REVENUE
One hundred percent of ODA's revenue comes from user fees, enabling the Department to operate completely independent from the need for General Fund allocations. Primary revenue sources include jet fuel tax, avgas tax, mogas, annual Oregon aircraft registration fees, proceeds from leases and agreements on state-owned airports, and other miscellaneous fees (including aircraft dealers' licenses, airport license fees, site investigation fees, etc.).
Mogas is motor-vehicle grade fuel that can be used in certain aircraft. The purchaser must pay the (currently) 24¢/gallon state motor vehicle fuel tax rate. However, since the fuel is not for use in a motor vehicle, those taxes cannot be used for highway or roadway work. Therefore, any excess tax revenue from mogas purchases must either be refunded to the purchaser (if the purchaser requests a refund) or transferred to the Aviation account, where it is used for aviation purposes.
All of the federal funds received for airport projects come from Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) aviation user fees, primarily federal fuel taxes and airline ticket taxes. The FAA authorizes grants for state aviation system planning, public-use airport planning and airport capital improvements. FAA grants cover 90 percent of project costs and require a 10 percent match. Last year these federal funds amounted to 20 percent of the Departments total revenue.
The Department also collects bi-annual pilot registration fees. These funds are not part of the agency's operating budget. Net revenues from pilot registrations are transferred to the Oregon State Police Office of Emergency Management and can only be used for air search and rescue activities.
EXPENDITURES
Oregon Department of Aviation operates on a biennial budgeting cycle. The base budget begins with the figures from the prior biennium's budget. One-time charges are subtracted, and then additions are made for inflation, maintenance, planning, and capital projects to develop the new request budget. That budget is submitted to the Governor's Office for approval. It then becomes part of the Governor's Requested Budget that is presented to the legislature for their approval.
For questions regarding the Department's budget, contact Rebecca Jasso at 800-874-0102 ext 237 or Rebecca.L.Jasso@state.or.us
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