Directs State Board of Education to adopt standards requiring certain persons employed by public schools to have valid certification in cardiopulmonary resuscitation and first aid. Allows Department of Education to distribute moneys to school districts and public charter schools to assist persons in becoming certified.
Requires Environmental Quality Commission to, no later than January 1, 2022, adopt by rule standards and programs for reducing diesel emissions from medium-duty trucks, heavy-duty trucks and nonroad diesel engines.
Repeals all forest products harvest taxes except tax for funding fire suppression. Consolidates repealed tax rates with retained tax rate for fire suppression. Takes effect on 91st day following adjournment sine die.
Creates crime of unlawful cetacean captivity. Punishes by maximum of one year's imprisonment, $6,250 fine, or both.
Requires professional licensing boards to consider homeschool diploma to be equivalent to high school diploma for purposes of licensure, certification or other authorization needed to provide occupational or professional service. Declares emergency, effective on passage.
Establishes Task Force on Rural Medical Training Facilities. Directs task force to investigate issues related to alleviating shortage of skilled and experienced nurses and medical technicians in or near Douglas County. Sunsets December 31, 2018. Declares emergency, effective on passage.
Prohibits state agency from charging member of Legislative Assembly or statewide elected official fee for parking on state property while member or official is performing official duties.
Appropriates moneys from General Fund to Department of Education for training and professional development of school district personnel on contents and implementation of Comprehensive Guidance and Counseling Framework adopted by department. Declares emergency, effective July 1, 2017.
Modifies crime of aggravated animal abuse in the first degree to include maliciously causing physical injury to animal. Punishes by maximum of five years' imprisonment, $125,000 fine, or both. Requires person convicted of certain animal crimes to register with law enforcement agencies. Requires disclosure of registration information on request and authorizes disclosure via Internet. Imposes registration fee and continuously appropriates fee moneys to Department of State Police for purposes of Act. Creates crime of failure to report as animal abuser. Punishes by maximum of five years' imprisonment, $125,000 fine, or both. Declares emergency, effective on passage.
Directs Commissioner of Bureau of Labor and Industries to appoint Transportation Network Company Oversight Board. Specifies membership of board. Directs board to periodically survey, collect and compile information concerning operations of transportation network companies and participating drivers and make recommendations to commissioner concerning appropriate rules, policies and practices that protect participating drivers and members of public. Permits commissioner to adopt rules to implement recommendations of board and to enforce rules by means of orders, administrative proceedings or action in court of this state. Becomes operative on January 1, 2018. Declares emergency, effective on passage.
Withdraws territory within mapped boundary of Boring Community Planning Organization from within incorporated boundaries of Metro.
Requires communications service providers, Internet service providers and television service providers to provide customers with written confirmation of verbally agreed upon rate, term or condition of service within 10 days of verbal agreement. Makes violation of requirement unlawful trade practice.
