Establishes COFA Dental Program in Oregon Health Authority to provide dental care to low-income citizens of Pacific Islands in Compact of Free Association who reside in Oregon and lack access to affordable dental coverage. Specifies eligibility requirements for program and duties of authority in administering program. ] Appropriates moneys to Department of Consumer and Business Services to contract with vendor to conduct demographic study of dental needs and geographic distribution of COFA citizens in this state and to issue request for information to gauge interest and determine capacity of dental care organizations to provide oral health care to COFA citizens. Requires department to report to interim committees of Legislative Assembly related to health, no later than April 15, 2020, findings of study and cost of administering program to provide oral health care to COFA citizens residing in this state. Declares emergency, effective on passage.
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Allows State Department of Fish and Wildlife to refuse or condition disclosure of information relevant to department ability to manage or protect described fish or wildlife species or individual members or populations of species. Creates exceptions ] exception to refusal authority . Exempts information from disclosure as public record. Makes disclosure criteria and public record law exemption retroactive to September 1, 2018. Validates department nondisclosures of information since September 1, 2018. Sunsets January 2, 2024. Declares emergency, effective on passage.
Establishes Oregon Conservation and Recreation Fund. Appropriates fund moneys to State Department of Fish and Wildlife for carrying out activities serving to protect, maintain or enhance fish and wildlife resources in Oregon. Establishes Oregon Conservation and Recreation Advisory Committee to review department policies regarding use of fund moneys and make recommendations regarding use of fund moneys for implementing and administering department activities. Provides for transferring specified amount of moneys ] Appropriates moneys from General Fund to Emergency Board for allocation to department for purposes of Oregon Conservation and Recreation Fund for biennium beginning July 1, 2019. Makes release of appropriation by board to department contingent on deposit into fund of equal amount of moneys from sources other than federal or state government. Abolishes fund July 1, 2021, and transfers available fund moneys to General Fund. Sunsets related activities and advisory committee January 2, 2022. Declares emergency, effective July 1, 2019.
Establishes goals that promote zero-emission vehicle use and requires entities of executive department to promote zero-emission vehicle use. Requires State Department of Energy to assess market for zero-emission vehicles and ] biennially report to Governor and Legislative Assembly certain information related to zero-emission vehicles. Establishes certain requirements for purchases and leases of zero-emission vehicles for state fleet purchases or leases. Authorizes public utilities to submit public benefit proposals to recover in rates no more than $500,000 per year from customers of public utilities costs of installing electric vehicle charging stations. ] Requires agencies owning motor vehicles to provide certain additional information in annual report to Department of Environmental Quality and State Department of Energy. Authorizes school districts to use public purpose charge moneys for school district fleet audits, for purchase or lease of zero-emission vehicles and for purchase or installation of electric vehicle charging stations. .
Requires Commissioner of Bureau of Labor and Industries to notify Construction Contractors Board of valid wage claim filed against contractor or business who is ] subject to licensing by board. Requires commissioner to notify board if order of determination has become final and if contractor fails to pay construction debt ] unpaid wages within certain time period after date on which order became final unless motion to stay order is pending or has been granted by commissioner . Requires that, for employers that are contractors or businesses licensed by board, order of determination must include statement that failure to pay construction debt ] wage claim and any penalties shall result in commissioner notifying board of such failure and board's suspension of contractor's ] license. Requires board, after notice and opportunity for hearing, to suspend license of contractor or business . Permits board to use notification of final order to take certain disciplinary actions against businesses and owners, officers or responsible managing individual of businesses licensed by board. Provides that business owner who becomes subject to certain penalties and bond requirements while operating business remains responsible for such penalties and bond requirements when business owner ceases operation of business. ] Allows wage claimant to recover unpaid wages from contractor's bond or by obtaining final order issued by Bureau of Labor and Industries. Increases amount that nonowner complainant may recover from bond in certain circumstances. Increases cap on amount of moneys that may be paid from Wage Security Fund to wage claimant.
Provides that labor organization's charging certain employees reasonable fees and costs for representation that is unrelated to negotiation of collective bargaining agreement is not unfair labor practice. Makes conforming changes. Declares emergency, effective on passage.
Defines "center of the subject tract" for siting certain permissible forest dwellings. Prohibits forest dwellings that would not have been permitted before January 1, 2019. Allows exceptions until November 1, 2023. Establishes applicable dates by county.
Authorizes Governor to enter into agreement with another state for purpose ] purposes of cross-jurisdictional coordination and enforcement of marijuana-related businesses and cross-juridictional delivery of marijuana items . Specifies that under laws of other state, production, processing, sale and testing of marijuana items must be lawful. Specifies that borders of this state must abut borders of other state. Prohibits transporting marijuana items through use of navigable airspace, through use of any mode of transportation subject solely to federal regulation and through any state or territory of United States that is not party to agreement. ] Specifies that agreement must ensure enforceable public health and safety standards, and include tracking system for marijuana items and requirements for testing, packaging and labeling in accordance with Oregon laws. Becomes operative on earlier of date on which federal law allows interstate transfer of marijuana items or United States Department of Justice allows or tolerates interstate transfer of marijuana items.
Requires public employer to grant reasonable paid time to public employee who is designated representative to engage in certain activities. Requires public employer, upon request by exclusive representative, to authorize release time to designated representative of exclusive representative. Authorizes public employer and exclusive representative to negotiate and enter into agreements regarding release time. Entitles designated representative to be restored to same position after conclusion of release time. Requires public employer to provide exclusive representative reasonable access to employees in appropriate bargaining unit. Requires employers to provide employee contact information to exclusive representative within certain time limits. Permits public employer to deduct dues, fees and assessments from salary and wages of public employee who has authorized deduction. Requires employer to pay amounts deducted to labor organization. Expands definition of "employment relations" to include labor organization access to represented employees. Makes certain activities, related to labor organization, ] attempts to influence employee to resign from or decline membership , use of employer's electronic mail to discourage membership ] in labor organization or to discourage authorization of deduction for payment to labor organization, ] and employer's encouragement of employee to revoke authorization of deduction for payment to labor organization and provision of certain personally identifiable information about public employees within bargaining unit to entity other than exclusive representative, ] unfair labor practices.
Authorizes Department of State Lands to perform work to acquire and restore operation of Willamette Falls navigation canal and locks.