Item 3: Discussion and Action on Non-Unanimous IGR Actions/HB 3608

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generated by increases in vehicle registration fees. Alters requirements for low- speed vehicle and medium-speed electric vehicle safety standards. Provides that moneys received by Oregon Historical Society from issuance of Pacific Wonderland registration plates may be used for purposes other than establishing and maintaining Oregon History Center at State Capitol. Restricts requirement that parents and other persons responsible for safety and welfare of child who is under 16 years of age secure child with safety system, safety belt or safety harness when child operates or is passenger in or on certain all-terrain vehicles to operation of vehicles on public lands. Expands scope of variance permits. Directs Department of Transportation to submit quarterly report on revenue raised from certain increased fees and taxes. Declares an emergency, effective on passage. Contact Respondent Dept Updated Priority Policy Policy No Recommendation Tom Larsen PWM 01/13/2010 Monitor Comments: The way I read the original bill low speed vehicles and medium speed electric vehicles would need to comply with "any vehicle safety standards" established at the Federal level. I liked this part of the original. To remove it as housekeeping because there is no Federal safety standard for low or medium speed vehicles works against public safety. These low or medium speed vehicles will be on the road with standard vehicles. They may not be able to reach 50 MPH on their own, but could be hit by another vehicle travelling 50 or more. ODOT muyst still write the regulations so it is premature to say that things like seat belts, turn signals and defrosters won't be required. Depending on how hard ODOT is lobbied could influence how much safety equipment is actually required. Leaving the language in about meeting all federal safety rules for any vehicle will make a safer vehicle more predictable. Contact Respondent Dept Updated Priority Policy Policy No Recommendation Rob Inerfeld Lee Shoemaker PWE 01/19/2010 Neutral or Drop Comments: This is mainly clean-up language regarding adopted fees, requirements for reports on fees, and some variances that road authorities may make for special conditions. We will defer to Tom Larsen or others if they have strong opinions on how this would affect Eugene. Contact Respondent Dept Updated Priority Policy Policy No Recommendation Eric Jones PW-ADM 01/12/2010 Monitor Comments: Brenda's clarification about the 2% surcharge on multimodal projects to be used for a multimodal study answered my main question about this legislative concept. Because the charge on ConnectOregon III projects was "accidentally" carried over from ConnectOregon II, and with the understanding that additional $$ aren't necessary for a multimodal study, I concur with Larry Hill that a monitor level 2 position is prudent, given the overall significance of HB2001. I'm somewhere between confused and concerned about the variance language at Section 10 (m). Per Brenda's plain English interpretation, there's a reasonable amendment that would allow a permitted over-width vehicle to use a bike LANE and/or a left-turn refuge lane (after all, the over-width vehicle understandably requires more than a normal travel lane). Why is the reference in the legislative concept to bicycle TRAIL? 6 | Page