Specifies that principal office of business entity incorporated or organized in this state or authorized to transact business in this state must have physical street address that may not be commercial mail receiving agency, mail forwarding business or virtual office. Authorizes Secretary of State to investigate alleged or potential violations of business entity statutes and require business entity to provide list of shareholders, directors, members and other persons and respond to interrogatories in course of investigation or in response to request from law enforcement agency. Permits Secretary of State to impose penalties or seek dissolution of business entity that violates statutes or fails to cooperate with investigation. Permits Department of Revenue to recommend dissolution of business entity that fails to comply with tax laws of state. Subjects directors, officers, employees, members and managers of business entity to claim for damages from person that suffers ascertainable loss of money or property resulting from knowing dissemination of materially false statement concerning certain aspects of business entity's finances and operations. Permits Attorney General to bring action to enjoin business entity from continuing violation of business entity statutes or to seek judicial dissolution or other relief necessary to protect shareholders or remedy consequences of violation. Becomes operative on January 1, 2018. Takes effect on 91st day after adjournment sine die. .
Appropriates moneys from General Fund to Oregon Department of Administrative Services for distribution to City of St. Helens for central waterfront redevelopment and Portland Harbor cleanup support project. Declares emergency, effective July 1, 2017.
Requires State Fish and Wildlife Commission to adopt certain requirements related to carcasses of returning hatchery fish. Requires State Department of Fish and Wildlife to conduct analysis of return rates of hatchery fish and report results to Legislative Assembly.
Directs employer in specified industries to pay greater of daily or weekly overtime when employee is eligible for both in same week. Defines "week" for purposes of calculating weekly overtime. Declares employer satisfies certain overtime laws by paying greater of applicable daily or weekly overtime. Creates private cause of action to enforce certain overtime laws. Authorizes court to award costs, disbursements and reasonable attorney fees to prevailing party for violations of certain overtime laws.
Establishes Task Force on Trade Promotion. Requires task force to study methods for increasing trade in products and services from Oregon businesses by promoting exports of Oregon products outside United States. Sunsets on December 31, 2018. Declares emergency, effective on passage.
Directs Department of Land Conservation and Development to conduct study on methods to mitigate impact of technology support structures on aesthetics of certain areas. Declares emergency, effective on passage.
Urges President of United States to carry out foreign policy and defense doctrines that are rational, reasonable and well-reasoned. Urges President to appoint, and Senate to confirm, foreign policy and defense appointees possessing sufficient professional experience and understanding of global dynamics and international law to carry out such doctrines.
Increases maximum number of zones for electronic commerce. Provides that increase in maximum number of zones shall occur in thirds over three-year period. Requires authorized business firm claiming enterprise zone exemption to include with claim amount of tax credits on investments in enterprise zone or city designated for electronic commerce that were claimed and used by firm or collectively by owners or shareholders of firm. Requires Department of Revenue to prescribe manner in which authorized business firm shall acknowledge disclosure of tax credit information required to be included with claim. Provides such information is exempt if reporting or release would create reasonable risk of disclosing identity or income of any individual. For purposes of income or corporate excise tax credit allowed for investment in electronic commerce in zone or city designated for electronic commerce, allows taxpayer with allowable credit in excess of tax liability to elect to receive partial refund of credit in lieu of carryforward. Modifies definition of property that must receive property tax exemption in order for operator to claim income tax credit. Extends sunset for income tax credit for electronic commerce. Takes effect on 91st day following adjournment sine die.
Limits total amount of biomass tax credit allowed for animal manure that may be claimed annually by all taxpayers. Limits availability of tax credit to animal manure processed in digester in operation by certain date. Applies to tax years beginning on or after January 1, 2017, and before January 1, 2022. Takes effect on 91st day following adjournment sine die.
For purposes of corporate tax apportionment calculations, replaces sales factor with receipts factor. Defines "receipts" to mean gross receipts received from transactions and activity occurring in taxpayer's regular course of business, with certain exclusions. In determination of receipts factor, provides that sales other than sales of tangible personal property are in state if taxpayer's market for sales is in state. Enumerates conditions in which market for sales is deemed to be in state. Applies to tax years beginning on or after January 1, 2018. Takes effect on 91st day following adjournment sine die.
Directs Department of Revenue to make annual submission of information about certain C corporations subject to Oregon corporate excise tax to Legislative Revenue Officer. Directs Legislative Revenue Officer to make information available in public report. Takes effect on 91st day following adjournment sine die.
Allows Department of Education to enter into agreement with certain school districts for reimbursement of cost of providing school meals. Directs State Board of Education to adopt rules related to reimbursement. Declares emergency, effective July 1, 2017.
