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signed · Oregon · Senate Aug 20, 2021

SB 58: Relating to charges imposed by the Department of Environmental Quality.

Authorizes Department of Environmental Quality to add fee to credit card transactions. Allows department to establish and collect surcharge on invoices generated by environmental data management system. Appropriates surcharge moneys to department for maintenance and operation of system. Becomes operative on January 1, 2022. ] Declares emergency, effective on passage. ].
signed · Oregon · Senate Aug 20, 2021

SB 233: Relating to the transfer of academic credit; and declaring an emergency.

Requires Higher Education Coordinating Commission to establish common course numbering system for all ] introductory and lower level courses with similar learning outcomes offered at accelerated college credit programs, public post-secondary institutions of education and participating nonpublic post-secondary institutions of education . Requires all public post-secondary institutions of education to adopt system and accept transfers of academic credit subject to common course numbering system earned at other public post-secondary ] institutions of education. Requires commission to confer with administrators, faculty and students on how to best create common course numbering system and to report annually to Legislative Assembly on progress made towards creating system. Requires system to be fully implemented no later than September 1, 2024. ] Establishes Transfer Council to advise commission on development, coordination and maintenance of common course numbering system, serve as primary venue for collaboration between community colleges and public universities for development of foundational curricula and unified statewide transfer agreements and develop best practices to facilitate student acceleration and transfer of students and academic credits among institutions. Establishes composition of council and reporting requirements for commission and council. Requires establishment of initial common course numbering system that must be implemented by post-secondary institutions of education by beginning of 2023-2024 academic year. Requires establishment of final common course numbering system that must be implemented by post-secondary institutions of education by beginning of 2025-2026 academic year. Declares emergency, effective on passage.
signed · Oregon · Senate Aug 20, 2021

SB 727: Relating to taxation; and prescribing an effective date.

Establishes elective entity-level, pass-through business alternative income tax. Imposes tax based on sum of members' shares of distributive proceeds. Transfers proceeds of tax to General Fund. Creates refundable personal income tax credit allowable to members of pass-through entity that elects to pay entity level tax. Allows credit in amount of member's pro rata share of entity-level tax paid. Applies to tax years beginning on or after January 1, 2022, and before January 1, 2024. Repeals entity-level tax and related personal income tax credit. Becomes operative upon repeal of federal provision limiting personal income tax deduction for state and local taxes paid. Takes effect on 91st day following adjournment sine die.
signed · Oregon · Senate Aug 20, 2021

SB 575: Relating to juvenile records; and prescribing an effective date.

Modifies procedure for expunction of certain juvenile records. Directs juvenile department to initiate statutory expunction process for juvenile records relating to contact that did not result in referral to juvenile court. Directs juvenile department to apply for expunction of juvenile records if juvenile had contact with juvenile department but was never found to be under jurisdiction of juvenile court. Changes punishment for releasing all or part of expunged record from misdemeanor to violation punishable by maximum of $2,000 fine. Modifies process for access to counsel for persons seeking to file application for expunction of juvenile records. Directs Oregon Youth Authority, in collaboration with county juvenile departments and Judicial Department, to submit report and recommendations for legislation regarding juvenile expunction process to interim committees of Legislative Assembly relating to juveniles. Takes effect on 91st day following adjournment sine die.
Michael Dembrow (D) Kate Lieber (D) James Manning (D) · 4 co-sponsors
signed · Oregon · Senate Aug 20, 2021

SB 52: Relating to a statewide education plan; and declaring an emergency.

Directs Department of Education to develop and implement statewide education plan for students who identify as lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, queer, two-spirit, intersex, asexual, nonbinary or another minority gender identity or gender orientation. Declares emergency, effective July 1, 2021.
signed · Oregon · Senate Aug 20, 2021

SB 165: Relating to racing.

Establishes annual payments to be made by race meet operators that conduct mutuel wagering on horse races previously held. Establishes allowable uses for portions of such payments. Establishes restrictions on wagering on animal races that were previously held.
signed · Oregon · Senate Aug 20, 2021

SB 300: Relating to towing; and declaring an emergency.

Establishes State Board of Towing within Department of Transportation. Authorizes board to order department to deny, suspend, revoke or refuse to renew towing business certificate or letter of appointment to participate on rotational list of towing businesses for certain violations. Authorizes board to impose civil penalties for certain violations. Becomes operative January 1, 2022. Declares emergency, effective on passage.
Chuck Riley (D) Chuck Thomsen (R) Greg Smith (R) · 1 co-sponsor
signed · Oregon · Senate Aug 20, 2021

SB 762: Relating to wildfire; and declaring an emergency.

Directs Public Utility Commission to convene workshops. Requires public utility that provides electricity to have wildfire protection plan. Provides that violation is subject to civil penalty not to exceed $10,000. Requires consumer-owned utility to have wildfire mitigation plan. Directs State Board of Forestry to establish criteria for developing statewide map of wildfire risk, establish Certified Burn Manager program and report to Legislative Assembly on or before December 1, 2021. Directs State Fire Marshal to establish defensible space requirements, administer community risk reduction program and biannually report to Legislative Assembly, State Wildfire Programs Director and Wildfire Programs Advisory Council. Establishes Community Risk Reduction Fund in State Treasury. Directs Department of Land Conservation and Development to identify certain land use updates and report to Legislative Assembly, State Wildfire Programs Director and Wildfire Programs Advisory Council on or before October 1, 2022. Directs Department of Consumer and Business Services to adopt certain building code standards. Directs Department of Environmental Quality to undertake programs concerning impacts of wildfire smoke, readiness and mitigation capacity for smoke and ambient air quality. Directs Department of Human Services to establish grant program related to clean air shelters and smoke filtration systems and report to Legislative Assembly, State Wildfire Programs Director and Wildfire Programs Advisory Council no later than June 30, 2023. Directs Office of Emergency Management to update statewide emergency plan to prepare for or respond to wildfire emergencies. Directs State Forestry Department to implement program to reduce wildfire risk, report to Legislative Assembly, Governor, State Wildfire Programs Director and Wildfire Programs Advisory Council no later than January 15, 2022, and July 15, 2023, establish small forestland grant program, adopt certain rules concerning prescribed fires, establish system of smoke detection cameras and assess and improve wildfire response capacity. Establishes Oregon Conservation Corps Program and Oregon Conservation Corps Advisory Committee. Establishes Oregon Conservation Corps Fund in State Treasury. Makes certain changes concerning wildland-urban interface. Directs Governor to appoint State Wildfire Programs Director. Establishes Wildfire Programs Advisory Council. Requires council to annually report to Governor and Legislative Assembly. For certain entities, for specified purposes, appropriates moneys from General Fund, increases appropriations from General Fund and increases limitations on expenditures. Declares emergency, effective on passage.
signed · Oregon · Senate Aug 20, 2021

SB 5539: Relating to the financial administration of the Department of State Lands; and declaring an emergency.

Limits biennial expenditures from fees, moneys or other revenues, including Miscellaneous Receipts, but excluding lottery funds and federal funds, collected or received by Department of State Lands for certain purposes. Limits certain biennial expenditures by department from federal funds. Limits biennial expenditures by department from Portland Harbor Cleanup Fund. Authorizes specified nonlimited expenditures. Declares emergency, effective July 1, 2021.
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