74th OREGON LEGISLATIVE ASSEMBLY--2007 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 1193
A-Engrossed
House Bill 2033
Ordered by the House May 9
Including House Amendments dated May 9
Ordered printed by the Speaker pursuant to House Rule 12.00A (5).
Presession filed (at the request of House Interim Committee on
Transportation for Association of Oregon Counties)
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.
Revises definition of 'minimum county road base funding ' for
purposes of allocating moneys from State Highway Fund.
Declares emergency, effective July 1, 2007.
A BILL FOR AN ACT
Relating to allocation of moneys to counties for road funding;
amending ORS 366.772; repealing section 21, chapter 618, Oregon
Laws 2003; and declaring an emergency.
Be It Enacted by the People of the State of Oregon:
SECTION 1. ORS 366.772 is amended to read:
366.772. (1) Not later than July 31 in each calendar year, the
sum of $750,000 shall be withdrawn from the appropriation
specified in ORS 366.762, and the sum of { - $250,000 - }
{ + $750,000 + } shall be withdrawn from moneys available to the
Department of Transportation from the State Highway Fund. The
sums withdrawn shall be set up in a separate account to be
administered by the Department of Transportation.
(2) Not later than July 31 in each calendar year, the sum of
{ - $1 million - } { + $1.5 million + } shall be withdrawn
from the separate account described in subsection (1) of this
section and distributed to counties that had a county road base
funding deficit in the prior fiscal year. A county's share of the
{ - $1 million - } { + $1.5 million + } shall be based on the
ratio of the amount of the county's road base funding deficit to
the total amount of county road base funding deficits of all
counties.
(3) Moneys allocated as provided in this section may be used
only for maintenance, repair and improvement of existing roads.
(4) As used in this section:
{ + (a) 'Arterial highway' has the meaning given that term in
ORS 801.127.
(b) 'Collector highway' has the meaning given that term in ORS
801.197. + }
{ - (a) - } { + (c) + } 'County road base funding deficit'
means the amount of a county's minimum county road base funding
minus the amount of that county's dedicated county road funding.
A county has a county road base funding deficit only if the
amount of the dedicated county road funding is less than the
amount of the minimum county road base funding.
{ - (b) - } { + (d) + } 'Dedicated county road funding' for
a county means:
(A) Moneys received from federal forest reserves and
apportioned to the county road fund in accordance with ORS
294.060;
(B) State Highway Fund moneys distributed to the county, other
than moneys distributed under this section; and
(C) Federal Highway Administration revenues allocated by
formula to the county annually under the federal-aid highway
program authorized by 23 U.S.C. chapter 1. These moneys do not
include federal funds received by the county through a
competitive grant process.
{ - (c) - } { + (e) + } 'Minimum county road base funding'
means { - $1 million - } { + $4,500 per mile of county roads
that are arterial and collector highways + } beginning on July 1,
{ - 2003 - } { + 2007 + }, and thereafter means { - $1
million - } { + $4,500 per mile of county roads that are
arterial and collector highways + } as adjusted annually on the
basis of the Portland-Salem, OR-WA, Consumer Price Index for All
Urban Consumers for All Items, as published by the Bureau of
Labor Statistics of the United States Department of Labor.
SECTION 2. ORS 366.772, as amended by section 20, chapter 618,
Oregon Laws 2003, is amended to read:
366.772. (1) Not later than July 31 in each calendar year, the
sum of { - $500,000 - } { + $750,000 + } shall be withdrawn
from the appropriation specified in ORS 366.762, and the sum of
{ - $250,000 - } { + $750,000 + } shall be withdrawn from
moneys available to the Department of Transportation from the
State Highway Fund. The sums withdrawn shall be set up in a
separate account to be administered by the Department of
Transportation.
(2) Not later than July 31 in each calendar year, the sum of
{ - $750,000 - } { + $1.5 million + } shall be withdrawn from
the separate account described in subsection (1) of this section
and distributed to counties that had a county road base funding
deficit in the prior fiscal year. A county's share of the
{ - $750,000 - } { + $1.5 million + } shall be based on the
ratio of the amount of the county's road base funding deficit to
the total amount of county road base funding deficits of all
counties.
(3) Moneys allocated as provided in this section may be used
only for maintenance, repair and improvement of existing roads.
(4) As used in this section:
{ + (a) 'Arterial highway' has the meaning given that term in
ORS 801.127.
(b) 'Collector highway' has the meaning given that term in ORS
801.197. + }
{ - (a) - } { + (c) + } 'County road base funding deficit'
means the amount of a county's minimum county road base funding
minus the amount of that county's dedicated county road funding.
A county has a county road base funding deficit only if the
amount of the dedicated county road funding is less than the
amount of the minimum county road base funding.
{ - (b) - } { + (d) + } 'Dedicated county road funding' for
a county means:
(A) Moneys received from federal forest reserves and
apportioned to the county road fund in accordance with ORS
294.060;
(B) State Highway Fund moneys distributed to the county, other
than moneys distributed under this section; and
(C) Federal Highway Administration revenues allocated by
formula to the county annually under the federal-aid highway
program authorized by 23 U.S.C. chapter 1. These moneys do not
include federal funds received by the county through a
competitive grant process.
{ - (c) - } { + (e) + } 'Minimum county road base funding'
means { - $1 million - } { + $4,500 per mile of county roads
that are arterial and collector highways + }beginning on July 1,
{ - 2003 - } { + 2007 + }, and thereafter means { - $1
million - } { + $4,500 per mile of county roads that are
arterial and collector highways + } as adjusted annually on the
basis of the Portland-Salem, OR-WA, Consumer Price Index for All
Urban Consumers for All Items, as published by the Bureau of
Labor Statistics of the United States Department of Labor.
SECTION 3. { + Section 21, chapter 618, Oregon Laws 2003, is
repealed. + }
SECTION 4. { + This 2007 Act being necessary for the immediate
preservation of the public peace, health and safety, an emergency
is declared to exist, and this 2007 Act takes effect July 1,
2007. + }
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