Bill Text: OR HB2983 | 2013 | Regular Session | Introduced
Bill Title: Relating to the Oregon wildlife conservation registration plate program; appropriating money; declaring an emergency.
Sponsorship: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1)
Status: (Failed) 2013-07-08 - In committee upon adjournment. [HB2983 Detail]
Download: Oregon-2013-HB2983-Introduced.html
77th OREGON LEGISLATIVE ASSEMBLY--2013 Regular Session
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amended section is new. Matter within { - braces and minus
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LC 3261
House Bill 2983
Sponsored by Representative BAILEY
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.
Directs Department of Transportation to establish Oregon
wildlife conservation registration plate program for issuance of
special registration plate.
Imposes surcharge per year of registration. Directs that moneys
from surcharge on registration plate be transferred to Nongame
Wildlife Fund.
Appropriates moneys from General Fund to Department of
Transportation for purpose of initiating program.
Repeals limitation on number of special registration plates
department may issue at one time.
Declares emergency, effective on passage.
A BILL FOR AN ACT
Relating to the Oregon wildlife conservation registration plate
program; creating new provisions; amending ORS 496.385 and
section 2, chapter 823, Oregon Laws 2009; repealing ORS
805.202; appropriating money; and declaring an emergency.
Be It Enacted by the People of the State of Oregon:
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OREGON WILDLIFE CONSERVATION + }
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REGISTRATION PLATE PROGRAM + }
SECTION 1. { + Sections 2 and 3 of this 2013 Act are added to
and made a part of the Oregon Vehicle Code. + }
SECTION 2. { + (1) The Department of Transportation shall
establish an Oregon wildlife conservation registration plate
program to issue special registration plates called 'Oregon
wildlife conservation registration plates' upon request to owners
of motor vehicles registered under ORS 803.420 (1) to observe the
importance of conserving nongame wildlife in Oregon. In addition,
the department may adopt rules for issuance of Oregon wildlife
conservation registration plates for vehicles not registered
under ORS 803.420 (1).
(2) In addition to any other fee authorized by law, for each
Oregon wildlife conservation registration plate issued under
subsection (1) of this section, the department shall collect a
surcharge of $30 per year of registration payable when the plate
is issued and upon each subsequent renewal of registration of a
vehicle bearing the plate. The department shall distribute the
surcharge as provided in section 3 of this 2013 Act.
(3) Notwithstanding ORS 803.530, Oregon wildlife conservation
registration plates may be transferred from vehicle to vehicle if
the department stops issuing the plates, as long as the plates
are not so old, damaged, mutilated or otherwise rendered
illegible as to be not useful for purposes of identification. + }
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FUNDING FOR NONGAME WILDLIFE FUND + }
SECTION 3. { + (1) Moneys from the surcharge imposed by
section 2 of this 2013 Act shall be transferred into Nongame
Wildlife Fund established under ORS 496.385 after deduction of
the cost of administration of the Oregon wildlife conservation
registration plate program, including but not limited to the
costs of collecting the Oregon wildlife conservation registration
plate surcharge and transferring Oregon wildlife conservation
registration plates that are above the normal costs of issuing,
renewing and transferring registration plates in the normal
course of the business of the Department of Transportation.
(2) Moneys deposited under subsection (1) of this section are
continuously appropriated to the State Department of Fish and
Wildlife for the purpose of conserving nongame wildlife in this
state. + }
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DESIGN + }
SECTION 4. { + (1) The Department of Transportation, after
consultation with the State Department of Fish and Wildlife,
shall design the Oregon wildlife conservation plates issued under
section 2 of this 2013 Act, except that the plates must contain
an image of a gray wolf.
(2) Except as otherwise required by subsection (1) of this
section, Oregon wildlife conservation registration plates shall
comply with the requirements of ORS 803.535. + }
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APPROPRIATION + }
SECTION 5. { + There is appropriated to the Department of
Transportation, for the biennium beginning July 1, 2013, out of
the General Fund, the amount of $___ for the purpose of
initiating the Oregon wildlife conservation registration plate
program established under section 2 of this 2013 Act, including
but not limited to the Oregon wildlife conservation registration
plate design, computer programming and production setup. Any
portion of the appropriation not used for initiating the Oregon
wildlife conservation registration plate program shall be
transferred to the account described in subsection (2) of this
section.
(2) Notwithstanding section 3 of this 2013 Act, after deduction
of the cost of administration of the Oregon wildlife conservation
registration plate program, as described in section 3 of this
2013 Act, the department shall transfer the moneys from the
surcharge imposed by section 2 of this 2013 Act to an account in
the General Fund until sufficient funds have accumulated for the
purpose described in subsection (3) of this section.
(3) When the department determines that moneys in sufficient
amount are available in the account described in subsection (2)
of this section, but no later than June 30, 2015, the department
shall reimburse the General Fund, without interest, in an amount
equal to the amount appropriated from the General Fund under
subsection (1) of this section. The moneys used to reimburse the
General Fund under this subsection may not be considered a budget
item on which a limitation is otherwise fixed by law, but shall
be in addition to any specific biennial appropriation or amount
authorized to be expended from continuously appropriated moneys
for any biennial period.
(4) Any moneys remaining in the account described in subsection
(2) of this section after the reimbursement required under
subsection (3) of this section shall be transferred to the
Nongame Wildlife Fund as provided in section 3 of this 2013
Act. + }
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REPEAL + }
SECTION 6. { + ORS 805.202 is repealed. + }
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CONFORMING AMENDMENTS + }
SECTION 7. Section 2, chapter 823, Oregon Laws 2009, as amended
by section 8, chapter 709, Oregon Laws 2011, is amended to read:
{ + Sec. 2. + } (1) The Department of Transportation shall
establish a Pacific Wonderland registration plate program to
issue special registration plates called 'Pacific Wonderland
registration plates' upon request to owners of motor vehicles
registered under the provisions of ORS 803.420 (1). In addition,
the department may adopt rules for issuance of Pacific Wonderland
registration plates for vehicles not registered under the
provisions of ORS 803.420 (1).
(2) In addition to any other fee authorized by law, for each
set of Pacific Wonderland registration plates issued under
subsection (1) of this section, the department shall collect a
surcharge of $100 payable when the plates are issued. The
department shall transfer the moneys from the surcharge as
provided in section 3, chapter 823, Oregon Laws 2009.
(3) Notwithstanding ORS 803.530, Pacific Wonderland
registration plates may be transferred from vehicle to vehicle if
the department stops issuing the plates, as long as the plates
are not so old, damaged, mutilated or otherwise rendered
illegible as to be not useful for purposes of identification.
(4) The department shall limit the total number of Pacific
Wonderland registration plates to 40,000 sets of plates.
{ - (5) Notwithstanding ORS 805.202, until the department has
issued 40,000 sets of plates under this section, the department
may issue five kinds of special registration plates at any one
time. - }
SECTION 8. ORS 496.385 is amended to read:
496.385. (1) There is established as a separate and distinct
fund in the State Treasury a Nongame Wildlife Fund. The Nongame
Wildlife Fund shall consist of:
(a) An amount credited to the fund under ORS 305.690 to
305.753, which shall be transferred by the Department of Revenue
to the fund.
(b) Gifts, grants and donations, in money or otherwise, for use
as described in subsection (2) of this section, which the State
Treasurer may solicit and accept from private and public sources
and shall cause to be deposited and credited to the Nongame
Wildlife Fund.
{ + (c) Moneys deposited into the fund under section 3 of
this 2013 Act. + }
{ - (c) - } { + (d) + } Interest or other earnings on the
amounts described in paragraphs { - (a) and (b) - } { + (a)
to (c) + } of this subsection which shall inure to the benefit of
the Nongame Wildlife Fund.
(2) Moneys contained in the Nongame Wildlife Fund are
continuously appropriated for the purposes specified in ORS
496.390.
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CAPTIONS + }
SECTION 9. { + The unit captions used in this 2013 Act are
provided only for the convenience of the reader and do not become
part of the statutory law of this state or express any
legislative intent in the enactment of this 2013 Act. + }
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EMERGENCY CLAUSE + }
SECTION 10. { + 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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