Bills in the 2013 Regular Session, Senate.
Larry George
Sponsored
Became law2
Requires State Board of Forestry to appoint advisory committee to study and develop recommendations regarding pace and scale of federal forest management projects that may provide benefits justifying state or local government financial support of projects.
Requires refund of amounts paid due to voluntary disqualification of property from special assessment in certain circumstances.
Passed the Senate1
Allows taxicab driver to use mobile communication device while driving.
Out of committee2
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.
Requires State Board of Higher Education, Oregon Health and Science University Board of Directors or community college board to receive approval from commodity commission for disposition of intellectual property if commission provided monetary assistance to board to acquire property.
In committee36
Subjects passenger vehicles that are operated as taxicab to requirement to obtain carrier liability insurance if passenger vehicle is not subject to franchising, licensing, control or other regulation under local government ordinance or code.
Allows Student Access Commission to award grants to students pursuing degrees in science or engineering at public university or Oregon Health and Science University.
Repeals requirement that certain local governments make health care insurance coverage available to certain retirees.
Directs Joint Legislative Audit Committee to select Legislative Auditor to serve as director of Government Accountability Office.
Requires State Board of Higher Education, Oregon Health and Science University Board of Directors or community college board to receive approval from commodity commission for disposition of intellectual property if commission provided monetary assistance to board to acquire property.
Authorizes local government to adopt exception to statewide land use planning 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.
Requires property tax statements to include list, by percentages of total amount of taxes due, that categorizes amounts to be used for education, public safety and general government other than public safety, regardless of kind of tax.
Allows any elector to file action in circuit court when elector believes elections official has failed to comply with elections law.
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.
Extends landowner preference hunting tags pilot program throughout Oregon.
Changes distribution of amounts collected as public purpose charge by electric companies and Oregon Community Power.
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.
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.
Establishes connection to federal law for provisions related to bonus depreciation and expensing.
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.
Provides that all land within exclusive farm use zone qualifies for farm use special assessment.
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.
Establishes credit against personal income taxes of 40 percent of premiums paid by individual taxpayers for coverage of taxpayer, spouse or dependent.
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.
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.
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.
Allows accelerated depreciation of qualifying assets for income or corporate excise tax purposes.
Directs Public Employees Retirement Board to establish separate account in Public Employees Retirement Fund consisting of funds transferred from portion of ending balances of other funds accounts.
Establishes policy, criteria, procedures and other factors for identifying secondary land.
Transfers portion of ending balance from dedicated or continuously appropriated other funds accounts to General Fund at end of each biennium.
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.
Provides for reimbursement to certain persons for remedial action costs.
Allows operators of motorcycles and mopeds to pass vehicles in same lane during traffic jams or slowdowns.
Removes Department of State Police as designated state point of contact for purposes of National Instant Criminal Background Check System.
Provides exception, based on amount of annual sales, to general rule that sale made to purchaser in state where taxpayer is not taxable is considered sale in Oregon for apportionment of business income for corporate income tax purposes.
Modifies provision requiring health care practitioner to disclose to patient for whom health care practitioner prescribes physical therapy nature of relationship between health care practitioner and physical therapist.
Prohibits designation as rural reserve of land for which exception to statewide land use planning goal protecting agricultural land or forest land has been taken.
Requires State Department of Agriculture to negotiate with local governments and attempt to enter into contracts forming intergovernmental authorities to carry out functions and activities of State Department of Agriculture with regard to grading, inspection and issuance of certificates for agricultural and horticultural products.
Prohibits city incorporated after January 1, 1982, from processing land use applications and from making land use decisions and limited land use decisions when city has not caused comprehensive plan and land use regulations to be acknowledged within four years after date of incorporation.
Requires registration of bicycles.
Prohibits public body from operating drone, acquiring information through operation of drone or disclosing information acquired through operation of drone, except as authorized by Act.
Co-sponsored
Became law · 14
Creates primary care provider loan repayment program and establishes Primary Care Provider Loan Repayment Fund.
Appropriates moneys to Department of Education to be expended for purpose of awarding grants under Career and Technical Education Revitalization Grant Program.
Allows Secretary of State, State Treasurer, judicial department and legislative department to obtain copyrights and patents on data processing materials and to sell, lease or otherwise make available the materials to local, state and federal governmental bodies.
Requires Oregon Health Authority to adopt uniform documentation requirements for credentialing providers of telemedicine services.
Directs Beaverton School District and Hillsboro School District to mediate boundary disputes.
Requires Appraiser Certification and Licensure Board , before disciplining person, to establish subcommittee for purpose of advising board on whether objective basis exists to believe that alleged violation of provisions governing real estate appraisers has occurred .
Creates exception to requirement that wages due to seasonal farmworker must be paid immediately after termination of employment.
Extends exclusive remedy protections of workers' compensation statutes to partners, limited liability company members, general partners, limited liability partners and limited partners.
Allows person holding interest in property to recover economic and property damages resulting from fire occurring due to certain statutory or rule violations or resulting from fire escaping from land used or capable of being used for growing forest tree species.
Changes basis and permissible scope of assessments by Oregon Sheep Commission.
Directs Department of Education to consult with specified entities when developing academic content standards for Oregon Studies and preparing materials to support teacher training and classroom instruction in Oregon Studies.
Creates program whereby registered owner or lessee of motor vehicle may pay per-mile road usage charge.
Increases penalty for crime of initiating false report to maximum of one year's imprisonment, $6,250 fine, or both.
Creates Work Group on Corrections Health Care Costs.
Passed the Senate · 1
Requires Oregon Health Authority to request specified information from potential contractors and, if certain conditions are met, to request proposals to establish and operate systems and technologies designed to detect and prevent improper payments in state medical assistance program.
Out of committee · 2
Establishes Agricultural Experiment Station Fermentation Sciences and Value Added Program at Oregon State University.
Allows nonresident veterans discharged under honorable conditions to pay tuition and fees at Oregon resident rates.
In committee · 32
Prohibits employee who separates from contracting agency, for two years after date of employee's separation, from becoming, or seeking employment with, contractor with which contracting agency enters or has entered into public contract.
Specifies that new or increased fees adopted by state agency do not become effective unless approved by Legislative Assembly by law.
Requires personal verification of tax return and amount of proposed refund by at least two Department of Revenue employees, including supervisory employee, in case of refund in excess of $___.
Increases percentage of federal earned income credit allowable as credit against Oregon personal income tax in each of four consecutive tax years.
Provides that drone may be used by law enforcement agency for purpose of surveillance of person only pursuant to warrant or in emergency circumstances.
Removes antitrust exemption for coordinated care organizations.
Authorizes certain hunters to use certain mechanical and fixed blade broadheads on arrows.
Authorizes school and educational service districts to offer benefit plans that are not provided by and administered by Oregon Educators Benefit Board if district determines that premiums for benefit plans offered are less than comparable benefit plans offered by board.
Allows Department of Transportation to issue group registration plate for group that promotes prevention of wildfires.
Requires name of member or committee of Legislative Assembly requesting set of proposed amendments to legislative measure to be identified on proposed amendments.
Imposes certain requirements on disciplinary hearings conducted by Appraiser Certification and Licensure Board.
Provides that person appointed or elected as member of Legislative Assembly may not become member of Public Employees Retirement System or participate in state deferred compensation plan as legislator member.
Increases ceiling amount of total assessed value of taxable personal property for purposes of exemption from property taxation.
States that Oregon estate tax is not due unless value of Oregon taxable estate exceeds $5 million.
Eliminates sunset date of homestead property tax deferral program.
Provides that certain persons may seek contribution from persons who have resolved liability to state in administrative or judicially approved settlement.
Modifies authority of State Forester relating to Tillamook State Forest.
Requires harvesting in areas of Tillamook State Forest and Clatsop State Forest exhibiting moderate to extreme occurrence of Swiss needle cast disease.
Allows local government, in county whose population is not growing and that has population of less than 50,000, to alter comprehensive plan map designations notwithstanding statewide land use planning goals relating to agricultural land and forestland.
Defines "vernal pool." Excludes vernal pools from definition of "waters of this state." Declares emergency, effective on passage.
Requires Director of Department of State Lands to promote use of public land for compensatory mitigation.
Requires that at least 30 days before agencies give notice of intended action to adopt, amend or repeal rules pertaining to recreational or small scale mining, agencies shall perform certain consultation.
Allows Director of Department of State Lands to approve, on case-by-case basis, off-site compensatory mitigation in certain watersheds in adjacent states.
Classifies certain waters of Columbia River to be used for specific purposes.
Modifies provisions relating to public employee retirement.
Directs Morrow County and Umatilla County to develop industrial and commercial land uses on land formerly known as Umatilla Chemical Depot.
Removes certain examination requirements that apply to children who are taught by private teacher, parent or legal guardian.
Removes minimum requirements for cost and employment terms for qualifying investment contract.
Provides that mining activities do not give rise to cause of action for nuisance or trespass in certain circumstances.
Creates subtraction from federal taxable income for up to $500 in cash dividends paid by employer to employee for participation in workplace wellness program.
Modifies provisions relating to Public Employees Retirement System.
Modifies crime of invasion of personal privacy by prohibiting observation by device or electronic means regardless of whether recording is made.