Bills in the 2007 Regular Session, Senate.
Ted Ferrioli
Sponsored
Became law1
Allows imposition of civil penalty not to exceed $10,000 if violation of pesticide application, sale or labeling laws results from gross negligence or willful misconduct.
In committee3
Establishes tax recapture grant program under which rural school districts may receive income tax revenues generated from payment of prevailing wages in public school facility capital construction or improvement projects.
Changes mandatory state commodity assessment on beef to permissive assessment.
Requires health benefit plan to make check for payment for health care services payable jointly to provider of health care services and enrollee if provider has not contracted with enrollee's health benefit plan to provide health care services.
Co-sponsored
Became law · 5
Increases percentage of moneys appropriated for maintenance of county parks from 30 percent to 35 percent of moneys transferred to State Parks and Recreation Department from registration of travel trailers, campers and motor homes and from recreational vehicle trip permits.
Allows certain landowners to create rangeland protection associations.
Creates crime of subjecting another to involuntary servitude in first degree.
Requires optometrist treating patient for glaucoma to consult with ophthalmologist under certain conditions.
Exempts patron's electronic mail address in library records from public disclosure.
Vetoed · 1
Establishes Committee on Performance Excellence.
Out of committee · 3
Directs three education service districts to form Frontier Education Outpost through intergovernmental agreement.
Requires approval by majority of members of Workers' Compensation Management-Labor Advisory Committee for recommendations of committee to be reported to Legislative Assembly and Director of Department of Consumer and Business Services.
Requires Department of Human Services to provide medical assistance to parent or legal guardian in need of substance abuse treatment whose child has been removed from home by department.
In committee · 15
Establishes renewable portfolio standard for consumer-owned utilities.
Appropriates money from General Fund to Oregon Department of Administrative Services for Oregon Health and Science University for Rural Scholars Program.
Directs Department of Transportation to collect fingerprints of applicants for each issuance, renewal or replacement of driver license, driver permit or identification card.
Prohibits member of Legislative Assembly from accepting appointment to position in executive department while in office.
Requires Legislative Counsel to solicit bids for printing of Oregon Revised Statutes each biennium.
Directs Department of Education to prepare financial education program.
Requires applicant for energy facility site certificate to obtain land use approval from local government.
Establishes State Police Patrol Division Fund.
Amends definition of "person with a serious mental illness." Requires Department of Human Services to suspend medical assistance to persons receiving treatment for substance abuse.
Provides for increased, nonwaivable unitary assessment in methamphetamine-related crimes.
Directs State Commission on Children and Families to support Centers for Family Success.
Creates income tax credit for production or collection of biomass used to produce biofuel.
Funds JOBS Plus Program by diverting portion of unemployment insurance taxes each calendar quarter to Oregon JOBS Plus Unemployment Wage Fund.
Eliminates authority of Board of Naturopathic Examiners to regulate practice of traditional naturopathy by certain doctors of traditional naturopathy.
Requires State Department of Energy to confer with governing body of local government within whose jurisdiction certain facilities may be located.