Signed by Governor Kate Brown

Vote Smart's Synopsis:

Vote to pass a bill that extends the target date for meeting low carbon fuel standards, effective immediately.

Highlights:

• Extends the target date for reducing greenhouse gas emissions of fuels by 10 percent of the 2010 levels from the year 2020 to 2025, or a later date if the Environmental Quality Commission determines an extension is appropriate (Sec. 3). 

• Requires the commission to adopt provisions for managing and containing the costs of compliance with the standards, including, but not limited to, the following provisions (Sec. 3):
• A provision authorizing an individual to obtain credits for fuels used as substitutes for gasoline or diesel; and 
• A provision establishing opportunities for an individual to trade credits.

• Exempts an individual who imports less than 500,000 gallons of gasoline and diesel fuel in 1 calendar year from the low carbon fuel standards (Sec. 3).

• Expands exemptions from the low carbon fuel standards to include fuel used in the following vehicles (Sec. 3):
• Watercraft;
• Railroad locomotives; and 
• Motor vehicles that are not designed primarily to transport persons or property, are operated on highways only incidentally, and are used primarily for construction work.

Full Bill Text

Vote Smart's Synopsis:

Vote to pass a bill that extends the target date for meeting low carbon fuel standards, effective immediately.

Highlights:

• Extends the target date for reducing greenhouse gas emissions of fuels by 10 percent of the 2010 levels from the year 2020 to 2025, or a later date if the Environmental Quality Commission determines an extension is appropriate (Sec. 3). 

• Requires the commission to adopt provisions for managing and containing the costs of compliance with the standards, including, but not limited to, the following provisions (Sec. 3):
• A provision authorizing an individual to obtain credits for fuels used as substitutes for gasoline or diesel; and 
• A provision establishing opportunities for an individual to trade credits.

• Exempts an individual who imports less than 500,000 gallons of gasoline and diesel fuel in 1 calendar year from the low carbon fuel standards (Sec. 3).

• Expands exemptions from the low carbon fuel standards to include fuel used in the following vehicles (Sec. 3):
• Watercraft;
• Railroad locomotives; and 
• Motor vehicles that are not designed primarily to transport persons or property, are operated on highways only incidentally, and are used primarily for construction work.

Full Bill Text