1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
11
12
13
14
15
16
17
18
19
20
21
22
23
24
25
26
27
28
29
30
83rd OREGON LEGISLATIVE ASSEMBLY--2025 Regular Session
House Bill 2154
Introduced and printed pursuant to House Rule 12.00. Presession filed (at the request of Joint Committee on
Transportation for Association of Oregon Counties)
SUMMARY
The following summary is not prepared by the sponsors of the measure and is not a part of the body thereof subject
to consideration by the Legislative Assembly. It is an editor’s brief statement of the essential features of the
measure as introduced.The statement includes a measure digest written in compliance with applicable readability
standards.
Digest: The Act states that a county may designate a part of a county road as a safety corridor
when that part of the road has a lot of bad car crashes. (Flesch Readability Score: 76.8).
Makes permanent the county safety corridor program.
A BILL FOR AN ACT
Relating to county safety corridors; creating new provisions; and amending ORS 153.020.
Be It Enacted by the People of the State of Oregon:
SECTION 1. Section 2 of this 2025 Act is added to and made a part of the Oregon Vehicle
Code.
SECTION 2. (1) Counties may designate as safety corridors segments of highway that
have an incidence rate of reported traffic crashes resulting in fatalities or serious injuries
that is higher than the average rate of crashes in the county. The county commission for
each county may designate no more than two safety corridors at one time.
(2) A safety corridor designated under subsection (1) of this section must satisfy the
criteria established by the county.Before designating a safety corridor the county shall:
(a) Establish objective criteria for designating a segment of highway as a safety corridor
under this section; and
(b) Establish requirements for regular community engagement, heightened enforcement,
engineering improvements, infrastructure investments and public outreach.
(3) Counties shall post signs in safety corridors designated by the county indicating that
fines for traffic offenses committed in the safety corridor will be doubled.
(4)(a) The presumptive fine for a person charged with an offense that is listed in para-
graph (d)(A) or (B) of this subsection and that is committed in a safety corridor designated
by a county under this section shall be the amount established under ORS 153.020.
(b) The minimum fine for a person convicted of a misdemeanor offense that is listed in
paragraph (d)(C) to (G) of this subsection and that is committed in a safety corridor desig-
nated by a county under this section is 20 percent of the maximum fine established for the
offense.
(c) The minimum fine for a person convicted of a felony offense that is listed in para-
graph (d)(C) to (G) of this subsection and that is committed in a safety corridor designated
by a county under this section is two percent of the maximum fine established for the of-
fense.
(d) This subsection applies to the following offenses if committed in the designated safety
corridors:
NOTE:Matter in boldfaced type in an amended section is new; matter [italic and bracketed] is existing law to be omitted.
New sections are in boldfaced type.
LC 735 HB2154
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
11
12
13
14
15
16
17
18
19
20
21
22
23
24
25
26
27
28
29
30
31
32
33
34
35
36
37
38
(A) Class A or Class B traffic violations.
(B) Class C or Class D traffic violations related to exceeding a legal speed.
(C) Reckless driving, as defined in ORS 811.140.
(D) Driving while under the influence of intoxicants, as defined in ORS 813.010.
(E) Failure to perform the duties of a driver involved in a collision, as described in ORS
811.700 or 811.705.
(F) Criminal driving while suspended or revoked, as defined in ORS 811.182.
(G) Fleeing or attempting to elude a police officer, as defined in ORS 811.540.
SECTION 3. ORS 153.020 is amended to read:
153.020. (1) If a person is charged with a traffic violation, as defined in ORS 801.557, and the
enforcement officer issuing the citation notes on the citation that the offense occurred in a highway
work zone and is subject to the provisions of ORS 811.230, occurred in a posted school zone and is
subject to the provisions of ORS 811.235, or occurred in a safety corridor and is subject to the
provisions of ORS 811.483 or section 2, chapter 501, Oregon Laws 2019 or section 2 of this 2025
Act, the presumptive fine for the violation is:
(a) $875 for a Class A violation.
(b) $525 for a Class B violation.
(c) $325 for a Class C violation.
(d) $225 for a Class D violation.
(2) Any surcharge imposed under ORS 1.188 shall be added to and made a part of the
presumptivefine.
SECTION 4. ORS 153.020, as amended by section 4, chapter 501, Oregon Laws 2019, is amended
toread:
153.020. (1) If a person is charged with a traffic violation, as defined in ORS 801.557, and the
enforcement officer issuing the citation notes on the citation that the offense occurred in a highway
work zone and is subject to the provisions of ORS 811.230, occurred in a posted school zone and is
subject to the provisions of ORS 811.235, or occurred in a safety corridor and is subject to the
provisions of ORS 811.483 or section 2 of this 2025 Act, the presumptive fine for the violation is:
(a) $875 for a Class A violation.
(b) $525 for a Class B violation.
(c) $325 for a Class C violation.
(d) $225 for a Class D violation.
(2) Any surcharge imposed under ORS 1.188 shall be added to and made a part of the
presumptivefine.
SECTION 5. Section 2 of this 2025 Act and the amendments to ORS 153.020 by sections
3 and 4 of this 2025 Act apply to offenses committed on or after the effective date of this 2025
Act.
[2]