70th OREGON LEGISLATIVE ASSEMBLY--1999 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 4001
Senate Bill 1118
Sponsored by Senator SHANNON; Senators BROWN, CASTILLO, COURTNEY,
GEORGE, HARTUNG, Representatives BACKLUND, LEHMAN, MANNIX,
MORRISETTE, SHETTERLY, WINTERS (at the request of Salem-Keizer
School District)
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.
Increases fee for Student Driver Training Fund. Requires
Department of Transportation to establish curriculum for traffic
safety education course.
A BILL FOR AN ACT
Relating to student driver training; creating new provisions; and
amending ORS 807.370.
Be It Enacted by the People of the State of Oregon:
SECTION 1. ORS 807.370 is amended to read:
807.370. The following are the fees relating to the issuance
and renewal of licenses, driver permits and indorsements:
(1) Disability golf cart driver permit fees under ORS 807.210,
as follows:
(a) For issuance, $15.
(b) For renewal fee under ORS 807.210, $9 plus an additional
fee of $1 under ORS 807.380, if applicable.
(2) Emergency driver permit fee under ORS 807.220, $11.
(3) Instruction driver permit issuance fee under ORS 807.280,
$13.
(4) License issuance fee for a Class C license, $20.
(5) License issuance fee for a restricted Class C license, $20.
(6) License issuance fee for a commercial driver license,
whether or not the license contains indorsements, $25.
(7) Test fees for a commercial driver license or permit:
(a) To take the knowledge test for a Class A commercial license
or permit, $3.
(b) To take the skills test for a Class A commercial license,
$56.
(c) To take the knowledge test for a Class B commercial license
or permit, $3.
(d) To take the skills test for a Class B commercial license,
$56.
(e) To take the knowledge test for a Class C commercial license
or permit, $3.
(f) To take the skills test for a Class C commercial license,
$56.
(8) Notwithstanding subsection (6) of this section, for
issuance of a commercial driver license of any class when the
Department of Transportation accepts a certificate of competency
issued under ORS 807.080, $33 in addition to the fee under
subsection (6) of this section.
(9) For a farm indorsement, $13.
(10) Test fees for the knowledge test for indorsements other
than motorcycle and farm indorsements:
(a) For a hazardous materials indorsement, $3.
(b) For a tank vehicle indorsement, $3.
(c) For a passenger indorsement, $3.
(d) For a trailer indorsement, $3.
(11) Fee to take an airbrake knowledge test, $3.
(12) Fee to take an airbrake skills test to remove an airbrake
restriction, $56.
(13) License renewal fee for a commercial driver license, $14.
(14) License renewal fee for a Class C license, $10, plus an
additional fee of $1 under ORS 807.380, if applicable.
(15) License replacement fee under ORS 807.160, $11.
(16) Motor Vehicle Accident Fund eligibility fee under ORS
807.040 and 807.150, $4.
(17) Original indorsement issuance fee under ORS 807.170 for a
motorcycle indorsement, $23, in addition to any fees for the
indorsed license.
(18) Permit replacement fee under ORS 807.220, 807.230, 807.280
and 807.290, $12.
(19) Special student driver permit fee under ORS 807.230, $11.
(20) Student Driver Training Fund eligibility fee under ORS
807.040 and 807.150, { - $2 - } { + $3 + }.
(21) Motorcycle Safety Subaccount fee as follows:
(a) Upon original issuance of motorcycle indorsements under ORS
807.170, $14.
(b) Upon renewal of a license with a motorcycle indorsement
under ORS 807.170, $14.
(22) Probationary driver permit application fee under ORS
807.270, $38.
(23) Probationary driver permit renewal fee under ORS 807.270,
$10.
(24) Hardship driver permit application fee under ORS 807.240,
$38.
(25) Fee for reinstatement of revoked driving privileges under
ORS 809.390, $53.
(26) Fee for reinstatement of suspended driving privileges
under ORS 809.380, $53.
(27) Safety Education Fund eligibility fee under ORS 807.040
and 807.150, 25 cents.
(28) Fee for reinstatement of right to apply for driving
privileges after a delay under ORS 809.280, the same as the fee
for reinstatement of suspended driving privileges.
SECTION 2. { + Section 3 of this 1999 Act is added to and made
a part of ORS chapter 802. + }
SECTION 3. { + (1) The Department of Transportation, in
consultation with the Transportation Safety Committee, shall
establish a curriculum for a course in traffic safety education
under ORS 336.800. The curriculum shall establish standards for a
course of instruction to be devoted to the study and practice of
the rules of the road, the safe and proper operation of motor
vehicles, accident prevention and other matters that promote safe
and lawful driving habits and reduce the need for intensive
highway policing. The course shall include classroom instruction
and on-street driving or simulated driving in a driving
simulator. No pupil may participate in on-street driving unless
the pupil is enrolled in or has completed a course in classroom
instruction.
(2) The department shall adopt by rule minimum standards for a
traffic safety education course that is required for issuance of
a driver license under ORS 807.065.
(3) The department shall adopt by rule a procedure to certify
that a traffic safety education course meets the minimum
standards established under subsection (2) of this section.
(4) The department shall adopt rules establishing
qualifications for a person to teach a course in traffic safety
education.
(5) The department shall adopt rules necessary to administer
ORS 336.805 and 336.810. + }
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