Bills in the 2007 Regular Session, Senate.
Larry George
Sponsored
Passed the Senate2
Allows freestanding hospice facilities in existing dwellings and one accessory building to locate on land zoned for exclusive farm use if existing dwelling qualifies for alteration, restoration or replacement.
Establishes requirements for asserting claim of professional negligence against real estate licensee in binding arbitration proceeding.
In committee33
Allows operators of motorcycles or mopeds to pass vehicles in same lane during traffic slowdowns.
Prohibits construction or operation of tollway project on existing highways.
Establishes program of marginal lands designation.
Permits public bodies that own real property to file claims for compensation for land use regulations.
Establishes policy, criteria, procedures and other factors for identifying secondary land.
Makes office of county assessor appointed office unless charter provides otherwise.
Limits contingent fees permitted in negligence claims.
Imposes limits on awards of punitive damages based on nature of action and type of defendant.
Provides that class action may be maintained only for members of class who are residents of this state.
Imposes pleading requirements for professional liability claims.
Provides that upon offer of expert scientific evidence at trial, court must first determine whether theory or technique supporting offered evidence is based on scientifically valid principles and is pertinent.
Prohibits member of Legislative Assembly from accepting appointment to position in executive department while in office.
Requires approval of urban renewal plan by each city, county or local taxing district with tax revenues that will be reduced upon adoption of urban renewal plan.
Allows use of dogs to hunt cougars during final three months of general cougar hunting season if State Fish and Wildlife Commission determines that harvest quota for particular harvest zone may not be met.
Limits applicability of statewide land use planning goals to areas of critical state concern designated by Legislative Assembly.
Allows Travel Information Council to issue tourist oriented directional signs to community service organizations and religious institutions.
Authorizes State Fish and Wildlife Commission to issue resident pioneer hunting tags and resident pioneer angling tags free of charge to persons 65 years of age or older who have resided in state for not less than 50 years.
Provides that law library fees in counties other than Multnomah County may be used to expand, maintain or operate court facilities if governing body of county determines that fees are not needed for purpose of maintaining or operating law library owned by county.
Allows landowner who is qualified to receive landowner preference tags from State Fish and Wildlife Commission to sell tags received, provided that at least half of tags are sold to Oregon residents.
Prohibits use of income test to determine whether primary or accessory dwelling customarily provided in conjunction with farm use is outright permitted use in exclusive farm use zone.
Directs counties to establish minimum lot or parcel size for land zoned for exclusive farm use, for land zoned for forest use and for land zoned for mixed farm and forest use.
Authorizes licensed hunters to carry any hunting weapon during any hunting season.
Provides individuals with reported incomes at certain percentage of federal poverty level with option of volunteering for State Fish and Wildlife Commission in exchange for receiving free hunting and angling licenses, permits and tags.
Establishes credit against personal income taxes for health benefit plan coverage or premiums paid by individual taxpayers for benefit of taxpayer, spouse or dependent.
Authorizes issuance of bonds for transportation improvement projects.
Authorizes issuance of lottery bonds for financing transportation improvement projects.
Modifies authority of State Forester relating to Tillamook State Forest.
Excludes urban renewal special levies, certain local option taxes and certain taxes pledged to repay bonded indebtedness from consolidated billing tax rate applicable to urban renewal plans that are substantially amended after October 6, 2001.
Allows any elector to file action in circuit court when elector believes election official has failed to comply with election law.
Establishes Department of Transportation Contract Review Board.
Allows manufacturer or wholesaler of alcoholic beverages to enter into agreement with retail licensee that provides for delayed payment for alcoholic beverages, after delivery, by check or electronic fund transfer.
Creates Oregon Government Ethics Enforcement Commission.
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.
Co-sponsored
Became law · 4
Requires homeowners association and association of condominium unit owners to deposit assessments in federally insured bank account.
Creates crime of subjecting another to involuntary servitude in first degree.
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.
Requires business firms receiving property tax relief under strategic investment program to report average employment and wages to Economic and Community Development Department on annual basis.
Vetoed · 1
Establishes Committee on Performance Excellence.
Out of committee · 2
Requires Department of Human Services to provide medical assistance to parent or legal guardian in need of substance abuse treatment whose child has been removed from home by department.
Establishes congenital defect and birth abnormality registry system.
In committee · 14
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.
Requires Legislative Counsel to solicit bids for printing of Oregon Revised Statutes each biennium.
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.
Directs Legislative Counsel Committee to introduce appropriate legislation to address rules found by committee to be outside scope and intent of enabling legislation.
Amends definition of "person with a serious mental illness." Requires Department of Human Services to suspend medical assistance to persons receiving treatment for substance abuse.
Provides for increased, nonwaivable unitary assessment in methamphetamine-related crimes.
Directs State Commission on Children and Families to support Centers for Family Success.
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.
Establishes Task Force on Regulation of Practice of Cosmetology.
Funds JOBS Plus Program by diverting portion of unemployment insurance taxes each calendar quarter to Oregon JOBS Plus Unemployment Wage Fund.
Eliminates authority of Board of Naturopathic Examiners to regulate practice of traditional naturopathy by certain doctors of traditional naturopathy.