Designates May 22 of each year as Crater Lake National Park Day. Declares emergency, effective on passage.
Temporarily removes condition for being deemed "unemployed" that individual's weekly remuneration for part-time work must be less than individual's weekly unemployment insurance benefit amount. Restores condition for weeks beginning on or after January 2, 2022. Declares emergency, effective on passage.
Limits ability of public university to refuse new mandatory incidental fees or process for collecting mandatory incidental fees. Limits ability of community college to refuse new mandatory student-initiated fees or process for collecting mandatory student-initiated fees.
Requires State Parks and Recreation Department to develop, implement and periodically update plan for ] allow for installation and service of public electric vehicle charging stations in parking spaces that are part of facilities of state park system. Establishes Parks and Recreation Transportation Electrification Fund. Continuously appropriates moneys from fund to department to carry out plan. Authorizes Public Utility Commission to allow electric companies to recover costs from retail electricity consumers for prudent infrastructure measures to support transportation electrification if certain criteria are met.
Directs Public Employees Retirement Board to study methods for allowing members of Public Employees Retirement System to certify that member will earn less than $30,000 in calendar year so that board does not credit employee contributions to employee pension stability account. ] Provides that, if monthly salary of member of individual account program of Oregon Public Service Retirement Plan does not exceed $3,333, instead of $2,500, Public Employees Retirement Board shall credit all employee contributions made by member to employee account and credit no employee contributions made by member to employee pension stability account.
Extends Veteran Educational Bridge Grant Program. Modifies time period for certain study conducted by Legislative Fiscal Officer. Transfers uncommitted balance of certain lottery allocation to related fund. Modifies authorized purposes for expenditures from Public Defense Services Account. Increases number of circuit court judges. Repeals law limiting expenditures by Department of Education from moneys transferred from Education Stability Fund to State School Fund. Authorizes expenditure from State School Fund for administration of statewide facilities assessment program. Authorizes retention of moneys in Fund for Student Success for reserve purposes. Authorizes expenditure from Early Learning Account for certain purposes related to early learning facilities. Authorizes expenditures from Wage Security Fund for investigations of unlawful discrimination. Directs Department of Justice to submit biennial report to chairpersons of Joint Committee on Ways and Means on litigation involving state. Modifies authorized purposes for expenditures from Housing Acquisition Fund. Establishes requirements for certain contracts for certain capital construction projects financed with federal American Rescue Plan Act moneys. Declares emergency, effective on passage.
Directs Legislative Administrator ] presiding officers of each house of Legislative Assembly to represent legislative department in collective bargaining negotiations with legislative department employee bargaining units. Permits presiding officers to delegate collective bargaining responsibility to chief negotiator. Clarifies that only state agencies within executive department are to be represented by Oregon Department of Administrative Services in collective bargaining negotiations.
Includes "fortified cider" in definition of "cider." Allows holder of winery license to purchase from Oregon Liquor Control Commission distilled liquors for fortifying cider. Allows holder of direct shipper permit to ship up to five cases of wine per month to Oregon resident. ] Allows county to become licensee of commission. Deletes requirement that commission charge application fee for new licenses. Provides that commission may allow applicant to defer or waive payment of annual license fee if Governor declares state of emergency. Provides that provisions of chapter __, Oregon Laws 2021 (Enrolled Senate Bill 317), allowing for sale of mixed drinks and single servings of wine for off-premises consumption become operative on passage of this Act. Declares emergency, effective on passage.
Provides that part-time faculty member at public institution of higher education qualifies for employee-only health care benefits if part-time faculty member works at level equal to at least half of full-time equivalent employee during at least three of four previous academic terms. who qualifies for health care benefits will ] Requires part-time faculty member to pay 10 percent of insurance premiums for employee coverage. Requires part-time faculty member to select home public institution of higher education. Requires selected institution to determine whether part-time faculty member is eligible to receive health benefit plans, collect premiums for health benefit plans, pay full cost of insurance premiums for health benefit plans and to administer and provide health benefit plans to party-time faculty member. Requires Higher Education Coordinating Commission to reimburse selected institution for cost of paying insurance premiums. Requires state to pay for remaining costs of insurance premiums out of moneys appropriated to Oregon Educators Benefit Board. ] Permits institution to agree through either institution policy or collective bargaining to pay portion of health care benefits paid for by employee. Provides that unless otherwise agreed through collective bargaining, employees who are eligible to receive health care benefits in manner specified may receive health care benefits from institution only in manner specified. Provides that any savings realized by institution are subject to collective bargaining. Directs board to determine prior to open enrollment period whether it has received sufficient funds to cover required premium payments. Provides that if board has not received sufficient funds, board may require employee share to increase and that institution is not responsible for paying insurance premiums. ] Requires legacy health benefit coverage to be maintained for part-time faculty at institutions who are not eligible for health care benefits under provisions. Establishes Part-Time Faculty Insurance Fund and continuously appropriates moneys in fund to commission board ]. Declares emergency, effective on passage.
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.
