Oregon Bills

signed · Oregon · Senate Apr 17, 2018

SB 5703: Relating to state financial administration; and declaring an emergency.

Modifies amount of allocation ] amounts allocated from Administrative Services Economic Development Fund for payment of lottery bond debt service obligations ] to state agencies . Increases amounts allocated from Veterans' Services Fund. Increases amounts allocated from Criminal Fine Account. Authorizes additional uses for moneys allocated from Oregon Marijuana Account. Declares emergency, effective on passage.

signed · Oregon · Senate Apr 17, 2018

SB 1541: Relating to toxic air contaminants; and declaring an emergency.

Authorizes Environmental Quality Commission to adopt program and rules to reduce public health risks from emissions of toxic air contaminants from individual stationary industrial and commercial air contamination sources. Authorizes commission to establish by rule pilot program for evaluating and controlling public health risks from toxic air contaminant emissions from multiple stationary air contamination sources. Allows Department of Environmental Quality, pursuant to rules adopted by commission, to regulate individual existing air contamination source under program or pilot program based on adjusted benchmark for excess noncancer risk. Sunsets January 1, 2029. Authorizes commission to establish fee applicable to certain air contamination sources to cover direct and indirect costs of developing and implementing individual air contamination source program and rules or pilot program . Provides that fees first become due and payable no earlier than July 1, 2019. Places temporary limits on fee increases. Sunsets temporary limits on January 2, 2024. Requires certain air contamination sources to pay to department one-time supplemental fee to pay expenses of department and commission in developing and implementing individual air contamination source program or pilot program. Sets forth supplemental fee to be paid based on permit type applicable to source. Limits certain biennial expenditures. Declares emergency, effective on passage.

signed · Oregon · Senate Apr 17, 2018

SB 1528: Relating to taxation; and prescribing an effective date.

Creates tax credit for contributions to Opportunity Grant Fund. Directs Department of Revenue, in cooperation with Higher Education Coordinating Commission, to conduct auction of tax credits. Establishes Opportunity Grant Fund. Directs commission to use moneys in fund for Oregon Opportunity Grant program. Limits amount of credits per fiscal year. Applies to tax years beginning on or after January 1, 2018, and before January 1, 2024. Requires, for Oregon income tax purposes, addition to federal taxable income of amount of federal deduction for qualified business income from pass-through entity. Applies to tax years beginning on or after January 1, 2018. Expands availability of elective reduced tax rate for certain pass-through income to taxpayer doing business as sole proprietor. Disallows qualification for elective reduced rate using hours performed by employees performing in certain industry sectors. Limits amount of income for which reduced rate may be elected. Applies to tax years beginning on or after January 1, 2018. ] Increases amount of personal exemption tax credit. Applies to tax years beginning on or after January 1, 2018, and before January 1, 2026. ] Takes effect on 91st day following adjournment sine die.

signed · Oregon · Senate Apr 17, 2018

SB 1533: Relating to the siting of facilities that incorporate nonclinical treatment settings.

Allows facility providing equine and equine-affiliated therapy or counseling that incorporates activities utilizing nonclinical setting ] to be established in area zoned for exclusive farm use if certain conditions are met.

signed · Oregon · Senate Apr 17, 2018

SB 1547: Relating to concussions sustained by youth athletes; and declaring an emergency.

Expands list of health care professionals who can provide medical release to youth athlete who is suspected of having concussion. Prescribes requirements for health care professionals to be qualified to provide medical release. Declares emergency, effective on passage.

signed · Oregon · Senate Apr 17, 2018

SB 1529: Relating to connection to federal tax law; and prescribing an effective date.

Updates connection date to federal Internal Revenue Code and other provisions of federal tax law. Requires, for Oregon income tax purposes, addition to federal taxable income federal dividend received deduction for repatriated income, deemed or otherwise. Applies to tax years beginning on or after January 1, 2017. Establishes Employer Incentive Fund for purpose of incentivizing participating public employers to make lump sum prepayments of employer contributions to Public Employees Retirement System. Establishes School Districts Unfunded Liability Fund for purpose of applying moneys against liabilities of participating public employers in system that are school districts. Directs Department of Revenue to estimate amount of increased corporate tax revenue attributable to treatment of post-1986 deferred foreign income and transfer equal amount to Oregon Rainy Day Fund, ] distribute entire estimated amount to Employer Incentive Fund and to School Districts Unfunded Liability Fund, on or before July 1, 2021. Creates credit against corporate taxes in amount of lesser of Oregon tax attributable to treatment of post-1986 deferred foreign income or Oregon tax attributable to requirement, applicable to previous tax years, to add income of member of unitary group incorporated in off-shore jurisdiction. Applies to tax years beginning on or after January 1, 2017, and before January 1, 2018. Repeals provisions requiring addition of income of member of unitary group incorporated in off-shore jurisdiction. Directs Department of Revenue to report to committee of Legislative Assembly on relative efficacy of Oregon law requiring inclusion for corporate tax purposes income of corporation incorporated in off-shore jurisdictions, in comparison to federal law provision requiring shareholders of controlled foreign corporations to include global intangible low-taxed income in gross income. Takes effect on 91st day following adjournment sine die.

signed · Oregon · Senate Apr 17, 2018

SB 5701: Relating to state financial administration; and declaring an emergency.

Increases limit for six-year period beginning July 1, 2017, on payment of expenses from fees, moneys or other revenues, including Miscellaneous Receipts, but excluding lottery funds and federal funds, collected or received by Department of Corrections ] various state agencies for capital construction. Limits, for six-year period beginning July 1, 2017, expenditures from federal funds collected or received by Oregon Military Department ] various state agencies for capital construction. Increases limit for six-year period beginning July 1, 2017, on payment of expenses from fees, moneys or other revenues, including Miscellaneous Receipts and certain federal funds, but excluding lottery funds and other federal funds, collected or received by Higher Education Coordinating Commission for expenditures of bond proceeds for benefit of public universities. Increases limits for six-year period beginning July 1, 2015, on payment of expenses from fees, moneys or other revenues, including Miscellaneous Receipts, but excluding lottery funds and federal funds, collected or received by Oregon Military Department and Oregon Department of Aviation for capital construction. Increases limits, for six-year period beginning July 1, 2015, on expenditures from federal funds collected or received by Oregon Department of Aviation for capital construction. Declares emergency, effective on passage.

signed · Oregon · Senate Apr 17, 2018

SB 1517: Relating to veterans.

Authorizes State Department of Fish and Wildlife to annually issue limited number of big game hunting tags without charge to nonprofit organizations for use by veterans qualifying as disabled veterans.

signed · Oregon · Senate Apr 17, 2018

SB 1544: Relating to marijuana; and prescribing an effective date.

Allows local government to disclose payment distribution amounts made pursuant to agreement to collect taxes imposed on sale of marijuana items. Enables person responsible for marijuana grow site, registry identification cardholder or designated primary caregiver to obtain immature marijuana plants from recreational marijuana producers. Exempts certain processing of marijuana for medical purposes from testing requirements. Clarifies information that application for marijuana grow site registration must include. Limits number of immature marijuana plants that are less than 24 inches in height allowed at marijuana grow sites to number established by Oregon Health Authority by rule. Exempts certain medical marijuana grow sites from tracking requirements. Changes reporting date for Oregon Cannabis Commission. Allows certain marijuana establishments to be located within 1,000 feet of school. Requires industrial hemp item sold by marijuana retailer to carry label identifying whether product is derived from hemp or marijuana. Prohibits anyone other than marijuana retailer from selling marijuana item to consumer. Establishes Illegal Marijuana Market Enforcement Grant Program to assist local governments with costs incurred by local law enforcement agencies in addressing unlawful marijuana cultivation or distribution operations. Sunsets program on January 2, 2024. Takes effect on 91st day following adjournment sine die.

signed · Oregon · Senate Apr 17, 2018

SB 1563: Relating to state benefits for undocumented individuals; and declaring an emergency.

Removes requirement that students who are not citizens or lawful permanent residents apply for official federal identification document to be eligible for exemption from paying nonresident tuition at public universities. Permits public universities, Oregon Health and Science University and community colleges ] Higher Education Coordinating Commission to provide scholarships and other financial aid to students who are not citizens or lawful permanent residents. Permits Oregon Health and Science University and community colleges ] to exempt from paying nonresident tuition students who are not citizens or lawful permanent residents. Declares emergency, effective on passage.

signed · Oregon · House Apr 11, 2018

HB 4130: Relating to student transportation; and prescribing an effective date.

Establishes grant program under which Department of Education awards grants to school districts for percentage of certain student transportation costs for which school district does not receive any amount in distributions from State School Fund or any amount related to transit activities . Takes effect July 1, 2018.

signed · Oregon · House Apr 11, 2018

HB 4143: Relating to drugs; and declaring an emergency.

Requires Director of Department of Consumer and Business Services to study barriers to medication assisted ] effective treatment for and recovery from substance use disorders, including addictions to opioids and opiates, and to report and make recommendations to Legislative Assembly not later than June 30, 2018. Sunsets January 2, 2019. Directs Oregon Health Authority to implement pilot project to place peer recovery support mentors in emergency departments to support ] determine effectiveness of establishing immediate access to appropriate evidence-based treatments for persons who suffer from ] opioid and opiate overdoses. Requires authority to report on pilot project to interim committee of Legislative Assembly not later than December 31 of each year. Sunsets January 2, 2021. Requires practitioners to register with prescription monitoring program not later than July 1, 2018. Declares emergency, effective on passage.

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