Bill Text: OR HB2196 | 2011 | Regular Session | Engrossed

Oregon House Bill 2196 (Prior Session Legislation)

Bill Title: Relating to energy; prescribing an effective date.

Sponsorship: Unknown

Status: (Failed) 2011-06-30 - In committee upon adjournment. [HB2196 Detail]

Download: Oregon-2011-HB2196-Engrossed.html



     76th OREGON LEGISLATIVE ASSEMBLY--2011 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
 { +  braces and plus signs + } .

LC 998

                           A-Engrossed

                         House Bill 2196
                  Ordered by the House April 27
            Including House Amendments dated April 27

Introduced and printed pursuant to House Rule 12.00. Presession
  filed (at the request of House Interim Committee on
  Sustainability and Economic Development)

                             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.

    { - Creates income tax credit for sale of biodiesel
blends. - }
    { - Applies to tax years beginning on or after January 1,
2011. - }
   { +  Exempts from fuel excise tax, from January 1, 2012, to
January 2, 2018, diesel fuel blended with minimum of 20 percent
biodiesel derived from used cooking oil. Creates exception. + }
  Takes effect on 91st day following adjournment sine die.

                        A BILL FOR AN ACT
Relating to energy; creating new provisions; amending ORS
  319.530; and prescribing an effective date.
Be It Enacted by the People of the State of Oregon:
  SECTION 1. ORS 319.530, as amended by section 49, chapter 865,
Oregon Laws 2009, is amended to read:
  319.530. (1) To compensate this state partially for the use of
its highways, an excise tax hereby is imposed at the rate of 30
cents per gallon on the use of fuel in a motor vehicle.
   { +  (2) + } Except as otherwise provided in subsections
 { - (2) and (3) - }  { +  (3) and (4) + } of this section, 100
cubic feet of fuel used or sold in a gaseous state, measured at
14.73 pounds per square inch of pressure at 60 degrees
Fahrenheit, is taxable at the same rate as a gallon of liquid
fuel.
    { - (2) - }  { +  (3) + } One hundred twenty cubic feet of
compressed natural gas used or sold in a gaseous state, measured
at 14.73 pounds per square inch of pressure at 60 degrees
Fahrenheit, is taxable at the same rate as a gallon of liquid
fuel.
    { - (3) - }  { +  (4) + } One and three-tenths liquid gallons
of propane at 60 degrees Fahrenheit is taxable at the same rate
as a gallon of other liquid fuel.
   { +  (5)(a) The excise tax imposed under subsection (1) of
this section does not apply to diesel fuel blended with a minimum
of 20 percent biodiesel derived from used cooking oil.

  (b) The exemption under paragraph (a) of this subsection does
not apply to fuel used in motor vehicles with a gross vehicle
weight rating of 10,000 pounds or more. + }
  SECTION 2.  { + The amendments to ORS 319.530 by section 1 of
this 2011 Act become operative on January 1, 2012. + }
  SECTION 3. ORS 319.530, as amended by section 49, chapter 865,
Oregon Laws 2009, and section 1 of this 2011 Act, is amended to
read:
  319.530. (1) To compensate this state partially for the use of
its highways, an excise tax hereby is imposed at the rate of 30
cents per gallon on the use of fuel in a motor vehicle.
  (2) Except as otherwise provided in subsections (3) and (4) of
this section, 100 cubic feet of fuel used or sold in a gaseous
state, measured at 14.73 pounds per square inch of pressure at 60
degrees Fahrenheit, is taxable at the same rate as a gallon of
liquid fuel.
  (3) One hundred twenty cubic feet of compressed natural gas
used or sold in a gaseous state, measured at 14.73 pounds per
square inch of pressure at 60 degrees Fahrenheit, is taxable at
the same rate as a gallon of liquid fuel.
  (4) One and three-tenths liquid gallons of propane at 60
degrees Fahrenheit is taxable at the same rate as a gallon of
other liquid fuel.
    { - (5)(a) The excise tax imposed under subsection (1) of
this section does not apply to diesel fuel blended with a minimum
of 20 percent biodiesel derived from used cooking oil. - }
    { - (b) The exemption under paragraph (a) of this subsection
does not apply to fuel used in motor vehicles with a gross
vehicle weight rating of 10,000 pounds or more. - }
  SECTION 4.  { + The amendments to ORS 319.530 by section 3 of
this 2011 Act become operative on January 2, 2018. + }
  SECTION 5.  { + This 2011 Act takes effect on the 91st day
after the date on which the 2011 regular session of the
Seventy-sixth Legislative Assembly adjourns sine die. + }
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