Oregon Statutes 98.515 – Unauthorized appropriation of shopping carts
(1) A local government may enact or adopt an ordinance, charter provision, resolution or other regulation to prohibit the unauthorized appropriation of a shopping cart from the business premises of the person that owns the shopping cart and to provide for the salvage or reclamation of an abandoned shopping cart.
Terms Used In Oregon Statutes 98.515
- Appropriation: The provision of funds, through an annual appropriations act or a permanent law, for federal agencies to make payments out of the Treasury for specified purposes. The formal federal spending process consists of two sequential steps: authorization
- City: includes any incorporated village or town. See Oregon Statutes 174.100
- local government: means all cities, counties and local service districts located in this state, and all administrative subdivisions of those cities, counties and local service districts. See Oregon Statutes 174.116
- Person: includes individuals, corporations, associations, firms, partnerships, limited liability companies and joint stock companies. See Oregon Statutes 174.100
- Statute: A law passed by a legislature.
(2) An ordinance, charter provision, resolution or other regulation enacted or adopted as described in subsection (1) of this section shall substantially conform with the requirements set forth in ORS § 98.520. This subsection does not preclude a local government from enacting or adopting an ordinance, charter provision, resolution or other regulation related to persons that supply shopping carts for public use and that are subject to but not in compliance with ORS § 98.520 (1).
(3) For purposes of this section, ‘local government’ means a city, county, special district or other public commission, authority or entity organized under state statute or city or county charter. [Formerly 199.890]