redduck19..@gmail.com
Text of the bill can be found here:
https://legiscan.com/OR/text/SB551/2015
Thom Batty
The Bike Concierge
http://thebikeconcierge.com/
https://www.facebook.com/pages/The-Bike-Concierge/1452795371649823
503-314-6095
Get on your bikes and ride!
From: T. Kenji Sugahara via OBRA
Sent: Tuesday, February 3, 2015 2:24 PM
To:
All of OBRA-
Please contact Sen. Brian Boquist in opposition to Senate Bill 551-
especially if you are a business owner.
This senate bill proposes to have mandatory registration of all
bicycles- including bikes that aren't used on the road. That means
cross bikes, mountain bikes etc. If you ride in a park, only on Sandy
Ridge or trails- you'll have to pay a yearly tax.
This includes kid's bikes. The only exemption is for tricycles. So
if you have an Isla Bike, a Skuut or a Strider you will also be forced
to register your kids' bikes.
If you sell your bike, whether on e-bay or give it to goodwill you
will be forced to report it to DMV.
This is really an attempt to defund bike projects as it proposes to
create a bicycle transportation "fund" out of the registrations. The
net is that the cost to operate a registration will likely exceed the
revenues which means the transportation "fund" is a farce.
Note this is different from SB 177 which is the one that was submitted
on behalf of a constituent. This new bill is moderated from SB 177
which indicates that someone is working the concept more than being on
behalf of a constituent.
--
Kenji Sugahara
Executive Director
Oregon Bicycle Racing Association
Phone: 503-278-5550
http://www.obra.org
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