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
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LC 3232
 
                           A-Engrossed
 
                         House Bill 2691
                  Ordered by the House June 12
            Including House Amendments dated June 12
 
Sponsored by COMMITTEE ON REVENUE
 
 
                             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.
 
    { - Increases amount of vehicle registration fees county or
district may collect. - }l
   { +  Eliminates requirement that county ordinance establishing
vehicle registration fees be submitted to electors of county for
approval. + }
 
                        A BILL FOR AN ACT
Relating to vehicle registration fees; creating new provisions;
  and amending ORS 801.041.
Be It Enacted by the People of the State of Oregon:
  SECTION 1. ORS 801.041 is amended to read:
  801.041. The following apply to the authority granted to
counties by ORS 801.040 to establish registration fees for
vehicles:
  (1)  { + Notwithstanding ORS 203.055 or any provision of a
county charter, + } an ordinance establishing registration fees
under this section must be enacted by the county imposing the
registration fee and filed with the Department of Transportation.
 { - Any ordinance establishing registration fees that is enacted
by the governing body of a county must be submitted to the
electors of the county for their approval. - }  The governing
body of the county imposing the registration fee shall enter into
an intergovernmental agreement under ORS 190.010 with the
department by which the department shall collect the registration
fees, pay them over to the county and, if necessary, allow the
credit or credits described in ORS 803.445 (5). The
intergovernmental agreement must state the date on which the
department shall begin collecting registration fees for the
county.
  (2) The authority granted by this section allows the
establishment of registration fees in addition to those described
in ORS 803.420. There is no authority under this section to
affect registration periods, qualifications, cards, plates,
requirements or any other provision relating to vehicle
registration under the vehicle code.
  (3) Except as otherwise provided for in this subsection, when
registration fees are imposed under this section, they must be
 
imposed on all vehicle classes. Registration fees as provided
under this section may not be imposed on the following:
  (a) Snowmobiles and Class I all-terrain vehicles.
  (b) Fixed load vehicles.
  (c) Vehicles registered under ORS 805.100 to disabled veterans.
  (d) Vehicles registered as antique vehicles under ORS 805.010.
  (e) Vehicles registered as vehicles of special interest under
ORS 805.020.
  (f) Government-owned or operated vehicles registered under ORS
805.040 or 805.045.
  (g) School buses or school activity vehicles registered under
ORS 805.050.
  (h) Law enforcement undercover vehicles registered under ORS
805.060.
  (i) Vehicles registered on a proportional basis for interstate
operation.
  (j) Vehicles with a registration weight of 26,001 pounds or
more described in ORS 803.420 (10) or (11).
  (k) Vehicles registered as farm vehicles under the provisions
of ORS 805.300.
  (L) Travel trailers, campers and motor homes.
  (4) Any registration fee imposed by a county must be a fixed
amount not to exceed, with respect to any vehicle class, the
registration fee established under ORS 803.420 (1). For vehicles
on which a flat fee is imposed under ORS 803.420, the fee must be
a whole dollar amount.
  (5) Moneys from registration fees established under this
section must be paid to the county establishing the registration
fees as provided in ORS 802.110. The county ordinance shall
provide for payment of at least 40 percent of the money to cities
within the county unless a different distribution is agreed to
between the county and the cities within the jurisdiction of the
county. The moneys shall be used for any purpose for which moneys
from registration fees may be used.
  (6) Two or more counties may act jointly to impose a
registration fee under this section. The ordinance of each county
acting jointly with another under this subsection must provide
for the distribution of moneys collected through a joint
registration fee.
  (7) Before the governing body of a county that overlaps a
district can impose a registration fee under this section, it
must enter into an intergovernmental agreement under ORS 190.010
with the governing bodies of that district and all counties,
other districts and cities with populations of over 300,000 that
overlap the district. The intergovernmental agreement must state
the registration fees and, if necessary, how the revenue from the
fees are to be apportioned among the counties and the districts.
Before the governing body of a county can enter into such an
intergovernmental agreement, the county shall consult with the
cities in its jurisdiction.
  SECTION 2.  { + The amendments to ORS 801.041 by section 1 of
this 2007 Act apply to ordinances enacted by the governing body
of a county on or after the effective date of this 2007 Act. + }
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