665.

As used in ORS 308.505 to 308.665:

(1) Car or railcar means a vehicle adapted to the rails of a railroad.

(2) Centrally assessed means the assessment of property by the Department of Revenue under ORS 308.505 to 308.665.

(3) Communication includes telephone communication and data transmission services by whatever means provided.

(4) Inland water means all water or waters within the State of Oregon, all interstate rivers touching Oregon and all tidewaters extending to the ocean bars.

(5) Interstate means transit between the State of Oregon and:

(a) Another state;

(b) A district, territory or possession of the United States; or

(c) A foreign country.

(6) Large private railcar company means a private railcar company with personal property with a real market value for the tax year that exceeds $1 million.

(7) Locally assessed means the assessment of property for property tax purposes by the county assessor that is not conducted under ORS 308.505 to 308.665.

(8) Person, company, corporation or association means any person, group of persons, whether organized or unorganized, firm, joint stock company, association, cooperative or mutual organization, people s utility district, joint operating agency as defined in ORS 262.005, syndicate, entity formed to partner or combine public and private interests, partnership or corporation engaged in performing or maintaining any business or service or in selling any commodity as set forth in ORS 308.515, whether or not the activity is pursuant to any franchise and whether or not the person or other entity or combination of entities possesses characteristics of limited or unlimited liability.

(9) Property :

(a) Means all property of any kind, whether real, personal, tangible or intangible, that is used or held by a company as owner, occupant, lessee or otherwise, for the performance or maintenance of a business or service or for the sale of a commodity, as described in ORS 308.515;

(b) Includes, but is not limited to, the lands and buildings, rights of way, roadbed, water powers, vehicles, cars, rolling stock, tracks, office furniture, telephone and transmission lines, poles, wires, conduits, switchboards, machinery, appliances, appurtenances, docks, watercraft irrespective of the place of registry or enrollment, merchandise, inventories, tools, equipment, machinery, franchises and special franchises, work in progress and all other goods or chattels; and

(c) Does not include items of intangible property that represent:

(A) Claims on other property, including money at interest, bonds, notes, claims, demands or any other evidence of indebtedness, secured or unsecured; or

(B) Any shares of stock in corporations, joint stock companies or associations.

(10) Property having situs in this state means all property, real and personal, of a company, owned, leased, used, operated or occupied by it and situated wholly within this state, and, as determined under ORS 308.550 and 308.640, the proportion of the movable, transitory or migratory personal property owned, leased, used, operated or occupied by a company, including but not limited to watercraft, aircraft, rolling stock, vehicles and construction equipment, as is used partly within and partly outside of this state.

(11) Small private railcar company means a private railcar company with personal property with a real market value for the tax year that does not exceed $1 million.

(12) Transportation means carrying, conveying or moving passengers or property from one place to another.

(13) Vehicle means any wheeled or tracked device used in transportation under, on or in connection with the physical surface of the earth. [Amended by 1957 c.711 1; 1969 c.12 2; 1973 c.102 1; 1973 c.722 12; 1977 c.888 38; 1997 c.154 31; 2005 c.94 52; 2009 c.128 3]