Oregon House Bill 3209

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Spectrum: Moderate Partisan Bill (Democrat 6-1)
Status: Introduced on January 13 2025 - 25% progression
Action: 2025-01-17 - Referred to Transportation.
Pending: Joint Transportation Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [PDF]

The Act adds extra fees to the registration fees and of some vehicles, like campers or motor homes, and an extra fee for RV trip permits. The money taken in from this fee would go into a new fund. This fund would help the Department of Transportation pay for towing and getting rid of abandoned RVs. The new extra fees will last 10 years. (Flesch Readability Score: 74.0). Imposes a surcharge on certain vehicle registration fees and recreational vehicle trip permits. Transfers proceeds of the surcharge to the Abandoned Recreational Vehicle Account. Authorizes the Department of Transportation to provide reimbursements for the costs of towing and disposing of abandoned recreational vehicles. Sunsets new surcharges after 10 years.

Relating to motor vehicles; providing for revenue raising that requires approval by a three-fifths majority.

Rep. Court Boice [R]	Sen. Chris Gorsek [D]	Sen. Floyd Prozanski [D]	Rep. Susan McLain [D]
Rep. Ken Helm [D]	Rep. John Lively [D]	Sen. Jeffrey Golden [D]

Date	Chamber	Action
2025-01-17	House	Referred to Transportation.
2025-01-13	House	First reading. Referred to Speaker's desk.

Type	Source
Summary	https://olis.oregonlegislature.gov/liz/2025R1/Measures/Overview/HB3209
Text	https://olis.oregonlegislature.gov/liz/2025R1/Downloads/MeasureDocument/HB3209/Introduced
Supplement	https://olis.oregonlegislature.gov/liz/2025R1/Downloads/MeasureAnalysisDocument/84178