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title=31 page=1 <br /> (c) Notice and competitive bidding under paragraph (b) of this subsection shall not be required if the <br />Director of Transportation declares an emergency to exist that requires the immediate removal of the <br />timber. If an emergency has been so declared: <br /> (A) Then the timber, regardless of value, may be sold by a negotiated price; and <br /> (B) The director shall make available for public inspection a written statement giving the reasons for <br />declaring the emergency. <br /> (5) The departments account or fund for the forest product shall be credited with the proceeds of the <br />sale. [Amended by 1953 c.252 §2; 1971 c.279 §1; 1983 c.26 §1; 1989 c.904 §60; 1993 c.741 §40; 2005 <br />c.32 §1] <br /> 366.400 Execution of contracts. <br /> The Department of Transportation may enter into all contracts <br />deemed necessary for the construction, maintenance, operation, improvement or betterment of highways or <br />for the accomplishment of the purposes of this Act. All contracts executed by the department shall be made <br />in the name of the state, by and through the department. [Amended by 1953 c.252 §2; 1975 c.771 §24] <br /> 366.405 <br /> [Amended by 1953 c.252 §2; repealed by 1975 c.771 §33] <br /> 366.410 <br /> [Repealed by 1975 c.771 §33] <br /> 366.415 <br /> [Amended by 1967 c.454 §37; 1969 c.423 §2; repealed by 1975 c.771 §33] <br /> 366.420 <br /> [Repealed by 1975 c.771 §33] <br /> 366.425 Deposit of moneys for highway work. <br /> (1) Any county, city or road district of the state or any <br />person, firm or corporation may deposit moneys in the State Treasury or may deposit with the Department <br />of Transportation an irrevocable letter of credit approved by the department for laying out, surveying, <br />locating, grading, surfacing, repairing or doing other work upon any public highway within the state under <br />the direction of the department. When any money or a letter of credit is deposited with the department <br />under this subsection, the department shall proceed with the proposed highway project. <br /> (2) Money deposited under subsection (1) of this section shall be disbursed for the purpose for which it <br />was deposited upon a voucher approved by the department and a warrant. [Amended by 1967 c.454 §38; <br />1979 c.365 §1] <br /> 366.430 <br /> [Amended by 1953 c.252 §2; repealed by 1969 c.429 §6] <br /> 366.435 Auditing and allowing claims. <br /> The Department of Transportation may allow all claims <br />legally payable out of the highway fund. The department shall, if satisfied as to the correctness and validity <br />of a claim, indorse approval thereon. When claims have been approved and indorsed by the fiscal officer of <br />the department, they shall be filed with the fiscal officer of the department, who shall audit and pay the <br />same out of the highway fund. [Amended by 1953 c.252 §2; 1967 c.454 §39] <br /> 366.440 Payment of employees. <br /> The Department of Transportation may pay employees by individual <br />and separate vouchers or by a payroll. <br />http://www.leg.state.or.us/ors/366.html (23 of 50) [11/3/2008 3:32:17 PM] <br /> <br />