Bills in the 2007 Regular Session, Senate.
Gary George
Sponsored
Passed the Senate1
Authorizes, as conditional use on lands zoned for exclusive farm use, siting of facility for storage of aerial display fireworks by holder of permit issued by State Fire Marshal.
In committee29
Allows person to be represented by authorized representative if person is participating in contested case hearing conducted by Department of Human Services.
Creates Task Force on Education Reform.
Prohibits State Board of Chiropractic Examiners from expanding scope of investigation of complaint beyond scope of original complaint.
Prohibits Oregon Transportation Commission from reducing highway capacity except when safety requires reduction.
Eliminates Oregon inheritance tax on January 1, 2009.
Prohibits local government from imposing tax of any type on Internet access or use of Internet access.
Phases in elimination of taxation on capital gains.
Eliminates tax on capital gains.
Reduces personal income tax rates and establishes separate rate for capital gains.
Establishes tax credit for tuition paid to private school for kindergarten through grade 12 education of child of taxpayer.
Requires Director of Oregon Department of Administrative Services to develop plan to achieve ratio of positions in classified service to positions in management service.
Requires supervision of state inmate work crews by Department of Corrections.
Prohibits adding substance to water system unless substance improves potability, has been tested and approved as safe and effective by United States Food and Drug Administration or contains no contaminants that exceed certain public health standards.
Requires employee of Department of Human Services participating in child protective services case to be licensed clinical social worker.
Requires State Department of Fish and Wildlife to track harvest level of fish species managed pursuant to fishery management plan prepared by regional fishery management council and to notify public of progress toward maximum harvest level.
Prohibits member of Legislative Assembly, while in office, from receiving consideration for lobbying or accepting appointment to position in executive department.
Directs Teacher Standards and Practices Commission to establish alternative administrative license.
Directs Secretary of State to verify all signatures on state initiative and referendum petitions.
Allows court to award punitive damages in public employee whistleblower case.
Makes legislative finding that lands claimed by federal government in State of Oregon are property of state.
Requires insurers, self-insured employers, claims administrators and third party administrators to provide certain injured workers inventory of workers' compensation claims records in their possession.
Allows small public charter school to qualify as small school for purposes of additional student weighting used to calculate distribution of State School Fund.
Allows certain military personnel to renew concealed handgun license by mail.
Creates Sunset Advisory Commission.
Reduces fee collected by Secretary of State for document filing as part of secretary's business registry functions from $50 to $20.
Requires State Fish and Wildlife Commission to open sport fishery of groundfish if commercial groundfish fishery is closed.
Directs Department of Transportation to construct limited access highway between Port of Coos Bay and Ontario.
Prohibits public body from burdening person's free exercise of religion even if burden results from application of rule of general applicability.
Eliminates authority of Board of Naturopathic Examiners to regulate practice of traditional naturopathy by certain doctors of traditional naturopathy.
Co-sponsored
Became law · 7
Eliminates restriction on issuance of sturgeon propagation permits.
Requires Office of Emergency Management to prepare written animal emergency operations plan to provide for animals during major disaster or emergency.
Creates crime of subjecting another to involuntary servitude in first degree.
Requires optometrist treating patient for glaucoma to consult with ophthalmologist under certain conditions.
Directs Department of Environmental Quality to conduct study of persistent pollutants discharged in State of Oregon and report results of study to appropriate interim committee of Legislative Assembly by June 1, 2010.
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.
Prohibits siting of casino in incorporated city without approval of electors of city .
Vetoed · 1
Establishes Committee on Performance Excellence.
In committee · 17
Creates crime of Internet solicitation of a minor.
Modifies period that licensee of State Board of Chiropractic Examiners or similarly licensed chiropractic physician or doctor may serve as attending physician in workers' compensation claim.
Prohibits construction or operation of tollway project on existing highways.
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.
Prohibits member of Legislative Assembly from accepting appointment to position in executive department while in office.
Requires Legislative Counsel to solicit bids for printing of Oregon Revised Statutes each biennium.
Deletes requirement that ballot listing candidate for nomination or election to office of judge indicate whether candidate is incumbent.
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.
Establishes State Police Patrol Division Fund.
Directs Legislative Counsel Committee to introduce appropriate legislation to address rules found by committee to be outside scope and intent of enabling legislation.
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.
Expands crime of possession of materials depicting sexually explicit conduct of child to include clothed child.
Funds JOBS Plus Program by diverting portion of unemployment insurance taxes each calendar quarter to Oregon JOBS Plus Unemployment Wage Fund.
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.