Bill Text: OR SB442 | 2011 | Regular Session | Enrolled
Bill Title: Relating to vehicle registration plates; and appropriating money.
Spectrum: Slight Partisan Bill (Republican 2-1)
Status: (Passed) 2011-08-03 - Effective date, January 1, 2012. [SB442 Detail]
Download: Oregon-2011-SB442-Enrolled.html
76th OREGON LEGISLATIVE ASSEMBLY--2011 Regular Session
Enrolled
Senate Bill 442
Sponsored by Senator WINTERS; Representative CAMERON (at the
request of Angie Morris, President of Cultivating Communities)
(Presession filed.)
CHAPTER ................
AN ACT
Relating to vehicle registration plates; creating new provisions;
amending ORS 805.202 and section 2, chapter 823, Oregon Laws
2009; and appropriating money.
Be It Enacted by the People of the State of Oregon:
SECTION 1. { + Sections 2 to 6 of this 2011 Act are added to
and made a part of the Oregon Vehicle Code. + }
SECTION 2. { + (1) Except as provided in section 3 of this
2011 Act, the Department of Transportation shall establish a wine
country registration plate program to issue special registration
plates called 'wine country registration plates' upon request to
owners of motor vehicles registered under the provisions of ORS
803.420 (1).
(2) In addition to any other fee authorized by law, for each
set of wine country registration plates issued under subsection
(1) of this section, the department shall collect a surcharge of
$30 payable when the plates are issued and upon each subsequent
renewal of registration of a vehicle bearing the plates. The
department shall transfer the moneys from the surcharge as
provided in section 4 of this 2011 Act. + }
SECTION 3. { + The Department of Transportation may not begin
creating or issuing wine country registration plates under
section 2 of this 2011 Act until the department receives an
amount sufficient to cover all of the department's anticipated
costs of creating and issuing the wine country registration
plate, including, but not limited to, computer programming costs
and vendor setup fees. + }
SECTION 4. { + (1) After the deduction of the cost of
administration of the wine country registration plate program,
the Department of Transportation shall deposit the net proceeds
of the surcharge collected by the department under section 2 of
this 2011 Act into the account of the Oregon Tourism Commission
established under ORS 284.131. The department shall make deposits
under this subsection at least quarterly.
(2) Moneys deposited under subsection (1) of this section are
continuously appropriated to the Oregon Tourism Commission for
the purposes set forth in ORS 284.131.
(3) As used in this section, 'the cost of administration of the
wine country registration plate program' means the sum of all
department expenses for the issuance or transfer of wine country
registration plates under section 2 of this 2011 Act that are
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above the normal costs of issuing, renewing and transferring
registration plates in the normal course of the business of the
department. These expenses include, but are not limited to, the
costs of collecting the wine country registration plate surcharge
and transferring wine country registration plates. + }
SECTION 5. { + (1) The Department of Transportation, in
consultation with the Oregon Tourism Commission and Travel Salem,
shall design the wine country registration plates issued under
section 2 of this 2011 Act.
(2) Except as otherwise required by subsection (1) of this
section, wine country registration plates shall comply with the
requirements of ORS 803.535. + }
SECTION 6. { + (1) After payment of the cost of production of
the wine country registration plates including administrative
expenses relating to marketing the wine country registration
plates issued under section 2 of this 2011 Act, the Oregon
Tourism Commission shall distribute the moneys received from the
Department of Transportation pursuant to section 4 of this 2011
Act as follows:
(a) One half of the moneys shall be distributed as matching
grants. The commission shall develop a matching grant program and
shall award grants to tourism promotion agencies for tourism
promotion of wine and culinary tourism. The commission shall
establish the maximum grant amount in the applicant guidelines
prepared for the matching grant program in each biennium. No more
than 50 percent of the total cost of a project may be paid for
with moneys from the program. An applicant must show a minimum
one-to-one match from private or public sources other than Oregon
Business Development Department or commission programs. The
applicant must also show a cash match of at least 50 percent of
the amount requested under the matching grant program.
(b) One half of the moneys shall be distributed to tourism
promotion agencies for the purpose of tourism promotion. The
commission shall distribute the moneys in proportion to the
amount of acreage in each region used for wine grape production.
The commission shall designate a tourism promotion agency for
each region. The regions shall include the mid-Willamette Valley
region and each other major wine producing region of the state as
determined by the commission.
(2) The commission annually shall submit a report to the
Legislative Assembly in the manner provided in ORS 192.245 on or
before October 1.
(3) The commission shall adopt rules to carry out this section.
(4) As used in this section:
(a) 'Mid-Willamette Valley region' means Marion, Polk and
Yamhill Counties.
(b) 'Tourism promotion' has the meaning given that term in ORS
320.300.
(c) 'Tourism promotion agency' has the meaning given that term
in ORS 320.300. + }
SECTION 7. 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.
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(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.
SECTION 8. Section 2, chapter 823, Oregon Laws 2009, is amended
to read:
{ + Sec. 2. + } (1) The Department of Transportation shall
establish a Pacific Wonderland registration plate program to
issue special registration plates called 'Pacific Wonderland
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 Pacific Wonderland
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
set of Pacific Wonderland registration plates issued under
subsection (1) of this section, the department shall collect a
surcharge of $100 payable when the plates are issued. The
department shall transfer the moneys from the surcharge as
provided in section 3 { - of this 2009 Act - } { + , chapter
823, Oregon Laws 2009 + }.
(3) Notwithstanding ORS 803.530, Pacific Wonderland
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.
(4) The department shall limit the total number of Pacific
Wonderland registration plates to 40,000 sets of plates.
(5) Notwithstanding ORS 805.202, until the department has
issued 40,000 sets of plates under this section, the department
may issue { - four - } { + five + } kinds of special
registration plates at any one time.
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Passed by Senate June 17, 2011
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Robert Taylor, Secretary of Senate
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Peter Courtney, President of Senate
Passed by House June 23, 2011
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Bruce Hanna, Speaker of House
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Arnie Roblan, Speaker of House
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Received by Governor:
......M.,............., 2011
Approved:
......M.,............., 2011
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John Kitzhaber, Governor
Filed in Office of Secretary of State:
......M.,............., 2011
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Kate Brown, Secretary of State
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