Bills in the 2012 Regular Session, House.
Brad Witt
Sponsored
In committee2
Requires that each transfer, assignment or other conveyance of beneficial ownership or beneficial interest in note or other instrument that is evidence of obligation grantor owes and that is secured by trust deed on residential property must be recorded with county clerk within 15 calendar days in order for trustee to foreclose trust deed by advertisement and sale.
Imposes fee on retail sale of studded tires and on installation of studs in tires.
Co-sponsored
Became law · 8
Establishes Oregon Growth Fund and Oregon Growth Board to encourage investment in and availability of capital to Oregon businesses and to further economic development in Oregon.
Provides that food bank assumption or sharing of cost to process reclaimed fish for food bank use or distribution is not sale, purchase or other commerce making fish subject to labeling, packaging or similar requirements for commercially sold foods.
Directs each school district board to adopt policy regarding teen dating violence.
Directs Oregon Department of Administrative Services to convene work group to make recommendations regarding criminal records checks .
Directs Oregon Investment Council and State Treasurer to try to ensure that moneys in Public Employees Retirement Fund are not invested in companies with interest in energy sector of Iran.
For state agencies with more than 100 employees and with ratio of less than 11 to 1 of nonsupervisory employees to supervisory employees , restricts hiring and requires layoffs or reclassifications of supervisory employees for purpose of attaining certain ratio.
Makes Governor and members of State Workforce Investment Board, or persons designated by board, advisory committee for purpose of developing initiatives related to workforce development.
Expands definition of qualified business eligible for credit guarantees from Credit Enhancement Fund to include nontraded sector business.
Passed the House · 1
Specifies that provisions of law relating to threatened or endangered wildlife species do not limit authority of State Fish and Wildlife Commission to adopt rules authorizing taking of wolves for purposes related to depredation of livestock.
In committee · 16
Creates crime of failure to report the death of a child.
Excludes company owning or leasing data center in enterprise zone from central assessment during period of enterprise zone exemption.
Prohibits state agencies, during current biennium, from spending General Fund moneys or moneys that are continuously appropriated to agency for purposes that are not essential to perform agency mission or functions or to implement legislative funding priorities.
Requires Department of Revenue to distribute 50 percent of business income taxes attributable to new business or expanded business to local jurisdiction that recruited new business or expanded business.
Repeals pilot project requiring Department of Transportation to enter into contract for private maintenance of segment of state highway.
Provides that employee who separates from contracting agency, under specified conditions and for period of one year, may not seek or gain employment with contractor with which contracting agency entered into public contract.
Reduces state tax expenditures in tax year by same percentage that Oregon Department of Administrative Services and Governor reduce allotments to state agencies for same tax year.
Requires financial institutions that disperse government benefits through debit cards to provide certain information about fees imposed for use of debit cards.
Requires insurer, if rate filing represents specified premium rate increase, to send notice to affected policyholders and persons who requested notification.
Permits prosecuting attorney to investigate and prosecute suit against insurer or other person that commits prohibited insurance practices.
Charges mortgage loan servicer with duty of good faith and fair dealing toward borrower.
Prohibits owner of foreclosed residential real property from neglecting real property during periods of vacancy.
Directs public officials to deposit public funds in certain community banks.
Requires beneficiary or beneficiary's agent under residential trust deed to send notice of mediation and enter into mediation with grantor for purpose of agreeing to foreclosure avoidance measure.
Requires contracting agency to apply certain preferences in awarding contracts related to certain goods manufactured from recycled materials.
Requires Department of Education to collect performance report data for each school year regarding number of teachers and number of students assigned to each course offered by public educational providers.