71st OREGON LEGISLATIVE ASSEMBLY--2001 Regular Session
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amended section is new. Matter within { - braces and minus
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LC 2560
A-Engrossed
Senate Bill 821
Ordered by the Senate May 17
Including Senate Amendments dated May 17
Sponsored by Senator ATKINSON; Senators CLARNO, HARPER,
Representatives GARRARD, KNOPP, SIMMONS (at the request of M.
Steven West and Chuck Lundy)
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.
Establishes Crater Lake National Park registration plate
program. Creates Crater Lake National Park registration plate.
Requires $10 surcharge for each plate. Transfers surcharge to
National Park Foundation to be used for Crater Lake National Park
projects. Requires Department of Transportation to design plate
in consultation with National Park Service.
Appropriates moneys from General Fund to initiate program.
{ - Sunsets June 30, 2004. - }
Declares emergency, effective July 1, 2001.
A BILL FOR AN ACT
Relating to Crater Lake National Park commemorative registration
plates; appropriating money; and declaring an emergency.
Be It Enacted by the People of the State of Oregon:
SECTION 1. { + (1) Beginning as soon as possible after the
effective date of this 2001 Act, the Department of Transportation
shall establish a Crater Lake National Park registration plate
program to issue special registration plates called 'Crater Lake
National Park registration plates' upon request to owners of
motor homes or travel trailers and motor vehicles registered
under the provisions of ORS 803.420 (1) to commemorate the 100th
anniversary of Crater Lake National Park. The department may
adopt rules for issuance of Crater Lake National Park
registration plates for vehicles that are not motor homes or
travel trailers and are not registered under the provisions of
ORS 803.420 (1).
(2) In addition to any other fee authorized by law, for each
Crater Lake National Park registration plate issued under
subsection (1) of this section, the department shall collect a
surcharge of $10 payable when the plate is issued. The department
shall distribute the surcharge as provided in section 2 of this
2001 Act.
(3) Notwithstanding ORS 803.530, Crater Lake National Park
registration plates may be transferred from vehicle to vehicle if
the department stops issuing the plates as 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 Crater Lake National Park registration
plate program, the Department of Transportation shall transfer
moneys from the surcharge imposed by section 1 of this 2001 Act
to the National Park Foundation for use on Crater Lake National
Park projects.
(2) As used in this section, 'the cost of administration of the
Crater Lake National Park registration plate program' is the sum
of all Department of Transportation expenses for the issuance or
transfer of Crater Lake National Park 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
Crater Lake National Park registration plate surcharge and
transferring Crater Lake National Park registration plates. + }
SECTION 3. { + (1) The Department of Transportation shall
design the Crater Lake National Park registration plate in
consultation with the National Park Service.
(2) Except as otherwise required by the design chosen, Crater
Lake National Park 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 $150,000 for the purpose of
initiating the Crater Lake National Park 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 Crater Lake National
Park registration plate program shall be transferred to the
account established under subsection (2) of this section.
(2) Notwithstanding section 1 of this 2001 Act, after deduction
for the cost of administration of the Crater Lake National Park
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 funds have
accumulated for the purpose of subsection (3) of this section.
(3) When the department determines that sufficient moneys 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 and
appropriated to the National Park Foundation as provided in
section 2 of this 2001 Act. + }
SECTION 5. { + 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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