Rep. Marty Wilde

Requires Department of Revenue to submit to Legislative Revenue Officer information from Oregon tax returns about certain corporations doing business in Oregon. Requires Legislative Revenue Officer to make information available in public report. Specifies information that must be included in report. Requires initial submission by department of information not later than December 1, 2021, for 2019 tax year. Takes effect on 91st day following adjournment sine die.

Establishes state policy that career and technical education is provided through seamless system that begins at secondary school level and progresses to post-secondary career and technical education institutions, community colleges and apprenticeship programs. Directs Department of Education, Higher Education Coordinating Commission and Teacher Standards and Practices Commission to advance policy. Directs Department of Education, Higher Education Coordinating Commission and Teacher Standards and Practices Commission to regularly examine current system of career and technical education and to annually report to interim committees of Legislative Assembly related to education.

Provides that stated percentage of revenue from state transient lodging tax be transferred to Oregon Conservation and Recreation Fund. Repeals sunset of Oregon Conservation and Recreation Fund. Takes effect on 91st day following adjournment sine die.

Directs Higher Education Coordinating Commission to study funding mechanisms to support research and innovation missions of public universities. Requires commission to report findings to interim committees of Legislative Assembly related to higher education on or before September 15, 2022. Sunsets January 2, 2023. Takes effect on 91st day following adjournment sine die.

Removes general prohibition on limiting times, places or amounts of taking of predatory animals.

Establishes requirements for product stewardship program for solar photovoltaic energy systems. Establishes Solar Photovoltaic Energy System Stewardship Fund. Becomes operative January 1, 2023. Imposes penalty for violation by manufacturer or stewardship organization of program provisions not to exceed $10,000 per day for each day of violation. Takes effect on 91st day following adjournment sine die.

Raises limitation on damages for torts of local public bodies to amount of limitation on damages for torts of state. Declares emergency, effective on passage.

Modifies zero-emission and electric vehicle rebate programs to allow rebate for purchase or lease of electric farm tractor or repowering of farm tractor. Applies to electric farm tractors purchased or leased and farm tractor repower costs incurred on or after January 1, 2022. Takes effect on 91st day following adjournment sine die.

Directs Office of Emergency Management to study and make recommendations regarding workforce levels necessary to respond to emergencies. Directs office to submit report on findings by December 1, 2021. Directs Office of Emergency Management to study and make recommendations regarding strategies to meet recommended workforce levels. Directs office to submit report on findings by September 1, 2022. Declares emergency, effective on passage.

Limits amount public body may charge for public employee time for responding to public records request. Prohibits district attorney from reviewing petitions from persons seeking public records of county or other public body, if county or other public body provides financial support to district attorney or office of district attorney. Directs, in cases where district attorney is prohibited from reviewing petitions seeking disclosures of public record, Attorney General to issue opinion regarding subject of petition. Authorizes persons seeking disclosure of public records to request binding arbitration in lieu of instituting proceedings for injunctive or declaratory relief in court. Directs Public Records Advocate to appoint arbitrator. Requires advocate to develop and maintain list of interested and qualified persons to conduct arbitrations. Authorizes advocate to adopt rules establishing arbitrator qualifications and arbitration procedural requirements. Provides that limits on fees, restrictions on certain district attorney reviews of petitions, and option to choose binding arbitration become operative January 1, 2022. Takes effect on 91st day following adjournment sine die.