Authorizes Department of Human Services and Oregon Health Authority to contract with more than one public agency or private corporation to provide mental health and developmental disabilities services if county declines to operate community mental health program or community developmental disabilities program.
For purposes of property tax exemption for certain communication infrastructure, requires minimum cost of newly constructed or installed real or tangible personal property. Sets ongoing maximum monthly charge and initial fees for qualified project. For company with majority of residential broadband customers residing within certain large metropolitan statistical areas, requires minimum proportion of residential customers to be served outside such metropolitan statistical areas. Clarifies that initial application for exemption applies to any company whose property has not been granted exemption. Takes effect on 91st day following adjournment sine die.
Authorizes local governments to assess system development charges for disaster resilience and mitigation. Requires 10 percent of system development charges for disaster resilience and mitigation to be spent on state disaster resilience and mitigation priorities and 90 percent to be spent on local and regional disaster resilience and mitigation priorities.
Directs Department of State Police to study reasons for certain denials of concealed handgun license applications and report results to interim committees of Legislative Assembly related to judiciary on or before February 1, 2019. Sunsets January 2, 2020.
Requires Department of Environmental Quality to conduct study regarding funding for septic systems. Requires department to report findings to interim committee of Legislative Assembly no later than October 1, 2018.
Requires municipality or business employing person to perform state building code specialty code inspection to provide equipment required for performance of inspection. Requires municipality or business contracting for person to perform state building code specialty code inspection to ensure person possesses or has access to equipment required for performance of inspection. Provides that person performing specialty code inspection using contractor, subcontractor, material supplier or property owner equipment assumes risk of injury from use of equipment.
Directs Legislative Revenue Officer to study exemption from ad valorem property taxation of property of nonprofit corporations.
Extends sunset for tax credit for rural medical care.
Directs Department of Revenue to establish and maintain list of persons that sell or accept orders for cigarettes, inhalant delivery systems or tobacco products that are to be transported from a point outside this state to consumer within this state and that either do not require age verification or fail to pay tax. Prohibits common carriers from transporting cigarettes, inhalant delivery systems or tobacco products from point outside this state to consumer within this state if person making sale is on list.
Removes requirement that person intending to meet financial responsibility requirements for driving in this state by self-insuring have more than 25 vehicles, including commercial buses, registered in person's name. Becomes operative 90 days following adjournment sine die. Declares emergency, effective on passage.
Expands definition of tobacco products for purpose of taxation to include inhalant form nicotine. Imposes tax on inhalant form nicotine and certain inhalant delivery devices. Applies to distributions of tobacco products occurring on or after January 1, 2018. Takes effect on 91st day following adjournment sine die.
Directs Department of Revenue to deliver vouchers to certain personal income taxpayers who fail to use income tax credit for political contribution in previous tax year. Provides for delivery of vouchers to political party, or committee thereof, candidate or political committee, for redemption by department. Applies to tax years beginning on or after January 1, 2017. Takes effect on 91st day following adjournment sine die.
