Requires owners or operators of undersea cables to obtain financial assurances for installation and removal of cable and create plan for removal of cable. Directs Department of Land Conservation and Development to review part of Territorial Sea Plan that addresses placement of cables, pipelines and other utilities in territorial sea and provide results to Ocean Policy Advisory Council. Directs Ocean Policy Advisory Council to propose ] develop recommendations for amendments to Territorial Sea Plan regarding placement of undersea cables within territorial sea. Takes effect on 91st day following adjournment sine die.
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Directs Oregon Homeland Security Council to develop updated list of equipment for purposes of emergency preparedness equipment grant program. Directs council to prioritize preparedness equipment necessary for urban search and rescue teams. Directs Office of Emergency Management to prioritize grant requests from certain applicants for urban search and rescue purposes. Authorizes issuance of general obligation bonds under Article XI-Q of Oregon Constitution for grant program. Limits amount of bond proceeds that may be expended for urban search and rescue preparedness equipment. ] Takes effect on 91st day following adjournment sine die.
Establishes Healthy Homes Program within the Oregon Health Authority to provide grants to entities to provide financial assistance to low income households and landlords. Establishes Healthy Homes Repair Fund. Establishes Interagency Task Force on Healthy Homes. Takes effect on 91st day following adjournment sine die.
Authorizes tax collector in county covered by state of emergency declared by Governor due to fire or act of God, or authority of Governor under Emergency Conflagration Act, who knows or has reason to believe property has been destroyed or damaged by fire or act of God to prorate taxes imposed on property. Combines provisions for proration of taxes for property destroyed and property damaged by fire or act of God. Provides new computation for proration of taxes for property other than specially assessed property. Applies to property tax years beginning on or after July 1, 2020. Takes effect on 91st day following adjournment sine die.
Permits Office of Emergency Management to enter into agreement with nonprofit organization representing sheriffs under which organization is authorized to administer program to produce and sell outdoor recreation search and rescue cards. Establishes requirements for agreement. Provides that organization may use revenues from program only to reimburse administrative costs and expenses, to reimburse county sheriffs' offices for certain costs relating to search and rescue and to issue grants for search and rescue purposes. Takes effect on 91st day following adjournment sine die.
Requires coordinated care organizations to report specified information to ] Oregon Health Authority to compile and annually post to website report on information reported to authority by coordinated care organizations regarding requests for prior authorization. Requires insurers offering health benefit plans to report specified information to Department of Consumer and Business Services regarding requests for prior authorization. Creates new requirements and modifies existing requirements applicable to utilization review by insurers offering health benefit plans and health benefit plans offered by Public Employees' Benefit Board and Oregon Educators Benefit Board. Creates new requirements applicable to step therapy requirements imposed by entities providing health insurance, medical services contracts or health care service contracts, multiple employer welfare arrangements and pharmacy benefit managers.
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 major structures or are designated as having specified tsunami risk for design. Requires developer of building designated as having specified tsunami risk for design to request determination, scientific evidence and recommendations from State Department of Geology and Mineral Industries. Requires department to report annually regarding requests, determinations and suggestions.
Requires every public education provider to provide both tampons and sanitary pads at no cost to students. Phases in requirement. Provides funding for costs incurred by public education provider. Declares emergency, effective July 1, 2021.
Allows certain holders of temporary event licenses to sell specified alcoholic beverages for on and off-premises consumption at more than one location on licensed premises or have up to three premises licensed under single temporary sales license and operate for up to 30 days . Applies to temporary sales licenses issued on or after January 1, 2021. Takes effect on 91st day following adjournment sine die. ] Declares emergency, effective on passage.
Requires insurer that provides coverage for full replacement costs of damaged or destroyed property to allow insured not less than 12 months within which to repair, rebuild or replace damaged or lost property or, if damage or loss to property occurred in location subject to declaration of emergency and damage or loss is directly related to emergency , not less than 24 months. Requires insurer to provide insured with additional living expenses for period of 24 months after date of damage to or loss of insured's primary dwelling if damage or loss occurred in location subject to declaration of emergency and damage or loss is directly related to emergency . Requires insurer to add time to allowable period for repairing, rebuilding or replacing damaged or lost property and for providing additional living expenses in increments of six months for total period of not more than 24 months for repairing, rebuilding or replacing damaged or lost property, or not more than 36 months if property was located in location that was subject to declaration of state of emergency, and not more than 36 months of additional living expenses. Requires policy of property insurance or casualty insurance that covers insured's dwelling to permit insured to combine payments up to policy limits for claims of damage to or loss of insured's primary dwelling and other structures and for any covered expenses necessary to rebuild or replace damaged or lost dwelling or other structure if policy limits are insufficient. ] Provides that policy of homeowner insurance must require insurer to combine coverage limits that apply to claims for loss of insured's primary dwelling and claims for loss of other covered structures if loss occurs in location that was subject to declaration of emergency, loss is directly related to emergency and coverage limit that applies to insured's primary dwelling is insufficient to pay for rebuilding or replacing primary dwelling. Caps amount that insurer must pay under combined coverage limits. Requires insurer to provide insured with opportunity to obtain estimate of cost to repair, rebuild or replace damaged or lost property every other year at time insurer offers to renew insurance policy if insured provides information necessary for estimate. Prohibits policy of property insurance or casualty insurance from limiting or denying payment of replacement cost or building code upgrade cost for damaged or lost property on basis that insured has decided to rebuild or purchase existing structure in new location. Declares emergency, effective on passage.