HB2721 • 2025

Authorizes a city or county to impose a public transit incentive surcharge on the amount of any fine for violation of the city's or county's motor vehicle parking code.

Passed Legislature

This bill passed both chambers and reached final enrollment, even if later executive action is not shown here.

Sponsor: Representative Evans
Last action: 2025-06-27
Official status: In House Committee
Effective date: Not listed

Plain English Breakdown

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Authorizes a city or county to impose a public transit incentive surcharge on the amount of any fine for violation of the city's or county's motor vehicle parking code.

Digest: The Act would allow a city or county to impose a public transit surcharge on top of any parking fine.

What This Bill Does

Digest: The Act would allow a city or county to impose a public transit surcharge on top of any parking fine.
(Flesch Readability Score: 63.8).
Authorizes a city or county to impose a public transit incentive surcharge on the amount of any fine for violation of the city's or county's motor vehicle parking code.
Relating to: Relating to a public transit incentive surcharge.

Limits and Unknowns

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Bill History

2025-06-27 House
In committee upon adjournment.
2025-01-17 House
Referred to Transportation.
2025-01-13 House
First reading. Referred to Speaker's desk.

Official Summary Text

Digest: The Act would allow a city or county to impose a public transit surcharge on top of any parking fine. (Flesch Readability Score: 63.8).
Authorizes a city or county to impose a public transit incentive surcharge on the amount of any fine for violation of the city's or county's motor vehicle parking code.
Relating to: Relating to a public transit incentive surcharge.
Current location: In House Committee

Current Bill Text

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83rd OREGON LEGISLATIVE ASSEMBLY--2025 Regular Session
House Bill 2721
Sponsored by Representative EVANS (Presession filed.)
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. The statement includes a measure digest written in compliance with applicable readability
standards.
Digest: The Act would allow a city or county to impose a public transit surcharge on top of any
parking fine. (Flesch Readability Score: 63.8).
Authorizes a city or county to impose a public transit incentive surcharge on the amount of any
fine for violation of the city’s or county’s motor vehicle parking code.
A BILL FOR AN ACT
Relating to a public transit incentive surcharge.
Be It Enacted by the People of the State of Oregon:
SECTION 1.
(1) The governing body of a city or county may adopt an ordinance imposing
a public transit incentive surcharge on the amount of any fine, fee or other charge imposed
for violation of any section of the respective city’s or county’s motor vehicle parking code.
(2) The surcharge may be imposed in an amount not to exceed 30 percent of the amount
of the fine, fee or other charge.
(3) The surcharge shall be collected at the same time and in the same manner as the fine,
fee or other charge.
(4) The surcharge may be contested in the same manner as the fine, fee or other charge.
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 2698