SENATE COMMITTEE ON

TRANSPORTATION AND ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT

March 18, 2003 Hearing Room C

8:00 AM Tapes 59-60

MEMBERS PRESENT: Sen. Rick Metsger, Chair

Sen. Bruce Starr, Vice-Chair

Sen. Ryan Deckert

Sen. David Nelson

STAFF PRESENT: Amy Joyce, Committee Administrator

Annastasia Suess, Committee Assistant

MEASURE/ISSUES HEARD: SB 468 – Public Hearing and Work Session

SB 471 – Public Hearing

SB 776 – Public Hearing

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 59, A
005	Chair Metsger	Calls the committee to order at 8:15 a.m. and opens a public hearing on SB 468.
SB 468 – PUBLIC HEARING
010	Vice Chair B. Starr	Provides a summary of the dash one amendments to SB 468. Commends the work group that has spent a year on the issue.
030	Ron Northcraft	Douglas County Assessor. Provides testimony in support of SB 468.
040	Don Miner	Oregon Manufactured Housing Association. Provides a summary of the dash one amendments proposed for SB 468.
050	Kelly Taylor	Oregon Department of Transportation (ODOT). Provides further explanation of the amendments proposed for SB 468.
050	Chair Metsger	Closes the public hearing on SB 468 and opens a work session on SB 468.
SB 468 – WORK SESSION
052	Vice Chair B. Starr	MOTION: Moves to ADOPT SB 468-1 amendments dated 03/17/03.
		VOTE: 3-0 EXCUSED: 1 – Deckert
055	Chair Metsger	Hearing no objection, declares the motion CARRIED.
060	Vice Chair B. Starr	MOTION: Moves SB 468 to the floor with a DO PASS AS AMENDED recommendation and BE REFERRED to the committee on Ways and Means by prior reference.
		VOTE: 3-0 EXCUSED: 1 – Deckert
065	Chair Metsger	Hearing no objection, declares the motion CARRIED.
068	Chair Metsger	Closes the work session on SB 468 and opens a public hearing on SB 471.
SB 471 – PUBLIC HEARING
070	Jason Reynolds	Executive Director of the Oregon Consumer League. Presents a video presentation and provides written testimony in support of SB 471 (EXHIBIT A).
200	Reynolds	Summarizes the history and need for SB 471.
240	Bob Russell	President of the Oregon Trucking Association (OTA). Begins discussion and provides written testimony in support of SB 471 (EXHIBIT B).
300	Chair Metsger	Asks should the legislature investigate and find businesses in non-compliance, are laws currently in place to help enforce or would additional work need to be done.
315	Russell	Answers and elaborates.
330	Vice Chair B. Starr	Inquires what the difference between traditional movers and everyone outside of this definition.
335	Russell	States that traditional movers need to register ODOT , are heavily regulated in terms of the services they provide, and if they do not provide the services are subject to penalization.
345	Vice Chair B. Starr	Asks how the ‘non-traditional’ movers can get around the registration standards.
350	Russell	States that ODOT is unable to investigate due to the attorney general’s opinion. States that in statute a separate definition outlines a ‘pack and loader’. Defines the pack and loader as the people who will pack and load the truck, but the customer hires the truck and drives the truck to the new residence, and the pack and loader will also unload the truck. States the pack and loader are not registered and can not be investigated.
368	Richard P. Burke	Executive Director of the Libertarian Party of Oregon. Provides testimony in opposition to SB 471.
TAPE 60, A
030	Sen. Deckert	Asks what is the end situation result that is needed to address the problem.
035	Burke	Responds.
055	Sen. Deckert	Asks if a fee is the concern for the small carrier.
060	Burke	Confirms and states that $100 a year is set in SB 471 as well an unspecified fee for ODOT.
080	Chair Metsger	Comments on the testimony.
090	Burke	Responds.
108	Chair Metsger	Asks if additional amendments will be needed for this bill.
115	Russell	Confirms.
120	Chair Metsger	Closes the public hearing on SB 471 and opens a public hearing on SB 776.
SB 776 – PUBLIC HEARING
125	Russell	OTA. Provides testimony in support of SB 776.
160	Chair Metsger	Closes the public hearing on SB 776 and adjourns the committee at 9: 03 a.m.

EXHIBIT SUMMARY

A – SB 471, written testimony, Jason Reynolds, 3 pp

B – SB 471, written testimony, Rob Russell, 2 pp