Oregon Statutes 90.560 – Definitions for ORS 90.560 to 90.584
As used in ORS § 90.560 to 90.584:
Terms Used In Oregon Statutes 90.560
- Landlord: includes a person who is authorized by the owner, lessor or sublessor to manage the premises or to enter into a rental agreement. See Oregon Statutes 90.100
- Manufactured dwelling: includes an accessory building or structure. See Oregon Statutes 90.100
- Manufactured dwelling park: means a place where four or more manufactured dwellings are located, the primary purpose of which is to rent space or keep space for rent to any person for a charge or fee. See Oregon Statutes 90.100
- Rent: means any payment to be made to the landlord under the rental agreement, periodic or otherwise, in exchange for the right of a tenant and any permitted pet to occupy a dwelling unit to the exclusion of others and to use the premises. See Oregon Statutes 90.100
(1) ‘Direct billing’ means a relationship between the tenant and the utility or service provider in which:
(a) The provider provides the utility or service directly to the tenant’s space, including any utility or service line, and bills the tenant directly; and
(b) The landlord does not act as a provider.
(2) ‘Park specific billing’ means a relationship between the manufactured dwelling park landlord, tenant and utility or service provider in which:
(a) The provider provides the utility or service to the landlord;
(b) The landlord provides the utility or service directly to the tenant’s space; and
(c) The landlord uses a billing method to fairly apportion the utility or service as approved by a majority of the manufactured dwelling park tenants.
(3) ‘Pro rata billing’ means a relationship between the landlord, tenant and utility or service provider in which:
(a) The provider provides the utility or service to the landlord;
(b) The landlord provides the utility or service directly to the tenant’s space or to a common area available to the tenant as part of the tenancy; and
(c) The landlord bills the tenant for a utility or service charge separately from the rent in an amount determined by apportioning on a pro rata basis the provider’s charge to the landlord as measured by a master meter.
(4) ‘Public service charge’ has the meaning given the term in ORS § 90.315.
(5) ‘Rent-included billing’ means a relationship between the landlord, tenant and utility or service provider in which:
(a) The provider provides the utility or service to the landlord;
(b) The landlord provides the utility or service directly to the tenant’s space or to a common area available to the tenant as part of the tenancy; and
(c) The landlord includes the cost of the utility or service in the tenant’s rent.
(6) ‘Submeter’ means a device owned or under the control of a landlord and used to measure a utility or service actually provided to a tenant at the tenant’s space.
(7) ‘Submeter billing’ means a relationship between the landlord, tenant and utility or service provider in which:
(a) The provider provides the utility or service to the landlord;
(b) The landlord provides the utility or service directly to the tenant’s space; and
(c) The landlord uses a submeter to measure the utility or service actually provided to the space and bills the tenant for a utility or service charge for the amount provided.
(8) ‘Utility or service’ has the meaning given that term in ORS § 90.315. [Formerly 90.531]