Bill Text: OR SB235 | 2013 | Regular Session | Introduced

Oregon Senate Bill 235 (Prior Session Legislation)

Bill Title: Relating to vehicle registration plates.

Sponsorship: Partisan Bill (Democrat 2)

Status: (Failed) 2013-07-08 - In committee upon adjournment. [SB235 Detail]

Download: Oregon-2013-SB235-Introduced.html



     77th OREGON LEGISLATIVE ASSEMBLY--2013 Regular Session

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LC 2000

                         Senate Bill 235

Sponsored by Senator HASS, Representative READ (Presession
  filed.)

                             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 issue Share the Road
registration plates or Pacific Wonderland registration plates
that recognize honorary consuls.

                        A BILL FOR AN ACT
Relating to vehicle registration plates; creating new provisions;
  and amending ORS 805.117.
Be It Enacted by the People of the State of Oregon:
  SECTION 1. ORS 805.117 is amended to read:
  805.117. (1) As used in this section, 'honorary consul ' means
a resident of Oregon who has been duly appointed by a foreign
country as an honorary consular officer to the United States,
pursuant to the Vienna Convention on Consular Relations.
  (2) Upon application by an honorary consul who qualifies under
this section, the Department of Transportation shall issue
consular corps registration plates for use on the motor vehicle
of the honorary consul.
   { +  (3) + } Registration plates issued under this section may
be displayed on the vehicle of the honorary consul in lieu of
regular registration plates issued under the vehicle code.
    { - (3) - }  { +  (4) + } The following apply to registration
plates issued under this section:
  (a) The plates shall be considered customized plates for
purposes of the fee in ORS 805.250.
  (b) The plates shall be assigned to a specific vehicle.
  (c) The plates may not be transferable from vehicle to vehicle,
except as provided by the department by rule.
  (d) The plates shall be valid for the term in which the person
is acting in the official capacity of honorary consul for a
foreign consulate. If the term of honorary consul continues into
a new registration period, the department may provide for
validation of the plates for the subsequent term by means of a
sticker or by any other means the department determines
convenient.
  (e) The person to whom the plates are issued may retain the
plates after the official term of honorary consul is over, but
the plates may not be valid if displayed on any vehicle when the
term of honorary consul has ended and the person is no longer
appointed as an honorary consul.

   { +  (5)(a) In lieu of the consular corps registration plates
issued under this section, upon request of an honorary consul,
the department shall issue Share the Road registration plates as
described in ORS 805.205, or Pacific Wonderland registration
plates, as described in section 2, chapter 823, Oregon Laws 2009,
that contain words or other marking that recognizes the person's
status as an honorary consul.
  (b) Except as provided in paragraph (c) of this subsection, the
requirements of this section apply to an honorary consul issued
Share the Road registration plates or Pacific Wonderland
registration plates under this section.
  (c) In addition to the fee described under subsection (4)(a) of
this section, an honorary consul issued:
  (A) Share the Road registration plates shall pay the fee
described in ORS 805.205.
  (B) Pacific Wonderland registration plates shall pay the fee
described in section 2, chapter 823, Oregon Laws 2009. + }
    { - (4) - }  { +  (6) + } To qualify for consular corps
registration plates, the person must provide the department with
proof that the person is appointed by a government as an honorary
consul and is acting in that capacity.
    { - (5) - }  { +  (7) + } The department shall adopt rules
necessary to carry out the purposes of this section.
  SECTION 2.  { + The amendments to ORS 805.117 by section 1 of
this 2013 Act apply to registration plates issued on or after the
effective date of this 2013 Act. + }
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