Bills in the 2009 Regular Session, Senate.
Larry George
Sponsored
Became law4
Makes office of county surveyor appointed office unless county charter provides otherwise.
Exempts military discharge records from public records disclosure.
Establishes February 9 of each year as Ewing Young Day.
Modifies collateral requirements for depositories holding public funds.
In committee32
Imposes limits on awards of punitive damages based on nature of action and type of defendant.
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.
Provides that class action may be maintained only for members of class who are residents of this state.
Limits contingent fees permitted in negligence claims.
Authorizes issuance of lottery bonds for financing transportation improvement projects.
Establishes Department of Transportation Contract Review Board.
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.
Establishes program of marginal lands designation.
Limits applicability of statewide land use planning goals to areas of critical state concern designated by Legislative Assembly.
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.
Authorizes issuance of bonds for transportation projects of statewide significance.
Establishes policy, criteria, procedures and other factors for identifying secondary land.
Changes distribution of amounts collected as public purpose charge by electric companies and Oregon Community Power.
Removes requirement that exclusive farm use farmland be used exclusively for farm use to qualify for farm use special assessment.
Eliminates requirement that person seeking certificate to operate as for-hire carrier of persons or household goods demonstrate that service provided is necessary for community.
Extends landowner preference pilot program throughout Oregon.
Establishes Task Force on Core Government Functions.
Allows state revenue sharing for cities that are located in counties with population greater than 100,000 and that directly provide or contract with another service provider to provide at least four significant municipal services.
Authorizes local government to adopt exception to statewide land use goal without demonstrating that statutory standards for exception have been met for use that is necessary for employer of 10 or more employees under specified circumstance.
Establishes policy direction for management of state forestlands, including management for timber harvesting.
Requires harvesting in areas of Tillamook State Forest and Clatsop State Forest exhibiting moderate to extreme occurrence of Swiss needle cast disease.
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 hunt zone may not be met.
Authorizes State Fish and Wildlife Commission to issue resident pioneer hunting tags and resident pioneer angling tags at half price to persons 65 years of age or older who have resided in state for not less than 50 years.
Directs Joint Legislative Audit Committee to select Legislative Auditor to serve as director of Government Accountability Office.
Establishes credit against personal income taxes for 40 percent of premiums paid by individual taxpayers for coverage of taxpayer, spouse or dependent.
Allows energy facilities and hydroelectric facilities as outright permitted uses in exclusive farm use zones, mixed farm and forest zones and forest zones.
Changes name of JOBS Plus Program to Wage Option Program.
Exempts public charter schools established on or before August 1, 2005, from requirement that 50 percent or more of students who attend school that offers online courses must reside in school district where school is located.
Requires Commissioner of Bureau of Labor and Industries to calculate minimum wage for individual Oregon localities on basis of median income of those localities.
Disqualifies land owned by winery that receives more than 500 visitors annually from farm use special assessment.
Removes Department of State Police as designated state point of contact for purposes of National Instant Criminal Background Check System.
Co-sponsored
Became law · 8
Provides that U.S. Highway 97 in Oregon shall be known as World War II Veterans Historic Highway.
Exempts individual under age of 17 from requirement to obtain business license or permit.
Prohibits state from expending funds to comply with federal Real ID Act of 2005 unless certain requirements are met.
Requires scrap metal business to create and maintain certain records of purchase or receipt of metal property or other transactions related to metal property.
Requires Administrator of Office for Oregon Health Policy and Research to adopt rules for approval of community-based health care initiative and of community-based health care improvement program operated by initiative.
Requires Department of Human Services to determine whether immunosuppressant drug used in connection with organ transplants is narrow therapeutic index drug within 180 days of expiration of United States patent on drug.
Removes requirement that proposals for purchase of real property from state be accompanied by certified check or by sufficient bond furnished by surety company in sum not less than 10 percent of total amount of value of proposal.
Requires Department of Education to grant waiver that allows school district to contract with entity that administers nationally normed assessments if entity meets specified requirements.
Out of committee · 4
Establishes Urban Growth Boundary Expansion Area Revolving Loan Fund.
Makes definition of "highway work zone" for provisions relating to highway work zones contingent on presence of workers.
Allows Oregon National Guard Youth Challenge Program to receive State School Fund distribution.
Classifies crime of murder as aggravated murder if defendant committed murder knowing victim was pregnant.
In committee · 37
Raises threshold for filing inheritance tax return to $2 million for estates of decedents dying on or after January 1, 2009, but before January 1, 2010, and $3.5 million for estates of decedents dying on or after January 1, 2010.
Eliminates taxes on capital gains.
Extends period of time for which school district may receive additional distribution for small high school if high school no longer qualifies as small high school only because two school districts merged and new school district's weighted average daily membership exceeds limitations on weighted average daily membership to qualify as small high school.
Increases weighted average daily membership for school district for purpose of determining which schools qualify as small high schools.
Eliminates requirement that Department of Transportation notify every person who has certificate or pending application to operate as for-hire carrier and conduct hearing when person applies for issuance, transfer or extension of certificate to operate as for-hire carrier of household goods.
Requires additional persons to file statement of economic interest with Oregon Government Ethics Commission, including staff of commission, board members of public benefit corporations and statewide representatives of labor organizations.
Allows electricity from certain older generating facilities to be used as qualifying electricity for purpose of compliance with renewable portfolio standard.
Reduces personal income tax rates for certain taxpayers by modifying income tax brackets.
Directs Department of Transportation to establish program to issue active duty military registration plates to qualified owner of motor vehicle.
Expands range of activities that count as providing drug test falsification equipment.
Directs Department of Human Services to adopt rules requiring drug testing of persons applying for or receiving public assistance who have been convicted of certain offenses related to controlled substances.
Directs Legislative Revenue Officer to prepare quarterly revenue estimates for state purposes.
Limits recovery of attorney fees and costs in nuisance or trespass cases that involve farming or forest practices to defendants.
Suspends for 2009-2011 biennium requirements placed on school districts related to self-evaluations, local district improvement plans, alternative placements for students, alcohol and drug abuse prevention programs, instructional materials, substitute teacher salaries, talented and gifted students, instructional time, guidance and counseling programs, media programs and class sizes.
Temporarily reduces amount of required income tax withholding.
Encourages contracting agencies to use emergency procurement methods for capital construction projects in biennium beginning July 1, 2007.
Suspends cost-of-living increases, salary step increases, upward reclassifications, filling of vacant positions, creating new positions and out-of-state travel for state government employees in current biennium.
Provides tax credit for certain expenses of home school education for eligible child.
Requires local government to demonstrate adequacy of 20-year supply of buildable lands for each discrete portion of local government's urban growth boundary.
Provides that court order or judgment relating to custody, parenting time or visitation rights include provision that neither parent may move to residence more than 200 miles further distant from other parent without providing reasonable notice to other parent and court.
Permits Governor to declare state of financial emergency under certain conditions, suspend pay increases to state government and school district employees, suspend certain terms of collective bargaining agreements and services contracts and take other actions.
Eliminates requirement for special relationship to establish liability of local government for economic injuries incurred by person acting in good faith reliance on negligent misrepresentation by local government of effect of comprehensive plan and land use regulations.
Directs Economic and Community Development Department to establish program to provide loan or credit guarantee for loans issued by financial institutions to small businesses.
Creates tax credit for taxpayer who is veteran and who pays or incurs premium costs during tax year for long term care insurance that provides long term care coverage of taxpayer.
Appropriates moneys from General Fund to Oregon Military Department for Oregon National Guard Youth Challenge Program.
Appropriates moneys from General Fund to Oregon Military Emergency Financial Assistance Fund for purpose of funding Oregon Military Emergency Financial Assistance Program.
Directs each public post-secondary institution to report on number of veterans who are attending institution.
Allows reduction of child support awards in consideration of Social Security or veterans' benefits for child support judgments and child support judgment modifications entered on or after January 1, 1995.
Expands exemption from taxable income allowed for compensation earned by members of Armed Forces of United States by including inactive duty training pay.
Establishes Oregon Graduate and Professional Education Program for Veterans.
Exempts honorably discharged and retired members of military from various crimes relating to possession of weapon.
Requires Public Employees' Benefit Board to establish health insurance option for employees of Department of Corrections with access to health care at correctional facility.
Provides for enforcement of judgment against current or former public employee convicted of crime that occurred while employee was engaged in performance of duties, or that employee's position allowed employee to commit.
Creates subtraction from federal taxable income for first $2,400 of unemployment compensation paid to taxpayer in tax year.
Provides that mandate to sell gasoline blended with ethanol does not apply to gasoline with octane rating of 91 or above.
Establishes Oregon Other Funds Reserve Fund.
Expands criminal homicide to include causing death of unborn child.