Transportation (Vehicle Registration)

Digest: The Act would phase in a mandatory per-mile road usage charge for owners and lessees of electric and hybrid cars and delivery vans engaged in e-commerce. The Act would allow a flat annual fee in lieu of the per-mile road usage charge. The Act would have ODOT biennially recommend a rate for the per-mile road usage charge that would raise the money needed to keep up the highways in this state. Phases in a mandatory per-mile road usage charge for registered owners and lessees of electric and hybrid passenger vehicles and delivery vehicles engaged in e-commerce. Allows an annual flat fee in lieu of the mandatory per-mile road usage charge. Requires the Department of Transportation to submit a biennial report to the Legislative Assembly recommending a rate for the per-mile road usage charge that would sustainably raise the revenue necessary to maintain the public highways in this state. Prohibits the Department of Environmental Quality from providing certain zero-emission and electric vehicle rebates for a period of time. Limits the charge ahead rebate to one per household. Takes effect on the 91st day following adjournment sine die.

Authorizes a county with a population of 700,000 or more to, by ordinance, identify zones within the county where the Department of Transportation has estimated that median household income is less than $____ and to reduce or eliminate county registration fees within those zones. Authorizes a county with a population of 700,000 or more to establish a regional allocation plan and allocate county registration fee revenues derived from sub-areas identified in the plan to specific transportation projects within those sub-areas. Requires counties that adopt fee reduction or elimination ordinances or regional allocation plans to annually report to affected cities and to the Legislative Assembly on specified effects of these decisions. Takes effect on the 91st day following adjournment sine die.

Allows a person to title and register a Kei truck in Oregon. Amends and creates laws related to allowing Kei trucks to operate on highways in Oregon. Creates the offense of unlawfully operating a Kei truck on a highway. Punishes by a maximum fine of $1,000.