Creates a tax on tires to pay for rail transit, tire pollution and wildlife crossings.
Imposes an excise tax on retail sales of tires. Directs the Department of Revenue to transfer tax revenue to specified funds for purposes related to rail transit, tire pollution prevention and mitigation and wildlife passage infrastructure. Establishes the Tire Pollution and Rail Transit Fund. Establishes the Wildlife-Vehicle Collision Reduction Fund. Directs the Department of Transportation to establish a tire pollution prevention and mitigation program. Takes effect on the 91st day following adjournment sine die.
A 4% tax on tires would be imposed on Oregonians for driving vehicles. Funds would be entrusted to ODOT and redistributed to mass transit and environmental programs via a new “Tire Pollution and Rail Transit Fund.” Specifically, not highways, roads or freight. ODOT would be required to spend two-thirds of the money in the Fund on “programs or projects to support public transportation by rail or other forms of public transportation.”
This is a sales tax in violation of voters , voting down a sales tax 10 times. In addition, the hearing is in the Joint Committee on Transportation, which only gives you one chance to testify, unless Ways and Means chooses to hear testimony. This is corruption of “democracy”, which Democrats speak against all the time.
To whom it may concern, I oppose this tax and literally any other taxes these corrupt criminals bring, up as they purposely destroy the state.
Is this all I have to do?
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We have already paid for the roads and pay taxes for Fuel and to ODOT. To create another tax especially when the budget has a 1 Billion Dollar accounting error is out of the question.
Let the people get to work, provide for their well being and families without more taxes!
These Democrat’s think we are made of money and the budget they have is misapproaprated, and spent for special interest or stolen.
A Big NO for HB 3362!