72nd OREGON LEGISLATIVE ASSEMBLY--2003 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 3652
 
                         Senate Bill 899
 
Sponsored by Senator BROWN; Senators ATKINSON, BEYER, CLARNO,
  DECKERT, FERRIOLI, FISHER, GEORGE, GORDLY, HANNON, MESSERLE,
  MORRISETTE, MORSE, NELSON, B STARR, C STARR, WINTERS,
  Representatives CLOSE, HANSEN, ROSENBAUM, SCHAUFLER, T SMITH
 
 
                             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 advertise in 2003 for
bids to purchase motor vehicle registration plates and plates for
motor carriers. Requires that motor vehicle registration plates
be manufactured in Oregon. Provides exceptions. Prohibits payment
by state for motor vehicle registration plates not manufactured
in Oregon unless manufacture outside Oregon was authorized.
  Declares emergency, effective on passage.
 
                        A BILL FOR AN ACT
Relating to public contract for motor vehicle plates; creating
  new provisions; amending ORS 282.210 and 282.220; and declaring
  an emergency.
Be It Enacted by the People of the State of Oregon:
  SECTION 1.  { + In 2003, the Department of Transportation shall
advertise for bids on a public contract for the purchase of motor
vehicle registration plates and plates required to be affixed to
motor carriers on the first anniversary of the date such a public
contract was executed in 2002. + }
  SECTION 2. ORS 282.210 is amended to read:
  282.210. (1) Except as provided in subsection (2) of this
section, all printing, binding and stationery work { + ,
including the manufacture of motor vehicle registration plates
and plates required to be affixed to motor carriers, + } for the
state or any county, city, town, port district, school district,
or other political subdivision thereof, shall be performed within
the state. All requests for bids and all contracts for such work
shall so stipulate.
  (2) The work referred to in subsection (1) of this section may
be performed outside the state if it is established that:
  (a) The work cannot be performed within the state;
  (b) The lowest price for which such work can be procured within
the state exceeds the charge usually and customarily made to
private individuals and corporations for work of similar
character and quality; or
  (c) All bids for the work, or any part thereof, are excessive
and not reasonably competitive.
  SECTION 3. ORS 282.220 is amended to read:
 
  282.220. No payment shall be made by the state or any political
subdivision thereof for printing, binding or stationery
work { + , including the manufacture of motor vehicle
registration plates and plates required to be affixed to motor
carriers, + } unless it appears that such work was done within
the state, or was authorized to be done outside the state
pursuant to ORS 282.210.
  SECTION 4.  { + This 2003 Act being necessary for the immediate
preservation of the public peace, health and safety, an emergency
is declared to exist, and this 2003 Act takes effect on its
passage. + }
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