Whipple v. Howser

*87THORNTON, J.

This appeal requires us to determine the effect to be given the 1979 Oregon Legislature’s amendment of ORS 30.115,1 the guest passenger statute, removing actions based upon motor vehicle accidents from the statute’s recovery limitations.2 The issue is whether the legislature intended the amendment to apply to an action commenced after October 3, 1979, the amendment’s effective date, when the accident upon which the action is based occurred prior to that date. Resolution of this issue depends upon the legislature’s intended interpretation of the amendment’s "savings clause,” which…