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
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LC 2672
 
                           A-Engrossed
 
                         Senate Bill 580
                 Ordered by the Senate April 29
           Including Senate Amendments dated April 29
 
Sponsored by Senators STARR, METSGER
 
 
                             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.
 
    { - Directs Department of Transportation to impose and
collect toll on Interstate 5 bridges that cross Columbia River
and use moneys collected to fund Columbia River Crossing
Project. - }
    { - Creates Columbia River Crossing Project Fund.
Continuously appropriates moneys in fund to Department of
Transportation. - }
   { +  Directs Department of Transportation to collaborate with
governmental units to implement tolling on interstate bridges
that cross Columbia River. Requires department to develop rate
structure for tolling on or before January 1, 2011. Directs
department to submit rate structure to Oregon Transportation
Commission. + }
 
                        A BILL FOR AN ACT
Relating to the Columbia River Crossing Project.
Be It Enacted by the People of the State of Oregon:
  SECTION 1.  { + The Department of Transportation shall:
  (1) Make every effort to enter into any combination of
contracts, agreements and other arrangements with any unit of
government, as defined in ORS 383.003, necessary to implement
tolling on the Interstate 5 and Interstate 205 bridges that cross
the Columbia River; and
  (2) No later than January 1, 2011, in collaboration with any
unit of government as defined in ORS 383.003, develop a rate
structure for tolling that allows for congestion indexing and
submit the rate structure to the Oregon Transportation Commission
for approval pursuant to ORS 383.004. + }
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