Provides funding for instruction of talented and gifted children based on amount per student. Requires school districts to provide instruction for talented and gifted children. First applies to 2017-2018 school year. Declares emergency, effective July 1, 2017.
Modifies provision allowing waiver of qualification for registration as professional engineer if applicant has professional engineering experience in another jurisdiction.
Modifies cost recovery formula for site certificate holders. Applies to annual fees due on and after July 1, 2018. Establishes Energy Facility Siting Task Force. Sunsets task force on December 31, 2018. Declares emergency, effective on passage.
Directs State Registrar of Center for Health Statistics to send to State Treasurer each calendar quarter names of children born in Oregon to residents of this state. Establishes Oregon Bright Futures Savings Fund for payment of qualified post-secondary education expenses for designated beneficiaries. Directs State Treasurer to create cohort account for all children born each calendar quarter and earmark moneys for each child. Allows use of earmarked moneys for payment of qualified post-secondary education expenses. Allows certain contributions to fund. Specifies purposes for which moneys may be used. Allows linkage to private financial accounts through financial aggregation software. Directs State Treasurer to report to Legislative Assembly in 2018 and 2019 on implementation of Act. Declares emergency, effective on passage.
Proposes amendment to Oregon Constitution to require that proposed elector enactments requiring expenditure of $50,000 or more in public moneys during first 10 years include proposed source of revenue sufficient to pay for expenditure. Specifies that proposed source of revenue may not draw from existing revenue. Allows Legislative Assembly to limit expenditure to amount supplied by source of revenue. Refers proposed amendment to people for their approval or rejection at next regular general election.
Directs law enforcement agency to notify Attorney General when police officer's use of deadly physical force causes death of person. Directs Attorney General to appoint special investigator to investigate use of deadly physical force. Requires that subsequent prosecution, if any, occur using preliminary hearing.
Urges President and Congress to transfer title of certain federal public lands to State of Oregon.
Directs Health Licensing Office to issue lactation consultant license to qualified applicant. Requires lactation consultant to complete cultural competency and trauma-informed care continuing education courses. Imposes civil penalty for violation of licensure requirements. Becomes operative January 1, 2018. Declares emergency, effective on passage.
Increases maximum amounts of corporate excise tax credits allowed for qualified research activities. Applies to tax years beginning on or after January 1, 2017. Takes effect on 91st day following adjournment sine die.
Prohibits person who is head of state agency or chief of staff, legal counsel, deputy legal counsel or senior policy advisor within Governor's office from receiving money or other consideration for lobbying within one year after person ceases to hold position.
Prohibits expenditure of legislative branch funds to support partisan caucus offices. Allocates savings equally to legislative member service and supply accounts. Authorizes members to pool additional moneys to fund additional support, policy or communications staff to support issue-based caucuses. Authorizes presiding officers to distribute unexpended funds among statutory committees. Declares emergency, effective on passage.
Prohibits distribution of list of electors that indicates whether elector cast ballot in election until day after date of election.
