OR HB3982

Oregon House Bill 3982 - Transportation Funding and Administration Reform

• Redirects revenues from the bicycle excise tax, statewide transit payroll tax, vehicle privilege tax, and specialty license plate sales to the State Highway Fund for highway improvement, repair, maintenance, preservation, and operation.

• Creates the Trucking Overpayment Credit Account to provide quarterly refunds totaling $37.5 million to motor carriers who overpaid weight-mile taxes, funded by payroll tax revenues from January 2026 through September 2027.

• Requires the Oregon Department of Administrative Services to automatically reduce either weight-mile taxes or motor vehicle fuel taxes if the biennial highway cost allocation study shows a vehicle class is paying more than its fair share and the Legislature fails to act within 120 days.

• Taxes diesel fuel in the same manner as gasoline, consolidates weight-mile tax brackets into broader weight groups, and establishes separate rate tables for electric commercial vehicles weighing 26,001 pounds or more.

• Establishes an Office of Major Projects within ODOT to oversee highway projects costing $99 million or more, creates a 13-member Major Projects Advisory Council for oversight, and requires dispute review boards for highway projects exceeding $5 million.