Bill Text: OR SB1059 | 2010 | 1st Special Session | Amended

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Bill Title: Relating to greenhouse gas emissions; and declaring an emergency.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)

Status: (Passed) 2010-03-18 - Effective date, March 18, 2010. [SB1059 Detail]

Download: Oregon-2010-SB1059-Amended.html

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     75th OREGON LEGISLATIVE ASSEMBLY--2010 Special Session

SA to SB 1059

LC 204/SB 1059-6

                      SENATE AMENDMENTS TO
                        SENATE BILL 1059

        By COMMITTEE ON ENVIRONMENT AND NATURAL RESOURCES

                           February 12

  On page 1 of the printed bill, line 4, delete '7' and insert
'8'.
  Delete lines 6 through 14 and insert:
  '  { +  SECTION 2. + }  { + (1) The Oregon Transportation
Commission, after consultation with and in cooperation with
metropolitan planning organizations, other state agencies, local
governments and stakeholders, as a part of the state
transportation policy developed and maintained under ORS 184.618,
shall adopt a statewide transportation strategy on greenhouse gas
emissions to aid in achieving the greenhouse gas emissions
reduction goals set forth in ORS 468A.205. The commission shall
focus on reducing greenhouse gas emissions resulting from
transportation. In developing the strategy, the commission shall
take into account state and federal programs, policies and
incentives related to reducing greenhouse gas emissions.
  ' (2) The commission shall actively solicit public review and
comment in the development of the strategy. + } ' .
  In line 16, delete 'in consultation' and insert 'after
consultation with and in cooperation'.
  In line 17, after 'agencies' insert ', local governments ' and
delete 'adopt rules establishing' and insert 'establish'.
  In line 19, after 'must' insert ', at a minimum'.
  On page 2, line 3, after the comma delete the rest of the line
and insert 'after consultation with and in cooperation with
metropolitan planning organizations, local governments and
other'.
  In line 4, delete 'adopt rules establishing' and insert '
establish'.
  In line 25, after '(1)' insert 'Except as provided in
subsection (3) of this section,'.
  In line 26, after the comma delete the rest of the line and
insert 'after consultation with and in cooperation with the
Oregon Transportation Commission, local governments and
metropolitan'.
  In line 27, after 'rules' insert 'identifying a reduction
target for' and delete the rest of the line.
  Delete lines 28 and 29.
  In line 30, delete 'in'.
  In line 31, after 'less' insert 'to be met by each region
served by a metropolitan planning organization'.
  In line 34, after the period insert 'The rules must also take
into consideration methods of equitably allocating reductions
among the metropolitan areas given differences in population
growth rates.'.
  On page 3, line 18, delete 'should' and insert 'need to'.
  In line 24, after 'by' insert 'each region served by' and
delete the rest of the line.
  In line 25, delete 'ries of'.
  In line 30, after 'each' insert 'region served by' and delete
the rest of the line.
  In line 31, delete 'aries of'.
  Delete lines 40 through 45 and delete pages 4 and 5 and insert:
  ' (3) Subsection (1) of this section does not apply to the
region served by the metropolitan planning organization that
serves Portland.
  '  { +  SECTION 6. + }  { + The Department of Transportation
and the Department of Land Conservation and Development, after
consultation with and in cooperation with other state agencies
and the Oregon University System, shall:
  ' (1) Educate the public about the need to reduce greenhouse
gas emissions from motor vehicles with a gross vehicle weight
rating of 10,000 pounds or less; and
  ' (2) Educate the public about the costs and benefits of
reducing greenhouse gas emissions. + }
  '  { +  SECTION 7. + }  { + (1) As used in this section,
'regional transportation plan' means a long-range transportation
plan prepared and adopted by a metropolitan planning organization
for a metropolitan area as provided for in federal law.
  ' (2) Except as provided in subsection (3) of this section, the
local governments within the boundaries of a metropolitan
planning organization, after consultation with and in cooperation
with the metropolitan planning organization and state agencies,
shall:
  ' (a) Consider whether any immediate action can be taken to
reduce greenhouse gas emissions.
  ' (b) Consider how regional transportation plans could be
altered to reduce greenhouse gas emissions.
  ' (3) Subsection (2) of this section does not apply to the
metropolitan planning organization that serves Portland or to the
local governments within that metropolitan planning
organization. + }
  '  { +  SECTION 8. + }  { + The Department of Transportation
and the Department of Land Conservation and Development, after
consultation with and in cooperation with local governments
within the boundaries of a metropolitan planning organization,
shall make a joint report to the Seventy-sixth Legislative
Assembly in the manner provided in ORS 192.245. The report must
provide information regarding the amount of financing that is
necessary to cover the costs of local governments in preparing
and cooperatively selecting land use and transportation scenarios
and the potential sources of funding for this preparation and
cooperative selection. + }
  '  { +  SECTION 9. + }  { + The Department of Transportation
and the Department of Land Conservation and Development shall
make a joint report to the Seventy-seventh Legislative Assembly,
in the manner provided in ORS 192.245, regarding:
  ' (1) The progress made in developing:
  ' (a) The statewide transportation strategy on greenhouse gas
emissions adopted by the Oregon Transportation Commission
pursuant to section 2 of this 2010 Act;
  ' (b) The guidelines established by the Department of
Transportation and the Department of Land Conservation and
Development pursuant to section 3 of this 2010 Act; and
  ' (c) The toolkit established by the Department of
Transportation and the Department of Land Conservation and
Development pursuant to section 4 of this 2010 Act.
  ' (2) Recommendations on how to meet the greenhouse gas
emissions reduction targets identified in section 5 of this 2010
Act.
  ' (3) Whether additional actions or a different framework is
necessary to carry out the greenhouse gas emissions reduction
goals set forth in ORS 468A.205. + }
  '  { +  SECTION 10. + }  { + Section 2 of this 2010 Act does
not limit the authority of an agency, as defined in ORS 183.310,
to regulate air contaminants. + }

  '  { +  SECTION 11. + }  { + This 2010 Act being necessary for
the immediate preservation of the public peace, health and
safety, an emergency is declared to exist, and this 2010 Act
takes effect on its passage. + } ' .
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