Allows school district and public charter school to implement nationally recognized high school assessments in mathematics, science or English if assessment complies with specified criteria.
Provides that employee of public employer is liable to employer for wages paid to employee during period of administrative leave if employee was placed on leave as result of allegation that employee engaged in criminal conduct and if employee is thereafter convicted of crime by reason of conduct. Declares emergency, effective on passage.
Requires public bodies to establish public records retention schedules that require minimum three-year retention of public records. Modifies definition of "state agency" for public records law purposes. Requires public bodies to respond to public records request within seven days of request and at seven-day intervals thereafter until complete disposition of request. Waives fees public body would have received if complete disposition of request has not been made within three weeks of request and treats request as denied if complete disposition has not been made within six weeks of request. Establishes alternative method for determining fees public bodies may charge public records requesters. Requires public body to charge lesser of fee determined under existing law or under alternative method. Requires public body that creates or retains public records on social media, that sends public record through text messaging or that sends public records using electronic mail addresses, domain of which is not owned by public body, to store copies of records on storage equipment owned or operated by public body within 30 days of creation or retention of record. Authorizes Attorney General to impose civil penalties for violation of storage requirements. Declares emergency, effective on passage.
Requires Department of Consumer and Business Services to determine official rate of medical care inflation to be used by insurers in calculating premium rates. Declares emergency, effective on passage.
Allows tax credit for alternative energy device to be claimed by owner or subscriber of community solar project. Applies to tax years beginning on or after January 1, 2018. Takes effect on 91st day following adjournment sine die.
Requires school district to obtain approval from Department of Education before entering into funds diversion agreement for payment of debt service on pension obligation bonds. Provides that department may not approve funds diversion agreement unless aggregate debt service on bonds subject to funds diversion or debt guaranty agreements of district is no greater than 80 percent of state school moneys available to district. Requires State Treasurer to provide relevant data to department.
Directs Judicial Department to publish compilation of information on court procedures and proceedings relevant to municipal courts and distribute publication to each municipal court.
Specifies types of primary care providers eligible to participate in primary care provider loan repayment program. Adds pharmacists to list of eligible participants in Primary Health Care Loan Forgiveness Program.
Specifies requirements for property of nonprofit hospitals and nonprofit health systems to be exempt from taxation. Takes effect on 91st day following adjournment sine die.
Establishes Oregon Industrial Hemp Commission. Takes effect on 91st day following adjournment sine die.
Authorizes public universities and Oregon Health and Science University to participate in benefit plan other than plan offered by Public Employees' Benefit Board. Allows eligible employees to elect to participate in group benefit plan. Authorizes public universities to withdraw from Public Employees' Benefit Board health benefit plan and establish or participate in alternative employee health benefit plans.
Permits professional corporation organized to practice medicine to include nurse practitioners as permissible holders of required majority of each class of shares entitled to vote, as required majority of directors and as all officers except secretary or treasurer. Permits Oregon Medical Board or Oregon State Board of Nursing to require that more than majority of holders of class of shares entitled to vote and more than majority of directors be physicians or nurse practitioners who are licensed in this state.
