Bills in the 2013 Regular Session, Senate.
Ted Ferrioli
Sponsored
In committee14
Directs State Department of Fish and Wildlife to establish and implement game mammal and game bird compensation and financial assistance program for purposes of compensating persons for damage to private property by game mammals and game birds.
Transfers duties of wildlife law enforcement from Department of State Police to county sheriffs.
Prohibits power transmission lines with capacity of 400,000 volts or greater on land zoned for exclusive farm use.
Allows local government, in county whose population is not growing and that has population of less than 50,000, to alter comprehensive plan map designations notwithstanding statewide land use planning goals relating to agricultural land and forestland.
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.
Requires recipients of public funds for purpose of conducting housing discrimination audit testing to furnish audit testing records upon request.
Provides that private nonprofit entities that receive at least 25 percent of their annual operating budgets from public moneys are subject to disclosure requirements of public records law.
Requires complainant to sign complaint alleging unlawful discrimination under penalty of false swearing.
Directs Oregon Department of Administrative Services to sell Timms Hamby Computer Archive Center to Harney County for consideration of $1.
Directs Oregon Department of Administrative Services to sell Timms Hamby Computer Archive Center to Harney County for consideration of $1.
Co-sponsored
Became law · 14
Modifies composition of Commission on Indian Services membership.
Allows tribal governments to invest in local government investment pool.
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 dispute resolution process to resolve disputes involving termination, extension or renewal of contract between health care entity and coordinated care organization.
Requires Oregon Health Authority to adopt uniform documentation requirements for credentialing providers of telemedicine services.
Extends sunset date for provisions of law relating to county in fiscal distress and fiscal assistance board statutes.
Makes legislative findings concerning best interests of state with regard to construction-related development and state building code administration and enforcement.
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 .
Allows person holding interest in property to recover economic and property damages resulting from fire occurring due to certain statutory or rule violations or resulting from fire escaping from land used or capable of being used for growing forest tree species.
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.
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 · 1
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.
Out of committee · 1
Allows nonresident veterans discharged under honorable conditions to pay tuition and fees at Oregon resident rates.
In committee · 15
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.
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.
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.
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.
Classifies certain waters of Columbia River to be used for specific purposes.
Directs Morrow County and Umatilla County to develop industrial and commercial land uses on land formerly known as Umatilla Chemical Depot.
Removes minimum requirements for cost and employment terms for qualifying investment contract.
Provides that mining activities do not give rise to cause of action for nuisance or trespass in certain circumstances.