Establishes Veterans' Services Fund pursuant to constitutional amendment approved in Ballot Measure 96 (2016). Declares emergency, effective on passage.
Requires Higher Education Coordinating Commission to develop plan for enabling community colleges to offer associate's degree completed in coordination with credits earned in apprenticeship or training program. Requires commission to submit report detailing plan by December 1, 2018. Sunsets January 2, 2019. Declares emergency, effective on passage.
Requires Oregon Department of Administrative Services to provide notice and opportunity for comment for statewide human resource policy and to submit policy to Legislative Counsel for review.
Establishes refundable tax credit against income or corporate excise taxes for employers in specified industrial sectors for wages paid to employees at or below specified rate. Modifies amount of credit based on year in which wages are paid. Disallows credit if employer is penalized for failing to comply with Oregon occupational safety and health laws and rules. Prohibits employer from receiving credit if employer has reduced wages with intention to qualify for credit. Limits total amount of credit that may be claimed per fiscal year. Applies to tax years beginning on or after January 1, 2017, and before January 1, 2027. Takes effect on 91st day following adjournment sine die.
Directs Department of Veterans' Affairs to develop and implement one or more pilot programs statewide to provide training, job placement services, financial assistance, technical support and business creation assistance to veterans in construction and construction materials industries. Permits moneys in Veterans' Services Fund established pursuant to constitutional provision to develop, implement and maintain pilot programs. Requires report to Legislative Assembly regarding status of pilot programs by September 15, 2018. Sunsets pilot programs on December 31, 2019. Declares emergency, effective July 1, 2017.
Directs Department of Veterans' Affairs to develop program under which department, pursuant to contract with financial institution, provides loan guarantees or credit guarantees for qualified veterans for purpose of refinancing existing purchase-money mortgages or similar mortgages of homes used primarily as principal residence by veterans. Prohibits department from paying amounts due under loan or credit guarantee agreement from any source other than available funds in Veterans Refinancing and Reintegration Services Fund. Provides that amounts due and payable under agreement do not constitute debt, or lending of credit, of state. Authorizes financial institution to exercise rights against security if there are insufficient available funds to pay amounts due under loan or credit guarantee agreement. Establishes Veterans Refinancing and Reintegration Services Fund. Continuously appropriates moneys in fund to department. Directs Oregon Department of Administrative Services to include in Governor's budget for each fiscal period amounts sufficient to permit payment of amounts due on unpaid loan and credit guarantees for that fiscal period.
Increases, for purposes of tax credit allowed for crop donation, percentage of wholesale price allowed as amount of credit. Applies to tax years beginning on or after January 1, 2017, and before January 1, 2020. Takes effect on 91st day following adjournment sine die.
Permits individual to create family medical leave savings account with financial institution to pay or reimburse qualified beneficiary's wage loss during family medical leave of absence from work. Allows employer or other person to contribute to account. Allows subtraction from account holder's federal taxable income for amounts contributed to family medical leave savings account during each tax year. Exempts from taxation amount of interest and other income earned on account. Allows tax credit for employer or other person to voluntarily contribute funds to account. Provides that withdrawals for unapproved purposes are taxable income to account holder. Applies to tax years beginning on or after January 1, 2018, and before January 1, 2024. Takes effect on 91st day following adjournment sine die.
Requires Legislative Counsel to produce draft measures in order in which measures were requested. Requires Legislative Counsel to inform members who have requested identical draft measures that their requests duplicate other requests and to disclose names of members requesting identical draft measures. Provides that disclosure of duplicate requests and names of members does not waive attorney-client privilege.
Provides that smoke shop certified by Oregon Health Authority may allow on-premises consumption of alcoholic beverages.
