Bills in the 2013 Regular Session, House.
Wally Hicks
Sponsored
Became law2
Permits court to dismiss with prejudice charge of driving while under influence of intoxicants if person in diversion program meets certain conditions.
Requires person to yield right of way to county-operated transit bus entering traffic.
Out of committee2
Directs Bureau of Labor and Industries to study methods of resolving post-employment disputes and report to committee or interim committee of Legislative Assembly on or before September 1, 2014.
Authorizes State Treasurer to issue Article XI-Q general obligation bonds to finance construction and improvement of courthouses.
In committee9
Provides nonexclusive list of law enforcement services that may be subject of master plan or service district.
Allows court to enter ex parte temporary protective order of restraint if respondent has not entered appearance or filed pleading.
Removes requirement for peace officer, upon discharge of person taken into emergency custody for possible mental illness, to transport person to place where person was taken into custody.
Provides for automatic termination of revocable trust when settlor is divorced or settlor's marriage is annulled, if trust names settlor and settlor's former spouse as sole cotrustees and sole primary beneficiaries.
Adds financial loss from recovering stolen vehicle to list of injuries compensable under crime victims' compensation program.
Authorizes employees of city or county who are members of collective bargaining unit with fewer than 100 members to participate in benefit plans offered by Public Employees' Benefit Board.
Gives sentencing court authority to set conditions and sanction persons on post-prison supervision.
Authorizes counties to withhold from taxing districts costs to county of assessing property and collecting property taxes.
Makes conforming changes necessitated by amendment to Oregon Constitution proposed by House Joint Resolution 33 (2013).
Co-sponsored
Became law · 7
Directs public education programs to submit specified information about number of students and number of licensed or registered teachers regularly assigned to students.
Authorizes issuance of restraining order protecting certain persons subjected to sexual abuse.
Requires insurers to reimburse physician assistants and nurse practitioners in independent practices at same rate as physicians for same services.
Requires certain employers to post in premises where employees are employed summary of statutes and rules related to employment rights of victims of domestic violence, harassment, sexual assault or stalking.
Permits waste collection vehicles to stop, stand or park to collect solid waste, recyclable material or yard debris.
Permits counties, under certain conditions, to receive assistance payments from County Assessment Function Funding Assistance Account for 2013-2014 and 2014-2015 fiscal years that do not reflect changes in federal payments to county.
Establishes Oregon Hatchery Research Center Board.
Passed the House · 4
Directs Oregon Historical Society to undertake fund-raising and commissioning of statue of Mark Odom Hatfield, to be placed in National Statuary Hall in United States Capitol.
Adds two members to Oregon Education Investment Board.
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 and consider certain studies.
Authorizes governing body of Malheur County, under specified circumstances, to plan and zone site for industrial use, in addition to and not in lieu of other authority to plan and zone for industrial use.
Out of committee · 3
Creates crime of patronizing a trafficked child.
Creates income or corporate excise tax credit for contributions to organization that provides funding for Legal Services Program.
Creates crimes of drug-induced homicide and drug-induced assault.
In committee · 21
Requires statements of independent expenditures to be filed with Secretary of State using electronic filing system.
Authorizes county sheriff to waive residency requirement for concealed handgun license if applicant resides in another state.
Removes Department of State Police as designated state point of contact for purposes of National Instant Criminal Background Check System.
Prohibits Environmental Quality Commission and Department of Environmental Quality from adopting any rule or issuing any order concerning water quality that imposes requirements, standards or any other limitation that exceeds requirements, standards or any other limitation imposed under federal law.
Allows corrections officer employed by Department of Corrections to lawfully possess weapon in locked box in officer's personal vehicle parked in department parking lot while officer is present at department in official capacity.
Invalidates federal firearm laws in State of Oregon.
Directs Secretary of State to compile, prepare, maintain and publish comprehensive reference book that lists and summarizes state and federal employment statutes, regulations, rules and other laws that affect businesses that have fewer than 50 employees.
Requires state agencies to use in-state providers of health care items and services instead of out-of-state providers under specified conditions.
Prohibits state natural resource agencies from spending more than $50,000 that is received by agency as compensatory mitigation payment until agency reports on costs and benefits of proposed expenditure.
Requires Water Resources Commission to inspect dams to determine condition and need for repairs or modifications.
Directs Oregon Business Development Department to make grants to eligible applicants in rural areas for purchase and installation of teleconference equipment.
Eliminates requirement that any person employed in factory or manufacturing establishment who works more than 10 hours in any one day be paid at rate of time and one-half regular rate for each hour worked over 10 hours. .
Requires State Department of Fish and Wildlife to recommend rules to State Fish and Wildlife Commission regarding creation of pilot program that allows persons to use dogs to hunt or pursue cougars.
Provides that certain uses of Native American mascots are not acts of discrimination.
Directs State Board of Pharmacy to classify scopolamine as controlled substance in Schedule I or, if used for currently accepted medical use, Schedule III. Specifies date by which board must classify scopolamine.
Removes sunset of income tax credit for political contributions.
Creates income tax credit for investment in business that manufactures three-dimensional printers, medical equipment or medical devices.
Creates income tax credit for investment in business that hires employees in rural area.
Directs Public Defense Services Commission to adopt policies and negotiate contracts that provide for compensation of appointed counsel at rate equivalent to assistant or deputy district attorney of comparable experience practicing within same county as appointed counsel.
Prohibits public body from entering into public contract with contract price of more than $50,000 to construct, reconstruct, renovate, alter, maintain or repair public improvement or public works unless iron, steel and manufactured goods intended for use in public improvement or public works are made within United States.
Creates income or corporate excise tax credit for contributions to organization that is organized for purpose of providing funding for construction of World War II memorial.