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 2245
 
                         Senate Bill 593
 
Sponsored by Senator FERRIOLI (at the request of Ruthie Boyd)
 
 
                             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.
 
  Directs Department of Transportation to establish horse
registration plate program. Imposes $10 surcharge for each plate.
Directs that moneys from surcharge on registration plate be
transferred to Oregon Humane Society for investigation of animal
abuse and neglect.
  Appropriates moneys from General Fund to department for purpose
of initiating horse registration plate program.
  Increases to four number of special registration plates
department may be required to offer at one time.
 
                        A BILL FOR AN ACT
Relating to horse registration plates; 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 a horse registration plate program to issue special
registration plates called horse registration plates upon request
to owners of motor vehicles registered under ORS 803.420 (1) to
observe the importance of horses to Oregon. In addition, the
department may adopt rules for issuance of horse registration
plates for vehicles not registered under ORS 803.420 (1).
  (2) In addition to any other fee authorized by law, for each
horse registration plate issued under subsection (1) of this
section, the department shall collect a surcharge of $10 payable
when the plate is issued and upon each subsequent renewal of
registration of a vehicle bearing the plate. The department shall
distribute the surcharge as provided in section 3 of this 2009
Act.
  (3) Notwithstanding ORS 803.530, horse 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
useful for purposes of identification. + }
  SECTION 3.  { + (1) As used in this section, 'cost of
administration of the horse registration plate program' means the
sum of all Department of Transportation expenses for the issuance
or transfer of horse registration plates under section 2 of this
2009 Act, including, but not limited to, the costs of collecting
the horse registration plate surcharge and transferring horse
registration plates that are above the normal costs of issuing,
renewing and transferring registration plates in the normal
course of the business of the department.
  (2) After deduction of the cost of administration of the horse
registration plate program, moneys from the surcharge imposed by
section 2 of this 2009 Act shall be transferred and distributed
to an account designated by the Oregon Humane Society to be used
for the society's animal abuse and neglect investigation program.
At any time that the department determines that the account
designated by the Oregon Humane Society ceases to exist, the
department may deposit the proceeds into the Passenger Rail
Transportation Account established under ORS 802.100. + }
  SECTION 4.  { + (1) The Department of Transportation shall
design the horse registration plate issued under section 2 of
this 2009 Act.
  (2) Except as otherwise required by the design chosen, horse
registration plates shall comply with the requirements of ORS
803.535. + }
  SECTION 5.  { + (1) There is appropriated to the Department of
Transportation, for the biennium beginning July 1, 2009, out of
the General Fund, the amount of $___ for the purpose of
initiating the horse registration plate program established under
section 2 of this 2009 Act, including, but not limited to, the
horse registration plate design, computer programming and horse
registration plate production setup. Any portion of the
appropriation not used for initiating the horse registration
plate program shall be transferred to the account described in
subsection (2) of this section.
  (2) Notwithstanding section 3 of this 2009 Act, after deduction
of the cost of administration of the horse registration plate
program, as defined in section 3 of this 2009 Act, the department
shall transfer the moneys from the surcharge imposed by section 2
of this 2009 Act to a special 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 described in subsection (2)
of this section, but no later than June 30, 2011, 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 described in subsection
(2) of this section after the reimbursement required under
subsection (3) of this section shall be transferred to the Oregon
Humane Society 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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