Requires Environmental Quality Commission to adopt by rule program for facilitating compliance with low carbon fuel standards. Requires program to include certain provisions for managing and containing costs of compliance with low carbon fuel standards, including but not limited to provisions for purchase and use of compliance credits. Provides for Department of Environmental Quality to enter into agreements with nongovernmental entities to serve as compliance credit generators. Sets forth required terms of agreement. Requires compliance credit generators to use funds received through transfer of compliance credits for certain purposes. Provides for expedited review of compliance credit generator provisions by Supreme Court upon petition by adversely affected party. Provides that if court makes certain determination on or before January 1, 2021, compliance credit generator provisions are repealed and provisions of Act are enacted in lieu thereof that establish Transportation Emissions Reduction Account in State Highway Fund, require department to sell compliance credits and require department to deposit funds received for transfer of compliance credits in account. Specifies uses of account. Provides that compliance credit generator provisions become operative January 1, 2018. Takes effect on 91st day following adjournment sine die.
Requires candidate for President or Vice President of United States, in order to appear on general election ballot or in general election voters' pamphlet, to provide Secretary of State with copy of candidate's federal income tax returns for five years preceding year of general election and with written consent for public disclosure of tax returns. Prohibits elector in Oregon who is part of electoral college from voting for candidate who fails to provide tax returns or written consent.
Directs Oregon Department of Administrative Services, in coordination with Legislative Fiscal Officer and Legislative Revenue Officer, to prepare biennial budget stress test report that estimates effects on state finances of hypothetical negative economic conditions. Directs department to submit report to Legislative Assembly in last calendar quarter of each even-numbered year.
Removes requirement that Legislative Assembly publish report that demonstrates appropriation of money to ensure that state's system of education meets quality goals is sufficient or that identifies reasons for insufficiency. Refers proposed amendment to people for their approval or rejection at next regular general election.
Requires nonprofit corporations that meet certain requirements, including receipt of public funds, to comply with open meetings law and public records law, to post copy of corporation's proposed annual budget to corporation's public website and to submit to and cooperate with audit. Subjects members of corporation's board of directors and officers and employees of corporation to government ethics standards. Becomes operative January 1, 2018. Declares emergency, effective on passage.
Directs Legislative Revenue Officer to study impediments under state law that prevent cities one-third of whose property tax base is owned by state agencies or public universities from applying for matching federal economic development grants.
Requires public employer to publish collective bargaining agreement.
Allows court to impose restrictions on use of moneys awarded in certain judgments against State of Oregon. Declares emergency, effective on passage.
Provides that specification or calculation of amount provider must charge person who receives personal injury protection benefits, or person's insurer, may not consider discounts that provider allows in individual cases for personal or financial hardship, for prompt payment or for payment at time person receives services from provider. Declares emergency, effective on passage.
Directs Department of Education to develop professional development courses related to guidance and counseling programs, to make courses electronically available and to provide technical assistance and other training related to courses. Sunsets June 30, 2019. Declares emergency, effective July 1, 2017.
Provides that Department of State Lands shall distribute certain moneys that have been in Common School Fund Account for 25 years or more. Requires any claims for moneys be paid from General Fund. Directs department to describe disposition of those moneys on claim forms.
Requires Housing and Community Services Department to take into account counties from which document recording or filing fees are charged and collected in making distributions from General Housing Account, Emergency Housing Account and Home Ownership Assistance Account. Provides that certain moneys in accounts that are not used or committed for use within two years after effective date of Act shall be paid over to county treasurer of county from which fees were charged and collected and credited to general fund of county for purposes of affordable housing.
