Bill Text: OR HB2261 | 2013 | Regular Session | Enrolled

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Bill Title: Relating to provisional driver licenses.

Sponsorship: Unknown

Status: (Passed) 2013-05-09 - Chapter 68, (2013 Laws): Effective date January 1, 2014. [HB2261 Detail]

Download: Oregon-2013-HB2261-Enrolled.html

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     77th OREGON LEGISLATIVE ASSEMBLY--2013 Regular Session

                            Enrolled

                         House Bill 2261

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

                     CHAPTER ................

                             AN ACT

Relating to provisional driver licenses; creating new provisions;
  and amending ORS 807.122.

Be It Enacted by the People of the State of Oregon:

  SECTION 1. ORS 807.122 is amended to read:
  807.122. (1) The Department of Transportation shall place the
following restrictions on a provisional driver license issued
under ORS 807.065:
  (a) Except as provided in subsections   { - (2) and (3) - }
 { +  (2) to (4) + } of this section, for the first six months
after issuance of the license, the holder of the license may not
operate a motor vehicle that is carrying a passenger under 20
years of age who is not a member of the holder's immediate
family. For the second six months, the holder of the license may
not operate a motor vehicle that is carrying more than three
passengers who are under 20 years of age and who are not members
of the holder's immediate family.
  (b) For the first year after issuance of the license, the
holder of the license may not operate a motor vehicle between the
hours of 12 midnight and 5 a.m. except when:
  (A) The holder is driving between the holder's home and place
of employment;
  (B) The holder is driving between the holder's home and a
school event for which no other transportation is available;
  (C) The holder is driving for employment purposes; or
  (D) The holder is accompanied by a licensed driver who is at
least 25 years of age.
  (2) Subsection (1)(a) of this section does not apply to the
holder of a provisional driver license who:
  (a) Is employed by a farmer, rancher or orchardist;
  (b) Is operating, solely for employment purposes, a motor
vehicle that is owned by the employer and for which financial
responsibility requirements of ORS 806.060 have been met;
  (c) Is transporting passengers who are employed by the same
employer as the driver and who are being transported solely for
employment purposes;
  (d) Is not transporting more passengers than the number of
available seat belts; and
  (e) Has in the vehicle a written statement signed by the
employer certifying that the driver is employed by the employer
and that there is no other option for transporting the employees.

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  (3) Subsection (1)(a) of this section does not apply to the
holder of a provisional driver license who is 16 or 17 years of
age and who is operating a motor vehicle with:
  (a) An instructor in the vehicle as part of a certified traffic
safety education course; or
  (b) A person in the vehicle who has valid driving privileges
and who is the parent or stepparent of the holder of the license.
   { +  (4) Subsection (1) of this section does not apply to the
holder of a provisional driver license who is 18 years of age or
older. + }
  SECTION 2.  { + The amendments to ORS 807.122 by section 1 of
this 2013 Act apply to provisional driver licenses issued before,
on or after the effective date of this 2013 Act. + }
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Passed by House February 27, 2013

    .............................................................
                             Ramona J. Line, Chief Clerk of House

    .............................................................
                                     Tina Kotek, Speaker of House

Passed by Senate April 30, 2013

    .............................................................
                              Peter Courtney, President of Senate

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Received by Governor:

......M.,............., 2013

Approved:

......M.,............., 2013

    .............................................................
                                         John Kitzhaber, Governor

Filed in Office of Secretary of State:

......M.,............., 2013

    .............................................................
                                   Kate Brown, Secretary of State

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