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83rd OREGON LEGISLATIVE ASSEMBLY--2025 Regular Session
House Bill 2806
Introduced and printed pursuant to House Rule 12.00. Presession filed (at the request of Governor Tina Kotek for
State Department of Agriculture)
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 allows an agency to increase certain license fees. (Flesch Readability Score:
61.3).
Makes permanent the authority of the State Department of Agriculture to annually increase li-
cense fees for commercial weighing or measuring instruments by up to three percent, subject to
certain maximum limits.
Authorizes the department to increase the license fees by a certain additional percentage for
two fiscal years.
A BILL FOR AN ACT
Relating to license fees for commercial instruments; creating new provisions; amending ORS 618.141;
and repealing sections 2 and 4, chapter 385, Oregon Laws 2019.
Be It Enacted by the People of the State of Oregon:
SECTION 1. Sections 2 and 4, chapter 385, Oregon Laws 2019, are repealed.
SECTION 2. ORS 618.141 is amended to read:
618.141. The license fees established pursuant to ORS 618.136 for commercial weighing or
measuring instruments or devices may not exceed the following:
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Discrete Weighing Devices Maximum
(Manufacturer’s rated capacity) Fee
Not over 400 pounds [$ 49] $68
Over 400 pounds,
but not over 1,160 pounds [$ 101] $134
Over 1,160 pounds,
but not over 7,500 pounds [$ 205] $270
Over 7,500 pounds,
but not over 60,000 pounds[$ 307] $404
Over 60,000 pounds [$ 307] $404
Static railroad track scales [$1,334] $1,730
Continuous Weighing Systems
(Manufacturer’s rated capacity)
Under 10 tons per hour [$ 386] $505
NOTE:Matter in boldfaced type in an amended section is new; matter [italic and bracketed] is existing law to be omitted.
New sections are in boldfaced type.
LC 400 HB2806
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10-150 tons per hour [$ 600] $782
Over 150 tons per hour, but
not over 1,000 tons per hour[$1,201] $1,560
Over 1,000 tons per hour [$2,668] $3,456
In-motion railroad track scales[$1,334] $1,730
Liquid-Fuel Metering Devices for
Noncorrosive Fuels Contained at
Atmospheric Pressure
(Maximum device flowrate)
Under 20 gallons per minute [$ 40] $59
20-150 gallons per minute [$ 205] $270
Over 150 gallons per minute [$ 307] $404
Special Liquid-Fuel Measuring
Equipment
(Type)
Liquefied petroleum gas meters
One inch pipe diameter or
under [$ 307] $404
Over one inch pipe diameter[$ 307] $404
Tanks, under 500 gallons
capacity when used as
measure containers with
or without gage rods or
markers $ 115
Tanks, 500 or more gallons
capacity when used as
measure containers with
or without gage rods or
markers $ 230
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SECTION 3. Notwithstanding the three percent limit established by ORS 618.136 (3) but
subject to the maximum limits under ORS 618.141, the State Department of Agriculture may,
by rule, increase a license fee described in ORS 618.136 (1) by:
(1) For the fiscal year beginning July 1, 2026, up to seven percent of the amount of the
license fee for the fiscal year beginning July 1, 2025; and
(2) For the fiscal year beginning July 1, 2027, up to seven percent of the amount of the
license fee for the fiscal year beginning July 1, 2026.
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