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
signs - } is existing law to be omitted. New sections are within
 { +  braces and plus signs + } .
 
LC 106
 
                         Senate Bill 37
 
Printed pursuant to Senate Interim Rule 213.28 by order of the
  President of the Senate in conformance with presession filing
  rules, indicating neither advocacy nor opposition on the part
  of the President (at the request of Senate Interim Committee on
  Business, Education and Consumer Affairs for Columbia River
  Steamship Operators and Maritime Fire and Safety Association)
 
 
                             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.
 
  Increases fee charged to cargo vessels by Department of
Environmental Quality for payment into Oil Spill Prevention Fund.
 
                        A BILL FOR AN ACT
Relating to oil spill prevention; creating new provisions; and
  amending ORS 468B.405.
Be It Enacted by the People of the State of Oregon:
  SECTION 1. ORS 468B.405 is amended to read:
  468B.405. (1) The Department of Environmental Quality shall
assess fees on covered vessels and offshore and onshore
facilities to recover the costs of reviewing the plans and
conducting the inspections, exercises, training and activities
required under ORS 468B.345 to 468B.400.
  (2) The fees assessed by the department on cargo vessels and
nonself-propelled tank vessels under subsection (1) of this
section shall be:
  (a) On all cargo vessels,   { - $25 - }   { + $50 + } per trip.
  (b) On all nonself-propelled tank vessels, $28 per trip.
  (3) As used in this subsection, 'trip' means travel to the
appointed destination and return travel to the point of origin
within the navigable waters of Oregon. For the purpose of
assessing trip fees under this section, self-propelled tank
vessels transiting the navigable waters of the state in ballast
shall be considered cargo vessels.
  (4) The Environmental Quality Commission shall establish by
rule a schedule of fees to be assessed under subsection (1) of
this section on offshore facilities, onshore facilities and on
self-propelled tank vessels in an amount not to exceed $153,600
per year for all such facilities and vessels.
  (5) Moneys collected under this section shall be deposited in
the State Treasury to the credit of the Oil Spill Prevention Fund
established under ORS 468B.410.
  SECTION 2.  { + The fee increase created by the amendments to
ORS 468B.405 by section 1 of this 2001 Act applies to cargo
vessels initiating trips on or after the effective date of this
2001 Act. + }
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