71st OREGON LEGISLATIVE ASSEMBLY--2001 Regular Session
 
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LC 1681
 
                           A-Engrossed
 
                         House Bill 3106
                   Ordered by the House May 10
             Including House Amendments dated May 10
 
Sponsored by Representative KROPF
 
 
                             SUMMARY
 
The following summary is not prepared by the sponsors of the
measure and is not a part of the body thereof subject to
consideration by the Legislative Assembly. It is an editor's
brief statement of the essential features of the measure.
 
  Requires Department of Transportation to do study of possible
commuter rail systems.
  Declares emergency, effective July 1, 2001.
 
                        A BILL FOR AN ACT
Relating to a study of commuter rail service; appropriating
  money; and declaring an emergency.
Be It Enacted by the People of the State of Oregon:
  SECTION 1.  { + (1) The Department of Transportation shall do a
study of the feasibility of improved commuter rail service, using
existing track, between Eugene and Portland. The study shall
include, but need not be limited to:
  (a) A cost analysis of the purchase and use of diesel multiple
units;
  (b) A cost analysis of the development of small, unstaffed
commuter stations in rural and urban areas that use a card
reading or other electronic system for payment;
  (c) A comparison between anticipated costs of a system operated
by private contractors and a system operated by the state; and
  (d) An analysis of the feasibility of coupling and uncoupling
railcars while the cars are moving.
  (2) The department shall report the results of the study to the
Seventy-second Legislative Assembly. + }
  SECTION 2.  { + In addition to and not in lieu of any other
appropriation, there is appropriated to the Department of
Transportation, for the biennium beginning July 1, 2001, out of
the General Fund, the amount of $___, which may be expended for
the study required by section 1 of this 2001 Act. + }
  SECTION 3.  { + This 2001 Act being necessary for the immediate
preservation of the public peace, health and safety, an emergency
is declared to exist, and this 2001 Act takes effect July 1,
2001. + }
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