Rep. David Gomberg

Requires Oregon Health Authority to ensure that communities in this state have access to safe drinking water. ] Directs authority ] Oregon Watershed Enhancement Board to establish grant program to provide grants to water suppliers to protect, restore or enhance sources of drinking water. Requires board to submit report on performance of grant program to interim committees of Legislative Assembly related to water no later than April 1 of each even-numbered year. Establishes Community Drinking Water Enhancement and Protection Fund. Takes effect on 91st day following adjournment sine die.

Allows counties to not consider vacation occupancies as nonconforming uses. Prohibits review of business regulations or licenses as land use regulations. .

Requires Oregon Racing Commission to investigate reports of Multi-Jurisdictional Simulcasting and Interactive Wagering Totalizator Hub licensees that, in violation of statute, permit greyhound wagering accounts to be opened by individuals in jurisdictions where greyhound racing is unlawful. Requires commission to suspend license of violators until licensee implements appropriate controls. ] Prohibits licensees from accepting wagers on greyhound races that took place or are taking place outside United States. ] Prohibits wagering on greyhound races. Provides that prohibition does not prohibit Multi-Jurisdictional Simulcasting and Interactive Wagering Totalizator Hub licensees from accepting or facilitating mutuel wagers on greyhound races from persons outside state. Prohibits licensees from accepting or facilitating mutuel wagers on greyhound races held at race courses in Mexico. Prohibits licensees from accepting or facilitating mutuel wagers on greyhound racing after July 1, 2029. Modifies information required in annual report by Oregon Racing Commission to Legislative Assembly. Modifies laws to remove references relating to live greyhound racing in this state.

Appropriates moneys to Higher Education Coordinating Commission, for allocation to Oregon State University through Oregon Veterinary Diagnostic Laboratory, for specified purposes related to zoonotic disease. Declares emergency, effective on passage.

Prohibits Department of Environmental Quality from imposing effluent limitations or other requirements in seafood processing wastewater permit that are more stringent than requirements established under federal law or that would result in substantial and widespread economic and social impacts on coastal communities. Takes effect on 91st day following adjournment sine die.

Creates crime of aggravated animal neglect in the first degree. Punishes by maximum of five years' imprisonment, $125,000 fine, or both. ] Creates crime of interfering with an investigation into an offense against an animal. Punishes by maximum 364 days' imprisonment, $6,250 fine, or both. Establishes certain changes related to crime of animal abuse in the first degree. Establishes certain changes related to crime of aggravated animal abuse in the first degree. Establishes certain changes related to crime of animal neglect in the first degree. Prohibits person convicted of violating certain animal cruelty statutes from owning, exerting control over or residing on same property as ] possessing or residing with animal of same genus against which crime was committed or domestic animal for certain period of time. Allows person subject to prohibition to request changes to prohibition under certain circumstances. Requires court to impose fine of $100 for each animal on person convicted of certain offenses against animal. Provides that moneys paid as fines must be deposited in Criminal Fine Account for allocation to Proper Animal Husbandry Fund. Requires Department of State Police ] Oregon State University Extension Service to establish program for awarding grants to organizations that teach proper animal husbandry and animal care to youths. Establishes Proper Animal Husbandry Fund, separate and distinct from General Fund. Appropriates moneys in Proper Animal Husbandry Fund to department ] Higher Education Coordinating Commission for distribution to extension service for purposes of grant program.

Appropriates moneys to Oregon Business Development Department for distribution for purposes related to outdoor recreation economy. Allocates moneys to department for purpose of awarding matching grants to membership organizations and business accelerators in outdoor gear and apparel industry. Declares emergency, effective on passage.

Directs Oregon Business Development Department to develop and implement program to award grants for improving emergency fuel or water storage capacity of essential facilities located in tsunami inundation zones.

Increases penalties for assault committed against parks and recreation employees. Punishes by maximum of five years' imprisonment, $125,000 fine, or both.

Establishes program within Higher Education Coordinating Commission for supporting strategic investments in maritime workforce development programs and activities.