Greetings Comrades – this is the latest from Salem. They will now tell you which tires you are allowed to buy for your Kamaz truck.
After all ” This 2009 Act being necessary for the immediate preservation of the public peace, health and safety, an emergency is declared to exist…”
What could possibly be next?
You drive too much?
You can afford and therefore must drive a hybrid?
You must ride your bike to work 2 days a week?
Red cars upset the four toed Mississippi striped tree squirrel?
And, since the automobile business is currently thriving, it should be great stimulus for the economy… Brilliant.
http://www.leg.state.or.us/09reg/measpdf/hb2100.dir/hb2186.intro.pdf
75th OREGON LEGISLATIVE ASSEMBLY–2009 Regular Session House Bill 2186
Ordered printed by the Speaker pursuant to House Rule 12.00A (5). Precession filed (at the request of Governor Theodore R. Kulongoski for Department of Environmental Quality)
SUMMARY The following summary is not prepared by the sponsors of the measure and is not a part of the body thereof subject to consideration by the Legislative Assembly. It is an editor’s brief statement of the essential features of the measure as introduced. Authorizes Environmental Quality Commission to adopt rules to help state to achieve greenhouse gas emissions reduction goals. Specifies rules that commission may adopt. Declares emergency, effective on passage.
A BILL FOR AN ACT Relating to greenhouse gas emissions; and declaring an emergency.Be It Enacted by the People of the State of Oregon:
SECTION 1. Sections 2 and 3 of this 2009 Act are added to and made a part of ORS chapter 468A.
SECTION 2. As used in section 3 of this 2009 Act:
(1) “Greenhouse gas” has the meaning given that term in ORS 468A.210.
(2) “Heavy-duty truck” has the meaning given that term in ORS 468A.795.
(3) “Medium-duty truck” has the meaning given that term in ORS 468A.795.
(4) “Motor vehicle” has the meaning given that term in ORS 825.005.
SECTION 3.
(1) The Environmental Quality Commission may adopt by rule the following to help this state achieve the greenhouse gas emissions reduction goals specified in ORS468A.205:(a) Low carbon fuel standards for fuel that is used for transportation;
(b) Restrictions and prohibitions on the use of substances that contain, release or cause to be released greenhouse gases, if alternatives are available;
(c) Requirements to maintain or retrofit medium-duty and heavy-duty trucks in order to reduce aerodynamic drag and otherwise reduce greenhouse gas emissions from those trucks;
(d) Restrictions and prohibitions on the sale and distribution of after-market motor vehicle parts, including but not limited to tires, if alternatives are available that decrease greenhouse gas emissions from motor vehicles;
(e) Requirements for motor vehicle service providers to check and inflate tire pressure according to manufacturer recommended specifications; and
(f) Restrictions on engine use by parked commercial vehicles, including but not limited to medium-duty trucks and heavy-duty trucks, and by commercial ships while at port, and requirements that truck stops and ports provide alternatives to engine use such as electric power.
(2) In adopting rules under this section, the commission:
(a) Shall consider safety, feasibility and cost-effectiveness; and
(b) May differentiate between different areas of the state, different greenhouse gases and NOTE: Matter in boldfaced type in an amended section is new; matter [italic and bracketed] is existing law to be omitted. New sections are in boldfaced type. LC 605
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HB 2186123456different categories of substances, fuels, motor vehicles or other equipment or activities that contribute directly or indirectly to greenhouse gas emissions. SECTION 4. This 2009 Act being necessary for the immediate preservation of the public peace, health and safety, an emergency is declared to exist, and this 2009 Act takes effect on its passage.[2]
