Requires city or county to review and decide on applications for certain housing developments containing affordable housing units within 100 days. Establishes standards of review for city or county decision on application for certain housing developments located within urban growth boundary. Directs Department of Land Conservation and Development to study housing development in cities. Amends definition of "needed housing." Prohibits local government from adopting standards regulating development of housing that discourage needed housing through designation of primarily residential neighborhood as national historic district or that reduce density of application if density applied for is below authorized density for zone. Prohibits city or county from prohibiting building duplex or accessory dwelling unit in area zoned for single-family dwellings located within urban growth boundary. Requires city and county to allow nonresidential place of worship to use real property for affordable housing. Declares emergency, effective on passage.
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Revives tax credit for loss of limb function.
Requires Oregon Volunteers Commission for Voluntary Action and Service to maintain volunteer staff of court appointed special advocates sufficient to meet statutory requirement to appoint court appointed special advocate in every juvenile dependency proceeding. Requires commission to meet National CASA Association standards for number of court appointed special advocates and cases that are supervised at any one time by supervisors in CASA Volunteer Programs. Appropriates moneys to commission for purpose of maintaining volunteer staff and supervisory levels. Declares emergency, effective July 1, 2017.
Appropriates moneys from General Fund to Department of Human Services to administer general assistance project. Declares emergency, effective July 1, 2017.
Directs Department of Human Services to develop and implement two pilot programs in rural and urban areas of state by contracting with independent nongovernmental entities to assess suitability of foster homes for certification. Provides that department remains responsible for certification of foster homes and foster care payments. Requires measurement of performance outcomes upon which payments to independent nongovernmental entity are based. Requires department to report to Legislative Assembly regarding status of pilot programs on or before September 15 of 2018 and 2020. Sunsets pilot programs on January 2, 2023. Declares emergency, effective on passage.
Specifies decreased vehicle registration fee for truck tractor used exclusively to tow travel trailer for personal use.
Requires court to impose mandatory minimum sentence of imprisonment if person is convicted of crime of fleeing or attempting to elude police officer under certain circumstances.
Modifies procedures of Commission on Judicial Fitness and Disability.
Requires only persons under 21 years of age to wear motorcycle helmet while riding on or operating motorcycle or moped. Declares emergency, effective on passage.
Establishes University Research Fighting Fund to provide state moneys to public universities or Oregon Health and Science University when universities seek federal research grants. Requires Higher Education Coordinating Commission to administer fund and establish process to determine which universities that request moneys should be awarded moneys from fund. Establishes criteria commission must use in awarding moneys from fund. Requires that no later than January 15 of each even-numbered year, Legislative Fiscal Officer shall report to Joint Interim Committee on Ways and Means on ending balance remaining following transfer of General Fund moneys to Oregon Rainy Day Fund. Requires that during each regular session held during even-numbered year, Legislative Assembly shall consider report and determine whether to transfer General Fund moneys to ensure University Research Fighting Fund has balance of $20,000,000. Establishes lower target for University Research Fighting Fund balance through biennium ending on June 30, 2023.