ORS 319.885: Per-mile road usage charge.
Edition: 2025 EditionEffective: 2026-01-01Last verified: 2026-09-07
(1)(a) Except as provided in paragraph (b) of this subsection, the registered owner of a subject vehicle shall pay a per-mile road usage charge for metered use by the subject vehicle of the highways in Oregon. (b) During the term of a lease, the lessee of a subject vehicle shall pay the per-mile road usage charge for metered use by the subject vehicle of the highways in Oregon. (2) The rate of the per-mile road usage charge is five percent of the rate of the per-gallon license tax provided in ORS 319.020 (1)(b) in effect at the time the charge becomes due. [2013 c.781 §3; 2017 c.750 §§118,118a; 2019 c.428 §§3,4]
Official history and status
History: Note: 319.885 is amended by Enrolled House Bill 3991 (2025 special session). As of the date of publication of the 2025 Edition of the Oregon Revised Statutes, Enrolled House Bill 3991 (2025 special session) is subject to potential referendum petitions that may be filed with the Secretary of State as provided in Article IV, section 1, of the Oregon Constitution. The full text of Enrolled House Bill 3991 (2025 special session) is set forth following 801.610. Note: See second note under 319.883.
Administrative rules citing this section
- OAR 731-090-0000: Definitions — implements
- OAR 731-090-0080: Commercial Account Managers — implements
- OAR 731-090-0090: ODOT Account Manager — implements
- OAR 735-176-0110: Use Fuel Record Keeping Requirements — implements
This rule cites
- ORS 319.020 — resolved
Cited by
- ORS 305.410: Authority of court in tax cases within its jurisdiction; concurrent jurisdiction; exclusive jurisdiction in certain cases; jurisdiction for local government tax cases.
- ORS 319.550: User’s license required to use fuel; exceptions.
- ORS 319.890: Application for road usage charge program; when additional registration fees to be collected; consultation with vehicle dealers to encourage participation; rules.
- ORS 319.895: Deposit and distribution of road usage charge moneys.
- ORS 319.905: Department of Transportation to adopt rules for collecting road usage charge.
- ORS 319.910: Department of Transportation to establish reporting periods for road usage charge.
- ORS 319.915: Confidentiality of personally identifiable information used for reporting and collecting road usage charge; exceptions; records to be destroyed; exceptions; Department of Transportation to provide for penalties.
- ORS 319.920: Reporting requirement.
- ORS 319.923: Reconciliation of fuel taxes and per-mile road usage charge.
- ORS 319.925: Refunds for overpayment; grant of refund as credit.
- ORS 319.930: Refund applications.
- ORS 366.505: Composition and use of highway fund.
- ORS 367.802: Definitions.
- ORS 801.610: “Worker transport bus.”
- ORS 815.555: Tampering with a vehicle metering system; penalty.
Official source: https://www.oregonlegislature.gov/bills_laws/ors/ors319.html