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Oregon · Through 2025 Edition

ORS 759.070: Charge to access public body radio tower; market rate; exception.

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  1. 19 - Utilities, Vehicle Code, Watercraft, Aviation
  2. 57. Utility Regulation
  3. Chapter 759 — Telecommunications Utility Regulation

(1) As used in this section:

      (a) “Market rate” means a price, lease rate or other form of compensation for goods or services provided by a public body, when participating in a proprietary transaction, that is comparable to the average price, lease rate or other form of compensation in the same market for the same goods or services provided by a private-sector provider.

      (b) “Private business” does not include a nonprofit emergency services organization.

      (c) “Public body” has the meaning given that term in ORS 174.109.

      (d) “Radio tower” means a lattice tower that is generally 60 to 200 feet tall with three or four steel support legs, or a monopole that is generally 25 to 125 feet tall, to which multiple antennae may be attached to accommodate a variety of communication services, including radio communications service, radio paging and cellular communications service.

      (2) A public body shall charge a private business a market rate for access to a radio tower if the private business uses the radio tower to deliver any of the following communication services for hire:

      (a) Radio communications service;

      (b) Radio paging; or

      (c) Cellular communications service.

      (3) Subsection (2) of this section does not prohibit a public body, when participating in a proprietary transaction, from charging or receiving compensation in the form of an exchange of goods or services or in any other nonmonetary form.

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