71st OREGON LEGISLATIVE ASSEMBLY--2001 Regular Session
 
NOTE:  Matter within  { +  braces and plus signs + } in an
amended section is new. Matter within  { -  braces and minus
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LC 4208
 
                         House Bill 3970
 
Sponsored by Representative SIMMONS, Senator NELSON;
  Representatives JENSON, G SMITH (at the request of Lewis and
  Clark Bicentennial in Oregon)
 
 
                             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 as
introduced.
 
  Requires Department of Transportation to issue Lewis and Clark
bicentennial registration plates. Requires $15 surcharge for each
plate. Transfers surcharge moneys to Lewis and Clark Bicentennial
in Oregon corporation.
  Appropriates moneys from General Fund to initiate program.
  Sunsets program January 2, 2007.
  Declares emergency, effective July 1, 2001.
 
                        A BILL FOR AN ACT
Relating to special registration plates; appropriating money; and
  declaring an emergency.
Be It Enacted by the People of the State of Oregon:
  SECTION 1. { +  (1) As soon as possible after the effective
date of this 2001 Act, the Department of Transportation shall
establish a registration plate program to issue special
registration plates called 'Lewis and Clark bicentennial
registration plates' upon request to owners of motor homes,
travel trailers and motor vehicles registered under the
provisions of ORS 803.420 (1) to observe the Lewis and Clark
bicentennial celebration. The department may adopt rules for
issuance of Lewis and Clark bicentennial registration plates for
vehicles not registered under the provisions of ORS 803.420 (1).
  (2) In addition to any other fee authorized by law, for each
Lewis and Clark bicentennial registration plate issued under
subsection (1) of this section, the department shall collect a
surcharge of $15 payable when the plate is issued and upon each
subsequent renewal of registration of a vehicle bearing the
plate.  The department shall distribute the surcharge as provided
in section 2 of this 2001 Act.
  (3) Notwithstanding ORS 803.530, Lewis and Clark bicentennial
registration plates may be transferred from vehicle to vehicle if
the department stops issuing the plates so long as the plates are
not so old, damaged, mutilated or otherwise rendered illegible as
to be not useful for purposes of identification. + }
  SECTION 2.  { + (1) After deduction of the cost of
administration of the Lewis and Clark bicentennial registration
plate program, the Department of Transportation shall transfer
moneys from the surcharge imposed by section 1 of this 2001 Act
to the Lewis and Clark Bicentennial in Oregon corporation.
  (2) As used in this section, 'the cost of administration of the
Lewis and Clark bicentennial registration plate program' is the
sum of all Department of Transportation expenses for the issuance
or transfer of Lewis and Clark bicentennial registration plates
under section 1 of this 2001 Act that are above the normal costs
of issuing, renewing and transferring registration plates in the
normal course of business in the department. These expenses
include, but are not limited to, the costs of collecting the
Lewis and Clark bicentennial registration plate surcharge and
transferring Lewis and Clark bicentennial registration
plates. + }
  SECTION 3.  { + (1) The Department of Transportation, in
consultation with the board of the Lewis and Clark Bicentennial
in Oregon corporation, shall design the Lewis and Clark
bicentennial registration plate.
  (2) Except as otherwise required by the design chosen, Lewis
and Clark bicentennial registration plates shall comply with the
requirements of ORS 803.535. + }
  SECTION 4.  { + (1) There is appropriated to the Department of
Transportation, out of the General Fund, for the biennium
beginning July 1, 2001, the sum of $___ for the purpose of
initiating the Lewis and Clark bicentennial registration plate
program established in section 1 of this 2001 Act, including but
not limited to registration plate design, computer programming
and registration plate production setup. Any portion of this
appropriation not used for initiating the Lewis and Clark
bicentennial registration plate program shall be transferred to
the account established under subsection (2) of this section.
  (2) Notwithstanding section 2 of this 2001 Act, after deduction
for the cost of administration of the Lewis and Clark
bicentennial registration plate program, the department shall
transfer the moneys from the surcharge imposed by section 1 of
this 2001 Act to an account in the General Fund until sufficient
moneys have accumulated for the purpose of subsection (3) of this
section.
  (3) When the department determines that moneys in sufficient
amount are available in the account established under subsection
(2) of this section, but in no event later than June 30, 2003,
the department shall reimburse the General Fund, without
interest, in an amount equal to the amount appropriated from the
General Fund under subsection (1) of this section. The moneys
used to reimburse the General Fund under this subsection shall
not be considered as a budget item on which a limitation is
otherwise fixed by law, but shall be in addition to any specific
biennial appropriation or amount authorized to be expended from
continually appropriated moneys for any biennial period.
  (4) Any moneys left in the account established under subsection
(2) of this section after the reimbursement required under
subsection (3) of this section shall be transferred to the Lewis
and Clark Bicentennial in Oregon corporation. + }
  SECTION 5.  { + (1) Sections 1 to 4 of this 2001 Act are
repealed on January 2, 2007.
  (2) If the Department of Transportation has Lewis and Clark
bicentennial registration plates in inventory on the date that
sections 1 to 4 of this 2001 Act are repealed, the department may
sell the plates as though sections 1 to 4 of this 2001 Act were
still in effect. + }
  SECTION 6.  { + 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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