SENATE COMMITTEE ON

TRANSPORTATION AND ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT

February 11, 2003 Hearing Room C

8:00 AM Tape 22

MEMBERS PRESENT: Sen. Rick Metsger, Chair

Sen. Bruce Starr, Vice-Chair

Sen. David Nelson

MEMBERS EXCUSED: Sen. Ryan Deckert

STAFF PRESENT: Amy Joyce, Committee Administrator

Annastasia Suess, Committee Assistant

MEASURE/ISSUES HEARD: SB 183 – Public Hearing

SB 247 – Public Hearing and Work Session

LC 9444 – Introduction of Measure

These minutes are in compliance with Senate and House Rules. Only text enclosed in quotation marks reports a speaker’s exact words. For complete contents, please refer to the tapes.

TAPE/#	Speaker	Comments
TAPE 22, A
002	Chair Metsger	Calls the committee to order at 8:00 a.m. and opens a work session on LC measures.
INTRODUCTION OF COMMITTEE MEASURES - WORK SESSION
003	Vice Chair B. Starr	MOTION: Moves LC's: 994, 1100, 1516, 1515, 1514, 1513, 1512, 2472 BE INTRODUCED as committee bills.
010		VOTE: 3-0 EXCUSED: 1 - Deckert
012	Chair	Hearing no objection, declares the motion CARRIED.
015	Chair Metsger	Closes the work session and opens a public hearing on SB 183.
SB 183 - PUBLIC HEARING
020	Amy Joyce	Committee Administrator. Provides a summary of SB 183.
030	Troy Costales	Manager, Oregon Transportation Safety Division. Provides written testimony in favor of SB 183 (EXHIBIT A).
70	Chair Metsger	Asks for clarification of the posted speeds, and what changes the bill proposes.
75	Costales	Responds.
100	Vice Chair B. Starr	Asks about differentials of truck speeds and what the impacts will be.
110	Costales	Answers and elaborates.
125	Sen. Nelson	Asks about the speed signs for curves.
130	Costales	Responds and elaborates.
135	Sen. Nelson	Asks for clarification of varying speeds on each road from urban to rural.
140	Costales	Responds.
145	Chair Metsger	Asks about process for changing posted speed.
150	Doug Tendall	Manager, ODOT. Provides answer to the process of changing posted speeds on Oregon roads.
160	Chair Metsger	Asks about changing school zone speeds.
165	Costales	Answers.
170	Sen. Nelson	Asks about punishments and fines.
175	Costales	Responds.
185	Chair Metsger	Closes the public hearing on SB 183 and opens a public hearing on SB 247.
SB 247 - PUBLIC HEARING
190	Joyce	Provides a summary of SB 247.
200	Kelly Taylor	Department of Transportation. Begins discussion on how the bill affects public protection. Provides written testimony in support of SB 247 (EXHIBIT B).
215	Chair Metsger	Asks for clarification of insurance standards in the bill.
220	Taylor	Clarifies and elaborates.
230	Sen. Nelson	Asks the chair for clarification on a similar issue.
232	Chair Metsger	Clarifies. Closes the public hearing and opens a work session on SB 247.
SB 247 - WORK SESSION
240	Vice Chair B. Starr	MOTION: Moves SB 247 to the floor with a DO PASS recommendation and be placed on the CONSENT CALENDAR.
250		VOTE: 3-0 EXCUSED: 1 - Deckert
260	Chair Metsger	Hearing no objection, declares the motion CARRIED. SEN. STARR will lead discussion on the floor.
270	Chair Metsger	Closes the work session on SB 247 and adjourns the meeting at 8:25 a.m.

EXHIBIT SUMMARY

A – SB 183, Written testimony, Troy Costales, 6 pp

B – SB 247, Written testimony, Kelly Taylor, 2 pp