The ODOT Road User Fee Task force presented their final draft today. This will be introduced as a bill in the 2021 Oregon legislative season. The highlights:
- Title fees based on miles per gallon is repealed. (See ORS 803.091) and all vehicles shall pay a title fee of $110. This section shall go into effect January 1, 2022.
- All passenger vehicles, model years beginning in 2027, with a combined rating of at least 30 miles per gallon, shall pay for usage of the road on a per-mile basis. Implementation of this mandatory program will begin July 1, 2026.
- Any vehicle required to pay a road usage charge shall not pay the supplemental registration fee in ORS 803.422.
- A person may opt-out of the mandatory pay-per-mile program by paying an annual fee of $400. These vehicles would not be subject to supplemental registration fees in ORS 803.422. This section shall sunset on January 1, 2030.
- ODOT shall continue operation of current voluntary pay-by-mile program (OReGO). The voluntary program shall sunset in 2029.