As used in ORS § 367.161 to 367.181:

Terms Used In Oregon Statutes 367.161

  • Bond: means a contractual undertaking or an instrument to borrow money including, but not limited to, a bond, a note, an obligation, a loan agreement, a financing lease, a financing agreement or other similar instrument or agreement. See Oregon Statutes 367.010
  • Fiscal year: The fiscal year is the accounting period for the government. For the federal government, this begins on October 1 and ends on September 30. The fiscal year is designated by the calendar year in which it ends; for example, fiscal year 2006 begins on October 1, 2005 and ends on September 30, 2006.
  • Transportation project: means any project or undertaking that facilitates any mode of transportation within this state. See Oregon Statutes 367.010
  • United States: includes territories, outlying possessions and the District of Columbia. See Oregon Statutes 174.100

(1) ‘Federal transportation funds’ means funds apportioned or allocated, or anticipated to be apportioned or allocated in the current or a future federal fiscal year, to the state by the United States Department of Transportation for use on a federal-aid highway or highway safety construction project or other federal funds that may be used for a highway improvement project that are available or are anticipated to be available in the current or a future federal fiscal year.

(2) ‘Grant anticipation revenue bond‘ means a revenue bond secured based on receipt, or anticipation of receipt in the current or a future federal fiscal year, of federal transportation funds.

(3) ‘Highway improvement project’ means a federal-aid highway or highway safety construction project, a transportation project or another project for which the Department of Transportation may use federal transportation funds. [2003 c.201 § 2]