Bills in the 2011 Regular Session, Senate.
Larry George
Sponsored
In committee38
Changes distribution of amounts collected as public purpose charge by electric companies and Oregon Community Power.
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.
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.
Establishes credit against personal income taxes for 40 percent of premiums paid by individual taxpayers for coverage of taxpayer, spouse or dependent.
Directs Joint Legislative Audit Committee to select Legislative Auditor to serve as director of Government Accountability Office.
Allows operators of motorcycles or mopeds to pass vehicles in same lane during traffic slowdowns.
Modifies authority of State Forester relating to Tillamook State Forest.
Transfers portion of ending balance from dedicated or continuously appropriated other funds accounts to General Fund at end of each biennium.
Directs state agencies to deposit moneys agencies receive through imposition of civil penalties into General Fund and not into other funds account continuously appropriated to agency.
Requires State Board of Higher Education, Oregon Health and Science University Board of Directors and community college board to get approval from commodity commission for disposition of intellectual property if commission provided monetary assistance to acquire property.
Requires Oregon University System, Oregon Health and Science University or community college district to grant share in acquired intellectual property to commodity commission in proportion to percentage of commodity commission's annual budget that was spent on research.
Requires members of Legislative Assembly to submit report to Oregon Government Ethics Commission of each meeting or other oral communication with registered lobbyist.
Reduces monthly interest on delinquent property tax payments to lesser of prime rate plus one percent, multiplied by one-twelfth, or two-thirds of one percent.
Establishes connection to federal law for provisions related to bonus depreciation and expensing.
Decreases personal income tax rates imposed on income that is distributive share of partnership income, income of shareholder of S corporation or trade or business income of sole proprietor.
Allows energy facilities and hydroelectric facilities as outright permitted uses in exclusive farm use zones, mixed farm and forest zones and forest zones.
Allows use of dog 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 might not be met.
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.
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.
Provides that all land within exclusive farm use zone qualifies for farm use special assessment.
Extends landowner preference hunting tags pilot program throughout Oregon.
Imposes pleading requirements for professional liability claims.
Allows any elector to file action in circuit court when elector believes elections official has failed to comply with elections law.
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.
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.
Establishes policy, criteria, procedures and other factors for identifying secondary land.
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.
Limits applicability of statewide land use planning goals to areas of critical state concern designated by Legislative Assembly.
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.
Requires Oregon University System, Oregon Health and Science University or community college district to grant share in acquired intellectual property to commodity commission in proportion to percentage of research dollars provided by commodity commission.
Prohibits formula for determining child support awards from reducing income of obligee for current dependent if father of current dependent is not obligor.
Requires Commissioner of Bureau of Labor and Industries biennially to review all rules, regulations and standards adopted and enforced by commissioner.
Removes Department of State Police as designated state point of contact for purposes of National Instant Criminal Background Check System.
Provides that if public body agrees to pay or provide benefit to retired employees other than payments required or provided for in statutes, public body must create separate accounts for funding of those benefits and make annual contributions to accounts in amounts necessary to amortize liability for benefits in 25 years or less.
Directs state agencies to deposit moneys that agencies receive through imposition of fees, fines or civil penalties into General Fund and not into other funds account continuously appropriated to agency.
Modifies authority for siting destination resort and for development as part of destination resort.
Provides that, if public body agrees to pay or provide benefit to retired employees other than payments required or provided for in statutes, public body must create separate accounts for funding of those benefits and make annual contributions to accounts in amounts necessary to amortize liability for benefits in 25 years or less.
Co-sponsored
Became law · 6
Directs Oregon Department of Administrative Services and Governor to submit outcomes-based budget.
Requires Land Conservation and Development Commission to adopt revisions to transportation planning rule for purposes of streamlining, simplifying and clarifying certain aspects of rule before January 1, 2012.
Removes outdated or redundant provisions related to preparation and distribution of education laws, School Improvement Fund grant evaluation and reporting requirements, school district and school performance reports, Oregon Report Card contents, community learning center evaluations, reports by Department of Education related to high school completion requirements, evaluation and reporting requirements related to Oregon Educational Act for the 21st Century...
Directs State Board of Education to adopt guidelines for best practices of administering statewide assessments of students.
Designates February 24 of each year as Edward Dickinson Baker Day in Oregon.
Establishes Law Enforcement Medal of Ultimate Sacrifice and creates procedure for awarding medal to family of law enforcement officer who died while performing duties or was killed because of employment as law enforcement officer.
Out of committee · 2
Authorizes school and educational service districts that have access to or enforceable proposals for benefit plans that are comparable to and have premiums equal to or less than premiums for benefit plans offered by Oregon Educators Benefit Board to provide benefit plans for employees that are not provided and administered by board.
Authorizes Crook, Deschutes and Jefferson Counties to plan and designate high-value employment sites pursuant to qualifying regional economic opportunity plan.
In committee · 13
Prevents Oregon Transportation Commission from adopting or enforcing rules that plan or zone, or otherwise limit development on, private land.
Limits collective bargaining agreements between state and state employees to term of not more than two years.
Removes notification and certain examination requirements that apply to children who are taught by private teacher, parent or legal guardian.
Prohibits state from indemnifying person in exempt service, unclassified service or management service position for costs of counsel and other costs of defense when judgment is entered against person based on determination that person has engaged in civil rights violation or other unlawful employment practice.
Creates work group for purpose of developing comprehensive transportation plan for United States Highway 97 transportation corridor.
Adds criterion to be considered when apportioning state into congressional and legislative districts.
Prohibits development or use, in areas planned and zoned for residential use, of buildings containing more than 2,500 square feet for governmental purposes.
Creates income tax credit for cost of professional services required to resolve erroneous charge billed to or otherwise imposed on taxpayer by state agency.
Specifies conditions under which mitigation credit may be sold to single state agency.
Eliminates employee contributions, employer contributions and rollover contributions to individual account program of Public Employees Retirement System, effective January 1, 2012.
Eliminates employer pick-up of six percent employee contribution required of members of Public Employees Retirement System.
Revises definition of ambulatory surgical center to include medical facility operated substantially for purpose of performing abortions.
Creates Task Force on Oregon Business Regulations.