Bills in the 2013 Regular Session, House.
Ben Unger
Sponsored
Became law3
Modifies provisions authorizing alteration, restoration or replacement of dwelling on tract of land zoned for exclusive farm use.
Authorizes Oregon Health Authority to operate Farm Direct Nutrition Program to enable participants in Women, Infants and Children Program to purchase fresh produce at farmers' markets or roadside stands and to operate Senior Farm Direct Nutrition Program to enable low income seniors to purchase fresh produce at farmers' markets or roadside stands.
Removes certain exemptions from fees and taxation for out-of-state banks, extranational institutions or foreign associations that engage in certain activities within this state.
Passed the House1
Allows person who is at least 16 years of age to register to vote.
Out of committee1
Prohibits specified nonfarm uses on land zoned for exclusive farm use.
In committee4
Establishes grant program to assist school districts that expect to be unable to maintain number of licensed teacher staff in full-time equivalent positions or number of instructional hours made available to students.
Limits compensation of video lottery game retailers to specified percentage of net receipts from video lottery games.
Specifies contract requirements if county, Department of Human Services, Oregon Health Authority or Department of Corrections contracts with home or facility to house released inmate and home or facility is not residential facility required to be licensed.
Requires Oregon Health Authority to establish process for person to file grievances against facility that houses released inmates but that is not licensed.
Co-sponsored
Became law · 13
Excludes local option taxes approved after January 1, 2013, from consolidated billing tax rate for purposes of computing urban renewal division of taxes for certain urban renewal plans.
Directs Secretary of State to maintain Oregon License Directory as searchable database containing information regarding licenses, permits and registrations for which fees and fee-related regulations are imposed on small businesses by local agencies and state agencies, and to make directory available on Internet to public free of charge.
Allows Department of Education to have limited discretion in determining percentages of grant moneys to be awarded to purchase Oregon food products and to fund certain educational activities.
Directs Oregon Business Development Department, in consultation with State Department of Agriculture and potential lenders, to create Beginning and Expanding Farmer Loan Program to facilitate making loans to beginning farmers to finance acquisition of approved agricultural projects.
Eliminates adverse impact process for new publicly funded post-secondary programs or locations.
Prohibits beneficiary from requiring as condition of short sale, except in certain circumstances, that nonprofit entity that purchases property in short sale, or that purchases note from beneficiary, enter into agreement with beneficiary or grantor that limits or bars grantor from owning or occupying residential property after short sale or sale of note.
Directs state agencies to include on Oregon transparency website description of percentage of expenditures made in Oregon and percentage of expenditures made outside Oregon during each biennium by agency under contracts for goods or services.
Allows school district boards of school districts located in specified regions to request distribution of percentage of moneys available to education service district from State School Fund and local revenues.
Increases number of locations for which distillery licensee may permit tastings of distillery products.
Establishes Oregon Hatchery Research Center Board.
Establishes Office of Small Business Assistance in Office of Secretary of State for purpose of facilitating interactions between small businesses and state agencies with regulatory authority over small businesses.
Modifies schedule for issuance of lottery bonds to pay costs of Coos Bay Channel Project.
Establishes Task Force on Minority Language Voting Materials.
Out of committee · 1
Extends sunset for tax credits for owning or operating farmworker housing .
In committee · 7
Creates or adjusts sunset for certain income and corporate excise tax expenditures not required under federal law or Oregon Constitution.
Directs Legislative Revenue Officer to prepare statement for each legislative measure that extends sunset of tax credit.
Requires district school board that allows student to attend school of other school district under contract or by giving consent to adopt specified standards for admittance.
Requires Department of Consumer and Business Services, in collaboration with Oregon Health Authority, to study options for reinsurance program to spread risk in health insurance markets statewide.
Creates disclosure requirements related to use of refund anticipation payment instruments by tax consultants and tax preparers.
Requires washing machine sold in this state to carry warning label stating potential risk to small children of serious injury or drowning.
Establishes Oregon Investment Council as public corporation to be governed by board of directors and supervised by executive director.