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hancement program to increase consumer access to new or used light-duty zero-emission
vehicles.
(18) The Environmental Quality Commission may adopt any rules necessary to carry out
the provisions of this section.
(Audits; Reports)
SECTION 151. (1) The Department of Environmental Quality shall periodically audit, or
cause to be audited, the programs established under sections 149 and 150 of this 2017 Act to
determine whether the programs are being implemented and administered in compliance with
the provisions of sections 148 to 152 of this 2017 Act.
(2) No later than September 15 of each even-numbered year, the department shall provide
a report to the Legislative Assembly, in the manner provided in ORS 192.245, that includes,
at a minimum:
(a) A description of the uses to date of moneys in the Zero-Emission Incentive Fund es-
tablished under section 152 of this 2017 Act;
(b) An analysis of the effectiveness of the rebate program established under section 149
of this 2017 Act;
(c) An analysis of the effectiveness of the Charge Ahead Oregon Program established
under section 150 of this 2017 Act;
(d) Recommendations, which may include recommendations for legislation, on ways to
improve the programs established under sections 149 and 150 of this 2017 Act; and
(e) The results of any audits conducted under subsection (1) of this section.
(Zero-Emission Incentive Fund)
SECTION 152.
(1) The Zero-Emission Incentive Fund is established in the State Treasury,
separate and distinct from the General Fund. Interest earned by the Zero-Emission Incentive
Fund shall be credited to the fund.
(2) Moneys in the Zero-Emission Incentive Fund shall consist of:
(a) Amounts donated to the fund;
(b) Amounts transferred to the fund by the Department of Revenue under section 96 of
this 2017 Act;
(c) Amounts appropriated or otherwise transferred to the fund by the Legislative As-
sembly;
(d) Other amounts deposited in the fund from any public or private source; and
(e) Interest earned by the fund.
(3) The Department of Environmental Quality shall encourage gifts, grants, donations
or other contributions to the fund.
(4) Moneys in the fund are continuously appropriated to the department to be used to
carry out the provisions of sections 148 to 152 of this 2017 Act.
(5) No more than 10 percent of the moneys deposited in the fund per biennium may be
expended to pay the expenses incurred in the administration of sections 148 to 152 of this
2017 Act by:
(a) The department; and
(b) Any third-party organization that the department hires or contracts with under
sections 149 and 150 of this 2017 Act.
(6) The Environmental Quality Commission may adopt by rule provisions for the allo-
cation of moneys deposited in the fund between the programs established under sections 149
and 150 of this 2017 Act. Rules adopted under this subsection must require that at least 10
percent of the moneys deposited in the fund per biennium are allocated to fund the provision
Enrolled House Bill 2017 (HB 2017-A) Page 132
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