Bills in the 2007 Regular Session, Senate.
Doug Whitsett
Sponsored
Became law1
Requires accountant under contract to perform school district audit to make determinations regarding district's accounting systems and compliance with legal requirements in conducting financial affairs.
In committee13
Requires applicant for energy facility site certificate to obtain land use approval from local government.
Requires Department of Consumer and Business Services to monitor compliance of state agencies with statutory requirements relating to conformity of agency rules with federal law and statutory requirements relating to agency review of new rules within five years after adoption of rule.
Requires that chief administrative law judge of Office of Administrative Hearings provide statement of administrative law judge's qualifications upon request of party.
Establishes State Police Patrol Division Fund.
Directs Legislative Counsel Committee to introduce appropriate legislation to address rules found by committee to be outside scope and intent of enabling legislation.
Defines "peace officer" for purposes of exemption from liability for taking custody of persons who are intoxicated or under influence of controlled substance.
Directs Superintendent of Public Instruction to study issues relating to sale of property used for Oregon State School for the Blind.
Allows withdrawal of waters from Big Butte Creek watershed for certain ponds of 25 acre-feet or less for certain purposes.
Authorizes governing body of Jackson County to form county service district to provide affordable housing.
Exempts application of pesticides by licensed veterinarian or veterinary technician from requirements of pesticide use reporting system.
Directs Water Resources Department to issue water right certificate to City of Eagle Point for specified use.
Funds JOBS Plus Program by diverting portion of unemployment insurance taxes each calendar quarter to Oregon JOBS Plus Unemployment Wage Fund.
Requires State Department of Energy to confer with governing body of local government within whose jurisdiction certain facilities may be located.
Co-sponsored
Became law · 5
Eliminates restriction on issuance of sturgeon propagation permits.
Creates crime of subjecting another to involuntary servitude in first degree.
Creates Shipping Transport of Aquatic Invasive Species Task Force.
Allows public body to release condensed version of factual information in record in lieu of disclosing record.
Requires petitioner in post-conviction relief proceeding to demonstrate good cause prior to issuance of subpoena to victim.
Vetoed · 1
Establishes Committee on Performance Excellence.
Out of committee · 3
Authorizes State Treasurer, at request of Economic and Community Development Department, to issue lottery bonds for payment of expenses of Coos Bay Channel Project.
Appropriates moneys from General Fund to Department of Human Services for psychiatric day treatment for eastern Oregon children.
Requires Department of Environmental Quality to provide full-time equivalent employee to work on ballast water reporting and regulation matters.
In committee · 9
Directs Department of Transportation to collect fingerprints of applicants for each issuance, renewal or replacement of driver license, driver permit or identification card.
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.
Creates Task Force on Education Reform.
Deletes requirement that ballot listing candidate for nomination or election to office of judge indicate whether candidate is incumbent.
Requires Department of Human Services to provide continuing education curriculum for child abuse investigators on constitutional and statutory rights of children and families undergoing investigation.
Allows exemption from requirement that children must attend public schools for children who are taught by foster parents.
Repeals examination requirements that apply to children who are taught by private teacher, parent or legal guardian.
Requires State Fish and Wildlife Commission to open sport fishery of groundfish if commercial groundfish fishery is closed.
Requires that first $7.7 million of amounts collected under public purpose charge in calendar year 2008 be distributed to State Department of Geology and Mineral Industries for purpose of paying costs of Oregon territorial sea mapping project at Oregon State University.