Item 3: Ratification of IGR Actions

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Comments: Likely no impact to City, low strike potential with unions and in case of strike, City would likely choose not to use such tactics. HB 2553 Relating Clause: Relating to motor vehicle accidents. Title: Requires Department of Transportation to remove or cause to be removed any vehicle, cargo or debris from state highway after motor vehicle accident if accident resulted in death of person 18 years of age or younger. Sponsored by: Representative BRUUN (at the request of Family of Daniel Sawyer) URL:http://www.leg.state.or.us/09reg/measpdf/hb2500.dir/hb2553.intro.pdf RespondentDept Updated Priority Policy Poli Numb Recommendation Contact E. Cushman E. Cushman EPD-ADM 2/9/2009 Pri 3 No No Oppose Comments: Although this bill in its current form will not have a direct impact on the City, we oppose the bill because it is bad public policy. We recommend that the City have a formal position of opposition to the bill so that we can respond if asked our position on the bill, but that we not expend any lobbying resources to actively oppose it. This bill creates an unfunded mandate for the Oregon Department of Transportation. It puts a burden on them to remove any debris from a traffic crash involving the death of a person 18 years of age or younger, irrespective of fault. In some cases, particularly in a fatal crash, such clean-up could result in significant expense. And there is no good policy reason to separate out crashes involving those who are 18 years of age and younger from any other fatal crash. This bill appears to be one introduced at the request of the family of such a crash victim. Such particularlized legislation has no place in Oregon law, particularly in the light of increasingly scarce public resouces. If the bill moves, it needs to be monitored for any changes which would impact City ContactRespondentDept Updated Priority Policy Poli Numb Recommendation Tom Larsen Tom Larsen PWM 2/9/2009 Pri 3 No No Oppose Comments: While this bill has no impact on the city as it applies only to teh State Highway deapartment for crashes on State Highways in specific circumstances, it represents very poor public policy. It shifts the responsibility for the cost of vehicle removal and clean up in crashs when a person 18 or under dies from the vehicle owners to the State. While very limited in scope, creating a special type of totalled or abandoned vehicle that the road authority is responsible constitutes an unfunded mandate and bad preceedent. I don't beleive the bill in current form deserves active opposition from the city, but we should be on record and if asked be opposed to the concept. If this bill become law we should watch for future expansion to other road authorities and other crash types. HB 2559 Relating Clause: Relating to vehicle fuels. Title: Removes requirement for State Department of Agriculture to monitor ethanol fuel production and issue notice when ethanol production reaches specified level. Removes requirement that retail dealer, nonretail dealer or wholesale dealer of gasoline sell Sponsored by: Representative GILMAN; Representatives BENTZ, CAMERON, ESQUIVEL, FREEMAN, GARRARD, HANNA, HUFFMAN, KENNEMER, KRIEGER, MAURER, OLSON, RICHARDSON, SPRENGER, THATCHER, THOMPSON, WEIDNER, WHISNANT, WINGARD, Senator WALKER URL:http://www.leg.state.or.us/09reg/measpdf/hb2500.dir/hb2559.intro.pdf ContactRespondentDept Updated Priority Policy Poli Numb Recommendation 10