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83rd OREGON LEGISLATIVE ASSEMBLY--2025 Regular Session
House Bill 2232
Sponsored by Representative OSBORNE (Presession filed.)
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 says SPRD may adopt rules about ATV equipment and noise. (Flesch Readabil-
ity Score: 74.8).
Directs the State Parks and Recreation Department to adopt certain equipment standards for
off-road vehicles instead of the other agencies.
Declares an emergency, effective on passage.
A BILL FOR AN ACT
Relating to off-road vehicle equipment standards; amending ORS 821.030; and declaring an emer-
gency.
Be It Enacted by the People of the State of Oregon:
SECTION 1. ORS 821.030 is amended to read:
821.030. For purposes of the equipment requirements for off-road vehicles under ORS 821.040, the
[following agencies may establish the described equipment requirements for vehicles:]
[(1) The Director of Transportation] State Parks and Recreation Department may adopt rules
to do the following:
[(a)] (1) Establish the type of brakes an off-road vehicle must be equipped with to be in compli-
ance with ORS 821.040.
[(b)] (2) Establish the type of flag that must be used under ORS 821.040 on an off-road vehicle
when it is operated on sand.
[(c)] (3) Require other safety equipment that must be used by off-road vehicles in order to comply
with ORS 821.040.
[(2)] (4) [The Environmental Quality Commission may ] Adopt standards for noise emissions of
mufflers that are required for off-road vehicles for compliance with ORS 821.040.
SECTION 2.This 2025 Act being necessary for the immediate preservation of the public
peace, health and safety, an emergency is declared to exist, and this 2025 Act takes effect
on its passage.
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.
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