Sets limit on taxes due on homesteads of seniors living on fixed income equal to total amount of taxes due for property tax year preceding first property tax year for which relief allowed. Abates taxes in excess of limit. Takes effect on 91st day following adjournment sine die.
Allows Teacher Standards and Practices Commission to issue license or registration to person convicted of certain crimes if certain requirements are met.
Requires Public Defense Services Commission to adopt policies, procedures, standards and guidelines regarding providing immigration consultation to noncitizen public defense clients.
Directs Oregon Criminal Justice Commission to collect data concerning revenue from and costs of sales of recreational marijuana and present data to Joint Committee on Ways and Means and committees of Legislative Assembly related to revenue during each odd-numbered year regular session.
Requires Environmental Quality Commission to adopt by rule program for facilitating compliance with low carbon fuel standards. Requires program to include certain provisions for managing and containing costs of compliance with low carbon fuel standards, including but not limited to provisions for purchase and use of compliance credits. Provides for Department of Environmental Quality to enter into agreements with nongovernmental entities to serve as compliance credit generators. Sets forth required terms of agreement. Requires compliance credit generators to use funds received through transfer of compliance credits for certain purposes. Provides for expedited review of compliance credit generator provisions by Supreme Court upon petition by adversely affected party. Provides that if court makes certain determination on or before January 1, 2021, compliance credit generator provisions are repealed and provisions of Act are enacted in lieu thereof that establish Transportation Emissions Reduction Account in State Highway Fund, require department to sell compliance credits and require department to deposit funds received for transfer of compliance credits in account. Specifies uses of account. Provides that compliance credit generator provisions become operative January 1, 2018. Takes effect on 91st day following adjournment sine die.
Requires candidate for President or Vice President of United States, in order to appear on general election ballot or in general election voters' pamphlet, to provide Secretary of State with copy of candidate's federal income tax returns for five years preceding year of general election and with written consent for public disclosure of tax returns. Prohibits elector in Oregon who is part of electoral college from voting for candidate who fails to provide tax returns or written consent.
Directs Oregon Department of Administrative Services, in coordination with Legislative Fiscal Officer and Legislative Revenue Officer, to prepare biennial budget stress test report that estimates effects on state finances of hypothetical negative economic conditions. Directs department to submit report to Legislative Assembly in last calendar quarter of each even-numbered year.
Removes requirement that Legislative Assembly publish report that demonstrates appropriation of money to ensure that state's system of education meets quality goals is sufficient or that identifies reasons for insufficiency. Refers proposed amendment to people for their approval or rejection at next regular general election.
Requires nonprofit corporations that meet certain requirements, including receipt of public funds, to comply with open meetings law and public records law, to post copy of corporation's proposed annual budget to corporation's public website and to submit to and cooperate with audit. Subjects members of corporation's board of directors and officers and employees of corporation to government ethics standards. Becomes operative January 1, 2018. Declares emergency, effective on passage.
Directs Legislative Revenue Officer to study impediments under state law that prevent cities one-third of whose property tax base is owned by state agencies or public universities from applying for matching federal economic development grants.
Requires public employer to publish collective bargaining agreement.
Allows court to impose restrictions on use of moneys awarded in certain judgments against State of Oregon. Declares emergency, effective on passage.
