Re: Bike tax in Oregon is DEAD! YEAH!
Hey everyone, a little update on the oregon bike tax issue. I got this letter from a representative's office in response to an email. Read on:
Brigham, Thank you for taking the time to pass on your thoughts in regard to HB3008, the proposed bicycle registration and licensing system.Representative Edwards always appreciates the input of those within hiscommunity and I'll make sure that your thoughts on this matter arepassed onto him. It is Representative Edwards' opinion that the proposed fee level inthis bill is symbolic only and would not even cover the cost of theprogram needed to implement and enforce it. In order to cover the costof that program, the fee would need to be raised to a prohibitive level,and as such, Representative Edwards is opposed to this bill. Since the introduction of this bill the Representative has hadconversations with committee members and leaders on this issue, and hasbeen informed that a committee work session will not be held on HB 3008during this legislative session. This means the bill is dead. Thank you again for passing on your concerns regarding this bill and fortaken part in our legislative process.
I don't know if my or other letters by other Oregonians had any impact on this, or if common sense prevailed. But It's dead Yay! Also, I never heard back from the representative who was pushing this bill, only the ones who weren't in support of it...
