Specifies conditions for requiring, issuing and maintaining in effect surety bond or irrevocable letter of credit for person that creates, attaches, asserts or claims lien in connection with making, altering, repairing, transporting, storing, performing services, supplying materials or performing labor in connection with motor vehicle. Specifies persons that are exempt from requirement to maintain surety bond or irrevocable letter of credit. Becomes operative on July 1, 2020 ] 2021 . Declares emergency, effective on passage.
Requires Director of Department of Consumer and Business Services to amend state building code to create electric vehicle charging infrastructure requirements for ] require that new construction of certain buildings include provisions for electrical service capacity for specified percentage of parking spaces . Allows municipality to adopt local electric vehicle charging infrastructure requirements exceeding ] percentage of parking space requirements higher than state building code requirements. Establishes goal of having 25 percent of vehicles owned or leased by state be zero-emission vehicles. ] Requires director to make code amendments effective July 1, 2021.
Imposes tsunami design standards for certain buildings and other structures. Allows local government to impose vertical evacuation standards for new or existing buildings and other structures as part of local tsunami evacuation plan. Requires that sites for new structures be evaluated for vulnerability to seismic geologic hazards if structures are essential facilities, hazardous facilities, major structures or special occupancy structures or are designated as having specified tsunami risk for design. Requires developer of building owned by public body and designated as having specified tsunami risk for design to obtain determination and suggestions from State Department of Geology and Mineral Industries. Requires department to report annually regarding requests, determinations and suggestions. Makes tsunami design standards, site review requirement and department determination and suggestion requirement applicable to buildings receiving initial building permit on or after July 1, 2021.
Updates connection date to federal Internal Revenue Code and other provisions of federal tax law. Expands types of expenses, in conformity with federal law, for which use of withdrawal from higher education savings network account is qualified withdrawal for purpose of tax-advantaged treatment. Conforms age limits, applicable to retirement and to commencing payment of benefits, to federal law, for purposes of Public Employees Retirement System. Applies to transactions or activities occurring on or after January 1, 2020, in tax years beginning on or after January 1, 2020. Takes effect on 91st day following adjournment sine die.
Provides that, for purposes of Oregon Public Service Retirement Plan, salary includes housing allowance paid to prison chaplain.
Exempts dog training facilities from state structural specialty codes. Provides that lawful units of land whose property lines are relocated by certain judgments remain lawful units. Prohibits requiring additional validating procedures or denying permits because of judicial boundary changes. Requires State Department of Energy to, no later than September 15, 2020, provide report to Legislative Assembly on disposal of radioactive waste in Oregon. Modifies definition of radioactive waste for purposes of regulation by State Department of Energy. Requires Energy Facility Siting Council to adopt standards and rules necessary to prevent disposal of radioactive waste in Oregon. Provides Director of State Department of Energy and Energy Facility Siting Council additional authority for administration and enforcement of laws related to disposal of radioactive waste. Authorizes county to allow owner of lot or parcel within rural residential zone to construct one accessory dwelling unit on lot or parcel, subject to certain restrictions. Specifies that single-family dwelling and accessory dwelling on same lot or parcel are considered single unit for purposes of calculating exemptions from ground water rights requirements. Declares emergency, effective on passage.
Reduces number of electors who must be registered as member of minor political party in order for minor political party to retain political party status from one-half of one percent to one-third ] one-quarter of one percent of total number of registered electors in state.
Authorizes Housing and Community Services Department to provide grants and technical assistance to organizations assisting tenants in eviction proceedings. ] Requires department to report to interim committee of Legislative Assembly on expenditures and services before September 15 of each year. ] Amends calculation of maximum amount payable by Housing and Community Services Department to landlords from Rent Guarantee Program Fund from per-landlord basis to per-tenant basis.
Makes corrections to and updates tax statutes. Requires averaging of household incomes of property occupants in determination of household income for property tax exemption, in conformity with federal provisions. Applies to housing for which application is filed on or after effective date of Act. ] Allows governing body of local government to elect definition of "low income" from expanded definition for purposes of certain rental property tax exemptions. Clarifies that property tax exemption for environmentally sensitive logging equipment applies to logging equipment actually used or held for use. Allows city to extend for 24 months deadline for completion of construction of single-unit housing eligible for property tax exemption. Extends sunset for homestead property tax deferral program. Aligns provision for calculating interest paid by Department of Revenue if refund is owed with similar interest provisions. Applies to tax refunds owing as of January 1, 2018. Allows tax credit for contribution to Oregon Production Investment Fund or for contribution to Opportunity Grant Fund for tax year immediately preceding current tax year , if return not yet filed for preceding tax year . Applies to tax years beginning on or after January 1, 2020 ] 2019 , and before January 1, 2024. Advances sunset and deadline for contributions for tax credit for donation to fiduciary organization for distribution to individual development accounts. Provides that infrastructure for which tax credit for short line railroad rehabilitation is allowed may be leased. Establishes $700,000 per-taxpayer limit on tax credit in single tax year. Modifies prioritization process if preliminary certifications exceed total amount available for credit. Changes biennial cap on amount available for credit to annual cap. Applies to tax years beginning on or after January 1, 2020, and before January 1, 2026. Requires biennial review of special use fuel license fees by Department of Transportation and Oregon Transportation Commission. Allows Department of Revenue to disclose information about vehicle privilege tax to Department of Transportation. Takes effect on 91st day following adjournment sine die.
Prescribes grace periods for payment of premiums on certain types of health insurance. Requires notice for nonpayment of premiums to be mailed specified number of days prior to end of grace period. Authorizes Department of Consumer and Business Services to prescribe by rule content of notices sent for nonpayment of premiums. Takes effect on 91st day following adjournment sine die.
Requires Department of Land Conservation and Development to approve City of Bend's expansion of urban growth boundary, and allows department to approve other land use regulations for city on specified lands, if owner of land possesses development opportunity transferred from Metolius resort site owner and city meets other conditions. Sunsets provisions on January 2, 2027 ] 2030 . Sunsets, on July 1, 2020, laws allowing Metolius resort site owners to use development opportunity to develop small-scale recreation communities. Declares emergency, effective on passage.
Authorizes Public Utility Commission to consider differential energy burden and other inequities of affordability in rates. Authorizes public utilities to enter into agreements to provide financial assistance for organizations to represent in regulatory proceedings before commission interests of low-income residential customers and residential customers that are members of environmental justice communities. Directs commission to establish public process for investigating ways to address and mitigate, through nonbypassable means, differential energy burdens on classes of public utility customers and other inequities of affordability and environmental justice. Requires commission to incorporate findings into commission's 2021 report to Environmental Justice Task Force and Governor. Sunsets public process January 2, 2022.
