Bills in the 2019 Regular Session, Senate.
Cliff Bentz
Sponsored
Became law3
Authorizes translator districts to annex cities where cable television corporations operate or have ceased operations and city electors approve annexation.
Permits translator districts to use specified technologies.
Establishes alternative procedure for use by owner, operator or employee of fuel dispensary to obtain removal of vehicle preventing or hindering access to fuel dispensing equipment.
Passed the Senate1
Authorizes translator district board to establish property tax permanent rate limit and impose operating taxes, following elector approval.
Out of committee1
Appropriates moneys from General Fund to Water Resources Department for distribution to Harney County for ground water study and installation of water conservation measures.
In committee33
Requires contractor licensed to conduct illegal drug manufacturing decontamination work to report property that contractor knows or has reasonable grounds to believe was used for illegal drug manufacturing and that has not been evaluated for fitness of use.
Removes substantive language from definition of "workweek" for purposes of provisions governing overtime.
Requires that emergency communications system provide system for placing outbound telephone calls to subscribers in 9-1-1 service area to warn of existing or impending emergency.
Allows Department of Transportation to establish lower designated speed on state highway outside of city limits in low-population counties in eastern Oregon without engineering and traffic investigation under certain circumstances.
Establishes elk depredation hunting tags.
Eliminates requirement that applicant for property services contractor license pass qualifying examination.
Allows costs attributable to providing transportation for summer programs to be considered approved transportation costs for purposes of State School Fund distributions.
Establishes Economic and Revenue Forecast Council to oversee preparation of state economic and revenue forecasts.
Directs Department of Transportation to expedite post-imposition hearing when driving privileges are suspended for physical or mental condition or impairment.
Authorizes police officers to perform vehicle identification number inspections.
Increases penalty for second conviction of unlawful taking of game mammal within two-year period if offense is committed with culpable mental state.
Directs Department of Transportation to study modification and enforcement of laws regulating identification of long-load trucks on two directional, two-lane highways in this state and report on findings to interim committees of Legislative Assembly related to transportation on or before September 15, 2020.
Prohibits Department of Consumer and Business Services from imposing late fees under state building code that are more than 10 percent of underlying fees.
Provides that if defendant who commits wildlife law offense has previous conviction for violating wildlife laws, upon request of defendant court must consider defendant income before imposing fine for offense.
Directs Department of Human Services to promulgate rules regarding certain employment and hiring practices.
Defines "rural communities" and "frontier communities" for purposes of Local Innovation and Fast Track Housing Program.
Appropriates moneys from General Fund to Oregon Department of Administrative Services for distribution to City of Mosier for construction of joint-use fire hall and community center.
Requires manufacturer, distributor or importer of beverage sold in this state to pay dealer one cent per beverage container redeemed by dealer to cover collection costs.
Allows dealers required to accept and pay refund value of empty beverage containers to provide accounting mechanism by which persons may redeem refund value of beverage containers at later date.
Requires Oregon Liquor Control Commission to submit report to Legislative Assembly, no later than September 15 of each even-numbered year, relating to ratio of redemption centers to population.
Requires manufacturer, distributor or importer of beverage sold in this state to ensure that beverage containers are collected from small dealer no later than 30 days after dealer redeems beverage containers.
Provides that members of Oregon Transportation Commission are entitled to annual compensation of $20,000.
Defines "housing-limited city." Allows housing-limited city to support housing construction and increased density by temporarily suspending or exempting properties from certain planning and zoning ordinances and by allowing expansion of its urban growth boundary without review by Land Conservation and Development Commission.
Redirects employee contribution to Public Employees Retirement System to account to be used to pay for pension or other retirement benefits payable to member or member's beneficiary accrued on or after January 1, 2020.
Allows transfers of certain authorizations for dwelling within farm or forest zone as property interest in land.
Increases limits on liquor licensing fees.
Requires Department of Environmental Quality, not less than once every two years, to provide for onsite wastewater treatment system maintenance provider training course to be held at Bend campus of Central Oregon Community College.
Directs Department of Revenue to study options for exempting airport property from ad valorem property taxes and to report its findings to interim legislative committees related to revenue on or before September 15, 2020.
Includes City of Adrian within Eastern Oregon Border Economic Development Region.
Declares policy of state to encourage sustainable growth by funding reduction of certain taxes with imposition of tax on amount of carbon dioxide equivalent emissions from combustion of certain carbon-based fuels.
Makes right to use of stored water established by certificate, primary permit or secondary permit type of water use subject to transfer.
Appropriates moneys from General Fund to Oregon Department of Administrative Services for distribution to Grant County Digital Network Coalition for purpose of developing broadband infrastructure in Grant County.
Permits place of public accommodation to require person to remove comfort animal from inside place of public accommodation under certain circumstances.
Carried from the House
Became law2
Modifies definition of "energy facility" for purposes of regulation of energy facilities by Energy Facility Siting Council.
Provides that brownfield granted property tax incentive benefit under chapter 96, Oregon Laws 2016, may be granted any other special assessment, exemption or partial exemption for which such property is eligible.
Co-sponsored
Became law · 4
Allows listed eastern Oregon counties that undertake economic opportunity analysis to designate up to 50 acres outside urban growth boundaries for industrial and other employment uses notwithstanding statewide planning goals related to agriculture, forest use or urbanization.
Directs Oregon Health Authority to design, implement and maintain voluntary statewide program to provide nurse home visiting services to families with infants up to six months of age.
Requires research facilities that use dogs or cats for laboratory research to offer dogs or cats no longer used for research for adoption prior to euthanasia.
Requires health benefit plans that cover radiation therapy for cancer to cover proton beam therapy on basis no less favorable than other covered benefits.
Passed the Senate · 1
Grants higher property tax exemption for property of veterans with service-connected disabilities.
Out of committee · 6
Extends sunset for tax credit for crop donation.
Appropriates moneys from General Fund to Higher Education Coordinating Commission for agricultural experiment station and branch stations, Oregon State University Extension Service and Forest Research Laboratory programs of Oregon State University.
Requires certain persons that service student loans in this state to obtain or renew license.
Directs Department of Education to provide reimbursements for vision screenings of students to person that provided vision screening.
Requires Department of Human Services to contract with nonprofit organization to implement and administer program to assist recipients of supplemental nutrition assistance in purchasing locally grown fruits and vegetables from farmers' markets, farm share sites and retail outlets that participate in program.
Requires pharmaceutical manufacturers to report to Department of Consumer and Business Services total amount of money spent on patient assistance programs, information on financial assistance provided to pharmacies, government agencies and advocacy organizations and total amount of financial incentives paid to each pharmacy benefit manager.
In committee · 5
Requires Interstate 5 Rose Quarter Project and Interstate 205 Abernethy Bridge Project to include new additional travel lanes along specified portion of highway.
Changes date of certain elections from third Tuesday in May to first Tuesday in March.
Provides that property of company that is organized and located outside of this state and exclusively operates jet boat excursion business on boundary rivers of this state and not on rivers within this state is not subject to central assessment for purposes of property taxation.
Creates crime of patronizing a trafficked child.
Requires health care practitioner to exercise proper degree of care to preserve health and life of child born alive after abortion or attempted abortion.