Bill Text: OR SB127 | 2013 | Regular Session | Introduced

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Bill Title: Relating to the dispensing of fuels during a state of emergency.

Spectrum: Committee Bill

Status: (Failed) 2013-07-08 - In committee upon adjournment. [SB127 Detail]

Download: Oregon-2013-SB127-Introduced.html

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     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 1089

                         Senate Bill 127

Printed pursuant to Senate Interim Rule 213.28 by order of the
  President of the Senate in conformance with presession filing
  rules, indicating neither advocacy nor opposition on the part
  of the President (at the request of Senate Interim Committee on
  Veterans' and Military Affairs)

                             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.

  Conditionally suspends prohibition against retail customer
dispensing of motor vehicle fuel if state of emergency requiring
mandatory evacuation is declared.

                        A BILL FOR AN ACT
Relating to the dispensing of fuels during a state of emergency.
Be It Enacted by the People of the State of Oregon:
  SECTION 1.  { + Section 2 of this 2013 Act is added to and made
a part of ORS 480.315 to 480.385. + }
  SECTION 2.  { + (1) As used in this section, 'declared state of
emergency' means:
  (a) A major disaster, as defined in 42 U.S.C. 5122 (2),
declared by the President of the United States;
  (b) A state of emergency declared by the Governor under ORS
401.165; or
  (c) A state of emergency declared by a city or county under ORS
401.309.
  (2) If a declared state of emergency includes an order for
mandatory evacuation, during the term of the state of emergency
the prohibition under ORS 480.330 does not apply within the
designated area of the state of emergency if:
  (a) The filling station, service station, garage or other
dispensary is closed or is unattended;
  (b) The pumps or other devices for dispensing liquid fuel are
on and ready to be activated; and
  (c) The filling station, service station, garage or other
dispensary has automated equipment on the pump or other device to
allow the receipt of payment for fuel by credit card, money or
other means.
  (3) Subsection (2) of this section does not authorize the
installation or use of any dispensing device prohibited under ORS
480.340. + }
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