74th OREGON LEGISLATIVE ASSEMBLY--2007 Regular Session
 
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LC 815
 
                         House Bill 2272
 
Ordered printed by the Speaker pursuant to House Rule 12.00A (5).
  Presession filed (at the request of Governor Theodore R.
  Kulongoski for Department of Transportation)
 
 
                             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.
 
  Adds compliance with certain emission standards as requirement
for registration of motor vehicle.
 
                        A BILL FOR AN ACT
Relating to requirements for registering motor vehicles; amending
  ORS 803.350.
Be It Enacted by the People of the State of Oregon:
  SECTION 1. ORS 803.350 is amended to read:
  803.350. This section establishes the requirements for
qualification for registration. The Department of Transportation
shall not issue registration to a vehicle if the requirements
under this section are not met. The department, in the absence of
just cause for refusing to register a vehicle upon application,
shall assign a distinctive number or other distinctive means of
identification and shall issue registration for a vehicle if all
of the following requirements are met:
  (1) The applicant applies for and is granted title in the
applicant's name at the same time the person makes application
for registration, or presents satisfactory evidence that title
covering the vehicle has been previously issued to the applicant.
  (2) The applicant completes an application described under ORS
803.370. If the vehicle is a reconstructed or assembled vehicle
or a replica, the person must indicate that fact in the
application or be subject to ORS 803.225.
  (3) The applicant pays the department the registration fee
established under ORS 803.420 and any applicable fees for
issuance of registration plates.
  (4) For motor vehicles, proof of compliance with pollution
control equipment requirements is provided to the department.
Proof required to comply with this subsection is described under
ORS 815.310. This subsection does not apply if the vehicle is
exempt from the requirements for proof of compliance under ORS
815.300.
  (5) The applicant is domiciled in this state, as described in
ORS 803.355, if required by ORS 803.360 to be domiciled in the
state in order to register a vehicle. If the department has
reason to believe that the applicant is not domiciled in this
state and is required to be in order to register a vehicle, the
department may require the person to submit proof of domicile.
The department shall determine by rule what constitutes proof of
domicile.
  (6) The applicant owns a vehicle that qualifies under ORS
803.360 (2) for registration in this state, if the owner is not
domiciled in this state and is not required by ORS 803.200, or
any other provision of law, to register the vehicle in this
state.
  (7) The applicant surrenders all evidence of any former
registration or title as required by ORS 803.380.
   { +  (8)(a) Beginning with 2009 model year new motor vehicles,
the applicant provides proof of compliance with low emission
motor vehicle standards adopted pursuant to ORS 468A.360. The
department shall determine by rule what constitutes proof of
compliance with low emission motor vehicle standards.
  (b) The department shall determine by rule which new motor
vehicles are exempt from the requirements of this subsection. Any
rules adopted pursuant to this paragraph shall be consistent with
the Environmental Quality Commission standards adopted pursuant
to ORS 468A.360.
  (c) For purposes of this subsection, 'new motor vehicle ' means
a motor vehicle with 7,500 miles or less on the odometer when the
vehicle is initially registered under ORS 803.420 (1), 805.100 or
805.120. + }
    { - (8) - }  { +  (9) + } If required to do so by the
department, the applicant provides the department with
satisfactory proof that the vehicle was designed to be operated
on highways and meets equipment requirements imposed by statute
or rule for the lawful operation of a vehicle on highways. The
department may adopt rules specifying the kinds of vehicles that
are subject to this subsection and what constitutes satisfactory
proof under this subsection.
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