Specifies that new or increased fees adopted by state agency do not become effective unless approved by Legislative Assembly by law. Declares emergency, effective July 1, 2017.
Establishes Task Force on Equitable Access to Arts Education and specifies composition of task force membership. Specifies duties of task force. Directs task force to submit report to Legislative Assembly no later than January 7, 2019. Sunsets task force on June 30, 2019. Takes effect on 91st day following adjournment sine die.
Expands taxpayer bill of rights. Provides for cancellation, after 20 years, of uncollected tax debt, penalties and interest. Directs Department of Revenue to adopt and publish standards to determine whether satisfaction of tax liability through installment payments facilitates collection of liability.
Requires State Forestry Department to identify Oregon-based contractors qualified to provide wildfire suppression equipment and post list of qualified contractors on website. Requires department to establish initial list of qualified contractors in time to use wildfire suppression equipment of contractors for fire seasons beginning on or after January 1, 2018. Takes effect on 91st day following adjournment sine die.
Requires Department of Revenue to make information contained in central assessment roll available to general public on department's website. Requires Department of Revenue to make available to general public on Oregon transparency website, by company name, amount of assessed value of centrally assessed property that is exempt from taxation and total estimated tax that would have been imposed on property for current property tax year had property not been granted exemption. Requires estimate to distinguish between estimated tax imposed to pay bonded indebtedness and all other estimated tax amounts.
Lists specified types of expenditures that are definitively considered to be made in coordination with candidates for purposes of determining whether expenditure is considered independent expenditure. Lowers threshold for required filing of statement of independent expenditures to $250 per calendar year and requires statement to be filed within seven days after expenditure is made. Increases penalties from 10 percent to, depending on amount of contribution or expenditure, 20 percent or 40 percent of total amount of contribution or expenditure for failure to file required statements or certificates, for failure to include required information in statements or certificates, for incorrectly identifying expenditure as independent expenditure and for failing to timely file accurate statements for in-kind contributions. Requires person making independent expenditures of more than $250 in calendar year to maintain detailed accounts that are current not later than seven days after triggering required report. Requires account records to be kept for at least two years.
Applies to tax years beginning on or after January 1, 2017. Takes effect on 91st day following adjournment sine die.
Defines "qualified rural county" to mean, for certain economic development programs, county outside all metropolitan statistical areas in which total property taxes imposed by all taxing districts equal at least 1.3 percent of total assessed value of all taxable property in county. Lowers, for qualified rural counties, compensation requirements for such economic development programs while creating wage floors for all counties. Lowers, for counties outside all metropolitan statistical areas, compensation requirements for certain economic development programs from at least 150 percent of certain county or state measurements to at least 130 percent of such county or state measurements. Takes effect on 91st day following adjournment sine die.
Provides that school district may not deny participation in interscholastic activities by student who attends public charter school. Specifies requirements that must be met in order for student to participate in interscholastic activities , including payment to school district by public charter school on behalf of student. Declares emergency, effective on passage.
Provides that statement from parent or guardian releasing student seven years of age or younger from requirement to submit certification that student received dental screening within previous 12 months must include explanation of reason that dental screening is burden for student or parent or guardian of student. Requires school districts to report on reasons to Department of Education. Declares emergency, effective on passage.
Prohibits employer from requiring as condition of hiring or continued employment that person take deception detection examination. Creates unlawful employment practice of subjecting prospective or current employee to deception detection examination. Allows corrections officer, parole and probation officer or police officer to use certain deception detection instruments in course of official duties while conducting investigation or providing community protection.
Prohibits person, public body or local service district from constructing bridge crossing Deschutes River within certain segment of Deschutes Scenic Waterway. Authorizes construction by person, public body, local service district or federal government of pedestrian and bicycle bridge crossing Deschutes River within certain segment of Deschutes Scenic Waterway.
