Bills in the 2011 Regular Session, Senate.
Brian Boquist
Sponsored
Became law3
Provides that armory may be constructed outside of city.
Requires that certain agreements for acquisition of real property by condemner contain provision relating to repurchase of property in event property is not used for public purpose.
Modifies penalty provisions related to wildlife laws.
Passed the Senate2
Extends suspension of driving privileges beyond end of suspension period if person fails to submit proof of installation or maintain installation of required ignition interlock device.
Allows eligible employees to take family leave to deal with death of family member.
Out of committee2
Deletes provision establishing eligibility requirements for Adjutant General.
Extends applicability of tax credits available for activities related to biomass.
In committee16
Makes legislative finding that Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act and Health Care and Education Reconciliation Act of 2010 are unconstitutional.
Directs specified state agencies, boards and commissions to report to Legislative Assembly or Emergency Board on plan to abolish agency, board or commission or merge with another agency, board or commission.
Establishes Oregon Other Funds Reserve Fund.
Allows State Parks and Recreation Department to enter into agreement with Willamette River Channel Maintenance Group for performance of maintenance needed to improve river navigability and safety, to improve marine access to public parks, landings and other accesses and to encourage tourism and transportation.
Amplifies materials that may be considered legislative history of statute.
Suspends cost-of-living increases, salary step increases, upward reclassifications, filling of vacant positions, creating new positions and out-of-state travel for state government employees in current biennium.
Imposes building code requirement that new constructions or rehabilitations of multifamily housing include television antenna system.
Permits Department of Transportation to reissue title to previously totaled vehicle under certain circumstances.
Requires Department of Revenue to provide free electronic filing of personal income tax returns to all taxpayers, regardless of age or taxable income.
Requires investment officers and assistant investment officers in Investment Division of office of State Treasurer to file statement of economic interest.
Expands exemption of homemade beer, wine and fermented fruit juice from Liquor Control Act.
Provides for automatic termination of spousal support upon death, remarriage or cohabitation of supported party.
Allows Travel Information Council to issue tourist oriented directional sign permits to community service organizations and religious institutions.
Requires persons that bid on state public contracts to disclose whether they conduct mineral-extraction or oil-related activities related to Iran.
Allows student to attend school in school district where student does not have legal residence if student receives written consent from district where school is located and student provides written notification to district where student has legal residence.
Revises definition of ambulatory surgical center to include medical facility operated substantially for purpose of performing abortions.
Co-sponsored
Became law · 10
Requires state agencies to ask if customer or client is veteran and provide information from Department of Veterans' Affairs and reintegration team within Oregon Military Department to veterans.
Expands exemption of homemade beer, wine and fermented fruit juice from Liquor Control Act.
Eliminates sunset on provisions related to business development loans and entrepreneurial development loans.
Provides for state "on" indicator for any week when rate of insured unemployment is at least 6.5 percent and average rate of total unemployment in Oregon for most recent three-month period is at least 110 percent of average for any corresponding three-month period ending in three preceding years.
Provides for payment of Oregon emergency benefits to qualifying individuals during emergency benefit period.
Directs Oregon Department of Administrative Services and Governor to submit outcomes-based budget.
Requires designation of at least five and not more than 15 regionally significant industrial areas.
Requires supervisory authority of county to forward to Employment Department certain information of defendant committed to supervisory authority.
Designates February 24 of each year as Edward Dickinson Baker Day in Oregon.
Establishes Law Enforcement Medal of Ultimate Sacrifice and creates procedure for awarding medal to family of law enforcement officer who died while performing duties or was killed because of employment as law enforcement officer.
Passed the Senate · 6
Expands green jobs growth initiative to include analysis of growth factors and employment projections for green jobs in forest products industries.
Requires school employees to report acts of harassment, intimidation or bullying and acts of cyberbullying.
Requires instruction in Oregon Studies in middle school.
Creates unlawful practice of manufacturing, distributing, selling or offering for sale child's beverage container or reusable bottle made or lined with bisphenol A or replacement material that is carcinogenic or is reproductive toxicant.
Provides that failure to include required modification form with notice of sale, failure to comply with provisions governing loan modifications and failure to record required affidavit of compliance with loan modification requirements are unlawful practices subject to enforcement under unlawful trade practices law.
Modifies authority for establishment of winery and for winery sales and services in exclusive farm use zone and on other agricultural land.
Out of committee · 4
Creates Task Force on Renewable Resource Generation and Transmission Development Areas.
Authorizes school and educational service districts that have access to or enforceable proposals for benefit plans that are comparable to and have premiums equal to or less than premiums for benefit plans offered by Oregon Educators Benefit Board to provide benefit plans for employees that are not provided and administered by board.
Authorizes Crook, Deschutes and Jefferson Counties to plan and designate high-value employment sites pursuant to qualifying regional economic opportunity plan.
Charges mortgage loan servicer with duty of good faith and fair dealing toward borrower.
In committee · 15
Directs Legislative Assembly to review state agencies and programs, taxes and fees administered by state agencies every six years.
Creates offense of equine tripping.
Requires that one chiropractic physician serve on Health Services Commission.
Prevents Oregon Transportation Commission from adopting or enforcing rules that plan or zone, or otherwise limit development on, private land.
Limits collective bargaining agreements between state and state employees to term of not more than two years.
Prohibits state from indemnifying person in exempt service, unclassified service or management service position for costs of counsel and other costs of defense when judgment is entered against person based on determination that person has engaged in civil rights violation or other unlawful employment practice.
Specifies that executive branch license fees set by statute prior to effective date of Act may not be collected on or after July 1, 2013, in case of fees set prior to January 1, 2000, or on or after July 1, 2015, in case of fees set on or after January 1, 2000.
Establishes Work and Family Life Task Force.
Enacts Interstate Compact for Agreement Among the States to Elect the President by National Popular Vote.
Eliminates employee contributions, employer contributions and rollover contributions to individual account program of Public Employees Retirement System, effective January 1, 2012.
Eliminates employer pick-up of six percent employee contribution required of members of Public Employees Retirement System.
Provides that if public body agrees to pay or provide benefit to retired employees other than payments required or provided for in statutes, public body must create separate accounts for funding of those benefits and make annual contributions to accounts in amounts necessary to amortize liability for benefits in 25 years or less.
Directs state agencies to deposit moneys that agencies receive through imposition of fees, fines or civil penalties into General Fund and not into other funds account continuously appropriated to agency.
Requires contractor to include clauses in public improvement contract with first-tier subcontractor under which contractor provides first-tier subcontractor with form first-tier subcontractor may use as invoice or other method to claim payment due from contractor, contractor uses same form and regular administrative procedures during term of subcontract unless contractor notifies first-tier subcontractor of change 45 days in advance, and contractor may not delay payment due first-tier.
Creates Task Force on Oregon Business Regulations.