House Bill 2748

<i>Establishes Infrastructure Innovation Oregon as public advisory agency responsible for developing policy and programs in area of performance-based public infrastructure projects and providing consultation and services to units of government with respect to public infrastructure projects.</i>] <i>Creates board of directors to govern Infrastructure Innovation Oregon. Directs board to appoint executive officer to have supervision and control of Infrastructure Innovation Oregon. Specifies duties and powers of Infrastructure Innovation Oregon to facilitate public infrastructure project procurement. Requires executive officer to submit annual report to State Treasurer, Governor and Legislative Assembly.</i>] <i>Establishes Infrastructure Innovation Oregon Fund. Continuously appropriates moneys in fund to Infrastructure Innovation Oregon.</i>] <i>Requires units of government intending to undertake certain large-capital public infrastructure projects to submit descriptions of projects to Infrastructure Innovation Oregon to screen for procurement options. Authorizes Infrastructure Innovation Oregon to complete business case analysis of certain projects. Establishes requirements for use of performance-based method by unit of government procuring public infrastructure project.</i>] <i>Authorizes appointment of special assistant attorneys general to evaluate public infrastructure delivery agreements.</i>] <i>Exempts certain records of private entities from public disclosure if submitted in course of negotiating public infrastructure delivery agreement. Provides that executed public infrastructure delivery agreements are subject to disclosure except for private entities' financial or commercial information customarily kept confidential from competitors. Authorizes review of determination to deny disclosure of public records.</i>] <i>Directs Governor and State Treasurer to appoint representatives to West Coast Infrastructure Exchange. Directs Infrastructure Innovation Oregon, in consultation with exchange, to make recommendation for legislation to Legislative Assembly.</i>] <b>Increases membership of Public Infrastructure Commission to 13 by requiring both architect and engineer to be appointed. Changes deadline for submission of report by commission to Legislative Assembly to January 15, 2016. <b>Substitutes Oregon Department of Administrative Services for State Treasurer for purposes of screening, as required under section 3, chapter 66, Oregon Laws 2014 (Enrolled House Bill 4111), of certain large-capital public infrastructure projects to determine whether projects would benefit from private capital and innovative procurement methods. Extends sunset of Public Infrastructure Commission and department's screening duties to July 31, 2016. Conditions continuation of department's screening duties on appropriation by Legislative Assembly.</b> Declares emergency, effective on passage.

In the House of Representatives

• Tobias Read

  Sponsor

• House of Representatives committee amendmentAdopted

  Adopted Apr 24

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In the House of Representatives Jan 12 – Jul 6

1. Jan 12Introduced
2. Jan 16Sent to Transportation and Economic Development
3. Apr 8Heard in Transportation and Economic Development
4. Apr 17Heard in Transportation and Economic Development
5. Apr 24Transportation and Economic Development recommended it as amended, and that it go to Ways and Means
6. Sent to Ways and Means
7. Jul 6Died when the session ended