Bill Text: OR HB2004 | 2011 | Regular Session | Introduced

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Bill Title: Relating to motor vehicle registration.

Sponsorship: Partisan Bill (Republican 4)

Status: (Failed) 2011-06-30 - In committee upon adjournment. [HB2004 Detail]

Download: Oregon-2011-HB2004-Introduced.html

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     76th OREGON LEGISLATIVE ASSEMBLY--2011 Regular Session

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LC 3991

                         House Bill 2004

Sponsored by Representatives PARRISH, HICKS; Representative
  WINGARD, Senator ATKINSON

                             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.

  Authorizes Department of Transportation to issue veterans'
recognition registration plates for vehicles registered to owners
residing at same address as qualifying veteran.

                        A BILL FOR AN ACT
Relating to motor vehicle registration; amending ORS 805.105.
Be It Enacted by the People of the State of Oregon:
  SECTION 1. ORS 805.105 is amended to read:
  805.105. (1) The Department of Transportation shall establish a
veterans' recognition registration plate program to issue
registration plates called 'veterans' recognition registration
plates' upon request to an owner of any motor vehicle registered
under ORS 803.420 (1) or (9)(a) if the owner of the motor vehicle
qualifies for the plates. Rules adopted under this section shall
include, but need not be limited to, rules that:
  (a) Describe general qualifications to be met by any veterans'
group in order to be eligible for a veterans' recognition
registration plate issued under this section.
  (b) Specify circumstances under which the department may cease
to issue veterans' recognition registration plates.
  (c) Specify what constitutes proof of veteran status for
issuance of a veterans' recognition registration plate, if such
proof is required by a veterans' group or by the Director of
Veterans' Affairs.
  (d) Specify what constitutes proof that a person is a surviving
family member of a person who was killed in action during an
armed conflict while serving in the Armed Forces of the United
States. The department may only issue a veteran's recognition
registration plate displaying a gold star decal and the words
'Gold Star Family' to a person who is a parent, spouse or
dependent of a person who was killed in action during an armed
conflict while serving in the Armed Forces of the United States.
   { +  (2) Notwithstanding subsection (1) of this section, the
department may issue veterans' recognition registration plates
upon request to an owner of any motor vehicle registered under
ORS 803.420 (1) or (9)(a) if the owner of the motor vehicle is a
person who resides at the same address as a person who qualifies
as a veteran under this section and the owner provides proof of
the veteran status of that person. + }

    { - (2)(a) - }  { +  (3)(a) + } In addition to any other fee
authorized by law, upon issuance of a veterans' recognition
registration plate under this section and upon renewal of
registration for a vehicle that has plates issued under this
section, the department shall collect a surcharge of $2.50 per
plate for each year of the registration period for the vehicle as
described under ORS 803.415.
  (b) Except as otherwise provided in paragraph (c) of this
subsection, net proceeds of the surcharge collected by the
department for the veterans' recognition registration plate shall
be deposited in the trust fund established under ORS 406.050 for
paying the expenses of operating the Oregon Veterans' Home.
  (c) If the department issues a veterans' recognition
registration plate that names, describes or represents a
veterans' group, that veterans' group may designate an account
into which the net proceeds of the surcharge collected by the
department under this section are to be deposited. The department
shall keep accurate records of the number of plates issued under
this paragraph for each veterans' group and, after payment of
administrative expenses of the department, shall deposit moneys
collected under this subsection into the specified account.
  (d) Deposits under this subsection shall be made quarterly.
    { - (3)(a) - }  { +  (4)(a) + } In consultation with the
Department of Transportation, the Director of Veterans' Affairs
shall design the veterans' recognition registration plate.
  (b) If the department issues a veterans' recognition
registration plate to recognize a veterans' group, the department
shall, in consultation with the requesting veterans' group, add
words or a military-related decal to the veterans' recognition
registration plate that names, describes or represents the
veterans' group.
  (c) The department shall add a gold star decal and the words '
Gold Star Family' to a veterans' recognition registration plate
background to recognize surviving family members of persons
killed in action during an armed conflict while serving in the
Armed Forces of the United States.
  (d) Except as otherwise required by the design, veterans'
recognition registration plates must comply with the requirements
of ORS 803.535.
    { - (4) - }   { + (5) + } The department shall determine how
many sets of veterans' recognition registration plates will be
manufactured. If the department does not sell or issue renewal
for 500 sets of veterans' recognition registration plates in any
one year, the department shall cease production of veterans'
recognition registration plates. For the purposes of this
section, veterans' recognition registration plates that name,
describe or represent a veterans' group are included in the total
number of veterans' recognition registration plates issued.
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