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title=31 page=1 may deem for the best interests of the general public. 366.470 Agreements with railroad companies for snow removal. (1) The Department of Transportation may enter into agreements with a railroad company for the removal of snow from highway and railroad whenever a state highway is in close proximity to a railroad track and by reason thereof and in order to remove from the highway snow and ice which has blocked or threatens to block the highway to traffic it becomes necessary to cast such snow and ice upon the railroad tracks, thereby impairing or interfering with train movement and tending to block train operations. The agreement may be made during or in anticipation of any such contingency, shall be in writing and shall fix the terms and conditions under which and the extent to and manner in which the state may, in removing the snow and ice from the highway, cast it upon the railroad tracks. (2) The department may procure or cause to be executed by a corporation authorized to do such business in the state, a liability policy of insurance, an irrevocable letter of credit issued by an insured institution, as defined in ORS 706.008, or an undertaking running in favor of the state, the department, the railroad company and their officers and such employees of such parties as the contracting parties may designate. (3) The insurance, letter of credit or undertaking: (a) Shall be acceptable to the contracting parties. (b) Shall in any event indemnify, protect and hold harmless the railroad company, its officers and employees designated, the state, the department, its officers and employees designated, from all claims for damage occasioned by or in connection with the removal of snow from the highway and the casting of the snow upon the railroad tracks. (c) May, if so provided, reimburse either or both of the contracting parties for loss, cost and expense incurred in connection with or resulting from such work. (4) The department may pay out of the highway fund the premium for the insurance or for the fee for the letter of credit and the cost and expense incurred or sustained by the railroad company and the state incident to the snow removal. [Amended by 1953 c.252 §2; 1991 c.331 §58; 1997 c.631 §466] 366.475 [Amended by 1979 c.104 §1; repealed by 1983 c.324 §59] 366.480 Destruction of vouchers. The Department of Transportation may from time to time destroy The Department of Transportation may from time to time destroy 366.480 Destruction of vouchers. The Department of Transportation may from time to time destroy copies of vouchers which have ceased to possess any record value or serve any purpose and which have copies of vouchers which have ceased to possess any record value or serve any purpose and which have copies of vouchers which have ceased to possess any record value or serve any purpose and which have been in the files and custody of the department for a period of at least 10 years. been in the files and custody of the department for a period of at least 10 years. 366.485 [Repealed by 1975 c.605 §33] ROADSIDE REST AREAS 366.486 Construction of roadside rest area facilities for persons with disabilities. When a new roadside rest area is established adjacent to or within the right of way of a state highway, or when rest room facilities are constructed in an existing roadside rest area adjacent to or within the right of way of a state highway, a separate rest room facility for persons with disabilities of both sexes shall be constructed. The facility shall meet all requirements of ORS 447.210 to 447.280. [1993 c.738 §1; 2007 c.70 §152] http://www.leg.state.or.us/ors/366.html (25 of 50) [11/3/2008 3:32:17 PM]