Permits municipality or Department of Consumer and Business Services to contract with person to administer and enforce building inspection program and act as building official. Specifies conditions under which municipality may procure services from contract building official.
Requires tax collector to prorate and cancel property taxes imposed on taxable property destroyed or damaged by wildfire during September 2020 in county covered by state of emergency declared in response to wildfire as if property were destroyed property under current law. Coordinates timing of proration of taxes for property destroyed and damaged by fire or act of God. Applies to property tax year beginning on July 1, 2020. ] Authorizes governing body of county covered by state of emergency declared in response to September 2020 wildfires to adopt law directing tax collector to prorate and cancel property taxes imposed on taxable property that suffered loss in real market value as result of wildfires, without application from property owner. Authorizes such governing bodies to adopt law to direct tax collector to prorate and cancel property taxes on taxable property that suffered damage, or disruption of use, due to wildfires, upon application by property owner. Requires such laws to include wildfire map, produced through public process, identifying boundaries within which wildfire tax relief may be granted. Provides for refunds of overpayment of property taxes. Applies to property tax year beginning on July 1, 2020. Takes effect on 91st day following adjournment sine die.
Establishes regulations for kratom products, including testing standards, labeling requirements and minimum age for sale. Prohibits sale of kratom products unless kratom product derives from processor registered with State Department of Agriculture. Directs department to adopt rules to carry out regulations. Authorizes imposition of civil penalty for certain violations. Creates crime of unlawful distribution, sale or exposure for sale to individual under 21 years of age. Punishes by maximum of 30 days' imprisonment, $1,250 fine, or both. Appropriates moneys from General Fund to State Department of Agriculture for carrying out provisions of Act. Increases limitation on expenditures from fees, moneys or other revenues, including Miscellaneous Receipts, but excluding lottery funds and federal funds, collected or received by Department of Justice for carrying out provisions of Act. Takes effect on 91st day following adjournment sine die.
Increases penalties for criminal sexual contact with underage victim when defendant is victim's teacher. Punishes by maximum of five years' imprisonment, $125,000 fine, or both. Directs Oregon Criminal Justice Commission to classify certain instances of sexual abuse in the second degree committed by teacher as crime category 8.
Urges Congress to introduce and pass and President to sign legislation promoting cooperative fuel load measurement and management on federal and state lands, and appropriate legislation based on Emergency Wildfire and Public Safety Act of 2020 , excluding provisions that exempt forest management from environmental or administrative review, that foreseeably compromise ecological health of Oregon forests or that facilitate exportation outside United States of unprocessed timber from public lands .
In memoriam: Senator Jackie Winters, 1937-2019.
Prohibits grandfathered health plan from imposing preexisting condition exclusion. Takes effect on 91st day following adjournment sine die.
Provides that when court reduces felony conviction to Class A misdemeanor after person's completion of probation, person for purposes of law is deemed not to have been previously convicted of felony.
Makes private citizen immune from civil or criminal liability arising from good faith acts made in connection with fighting wildfire.
Urges Congress to enact legislation promoting cooperative fuel load measurement and management on federal and state lands.
