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ATTACHMENT B <br />IGR Bill REPORT <br />APRIL 15, 2009 <br />CITY OF EUGENE <br />HB 2040B <br />Relating to roadside assistance <br />Relating Clause: <br /> Expands offense of failure to maintain safe distance from emergency vehicle or <br />Title: <br />ambulance to include roadside assistance vehicles and tow vehicles. Specifies amount <br />by which motorists { - on certain highways - } must reduce speed for purposes of <br />offense. <br /> By Representative BEYER, at the request of House Interim Committee on Transportation <br />Sponsored by: <br />for AAA Oregon/Idaho, Northwest Auto Trades Association, Oregon Tow Truck <br />Association <br />http://www.leg.state.or.us/09reg/measpdf/hb2000.dir/hb2040.b.pdf <br />URL: <br />ContactRespondentDept Updated Priority Policy Poli Numb Recommendation <br />Glen Potter Glen Potter EFD 4/7/2009 Pri 3 Yes YesV. C7 Support <br />Comments: <br />Bill adds reducing speed to the requirements of a motorist passing emergency or service <br />vehicles stopped alongside the road, thus offering a tool to help enhance the safety of <br />emergency responders. <br />ContactRespondentDept Updated Priority Policy Poli Numb Recommendation <br />E. Cushman D. Schulz EPD-ADM 4/7/2009 Pri 3 Yes YesV. C7 Support <br />Comments: <br />We recommended a "monitor" position on earlier versions of this bill, but believe that the <br />B-Engrossed version should be supported. The primary purpose of the bill was to add <br />roadside assistance and tow vehicles to the "move-over" law in order to protect the <br />individuals performing those roadside services. While arguably a good idea, this did not <br />have a direct impact on the City. <br />However, the current version of the bill has included a specific requirement that, in <br />situations where vehicles cannot move into another lane, they must slow to a speed at <br />least 5 mph below the speed limit for the road. We believe that this is a good <br />improvement to the current law, because it provides some specific guidance to motorists <br />as to what they should do. (The current statute simply requires that the driver "reduce <br />the speed of the motor vehicle" without setting any parameters. Thus, if someone were <br />travelling at 10 mph over the speed limit, s/he could comply with the existing "move-over" <br />law by reducing speed by 1 mph.) We believe that the current version of the bill is an <br />improvement in that it provides motorists with clearer direction, and will provide greater <br />protection for the police officers, firefighters, and medics currently covered by the law, as <br />well as those roadside assistance personnel who will be added. <br />HB 2212A <br />Relating to State Department of Agriculture control methods; appropriating money. <br />Relating Clause: <br /> Broadens statutes currently applicable to tansy ragwort to include all noxious weeds. <br />Title: <br />Repeals statutes regarding ragweed. Revises quarantine authority of State Department <br />of Agriculture. Authorizes department to adopt rules for nonquarantine regulation of plant <br />pests. Makes violation of rule subject to <br />civil penalty, not to exceed $10,000. Authorizes department to conduct research for <br />control of plant pests. Prohibits { - possession or movement of - } { + person from <br />possessing or knowingly moving + } plant pests except in <br />1 <br />