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West Linn’s legislative rep says special session passed slimmed transportation package; referral and short-term transit funds could complicate local budgets
Summary
Doug Riggs briefed the West Linn City Council on a special legislative session that produced a slimmed-down transportation package: a 6¢ gas-tax increase, higher registration fees and temporary payroll transit funding, removal of broad toll authority, and a likely ballot referral that could delay implementation and reduce expected local revenue.
Doug Riggs, the city’s legislative representative, told the West Linn City Council on Oct. 7 that a recent multi-day special session produced a slimmed-down transportation package that could change revenue streams for cities and transit providers. “It does increase the gas tax by 6¢,” Riggs said, and the package also raises vehicle registration fees and adjusts EV fees to bring electric vehicles into the revenue base.
Riggs said the package preserved the long‑standing 50/30/20 distribution formula for funds and described several provisions that he and the League of Oregon Cities had prioritized. He also said the session produced a temporary payroll tax increase for transit that will sunset after two years, a change that…
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