Bill Text: OR SB795 | 2011 | Regular Session | Amended

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Bill Title: Relating to transportation planning; and declaring an emergency.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 14-0)

Status: (Passed) 2011-06-22 - Effective date, June 17, 2011. [SB795 Detail]

Download: Oregon-2011-SB795-Amended.html

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     76th OREGON LEGISLATIVE ASSEMBLY--2011 Regular Session

SA to SB 795

LC 2964/SB 795-9

                      SENATE AMENDMENTS TO
                         SENATE BILL 795

By COMMITTEE ON BUSINESS, TRANSPORTATION AND ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT

                            April 26

  Delete lines 4 through 13 of the printed bill and insert:
  '  { +  SECTION 1. + }  { + (1) The Legislative Assembly finds
that the growth and economic development of this state requires
an appropriate balance between economic development and
transportation planning.
  ' (2) The Legislative Assembly finds that the Oregon
Transportation Commission and the Land Conservation and
Development Commission have initiated a joint review of the
transportation planning rule, the Oregon Highway Plan and the
associated guidance documents. + }
  '  { +  SECTION 2. + }  { + (1) The Oregon Transportation
Commission and the Land Conservation and Development Commission
shall jointly review the administrative rules, plans and
associated guidance documents to better balance economic
development and the efficiency of urban development with
consideration of development of the transportation infrastructure
in consultation with local governments and transportation and
economic development stakeholders.
  ' (2) The commissions shall consider revisions to the
transportation planning rule (OAR 660-012), the Oregon Highway
Plan and the associated guidance documents that streamline,
simplify and clarify the requirements in the following areas:
  ' (a) The planning requirements placed on zone changes that are
consistent with locally adopted comprehensive plans.
  ' (b) The development of practical methods that may be used to
mitigate the transportation impacts of economic development.
  ' (c) The planning requirements placed on zone changes within
urban centers.
  ' (d) The analysis required for transportation impacts of urban
growth boundary changes.
  ' (e) Clarification of planning periods and requirements for
update of local transportation system plans.
  ' (f) Thresholds for required analysis of transportation
impacts of project proposals.
  ' (g) The use of average trip generation rates.
  ' (h) The development of mobility standards, including but not
limited to volume to capacity ratios or corridor or area mobility
standards.
  ' (i) The analysis required for transportation impacts of
comprehensive plan amendments that require improvements to avoid
further degradation of transportation facility performance by the
time of development. + }
  '  { +  SECTION 3. + }  { + (1) The Land Conservation and
Development Commission shall adopt revisions of the
transportation planning rule consistent with the results of the
review of the rule required in section 2 of this 2011 Act prior
to January 1, 2012.
  ' (2) The Oregon Transportation Commission shall adopt
revisions to the Oregon Highway Plan consistent with the results

of the review required in section 2 of this 2011 Act prior to
January 1, 2012. + }
  '  { +  SECTION 4. + }  { + The Oregon Transportation
Commission and the Land Conservation and Development Commission
shall report to the Legislative Assembly on the review of the
transportation planning rule, the Oregon Highway Plan and the
associated guidance documents and on the actions taken prior to
February 1, 2012. + }
  '  { +  SECTION 5. + }  { + This 2011 Act being necessary for
the immediate preservation of the public peace, health and
safety, an emergency is declared to exist, and this 2011 Act
takes effect on its passage. + } ' .
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