Bills in the 2011 Regular Session, House.
Bob Jenson
Sponsored
Became law2
Modifies conditions under which credit union depositories may act as depositories of public funds.
Authorizes State Department of Fish and Wildlife, State Marine Board and State Department of Agriculture to require person to stop and submit recreational or commercial watercraft to inspection for aquatic invasive species.
Passed the House1
Requires clinical laboratory to provide results of test to patient within specified amount of time upon patient's request.
Out of committee1
Allows qualifying district holding water right to change place of use for water to other lands within district without seeking transfer of water right.
In committee9
Applies four-year sunset to personal income tax increase provisions of Ballot Measure 66 (2010).
Requires Water Resources Director to designate Water Resources Department employee as policy advisor to perform certain duties with regard to Umatilla Basin and other basins.
Elevates crime of strangulation to Class C felony under certain circumstances.
Establishes Bank of the State of Oregon.
Requires employer to verify legal status of employee to be employed in United States through federal E-Verify program prior to deducting expenses related to worker's employment from Oregon taxable income.
Deletes requirement that commercial construction contractor classified as exempt independent contractor obtain workers' compensation insurance.
Requires state agency to report to Director of Oregon Department of Administrative Services when full-time equivalent budgeted position is vacant for three months.
Requires State Board of Forestry to study costs and benefits of converting State Forestry Department to semi-independent state agency and to develop proposed plan and timelines for conversion.
Declares certain withdrawals of Columbia River water for use by critical ground water storage projects within Umatilla Basin to be authorized use under Water Resources Commission programs for carrying out basin plan and to be beneficial use not impairing or detrimental to public interest.
Co-sponsored
Became law · 17
Directs Oregon Department of Administrative Services to report to Joint Committee on Ways and Means ratio of public employees to supervisory employees, ratio of public employees to managerial employees and number of positions for managerial employees who do not act in supervisory capacity.
Expands green jobs growth initiative to include analysis of growth factors and employment projections for green jobs in forest products industries.
Changes name of Task Force on Stage Two Business Development and Economic Gardening to Grow Oregon Council.
Excludes sales representing business done with or for cooperative members from definition of "Oregon sales" for purposes of corporate minimum tax imposed on agricultural cooperatives.
Directs Oregon State Police to convene work group to develop recommendations related to certifying that amusement devices in premises licensed by Oregon Liquor Control Commission are not gray machines.
Allows household member to continue to use confidential address on records maintained by Department of Transportation for up to four years after eligible employee or corrections officer is killed in line of duty.
Requires State Department of Agriculture to establish program for issuing grants to counties for noxious weed control.
Allows sponsor and public charter school to enter into cooperative agreement with other school districts for purpose of forming partnership to provide educational services.
Establishes Task Force on Military Families.
Allows court to renew Family Abuse Prevention Act order upon petition of child who has reached 18 years of age if child was protected by previous order and reasonably fears further acts of abuse by respondent.
Creates Task Force on McKenzie River Subbasin.
Requires Joint Boards of Education to develop standards by which students may apply credits earned at community college toward baccalaureate degrees awarded by state institutions of higher education.
Authorizes Oregon Department of Administrative Services to consult with Oregon Progress Board regarding specified plans and entities and requires department to submit related report to interim committee of Legislative Assembly with subject matter jurisdiction over board on or before July 2, 2012.
Directs State Department of Agriculture to establish and implement wolf depredation compensation and financial assistance grant program for purposes of compensating persons who suffer loss or injury to livestock or working dogs due to wolf depredation and providing financial assistance to persons who implement livestock management techniques or nonlethal wolf deterrence techniques designed to discourage wolf depredation of livestock.
Assigns ownership of certain renewable energy certificates to owner of facility generating renewable energy resulting in certificate.
Requires person who submits death certificate after decedent's death was caused by suicide to make reasonable efforts to ascertain and to notify Center for Health Statistics whether decedent was veteran, whether decedent served in combat and where decedent served if decedent served in combat.
Requires that each application for issuance of license, tag or permit by State Fish and Wildlife Commission include separate section under which applicant may make voluntary contribution for predatory animal control in county or counties in which license, tag or permit allows person to hunt.
Passed the House · 2
Establishes process through which person may obtain reservation through city or county to conduct funeral service on public property.
Provides that person may take gray wolf in certain situations.
Out of committee · 4
Requires state agency to report to Director of Oregon Department of Administrative Services when any budgeted position is vacant for six months.
Authorizes Oregon Medical Board to issue certificates of prescriptive authority to certain licensed psychologists who meet specified requirements.
Directs Oregon Department of Administrative Services and Governor to submit continuous improvement level state budget based on performance management and performance measurement techniques.
Appropriates moneys from General Fund to Oregon Health Authority for purposes of operating mobile training unit for emergency medical technicians.
In committee · 21
Allows small hydroelectric facilities that are owned by consumer-owned utilities and that became operational before 1995 to qualify for renewable portfolio standard.
Eliminates requirement that Water Resources Commission repeal certain rules regarding ground water mitigation in Deschutes Basin ground water study area.
Requires that certain agreements for acquisition of real property by condemner contain provision relating to repurchase of property in event property is not used for public purpose.
Removes requirement for State Department of Agriculture to monitor ethanol fuel production and issue notice when ethanol production reaches specified level.
Requires State Forestry Department and other state agencies to support expeditious harvesting of downed trees as part of state forest recovery and restoration plans and policies.
Creates Task Force on Nuclear Power.
Creates income or corporate excise tax credit for taxpayer that creates or maintains employment positions.
Establishes State Police Patrol Fund, separate and distinct from General Fund.
Requires county sheriff to waive age requirement for obtaining concealed handgun license for military veterans and persons currently serving in military.
Extends sunset of enterprise zone program to June 30, 2023.
Prohibits pharmacist from dispensing drug that is not therapeutically equivalent to drug ordered or prescribed unless prescriber and patient have consented in writing.
Directs State Fish and Wildlife Commission to update Oregon Wolf Conservation and Management Plan to establish population objective of four breeding pairs of gray wolves for state.
Allows person to take gray wolf in certain situations without cause and without permit from State Fish and Wildlife Commission.
Permits certain individuals to use warning lights on vehicle.
Requires district school board to procure and cause to be displayed United States flag in classrooms and to provide time for students to salute United States flag once daily during school hours.
Removes requirement for State Department of Agriculture to monitor ethanol fuel production and issue notice when ethanol production reaches specified level.
Expands definition of "farm use" to include facilities for training dogs in canine skills on land zoned for exclusive farm use.
Requires Oregon Health Authority, Department of Human Services and Department of Consumer and Business Services to report to Legislative Assembly on steps taken to streamline regulatory requirements in specified areas and reduce administrative burdens on persons contracting with or regulated by authority and departments.
Establishes alternative methods for telecommunications provider to satisfy requirement to collect and remit tax on customer access to 9-1-1 emergency reporting system from prepaid telecommunications service customers.
Extends time during which certain less restrictive qualifications apply to counties in which businesses seek development income tax exemption.
Excludes woody biomass combusted as fuel from definition of "solid waste." Excludes wood residue combusted as fuel from definitions that apply to solid waste regulation.