Bill Text: OR HB2237 | 2013 | Regular Session | Introduced

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Bill Title: Relating to low carbon fuel standards; appropriating money; declaring an emergency.

Spectrum: Unknown

Status: (Failed) 2013-07-08 - In committee upon adjournment. [HB2237 Detail]

Download: Oregon-2013-HB2237-Introduced.html

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     77th OREGON LEGISLATIVE ASSEMBLY--2013 Regular Session

NOTE:  Matter within  { +  braces and plus signs + } in an
amended section is new. Matter within  { -  braces and minus
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LC 548

                         House Bill 2237

Introduced and printed pursuant to House Rule 12.00. Presession
  filed (at the request of Governor John A. Kitzhaber, M.D., for
  Department of Environmental Quality)

                             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.

  Repeals sunset on provisions related to low carbon fuel
standards.
  Allows Environmental Quality Commission to require registration
related to low carbon fuel standards and to establish schedule of
fees for registration. Continuously appropriates moneys to
Department of Environmental Quality. Specifies uses of moneys.
  Declares emergency, effective on passage.

                        A BILL FOR AN ACT
Relating to low carbon fuel standards; creating new provisions;
  amending section 9, chapter 754, Oregon Laws 2009; repealing
  section 8, chapter 754, Oregon Laws 2009; appropriating money;
  and declaring an emergency.
Be It Enacted by the People of the State of Oregon:
  SECTION 1.  { + Section 8, chapter 754, Oregon Laws 2009, is
repealed. + }
  SECTION 2. Section 9, chapter 754, Oregon Laws 2009, is amended
to read:
   { +  Sec. 9. + } (1) The Department of Environmental Quality
shall report on the implementation of   { - sections 3 and 6 of
this 2009 Act - }   { + ORS 468A.270 and section 6, chapter 754,
Oregon Laws 2009, + } to:
  (a) The interim legislative committees on environment and
natural resources on or before December 31, 2010; and
  (b) The Seventy-sixth, Seventy-seventh and Seventy-eighth
Legislative Assemblies in the manner provided by ORS 192.245.
  (2) The reports required under subsection (1) of this section
must contain a description of:
  (a) Rules adopted under   { - sections 3 and 6 of this 2009
Act - }  { + ORS 468A.270 and section 6, chapter 754, Oregon Laws
2009 + };
  (b) The manner in which the Environmental Quality Commission
complied with the requirements of   { - sections 3 and 6 of this
2009 Act - }   { + ORS 468A.270 and section 6, chapter 754,
Oregon Laws 2009, + } in adopting the rules;  { + and + }
  (c) Significant policy decisions made by the commission in
adopting rules under  { + ORS 468A.270.  + }  { - section 3 of
this 2009 Act; and - }

    { - (d) The anticipated effects of the December 31, 2015,
repeal of sections 6 and 7 of this 2009 Act on the availability
of low carbon fuels and the development of biofuels production
facilities and electric vehicle infrastructure in Oregon. - }
  SECTION 3.  { + Section 4 of this 2013 Act and section 6,
chapter 754, Oregon Laws 2009, are added to and made a part of
ORS chapter 468A. + }
  SECTION 4.  { + (1)(a) By rule the Environmental Quality
Commission may require the registration of persons to the extent
the commission has determined the registration is necessary for
the development and implementation of programs related to the low
carbon fuel standards adopted by the commission pursuant to
section 6, chapter 754, Oregon Laws 2009.
  (b) By rule the commission may require that persons registered
under this subsection report to the commission information
determined by the commission to be necessary for the development
and implementation of programs related to the low carbon fuel
standards.
  (2) By rule the commission may establish a schedule of fees for
the registration described in subsection (1) of this section.
The commission shall base the fees upon the anticipated costs of
the development and implementation of programs related to the low
carbon fuel standards.
  (3) Any fees collected under this section shall be paid into
the State Treasury and deposited in the General Fund to the
credit of an account of the Department of Environmental Quality.
Such moneys are continuously appropriated to the Department of
Environmental Quality to pay the expenses of developing and
implementing programs related to the low carbon fuel
standards. + }
  SECTION 5.  { + This 2013 Act being necessary for the immediate
preservation of the public peace, health and safety, an emergency
is declared to exist, and this 2013 Act takes effect on its
passage. + }
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