PORTLAND, Ore. ( KOIN ) – The Oregon Trucking Association and three Oregon trucking companies filed a lawsuit on Tuesday against the State of Oregon, claiming trucks have unconstitutionally overpaid their fair share of highway taxes over several years.
OTA, and Oregon trucking companies Combined Transport, A&M Transport, and Sherman Bros. Trucking, filed the lawsuit in Douglas County against the State of Oregon, Gov. Tina Kotek, the Oregon Department of Transportation, Senate President Rob Wagner and House Speaker Dan Rayfield.
The trucking organizations are asking for an immediate review of weight mile taxes by the state legislature and seek a combined estimated relief of around $925,000.
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OTA — a nonprofit representing over 25,000 trucking companies in the state — argues that Oregon’s constitution requires that the tax rate paid by trucks “is fair and proportionate to the costs incurred for the highway system because of each class of vehicle,” but claims trucking companies have paid more than one-third of all taxes owed by Oregon motorists even though trucks represent 15% of vehicle miles traveled in the state.