Requires Department of Transportation to establish pilot program to assess how products that department or contractor for department procures affect emissions of carbon dioxide. Provides that pilot program must require prospective contractors to declare environmental product cost of certain products in response to invitation to bid for public improvement contract. Requires department to determine lowest responsible bidder after calculating environmental product cost for product. Provides that local contracting agency may adopt practices of department. Requires all state contracting agencies to adopt practices of department beginning January 1, 2021. Requires Department of Environmental Quality to adopt and keep updated rules for calculating environmental product cost of certain products. Becomes operative January 1, 2018. Declares emergency, effective on passage.
Permits law enforcement agency to use unmanned aircraft system for purpose of investigating unlawful taking of wildlife.
Imposes tax on inhalant-form nicotine and inhalant delivery systems. Uses moneys from tax to pay for mental health and substance abuse disorder treatment and services. Exempts retailers engaged primarily in sale of inhalants and inhalant delivery systems from Oregon indoor clean air requirements. Transfers specified moneys to be used to pay for medical assistance. Discontinues certain payments to hospitals for quality measures related to health care transformation. Increases cigarette tax and dedicates increase to medical assistance. Takes effect on 91st day following adjournment sine die.
Directs State Board of Education to adopt standards requiring certain persons employed by public schools to have valid certification in cardiopulmonary resuscitation and first aid. Allows Department of Education to distribute moneys to school districts and public charter schools to assist persons in becoming certified.
Requires Environmental Quality Commission to, no later than January 1, 2022, adopt by rule standards and programs for reducing diesel emissions from medium-duty trucks, heavy-duty trucks and nonroad diesel engines.
Repeals all forest products harvest taxes except tax for funding fire suppression. Consolidates repealed tax rates with retained tax rate for fire suppression. Takes effect on 91st day following adjournment sine die.
Creates crime of unlawful cetacean captivity. Punishes by maximum of one year's imprisonment, $6,250 fine, or both.
Permits individual to create family medical leave savings account with financial institution to pay or reimburse qualified beneficiary's wage loss during family medical leave of absence from work. Allows employer or other person to contribute to account. Allows subtraction from account holder's federal taxable income for amounts contributed to family medical leave savings account during each tax year. Exempts from taxation amount of interest and other income earned on account. Allows tax credit for employer or other person to voluntarily contribute funds to account. Provides that withdrawals for unapproved purposes are taxable income to account holder. Applies to tax years beginning on or after January 1, 2018, and before January 1, 2024. Takes effect on 91st day following adjournment sine die.
Creates subtraction for classroom expenses of taxpayers who are educators. Applies to tax years beginning on or after January 1, 2017, and before January 1, 2023. Takes effect on 91st day following adjournment sine die.
Requires professional licensing boards to consider homeschool diploma to be equivalent to high school diploma for purposes of licensure, certification or other authorization needed to provide occupational or professional service. Declares emergency, effective on passage.
Establishes Oregon Empowerment Scholarship Program for purpose of providing options in education to students. Establishes qualifications for participation in program, qualified expenses under program and transfers of moneys made under program. Restricts number of students from each school district who may enroll in program for first 10 years. Establishes Department of Education Empowerment Account. Continuously appropriates moneys in account to Department of Education for purpose of paying expenses of department related to program. Establishes Treasurer Empowerment Account. Continuously appropriates moneys in account to State Treasurer for purpose of paying expenses of State Treasurer related to program. Establishes Oregon Empowerment Scholarship Account within State School Fund. Continuously appropriates moneys in account to Department of Education for purpose of making transfers related to program. Declares emergency, effective on passage.
Establishes Task Force on Rural Medical Training Facilities. Directs task force to investigate issues related to alleviating shortage of skilled and experienced nurses and medical technicians in or near Douglas County. Sunsets December 31, 2018. Declares emergency, effective on passage.
