Amends requirements for limited renewable energy technician license. Takes effect on 91st day following adjournment sine die. ] Declares emergency, effective on passage.
Authorizes Housing and Community Services Department to provide grants and loans to individuals for down payment assistance and grants, loans ] and technical assistance to organizations increasing homeownership program access to persons of color. Allows department to define "persons of color" by rule. Authorizes expending Home Ownership Assistance Account funds for those purposes. ] Makes Oregon Housing Fund and subaccounts available to federally recognized Indian tribes that own land in this state. Amends uses of Home Ownership Assistance Account.
Allows land division to separate dwelling units for new middle housing allowed in cities. Applies to divisions permitted on or after July 1, 2022. Prohibits homeowners associations or restrictive covenants from forbidding partition. Delays applicability of limits on private middle housing restrictions.
Allows base pay of attorneys who are employed by public corporation, nonprofit organization, public university or city or county in this state and who perform substantially similar work to be used for comparison of compensation for assistant attorneys general.
Defines "instructional capacity" to exclude instructional assistants from scope of statutes prohibiting payment of unemployment insurance benefits to professional employees of educational institution for weeks of unemployment commencing during period between two successive academic years or terms. Declares emergency, effective on passage ] September 1, 2021 .
Waives fees for obtaining medical marijuana card for veterans who have total disability rating of at least 50 percent as result of injury or illness incurred or aggravated during active military service, and who received discharge or release under other than dishonorable conditions.
Provides that common law employees are employees for purposes of Public Employees Retirement System. Declares emergency, effective on passage.
Moves program that funds pilot projects in architecture, construction trades and engineering for high school juniors and seniors from Office of Community Colleges and Workforce Development to Higher Education Coordinating Commission. Replaces Oregon Volunteers Commission for Voluntary Action and Service with OregonServes Commission. Designates OregonServes Commission as AmeriCorps service commission for Oregon. Establishes purposes and composition of OregonServes Commission. Replaces references to Corporation for National and Community Service with AmeriCorps. Enhances actions that may be taken by program director of Oregon Youth Corps. Changes from December 1 to January 1 annual date by which Higher Education Coordinating Commission must submit report on Oregon National Career Readiness Certification Program. Repeals Oregon Volunteer and Community Service Act. Prohibits community college from awarding certificates or associate degrees relating to emergency medical services unless college program leading to degree meets standards for accreditation established by Higher Education Coordinating Commission. Repeals statutes relating to screening of volunteers by Oregon Volunteers Commission for Voluntary Action and Service.
Provides that Public Employees Retirement Board may charge participating public employer accrued earnings for late payment of employee and employer contributions to individual account program. Declares emergency, effective on passage.
Authorizes Public Utility Commission to set by rule certain civil penalty amounts, not to exceed civil penalties set by applicable federal law.
Clarifies procurement authority of Department of Public Safety Standards and Training. Declares emergency, effective on passage.
Removes prohibition on payment of unemployment insurance benefits to nonprofessional employees of educational institution providing school food services , or services as employee of federal Head Start program ] early intervention services or prekindergarten services for weeks of unemployment commencing during period between two successive academic years or terms. Declares emergency, effective on passage ] September 1, 2021 .
