2A | THURSDAY, DECEMBER 5, 2019 | COTTAGE GROVE SENTINEL
On The Record
Oregon ends use of driver license, ID address change stickers
SALEM — When Oregon
residents update their ad-
dresses with the DMV, they
will no longer be required
to apply a sticker on their
driver license, permit or ID
card as of Jan. 1, 2020.
The DMV will no longer
mail labels with changes of
address received after Dec.
31, 2019. Under House Bill
57 passed during the 2019
legislative session, the state
joined the vast majority of
states in ending the use of
address stickers.
Ending the use of address
stickers is estimated to save
$550,000 a year in printing
and postage costs. That sav-
ings will go into the State
Highway Fund to support
local and state roads.
Oregon law requires driv-
er license, permit and ID
card holders to file a change
of address with DMV with-
in 30 days of moving to a
new address within Oregon.
You can file a change
of address for free at Ore-
gonDMV.com/dmv2u.
It is important to keep
addresses up to date with
the DMV so that drivers
receive vital information
such as driver license and
vehicle registration renewal
reminders.
In a traffic stop by law en-
forcement, officers can ask
if the address on the license
is current and verify it from
inside their patrol vehicle.
Until this law change,
Oregon was one of only
three states that required
cardholders to place a new
address sticker on their li-
cense, permit or ID card. As
of Jan. 1, only Connecticut
and Michigan will still re-
quire the use of stickers.
Before any visits to the
DMV, please first check
w w w. O re gon DM V. c om
to find business hours, lo-
cations and wait times for
most offices, and to make
sure all documents are in
order before visiting.
Oregonians also can do
some DMV business, such
as renew your vehicle regis-
tration, from home at Ore-
gonDMV.com.
Next phase of statewide gas tax increases to begin in January
SALEM — The second of
four planned increases in
the gas tax goes into effect
Jan. 1, 2020.
The increase is part of
House Bill 2017, the “Keep
Oregon Moving” legisla-
tion passed by the Oregon
Legislature in 2017.
The gas tax increase
schedule is as follows, with
the first and largest in-
crease already in effect as
of 2018:
tation Commission sent
the Legislature a report
outlining how ODOT and
local governments have
met those requirements on
Nov. 26.
Two more 2-cent gas tax
increases in 2022 and 2024
are also on deck — but only
if ODOT meets addition-
al accountability require-
ments.
The gas tax increase was
tied to ODOT completing
two specific projects to
help address congestion on
I-205.
I-205 Corridor Bottle-
neck ($15.5M): ODOT
paved portions of I-205
and constructed new lanes
between interchanges in
the Sunnybrook and John-
son Creek areas to improve
safety and reduce conges-
tion.
I-205 Active Traffic
Management
($15.2M):
ODOT installed signage
giving motorists real-time
$.04 - Jan. 1, 2018
$.02 – Jan. 1, 2020
$.02 – Jan. 1, 2022
$.02 – Jan. 1, 2024
$.10 Total
For the first time, Ore-
gon lawmakers set require-
ments that the Oregon De-
partment of Transportation
(ODOT) and Oregon cities
and counties must meet
in order to trigger the in-
crease.
The Oregon Transpor-
POLICE LOG
Nov. 29
• An unknown person
or persons stole a 2019
Dodge Charger from the
Cottage Grove Dodge
dealership.
Dec. 1
• Shoplifting was re-
ported at Grocery Outlet,
resulting in arrest. The
subject was found to be
in possession of metham-
phetamine.
Nov. 27
• Shoplifting was report-
• Assualt was reported
ed at Cottage Market on S. on S. R Street, ending in
Fifth Street.
arrest.
Nov. 29
Dec. 2
• Unknown persons
• A small bindle of
sprayed graffiti on a utility methamphetamine was re-
box near the intersection portedly found at the Cot-
of E. Gibbs Rd. and N. tage Grove Laundry Mat.
Sixth Street.
information about travel
times.
ODOT worked with Or-
egon cities and counties to
produce a website detailing
the condition of the ma-
jor roads and all Oregon
bridges.
The site grades the ma-
jor roads in and through
communities as good, fair,
or poor so people can see
what they’re getting for
their increased taxes.
Project Reporting
ODOT also had to pro-
vide a list of shovel-ready
projects that could be con-
structed with additional
funds and report on the
agency’s efforts to address
congestion through a num-
ber of other important
projects in the Portland
metro region, including
the I-5 Rose Quarter proj-
ect, new lanes on OR 217,
widening of I-205 between
Stafford Road and the Ab-
ernethy Bridge, and imple- development, reduces con- that we will see beginning
gestion and related vehi- next January as a result of
mentation of tolling.
cle emissions, and creates ODOT’s work will allow
How the money will be spent more sustainable, livable us to make important new
investments,
including
Of the nearly sixty mil- communities.”
“The Commission is projects to reduce Portland
lion dollars this increase
will raise, 20 percent goes proud of the excellent work area traffic congestion. It
to Oregon counties, 30 per- ODOT has done to date will also allow us to build
cent to Oregon cities and to implement the 2017 new and preserve existing
transportation legislation,” transportation investments
50 percent to ODOT.
ODOT will use its share noted Oregon Transporta- in every region of the state.”
At full implementation
($27.9M) of the funds for: tion Commission Chair-
• Highway maintenance man, Robert Van Brocklin. in 2024, Oregon’s gas tax
“The additional funding will be .40 cents a gallon.
($1.7M)
•
Bridge
projects
($11.2M)
•
Seismic
projects
($8.4M)
• Preservation and cul-
vert projects ($6.7M)
“Accountability ensures
that our state and local
Matt Bjornn, Agent
That’s when you can count
transportation
agencies
%XV
on State Farm ® .
are spending taxpayer dol-
www.bjornninsurance.com
I know life doesn’t come with a
lars wisely,” said Governor
schedule. That’s why at State Farm
Kate Brown. “In this re-
you can always count on me for
port, Oregonians can see
whatever you need – 24/7, 365.
GET TO A BETTER STATE ™ .
exactly how we are build-
CALL ME TODAY.
ing a transportation system
that supports economic
Anytime.
Anywhere.
Any day...
DEATH NOTICES
EVANS—Andrew Da-
vidson Evans, 43, of Cot-
tage grove, died Nov. 15,
2019. Arrangements by
Smith-Lund-Mills Funeral
Chapel.
WOLFARD—Darwin
Clifford Wolfard, 53, of
Cottage Grove, died Nov.
25, 2019. Arrangements
by Smith-Lund-Mills Fu-
neral Chapel.
What are your
traditions at
this time of
year?
Come share
with us!
HOW ABOUT A DYNAMIC DUO?
Lindy Magallanes
BROKER #201231650
&
Amanda Mojarro
BROKER #201231646
CALL US TODAY!
(541)517-1807
Amanda.Mojarro@Century21.com
6WDWH)DUP+RPH2ǦFH%ORRPLQJWRQ,/
Final
Arrangements
Handled with Care
• Cremation Options
• Memorial & Funeral Planning
• Monuments & Memorials • Cemetery Options
• Family Owned & Operated
Cottage Grove Genealogical Society
700 Gibbs Ave. • P.O. Box 388
Cottage Grove, OR 97424
541-942-9570
“Partners in History”
NEED A
REALTOR?
1101198.1
123 South 7th • Cottage Grove, Oregon
541.942.0185 • smithlundmills.com