Enacts Interstate Compact for Agreement Among the States to Elect the President by National Popular Vote.
Requires Department of Education, in consultation with Oregon Health Authority, to disseminate information, processes and model plans regarding school testing for elevated levels of toxics. Requires schools to adopt testing plan and schedule and provide test results. Establishes Healthy School Facilities Fund. Appropriates fund moneys to department for purpose of providing schools with financial assistance related to testing for toxics. Requires initial testing for certain toxics on or before January 1, 2022.
Urges President and Congress to recognize Matt Utterback on receiving National Superintendent of the Year award.
Requires county clerk of each county to develop ballot tracking program that uses electronic mail and telephone text messages to inform participating elector when ballot is mailed to elector, when elector's completed ballot is received by county clerk and whether completed ballot has nonmatching signature or other defect that requires further action by elector in order for elector's vote to be counted. Requires county clerk to regularly inform each elector in county of existence of program and method for signing up to participate in program. Prohibits county clerk from charging fee to elector to participate in program. Appropriates moneys from General Fund to Secretary of State for purpose of carrying out program. Declares emergency, effective on passage.
Requires Secretary of State, in consultation with Director of Department of Revenue, to conduct study and develop recommendations regarding desirability and most effective method for using tax filings submitted to Department of Revenue to ensure accuracy of addresses of electors contained in centralized voter registration system. Requires secretary to submit report detailing recommendations by September 15, 2018. Sunsets January 2, 2019.
For counties with 35,000 or more electors, increases number of required voting booths and requires specified number of voting booth locations. Requires each voting booth location to permit registered elector to cast ballot, update address information on elector's voter registration file and request and receive reissued or replacement ballot. Requires each voting booth location to be open for no less than eight hours on every weekday and four hours on every weekend day during specified period before election. Requires that each voting booth location be open from 8 o'clock in morning through 8 o'clock in evening on date of election. Permits county clerk to determine location of voting booths and lists guidelines county clerk must consider when making determination. Appropriates moneys from General Fund to Secretary of State for purpose of hiring individuals to assist with new requirements. Declares emergency, effective on passage.
Requires each governing board of public university to include one voting undergraduate student member and one voting graduate student member.
Modifies law regarding requirement that public employer grant preference to veteran or disabled veteran in selection process for civil service position. Limits eligibility for preference to veteran who applies for position within 10 years of discharge or release from service in Armed Forces of United States. Requires evidence of eligibility and disability to be provided at time of application. Sets forth processes for granting one or more preferences. Allows public employer to exercise discretion to not appoint qualified veteran or disabled veteran to civil service position based solely on veteran's or disabled veteran's merits or qualification in final stage of selection process. Requires public employer to provide written reasons for not appointing veteran or disabled veteran to position under certain circumstances. Requires aggrieved veteran or disabled veteran to exhaust nonjudicial remedies with Bureau of Labor and Industries before filing civil action for unlawful employment practice.
Ensures that private sector labor organizations and employers throughout state may enter into union security agreements to full extent allowed by federal law. Declares emergency, effective on passage.
Declares it is policy of State of Oregon to protect refugee and immigrant rights.
