HOUSE COMMITTEE ON TRANSPORTATION

 

 

May 25, 2005 Hearing Room C

1:00 P.M. Tapes  74 - 75

 

MEMBERS PRESENT:            Rep. George Gilman, Chair

Rep. Terry Beyer, Vice-Chair

Rep. Chuck Burley, Vice-Chair

Rep. Deborah Boone

Rep. Scott Bruun

Rep. Dave Hunt

Rep. Kim Thatcher

 

STAFF PRESENT:                  Patrick Brennan, Committee Administrator

Mike Reiley, Committee Assistant

 

MEASURES/ISSUES HEARD:

Road User Fee Pilot Program Update – Informational Meeting

                                                SB 481-A – Public Hearing and Work Session

                                                SB 997-A – Public Hearing and Work Session

 

 

TAPE/#	Speaker	Comments
TAPE 74, A
003	Chair Gilman	Calls the meeting to order at 1:05 p.m. Opens an informational meeting on the Road User Fee Pilot Program.
ROAD USER FEE PILOT PROGRAM UPDATE – INFORMATIONAL MEETING
007	James Whitty	Manager, Office of Innovative Partnerships and Alternative Funding, Oregon Department of Transportation (ODOT). Submits and summarizes prepared testimony and information regarding the status of the Road User Fee Pilot Program (EXHIBIT A).
038	Rep. Burley	Asks about the one-way flow of information from an onboard device to a global positioning system (GPS) satellite.
051	David Kim	Associate Professor, Oregon State University (OSU). Explains the GPS satellites and how they communicate with the onboard device.
066	Whitty	Describes the pilot project in the Puget Sound area.
070	Kim	Clarifies further the one-way communication and the Puget Sound pilot program.
089	Rep. Burley	Asks if the pilot program allows for congestion pricing.
093	Kim	Answers yes and explains the difference between the Puget Sound pilot program and the Oregon pilot program.
104	Rep. Hunt	Asks about concerns that have been raised about the project.
116	Whitty	Discusses the privacy issue and the fee rate issue. Argues that the legislature is responsible for setting the fee rate. Explains that ODOT directed that the project should not have the ability to track vehicles. Explains that General Motors will be putting OnStar satellite-based communication systems on all vehicles by 2007.
160	Rep. Boone	Commends the work done on the pilot program.
167	Whitty	Describes a forthcoming report that will describe the pilot program in further detail.
175	Chair Gilman	Closes the informational meeting. Opens a public hearing on              SB 481-A.
SB 481-A – PUBLIC HEARING
180	Patrick Brennan	Committee Administrator. Introduces SB 481-A.
190	Brian Doherty	Chair, Travel Information Council. Submits and summarizes prepared testimony in support of SB 481-A (EXHIBIT B).
222	Rep. Burley	Asks about the possible construction of facilities at rest areas.
228	Doherty	Answers that the Oregon Department of Transportation (ODOT) would have to approve any project.
238	Chair Gilman	Asks about issues regarding fast food restaurants operating at rest areas.
242	Doherty	Answers that sales would be limited to local tourism-related products. Describes “travel plazas” that will soon be at rest areas. Notes that the Commission for the Blind has the exclusive right to market at all rest stops statewide.
282	Chair Gilman	Closes the public hearing and opens a work session on SB 481-A.
SB 481-A – WORK SESSION
285	Rep. Burley	MOTION:  Moves SB 481-A to the floor with a DO PASS recommendation.
		VOTE:  6-0-1 AYE:            In a roll call vote, all members present vote Aye. EXCUSED:  1 - Hunt
	Chair Gilman	The motion CARRIES.
295	Rep. Burley	MOTION:  Moves SB 481-A be placed on the CONSENT CALENDAR.
		VOTE:  6-0-1 EXCUSED:  1 - Hunt
	Chair Gilman	Hearing no objection, declares the motion CARRIED.
300	Chair Gilman	Closes the work session on SB 481-A. Opens a public hearing on       SB 997 A.
SB 997-A – PUBLIC HEARING
305	Patrick Brennan	Committee Administrator. Introduces SB 997-A and the –A4 amendments (EXHIBIT C).
315	Darrell Fuller	Regulatory Affairs Director, Oregon Automobile Dealers Association (OADA). Submits and summarizes prepared testimony in support of SB 997-A (EXHIBIT D).
TAPE 75, A
020	Rep. Burley	References a study that was due to be done in 1997 and asks if sections of code could be deleted.
028	Fuller	Answers that the study was delivered to the 1999 Legislative Assembly and agrees that the section in question could be deleted.
035	Cheryl Pellegrini	Assistant Attorney General, Oregon Department of Justice (DOJ). Answers that she can obtain additional information.
042	Fuller	States that he will bring the issue back to legislature.
048	Rep. Thatcher	Asks why the state is involved in the setting of a fee.
050	Fuller	Answers that OADA is operating as an agent of ODOT in processing paperwork. Notes that DOJ regulates the process.
073	Rep. Thatcher	Asks why the paperwork processing fees are not included in the price of a vehicle.
077	Fuller	Offers an analogy of purchasing an item from a store via catalog and paying a shipping and handling fee.
095	Pellegrini	Testifies that DOJ is neutral on the bill. Notes that the Oregon State Police describe abandoned cars. Explains that there is no change in the law regarding the price a consumer will pay.
120	Chair Gilman	Closes the public hearing and opens a work session on SB 997 A.
SB 997-A – WORK SESSION
125	Rep. Burley	MOTION:  Moves to ADOPT SB 997 A-A4 amendments dated 5/25/05.
		VOTE:  6-0-1 EXCUSED:  1 - Hunt
	Chair Gilman	Hearing no objection, declares the motion CARRIED.
130	Rep. Burley	MOTION:  Moves SB 997-A to the floor with a DO PASS AS AMENDED recommendation.
		VOTE:  6-0-1 AYE:            In a roll call vote, all members present vote Aye. EXCUSED:  1 - Hunt
	Chair Gilman	The motion CARRIES.
138	Rep. Bruun	MOTION:  Moves SB 997-A be placed on the CONSENT CALENDAR.
		VOTE:  6-0-1 EXCUSED:  1 - Hunt
	Chair Gilman	Hearing no objection, declares the motion CARRIED.
141	Chair Gilman	Closes the work session on SB 997 A. Adjourns the meeting at 1:45 p.m.

 

 

 

 

 

EXHIBIT SUMMARY

 

1. Road User Fee Pilot Program Update testimony and information, James Whitty, 4 pp
2. SB 481-A, prepared testimony, Brian Doherty, 1 p
3. SB 997 A, -A4 amendments, staff, 2 pp
4. SB 997 A, prepared testimony, Darrell Fuller, 2 pp