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(b) An amount of $5,000,000 shall be distributed proportionally to counties with fewer
than 200,000 registered vehicles based on a ratio of registered vehicles to road miles main-
tained by each county.
(3) Moneys allocated as provided in this section may be used only for maintenance, repair and
improvement of existing roads that are [.]:
(a) Not a part of the state highway system;
(b) Within counties with fewer than 200,000 registered vehicles; and
(c) Inadequate for the capacity the roads serve or are in a condition detrimental to
safety.
(4) All moneys in the account shall be allotted each year.
[(4) As used in this section: ]
[(a) “Arterial highway” has the meaning given that term in ORS 801.127. ]
[(b) “Collector highway” has the meaning given that term in ORS 801.197. ]
[(c) “County road base funding deficit” means the amount of a county’s minimum county road base
funding minus the amount of that county’s dedicated county road funding. A county has a county road
base funding deficit only if the amount of the dedicated county road funding is less than the amount
of the minimum county road base funding. ]
[(d) “Dedicated county road funding” for a county means: ]
[(A) Moneys received from federal forest reserves and apportioned to the county road fund in ac-
cordance with ORS 294.060; ]
[(B) State Highway Fund moneys distributed to the county, other than moneys distributed under
this section and not including moneys allocated under section 15, chapter 911, Oregon Laws 2007;
and]
[(C) Federal Highway Administration revenues allocated by formula to the county annually under
the federal-aid highway program authorized by 23 U.S.C. chapter 1. These moneys do not include fed-
eral funds received by the county through a competitive grant process. ]
[(e) “Minimum county road base funding” means $4,500 per mile of county roads that are arterial
and collector highways beginning on July 1, 2008, and thereafter means $4,500 per mile of county roads
that are arterial and collector highways as adjusted annually on the basis of the Portland-Salem,
OR-WA, Consumer Price Index for All Urban Consumers for All Items, as published by the Bureau
of Labor Statistics of the United States Department of Labor. ]
SECTION 74.
ORS 366.155 is amended to read:
366.155. (1) The Department of Transportation shall, among other things:
(a) So far as practicable, compile statistics relative to the public highways of the state and
collect all information in regard thereto which the Director of Transportation may deem important
or of value in connection with highway location, construction, maintenance, improvement or opera-
tion.
(b) Keep on file in the office of the department copies of all plans, specifications and estimates
prepared by the department.
(c) Make all necessary surveys for the location or relocation of highways and cause to be made
and kept in the department a general highway plan of the state.
(d) Collect and compile information and statistics relative to the mileage, character and condi-
tion of highways and bridges in the different counties in the state, both with respect to state and
county highways.
(e) Investigate and determine the methods of road construction best adapted in the various
counties or sections of the state, giving due regard to the topography, natural character and avail-
ability of road-building materials and the cost of building and maintaining roads under this Act.
(f) Prepare surveys, plans, specifications and estimates for the construction, reconstruction, im-
provement, maintenance and repair of any bridge, street, road and highway. In advertising for bids
on any such project the director shall invite bids in conformity with such plans and specifications.
(g) Keep an accurate and detailed account of all moneys expended in the location, survey, con-
struction, reconstruction, improvement, maintenance or operation of highways, roads and streets,
Enrolled House Bill 2017 (HB 2017-A) Page 83
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