Excludes certain Portland employers from sick leave requirements if employer is located in Portland on temporary or seasonal basis and has permanent location outside city.
Requires hospital to have protocol to ensure that law enforcement agency is notified within seven days of collection of sexual assault forensic evidence kit and that kits are stored for no less than 60 days after collection.
Requires city or county to review and decide on applications for certain housing developments containing affordable housing units within 100 days. Establishes standards of review for city or county decision on application for certain housing developments located within urban growth boundary. Directs Department of Land Conservation and Development to study housing development in cities. Amends definition of "needed housing." Prohibits local government from adopting standards regulating development of housing that discourage needed housing through designation of primarily residential neighborhood as national historic district or that reduce density of application if density applied for is below authorized density for zone. Prohibits city or county from prohibiting building duplex or accessory dwelling unit in area zoned for single-family dwellings located within urban growth boundary. Requires city and county to allow nonresidential place of worship to use real property for affordable housing. Declares emergency, effective on passage.
Requires Oregon Volunteers Commission for Voluntary Action and Service to maintain volunteer staff of court appointed special advocates sufficient to meet statutory requirement to appoint court appointed special advocate in every juvenile dependency proceeding. Requires commission to meet National CASA Association standards for number of court appointed special advocates and cases that are supervised at any one time by supervisors in CASA Volunteer Programs. Appropriates moneys to commission for purpose of maintaining volunteer staff and supervisory levels. Declares emergency, effective July 1, 2017.
Appropriates moneys from General Fund to Department of Human Services to administer general assistance project. Declares emergency, effective July 1, 2017.
Directs Department of Human Services to develop and implement two pilot programs in rural and urban areas of state by contracting with independent nongovernmental entities to assess suitability of foster homes for certification. Provides that department remains responsible for certification of foster homes and foster care payments. Requires measurement of performance outcomes upon which payments to independent nongovernmental entity are based. Requires department to report to Legislative Assembly regarding status of pilot programs on or before September 15 of 2018 and 2020. Sunsets pilot programs on January 2, 2023. Declares emergency, effective on passage.
Allows person harmed by criminal act resulting in physical injury or death to bring action for damages against place of public accommodation if place of public accommodation prohibits visitors from possessing firearm.
Requires person that engages in business in this state, on premises onto which person permits members of public to enter, to post in prominent location outside entry to premises sign that states person's policy with respect to permitting individuals who have license to carry concealed handgun to carry firearm onto premises.
Designates Act as Oregon First-Time Home Buyer Savings Account Act. Permits individual to create first-time home buyer savings account with financial institution to pay or reimburse account holder's eligible costs for first-time purchase of single family residence. Allows subtraction from account holder's federal taxable income amounts contributed to first-time home buyer savings account during each tax year. Exempts from taxation amount of interest and other income earned on account. Disallows subtraction or exemption from taxable income for person other than account holder who contributes funds to account. Provides that withdrawals for other than approved purposes are taxable income to account holder. Establishes amount and time limitations on subtractions and exemptions from taxable income. Directs Department of Revenue to create means for designating subtraction to which account holder is entitled in individual state income tax return form. Requires financial institution to provide account holder with certificate containing specified information about account. Applies to tax years beginning on or after January 1, 2018, and before January 1, 2024. Takes effect on 91st day following adjournment sine die.
Directs Department of Education to distribute moneys to support career and technical student organizations. Allows moneys from Ballot Measure 98 (2016) to be used for distributions. Takes effect on 91st day following adjournment sine die.
