Statute Text
Worker
transport bus.
Worker
transport bus means a vehicle that is described under ORS 820.010 that has a
seating capacity of 12 or more passengers. [1983 c.338 §113]
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ENROLLED HOUSE BILL
3991 (2025 SPECIAL SESSION)
Note:
As of the date of publication of
the 2025 Edition of the Oregon Revised Statutes, Enrolled House Bill 3991 (2025
special session) is subject to potential referendum petitions that may be filed
with the Secretary of State as provided in Article IV, section 1, of the Oregon
Constitution. The full text of Enrolled House Bill 3991 (2025 special session)
is set forth in the following pages.
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83rd
OREGON LEGISLATIVE ASSEMBLY--2025 Special Session
Enrolled
House
Bill 3991
Sponsored by JOINT
SPECIAL SESSION COMMITTEE ON TRANSPORTATION FUNDING
CHAPTER
...................
AN
ACT
Relating to
transportation; creating new provisions; amending ORS 171.861, 184.620,
184.623, 184.659, 184.665, 295.103, 319.010, 319.020, 319.390, 319.520,
319.530, 319.550, 319.671, 319.700, 319.883, 319.885, 319.915, 320.550,
366.506, 366.772, 366.805, 367.095, 377.841, 383.009, 801.041, 801.042,
803.090, 803.420, 803.422, 803.445, 810.530, 818.225, 818.400, 823.012,
823.023, 823.027, 823.085, 825.005, 825.104, 825.141, 825.250, 825.326,
825.450, 825.474, 825.476, 825.480, 825.492, 825.555 and 825.990 and section 6,
chapter 491, Oregon Laws 2019; repealing ORS 319.665, 319.890, 383.150 and
825.486 and section 2, chapter 428, Oregon Laws 2019; prescribing an effective
date; and providing for revenue raising that requires approval by a
three-fifths majority.
Be It Enacted by the
People of the State of Oregon:
ACCOUNTABILITY AND
HIGHWAY COST ALLOCATION STUDY
SECTION 1.
(1) As used in this section, performance audit
has the meaning
given that term in ORS 297.070.
(2) The
Division of Audits shall conduct a biennial performance audit of the Department
of Transportation relating to the following:
(a) The
responsible use of moneys in the State Highway Fund; and
(b) Capital
projects carried out by the department.
(3) The
Division of Audits shall present the results of the audits described in
subsection (2) of this section to an appropriate standing or interim committee
of the Legislative Assembly.
SECTION 2.
ORS 184.620 is amended to read:
184.620. (1) The
Department of Transportation shall be under the supervision of a Director of
Transportation
who shall be appointed by and shall hold office at the
pleasure of the Governor
. [
The Oregon Transportation Commission shall
appoint the director, after consultation with the Governor. The director serves
at the pleasure of the commission.
]
(2) The
appointment of the director shall be subject to confirmation by the Senate in
the manner provided in ORS 184.623.
(3) The director
may appoint:
(a) Deputy
directors with full authority to act for the director, but subject to the
directors control. The appointment of a deputy director shall be by written
order filed with the Secretary of State. A deputy director shall be in the
unclassified services for purposes of the State Personnel Relations Law.
(b) All
subordinate officers and employees of the department and may prescribe their
duties, assignments and reassignments and fix their compensation, subject to
any applicable provisions of the State Personnel Relations Law.
(4) Subject to
the approval of the [
commission
]
Oregon Transportation Commission
,
the director may organize and reorganize the department as the director
considers necessary to properly conduct the work of the department. As directed
by the chairperson of the commission, the director shall assign employees of
the department to staff the commission.
(5) When service
of summons or other process is required by statute to be served on the Director
of Transportation, the Department of Transportation or the Oregon
Transportation Commission, such service shall be made upon the office of the
director.
SECTION 3.
ORS 184.623 is amended to read:
184.623. (1) The
executive appointment of the Director of Transportation by the [
Oregon
Transportation Commission
]
Governor
under ORS 184.620 is subject to
confirmation by the Senate. Confirmation requires the affirmative vote of a
majority of the members of the Senate.
(2) If an
appointment made under ORS 184.620 is not confirmed by the Senate, the [
commission
]
Governor
shall make another appointment, subject to confirmation by the
Senate.
(3) The name of
the individual to be appointed or reappointed shall be submitted to the Senate
by the [
commission
]
Governor
under ORS 184.620. The Senate shall
take up the question of confirmation as soon after the convening of a regular
or special session as is appropriate. The question of confirmation may be
referred to committee or may be acted upon without a referral.
(4) If the name
of an individual to be appointed or reappointed submitted by the [
commission
]
Governor
is not acted upon d