Bills in the 2012 Regular Session, House.
Matt Wand
Sponsored
Became law1
Directs each school district board to adopt policy regarding teen dating violence.
In committee1
Reduces rate of personal income and corporate excise tax on capital gains, if gains are attributable to sale or exchange of investment made on or after January 1, 2012, and before January 1, 2014, and are held for at least three years.
Co-sponsored
Became law · 5
Establishes Oregon Growth Fund and Oregon Growth Board to encourage investment in and availability of capital to Oregon businesses and to further economic development in Oregon.
Eliminates lottery system for vessel permits in ocean troll salmon fishery.
Authorizes Department of Transportation to enter into contract with specified forest protective associations for certain off-season services.
Increases number of enterprise zones that may be designated and maximum area of rural enterprise zone.
Directs Oregon Investment Council and State Treasurer to try to ensure that moneys in Public Employees Retirement Fund are not invested in companies with interest in energy sector of Iran.
Passed the House · 1
Authorizes owner of real property that is located within urban growth boundary of metropolitan service district and, due to certain impediments, not provided with sanitary sewer or water services to cause public or private provider of sanitary sewer and water services to connect service facilities and serve property if owner pays all costs to connect and deliver service.
Out of committee · 2
Allows Jackson, Josephine and Douglas Counties to enter into intergovernmental agreement.
Makes findings regarding Columbia River Basin.
In committee · 12
Excludes company owning or leasing data center in enterprise zone from central assessment during period of enterprise zone exemption.
Applies sunsets to filing fee provisions and certain corporate tax provisions of Ballot Measure 67 (2010).
Removes all restrictions on use of hydroelectric power to qualify for renewable portfolio standard.
Creates income tax credit for hiring of qualified employee by taxpayer with fewer than 100 employees.
Establishes personal income tax credit of $250 per dependent child.
Prohibits state agencies, during current biennium, from spending General Fund moneys or moneys that are continuously appropriated to agency for purposes that are not essential to perform agency mission or functions or to implement legislative funding priorities.
Requires Department of Revenue to distribute 50 percent of business income taxes attributable to new business or expanded business to local jurisdiction that recruited new business or expanded business.
Creates subtraction from federal taxable income for health insurance premium payments made during tax year by individual taxpayer for health benefit coverage of taxpayer, taxpayer's spouse or dependents.
Creates income tax credit for hiring of long-term unemployed worker.
Requires Oregon Department of Administrative Services to create chemical disclosure form.
Directs specified state agencies to file with Senate and House interim committees on general government affairs annual report describing amount of federal funds received by each agency in preceding fiscal year and containing plan to operate agency if amount of federal funds received by agency in current fiscal year is reduced by 10 percent or 20 percent.
Requires that Public Employees Retirement Board prepare and regularly update information relating to unfunded liabilities of state, cities, counties, school districts and local service districts and make information easily accessible on website for Public Employees Retirement System.