Directs Legislative Policy and Research Office to study issues related to funding construction of wildlife corridor road crossings and report to appropriate committee or interim committee of Legislative Assembly on or before September 15, 2022. Specifies necessary contents of report. Sunsets January 2, 2023.
Requires Department of Transportation to establish pilot program to assess how products that department or contractor for department procures affect emissions of carbon dioxide. Provides that pilot program must require prospective contractors to declare environmental product cost of certain products in response to invitation to bid for public improvement contract. Requires department to determine lowest responsible bidder after calculating environmental product cost for product. Provides that local contracting agency may adopt practices of department. Requires all state contracting agencies to adopt practices of department beginning January 1, 2025. Requires Department of Environmental Quality to adopt and keep updated rules for calculating environmental product cost of certain products. Becomes operative January 1, 2022. Declares emergency, effective on passage.
Modifies requirements for motor vehicle exhaust systems.
Provides for restoration of retirement credit for member of Oregon Public Service Retirement Plan who forfeited retirement credit due to lack of service at end of 2020. Provides that member forfeits retirement credit on December 31, 2021, if member performs fewer than 600 hours of service in 2021. Declares emergency, effective on passage.
Prohibits food vendor from using polystyrene container in selling, offering for sale, serving or dispensing prepared food to public. Takes effect January 1, 2023.
Adds Reach Code to state building code as specialty code and gives power of administration and interpretation of Reach Code to Director of Department of Consumer and Business Services. Requires director of Department of Consumer and Business Services ] to follow same process in adopting or amending Reach Code that director follows in developing residential and commercial building codes and to ensure that statewide Reach Code mandates achievement of not more than 90 percent of site energy use that other statewide residential and commercial building codes require. Requires director to adopt Reach Code not later than October 31, 2021, and at same time director adopts corresponding residential specialty code or corresponding structural specialty code, updating Reach Code at least every three years. Permits municipality to adopt Reach Code and require adherence to code as minimum construction standard and method within municipality's jurisdiction notwithstanding requirement that state building code be uniform and applicable to all municipalities in state. Provides that municipality's adoption of Reach Code is not amendment to state building code and does not require approval of director. Provides that municipality that does not adopt Reach Code does not need to enforce Reach Code within municipality's jurisdiction. Declares emergency, effective July 1, 2021.
Requires Director of Department of Consumer and Business Services to amend state mechanical, heating and ventilating code to require use of current best available technology for filtering outside air admitted into buildings and to require that all outside air admitted into buildings passes through filtration technology during periods in which air outside building poses significant risk of harm to health or safety of occupants of building. Specifies standards that code amendment must meet. Becomes operative January 1, 2022. Takes effect on 91st day following adjournment sine die.
Proposes amendment to Oregon Constitution lowering voting age from 18 years old to 16 years old. Refers proposed amendment to people for their approval or rejection at next regular general election.
For purposes of Oregon Indoor Clean Air Act, expands definition of "public place" to include common areas of commercial residential buildings and residential buildings with two or more rental units. Increases distance from certain parts of public places and places of employment in which person may not smoke, aerosolize or vaporize from 10 feet to 25 feet.
Requires Land Conservation and Development Commission to amend ] adopt rules no later than July 1, 2022, by which county may justify exception to statewide land use planning goals related to energy conservation to incorporate ] for development of renewable energy facilities and reduction of greenhouse gas emissions and to match state energy policies ]. Requires commission to provide report on progress to interim committees of Legislative Assembly no later than September 15, 2022. ] Appropriates moneys to Department of Land Conservation and Development for purpose of administering and implementing Act ] commission to adopt rules . Declares emergency, effective July 1, 2021.
