The Joint Special Session Committee on Transportation Funding is scheduled to hold a public hearing at noon on Aug. 31 to hear comments on Gov. Tina Kotek's transportation funding bills , which would increase the gas tax and other fees in addition to phasing in a road usage charge for electric vehicles and other changes.

Registration for public testimony is open on the Legislature's website until 11:30 a.m. Public comments will continue to be collected for 48 hours after the hearing begins. So far, 786 people have submitted comments online.

During the first public hearing on Aug. 25, more than 90 people who had registered to speak were unable to testify by the time the Joint Interim Committee on Transportation Funding adjourned.

Legislative staff said those individuals should regis

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