Imposes additional tax on qualified dividend income treated as net capital gain and taxed at lower rate on personal income taxpayer's federal return. Applies to tax years beginning on or after January 1, 2018. Takes effect on 91st day following adjournment sine die.
Authorizes governing body of local government or special government body to notify Governor when local government or special government body is insolvent. Authorizes Governor in certain circumstances to take certain actions to help resolve state of fiscal emergency in insolvent local government or special government body. Authorizes Governor to establish Fiscal Emergency Oversight Board for local government or special government body in state of fiscal emergency. Authorizes board, on behalf of local government or special government body in state of fiscal emergency, to file petition and seek all relief available to municipality under federal bankruptcy law. Provides circumstances in which Governor may terminate board's oversight of local government or special government body. Takes effect on 91st day following adjournment sine die.
Limits certain attorney fee awards to employee who prevails on claim against employer in wage and hour and employment cases.
Directs Department of Revenue to disclose corporate excise and income tax returns to chairpersons and vice chairpersons of legislative committees related to revenue. Takes effect on 91st day following adjournment sine die.
Establishes Task Force on State Medical Assistance Funding. Specifies membership. Requires task force to investigate sources of funding for medical assistance, including potential changes to existing funding, and submit report to interim committees of Legislative Assembly related to health by September 15, 2018. Sunsets December 31, 2018. Takes effect on 91st day following adjournment sine die.
Directs Legislative Administrator to use National Statuary Hall Replacement Fund moneys to commission statues of Abigail Scott Duniway and Mark Odom Hatfield to be placed on display in National Statuary Hall in United States Capitol. Directs administrator to request Architect of Capitol to seek approval of Joint Committee on Library of Congress for replacement of statues of John McLoughlin and Jason Lee with Duniway and Hatfield statues. Directs administrator to place McLoughlin and Lee statues in places of honor in Oregon State Capitol. Directs administrator to use National Statuary Hall Replacement Fund to commission statue of Chief Joseph. Directs administrator to seek cooperation of State of Idaho for Idaho to obtain approval from Joint Committee on Library of Congress for Chief Joseph statue to represent Idaho in National Statuary Hall. Requires, if Idaho does not obtain approval for display of Chief Joseph statue in National Statuary Hall, Chief Joseph statue to be installed in place of honor in Oregon State Capitol. Requires, 10 years after Hatfield statue has been on display in National Statuary Hall, administrator to apply to Architect of Capitol for approval of display of Chief Joseph in National Statuary Hall and return of Hatfield statue to place of honor in Oregon State Capitol building. Establishes National Statuary Hall Replacement Fund. Requires gifts, grants and donations received to fund National Statuary Hall replacement project to be deposited in fund. Declares emergency, effective on passage.
Requires financial institutions to participate in data match system established by Department of Revenue to identify assets held at financial institutions by delinquent debtors. Creates crime of misuse by state employee of information shared pursuant to data match system. Punishes by maximum of five years' imprisonment, $125,000 fine, or both. Declares emergency, effective on passage.
Directs Department of Justice to conduct study on availability of appellate review of judgments denying post-conviction relief and to present report on findings to interim committees of Legislative Assembly related to judiciary on or before September 15, 2018. Sunsets January 2, 2019.
Extends sunset for property tax exemption for alternative energy systems. Takes effect on 91st day following adjournment sine die.
Requires Department of Transportation to study improving this state's transportation system. Sunsets January 2, 2020.
Establishes procedure for negotiation of urban service agreement between city with population greater than 5,000 and certain districts.
Changes certain requirement for meeting definition of "farm use" from disjunctive "feeding, breeding, managing or selling livestock, poultry, fur-bearing animals or honeybees or the produce thereof" to conjunctive "feeding, breeding, managing and selling livestock, poultry, fur-bearing animals or honeybees or the produce thereof." Takes effect on 91st day following adjournment sine die.
