{"data":{"id":"us-or/ors-90.560","jurisdiction":"us-or","citation":"ORS 90.560","heading":"Definitions for ORS 90.560 to 90.584.","body":"As used in ORS 90.560 to 90.584:\n      (1) “Direct billing” means a relationship between the tenant and the utility or service provider in which:\n      (a) The provider provides the utility or service directly to the tenant’s space, including any utility or service line, and bills the tenant directly; and\n      (b) The landlord does not act as a provider.\n      (2) “Park specific billing” means a relationship between the manufactured dwelling park landlord, tenant and utility or service provider in which:\n      (a) The provider provides the utility or service to the landlord;\n      (b) The landlord provides the utility or service directly to the tenant’s space; and\n      (c) The landlord uses a billing method to fairly apportion the utility or service as approved by a majority of the manufactured dwelling park tenants.\n      (3) “Pro rata billing” means a relationship between the landlord, tenant and utility or service provider in which:\n      (a) The provider provides the utility or service to the landlord;\n      (b) The landlord provides the utility or service directly to the tenant’s space or to a common area available to the tenant as part of the tenancy; and\n      (c) The landlord bills the tenant for a utility or service charge separately from the rent in an amount determined by apportioning on a pro rata basis the provider’s charge to the landlord as measured by a master meter.\n      (4) “Public service charge” has the meaning given the term in ORS 90.315.\n      (5) “Rent-included billing” means a relationship between the landlord, tenant and utility or service provider in which:\n      (a) The provider provides the utility or service to the landlord;\n      (b) The landlord provides the utility or service directly to the tenant’s space or to a common area available to the tenant as part of the tenancy; and\n      (c) The landlord includes the cost of the utility or service in the tenant’s rent.\n      (6) “Submeter” means a device owned or under the control of a landlord and used to measure a utility or service actually provided to a tenant at the tenant’s space.\n      (7) “Submeter billing” means a relationship between the landlord, tenant and utility or service provider in which:\n      (a) The provider provides the utility or service to the landlord;\n      (b) The landlord provides the utility or service directly to the tenant’s space; and\n      (c) The landlord uses a submeter to measure the utility or service actually provided to the space and bills the tenant for a utility or service charge for the amount provided.\n      (8) “Utility or service” has the meaning given that term in ORS 90.315.","path":["03 - Landlord-Tenant, Domestic Relations, Probate","10. Property Rights and Transactions","Chapter 90 — Residential Landlord and Tenant"],"source_url":"https://www.oregonlegislature.gov/bills_laws/ors/ors090.html","current_through":"2025 Edition","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-03T23:50:11Z","sha256":"780b05fe20ef841a607d967b5035613672f8082c08a819d7ed516f6f1f8dd116","source_id":"us-or","stale":false,"prev":"us-or/ors-90.555","next":"us-or/ors-90.562"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}