Transportation facilities operated by a district, including the rates and charges made by the district and the equipment operated by the district, and transportation facilities operated for a district by a private operator pursuant to a contract between the operator and the district, including the rates and charges made by the operator pursuant to the contract, and the equipment operated pursuant to the contract, shall not be subject to the laws of this state regulating public utilities, including those laws administered by the Public Utility Commission of Oregon. [1969 c.700 § 31]

[1969 c.700 § 28; 1981 c.173 § 40; 1983 c.350 § 129; 1989 c.328 § 2; repealed by 1997 c.833 § 27]