75th OREGON LEGISLATIVE ASSEMBLY--2009 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 3290
House Bill 2783
Sponsored by Representative SHIELDS (at the request of Martell
Radford)
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 issue Oregon Trail
registration plate. Imposes surcharge on issuance of plate, to be
transferred to Oregon School for the Deaf and Oregon School for
the Blind.
Appropriates moneys from General Fund to Department of
Transportation for start-up costs of Oregon Trail registration
plate program.
A BILL FOR AN ACT
Relating to Oregon Trail registration plate; creating new
provisions; amending ORS 805.202; and appropriating money.
Be It Enacted by the People of the State of Oregon:
SECTION 1. { + Sections 2 and 3 of this 2009 Act are added to
and made a part of the Oregon Vehicle Code. + }
SECTION 2. { + (1) The Department of Transportation shall
establish an Oregon Trail registration plate program to issue
special registration plates called 'Oregon Trail registration
plates' upon request to owners of motor vehicles registered under
the provisions of ORS 803.420 (1). In addition, the department
may adopt rules for issuance of Oregon Trail registration plates
for vehicles not registered under the provisions of ORS 803.420
(1).
(2) In addition to any other fee authorized by law, for each
Oregon Trail 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 3 of this 2009 Act.
(3) Notwithstanding ORS 803.530, Oregon Trail 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 3. { + (1) After deduction of the cost of
administration of the Oregon Trail registration plate program,
the Department of Transportation shall transfer moneys from the
surcharge imposed by section 2 of this 2009 Act in equal amounts
to the Oregon School for the Deaf and the Oregon School for the
Blind.
(2) As used in this section, 'the cost of administration of the
Oregon Trail registration plate program' is the sum of all
Department of Transportation expenses for the issuance or
transfer of Oregon Trail registration plates under section 2 of
this 2009 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 Oregon Trail
registration plate surcharge and transferring Oregon Trail
registration plates. + }
SECTION 4. { + (1) The Department of Transportation shall use
as a design for the plates issued under section 2 of this 2009
Act the design of the Oregon Trail commemorative registration
plate that was authorized by section 113, chapter 741, Oregon
Laws 1993.
(2) Except as otherwise required by the design specified in
subsection (1) of this section, Oregon Trail registration plates
shall comply with the requirements of ORS 803.535. + }
SECTION 5. { + (1) There is appropriated to the Department of
Transportation, out of the General Fund, for the biennium
beginning July 1, 2009, the amount of $___ for the purpose of
initiating the Oregon Trail registration plate program
established in section 2 of this 2009 Act, including but not
limited to the registration plate design, computer programming
and production setup. Any portion of the appropriation not used
for initiating the Oregon Trail registration plate program shall
be transferred to the account established under subsection (2) of
this section.
(2) Notwithstanding section 3 of this 2009 Act, after deduction
of the cost of administration of the Oregon Trail registration
plate program, the department shall transfer the moneys from the
surcharge imposed by section 2 of this 2009 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 moneys in sufficient
amount are available in the account established under subsection
(2) of this section, 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 may not be considered 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 continuously appropriated moneys for any biennial
period.
(4) Any moneys remaining in the account established under
subsection (2) of this section after deduction of the
reimbursement required under subsection (3) of this section shall
be transferred to the Oregon School for the Deaf and the Oregon
School for the Blind as provided in section 3 of this 2009
Act. + }
SECTION 6. ORS 805.202 is amended to read:
805.202. (1) As used in this section, 'special registration
plate' means a registration plate issued by the Department of
Transportation:
(a) For which a surcharge is imposed in order to raise money
for an entity other than the department;
(b) That is not a plate issued under ORS 805.105 or 805.205;
(c) That is not an elected official plate issued under ORS
805.220; and
(d) That is not a customized plate issued under ORS 805.240.
(2) The Legislative Assembly may not require the Department of
Transportation to offer more than { - three - } { + four + }
kinds of special registration plates at any one time. At any time
the department is offering { - three - } { + four + } kinds
of special registration plates, any bill enacted by the
Legislative Assembly that requires the department to issue a new
kind of special registration plate shall include a provision
requiring the department to eliminate at least one kind of
special registration plate.
(3) When the department eliminates a kind of special
registration plate in accordance with the provisions of a law
described in subsection (2) of this section, the department shall
continue to issue the plate until the new plate is available.
When the new plate is available, the department shall destroy the
remaining stock of the eliminated plate.
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