WHAT: OPPOSE HB 3362 – TIRE TAX

WHEN: Tomorrow, March 4 at 5 p.m.

WHERE: Joint Committee on Transportation – Hearing Room D – Oregon State Capitol

900 Court Street NE

Salem, OR 97301

ACTION: Submit written testimony, or testify in person or online.

HOW: Register to testify here, click on “Register to Testify” for in-person, or “Submit Testimony” to upload written testimony.

HB 3362 would impose a 4% excise tax on the retail sales price of tires.

This bill has been scheduled for a hearing Tuesday, March 4 at 5 p.m. in the Joint Committee on Transportation.

Please engage in-person if possible, we need producers to show up and testify in strong opposition to this bill!

Use the talking points below to craft a personalized email to Co Chairs Gorsek and McLain and members of the Joint Committee on Transportation with your OPPOSITION to HB 3362.

To register to testify in opposition to HB 3362, click here; click on “Register to Testify” next to the bill number for in-person or virtual testimony.

Talking Points

• This bill penalizes Oregon farmers.
• Rural Oregonians travel farther to get to work, to do business, and to support their families.
• Farmers are navigating a continued rise in cost of production, and tires are used for agricultural equipment, to transport products, to harvest commodities, and to transport commodities to the end user. This tax would put a new cost on production at every step of the way.
• The funding from this proposal does not go to support critical infrastructure investments.

RESOURCES

If you are looking for how to testify, get engaged in the legislative process, or details about the legislative session, please check out the Oregon Seed Council’s Guide to the Legislative Session here.

If you have any questions, please feel free to contact the Oregon Seed Council Executive Director, Megan Chuinard.