Creates Task Force on Disaster Response and Recovery. Directs task force to study and recommend legislation to develop program of upgrades to critical facilities and infrastructure with goal of increasing disaster resiliency. Sunsets December 31, 2020. Takes effect on 91st day following adjournment sine die.
Requires Department of Consumer and Business Services to study how Occupational Safety and Health Division enforces state rules. Sunsets January 2, 2022.
Requires directors and senior executives of businesses that receive $10 million or more in public moneys over five year period to file statement of economic interest.
Alters commissioner composition of Higher Education Coordinating Commission by redesignating five current nonvoting positions as voting positions and by adding one additional position for graduate student attending public university.
Increases amount of estimate of revenues that will be received from personal income taxes for biennium beginning July 1, 2017. Requires difference between amount actually collected and amount estimated after close of 2017 regular session be used for disaster preparedness and for application against unfunded actuarial liability of Public Employees Retirement System. Provides for return to taxpayers of surplus revenue over adjusted estimate amount if constitutional threshold exceeded. Declares emergency, effective on passage.
Renames Office of Emergency Management as Oregon Department of Emergency Management. Establishes department as state agency independent from Oregon Military Department. Establishes emergency authority regarding public health emergencies, emergency quarantines and conflagrations in department. Transfers rule making authority regarding nuclear emergencies from State Department of Energy to Oregon Department of Emergency Management. Transfers Oregon Emergency Response System from Department of State Police to Oregon Department of Emergency Management. Renames office of State Fire Marshal as Department of the State Fire Marshal and establishes department as independent state agency. Transfers search and rescue functions to department. Transfers Oregon Homeland Security Council from Office of Emergency Management to Office of the Governor. Establishes additional members and duties of council. Establishes Emergency Preparedness Advisory Council to advise and make policy recommendations to Oregon Homeland Security Council regarding emergency preparedness and resilience. Establishes Local Government Emergency Management Advisory Council to provide advice and recommendations to Oregon Department of Emergency Management. Becomes operative on July 1, 2022.
Changes term of office and qualifications for appointment of Adjutant General.
Appropriates moneys from General Fund to Higher Education Coordinating Commission for distribution to community colleges and community college service districts for various purposes.
Directs Department of Land Conservation and Development to study methods to mitigate impacts of technology towers on aesthetics. Declares emergency, effective on passage.
Creates Oregon Campaign Review Commission to investigate complaints of false statements made by candidates or political committees. Establishes sanctions for violations of false statement law. Applies to campaigns conducted for elections held on or after January 1, 2020.
