Bills in the 2013 Regular Session, Senate.
Chuck Thomsen
Sponsored
Became law5
Authorizes certain groups of self-insured employers to qualify for exemption from security requirements for self-insured employers.
Directs Secretary of State to conduct annual financial review of moneys collected, borrowed, received and expended by Travel Information Council.
Adds specifications for service contracts and vehicle protection products that are subject to regulation.
Creates exception to requirement that wages due to seasonal farmworker must be paid immediately after termination of employment.
Extends exclusive remedy protections of workers' compensation statutes to partners, limited liability company members, general partners, limited liability partners and limited partners.
In committee11
Requires last best offer submitted in certain arbitration proceedings by exclusive representative of employees of public employer that requires increases in taxes or fees or reduction of services or workforce to meet costs of implementation of offer to be deemed not to be in best interest and welfare of public.
Reduces portion of fine imposed in criminal action that is payable to state.
Requires Environmental Quality Commission to prepare certain revisions to Oregon's State Implementation Plan under federal Clean Air Act.
Temporarily suspends minimum ethanol content requirement for gasoline.
Provides that contracting agency may not spend more than five percent of estimated contract price for procurement for services on conducting cost analysis as to whether contracting agency would incur less cost in conducting procurement than in performing services with contracting agency's own personnel or in making determination of whether performing services with contracting agency's own personnel is feasible.
Requires that person seeking to appeal land use decision or limited land use decision to Land Use Board of Appeals must be adversely affected by decision.
Creates subtraction from taxable income for contribution of crop to charitable organization.
Requires Oregon Department of Administrative Services to modify existing state agency job recruitment procedures to allow access by local governments to department-operated websites and other services offered by department for statewide open recruitment for employment positions in local governments.
Classifies certain waters of Columbia River to be used for specific purposes.
Directs Oregon Department of Administrative Services to establish schedule of salary and benefits to be used by school district when conducting collective bargaining with employees of school district.
Provides that agri-tourism provider is not liable for injury to or death of participant arising out of inherent risks of agri-tourism activities if agri-tourism provider posts certain notices.
Co-sponsored
Became law · 19
Establishes State Fair Council as public corporation.
Provides exemption to offense of pedestrian with improper position upon or improperly proceeding along highway for pedestrians on narrow residential roadway under certain circumstances.
Requires Oregon Health Authority to prescribe criteria for training on treatment of opiate overdose and specifies requirements for training.
Creates primary care provider loan repayment program and establishes Primary Care Provider Loan Repayment Fund.
Expands offense of violation of slow-moving vehicle emblem requirements to include display of slow-moving vehicle emblem on highway for purpose other than what is required under law.
Appropriates moneys to Department of Education to be expended for purpose of awarding grants under Career and Technical Education Revitalization Grant Program.
Allows Secretary of State, State Treasurer, judicial department and legislative department to obtain copyrights and patents on data processing materials and to sell, lease or otherwise make available the materials to local, state and federal governmental bodies.
Requires Oregon Health Authority to adopt uniform documentation requirements for credentialing providers of telemedicine services.
Establishes Alternative Fuel Vehicle Revolving Fund.
Establishes requirements for 9-1-1 calls placed from multiline telephone system.
Requires Appraiser Certification and Licensure Board , before disciplining person, to establish subcommittee for purpose of advising board on whether objective basis exists to believe that alleged violation of provisions governing real estate appraisers has occurred .
Enhances penalties for crime of trafficking in persons if victim was under 15 years of age or force was used and trafficking was for purpose of commercial sex acts.
Changes basis and permissible scope of assessments by Oregon Sheep Commission.
Imposes on nonschool athletic teams requirements for recognizing and responding to possible concussions.
Directs Department of Education to consult with specified entities when developing academic content standards for Oregon Studies and preparing materials to support teacher training and classroom instruction in Oregon Studies.
Creates program whereby registered owner or lessee of motor vehicle may pay per-mile road usage charge.
Directs Department of Transportation to issue driver card to applicant who does not provide proof of legal presence in United States but otherwise has complied with all requirements for type of driving privileges and has resided in Oregon for more than one year.
Increases penalty for crime of initiating false report to maximum of one year's imprisonment, $6,250 fine, or both.
Creates Work Group on Corrections Health Care Costs.
Passed the Senate · 2
Requires Oregon Health Authority to request specified information from potential contractors and, if certain conditions are met, to request proposals to establish and operate systems and technologies designed to detect and prevent improper payments in state medical assistance program.
Authorizes Oregon Health Authority to operate Senior Farm Direct Nutrition Program providing financial support for qualifying seniors to purchase locally produced fresh food at farm product outlets.
Out of committee · 2
Requires moneys in Emergency Communications Account, including Enhanced 9-1-1 Subaccount, to be used for purposes of 9-1-1 emergency communications unless statutory exception is made during state of fiscal emergency.
Allows nonresident veterans discharged under honorable conditions to pay tuition and fees at Oregon resident rates.
In committee · 32
Removes restrictions on hydroelectric electricity, including restriction that hydroelectric electricity be generated by facility that became operational on or after January 1, 1995, for purpose of qualifying for renewable portfolio standard.
Prohibits employee who separates from contracting agency, for two years after date of employee's separation, from becoming, or seeking employment with, contractor with which contracting agency enters or has entered into public contract.
Specifies that new or increased fees adopted by state agency do not become effective unless approved by Legislative Assembly by law.
Requires personal verification of tax return and amount of proposed refund by at least two Department of Revenue employees, including supervisory employee, in case of refund in excess of $___.
Increases percentage of federal earned income credit allowable as credit against Oregon personal income tax in each of four consecutive tax years.
Authorizes certain hunters to use certain mechanical and fixed blade broadheads on arrows.
Authorizes school and educational service districts to offer benefit plans that are not provided by and administered by Oregon Educators Benefit Board if district determines that premiums for benefit plans offered are less than comparable benefit plans offered by board.
Allows Department of Transportation to issue group registration plate for group that promotes prevention of wildfires.
Reduces rate of tax on capital gains of personal income and corporate income and excise taxpayers.
Allows accelerated depreciation of capital assets for income tax purposes.
Decreases corporate minimum tax imposed on certain C corporations by establishing corporate minimum tax of $150 for all corporations.
Requires name of member or committee of Legislative Assembly requesting set of proposed amendments to legislative measure to be identified on proposed amendments.
Imposes certain requirements on disciplinary hearings conducted by Appraiser Certification and Licensure Board.
Authorizes employers to pay employees under 20 years of age hourly wage consistent with federal minimum wage for period of 90 days from date employee begins work.
Provides that person appointed or elected as member of Legislative Assembly may not become member of Public Employees Retirement System or participate in state deferred compensation plan as legislator member.
Increases ceiling amount of total assessed value of taxable personal property for purposes of exemption from property taxation.
States that Oregon estate tax is not due unless value of Oregon taxable estate exceeds $5 million.
Eliminates sunset date of homestead property tax deferral program.
Modifies authority of State Forester relating to Tillamook State Forest.
Requires harvesting in areas of Tillamook State Forest and Clatsop State Forest exhibiting moderate to extreme occurrence of Swiss needle cast disease.
Requires specified health care professional training programs to include in required curricula training on standardized clinical breast examinations.
Defines "vernal pool." Excludes vernal pools from definition of "waters of this state." Declares emergency, effective on passage.
Requires Director of Department of State Lands to promote use of public land for compensatory mitigation.
Requires that at least 30 days before agencies give notice of intended action to adopt, amend or repeal rules pertaining to recreational or small scale mining, agencies shall perform certain consultation.
Allows Director of Department of State Lands to approve, on case-by-case basis, off-site compensatory mitigation in certain watersheds in adjacent states.
Modifies provisions relating to public employee retirement.
Directs Morrow County and Umatilla County to develop industrial and commercial land uses on land formerly known as Umatilla Chemical Depot.
Requires nongovernmental entity, as condition of receiving public purpose charge moneys, to be assessed by independent third party.
Removes minimum requirements for cost and employment terms for qualifying investment contract.
Appropriates moneys from General Fund to Department of Community Colleges and Workforce Development for purpose of providing fast-track training program in welding at Portland Community College.
Provides that mining activities do not give rise to cause of action for nuisance or trespass in certain circumstances.
Modifies crime of invasion of personal privacy by prohibiting observation by device or electronic means regardless of whether recording is made.