Directs Office of Manufactured Dwelling Park Community Relations to establish and administer landlord-tenant dispute resolution program for disputes arising from notices of certain rent increases.
Requires Oregon Health Authority to analyze ground water contaminant data and provide education in areas with ground water contaminant problems. Authorizes authority to make grants and loans for purpose of assisting rental property owners and low-income property owners with installation of treatment systems. Authorizes authority to make grants to local public health authorities and other specified entities for purposes related to ensuring safe ground water. Establishes Safe Ground Water Fund and continuously appropriates moneys in fund to authority for purpose of making grants and loans. Appropriates moneys for deposit in fund. Requires, for each dwelling unit rented by landlord for which source of drinking water is well, landlord to collect and test samples of drinking water from dwelling unit for arsenic, total coliform bacteria and nitrates. Becomes operative March 1, 2018.
Requires health benefit plan coverage of specified health care services, drugs, devices, products and procedures related to reproductive health. Allows exemption for plans sold to religious employers. Requires Oregon Health Authority to implement program to reimburse costs of services, drugs, devices, products and procedures related to reproductive health provided to individuals who can become pregnant and who would be eligible for medical assistance if not for certain federal requirements. Prohibits discrimination in provision of health care coverage. Declares emergency, effective on passage.
Allows person who is at least 16 years of age to register to vote.
Modifies requirements for local community right to know regulatory programs for toxic substances and harmful substances.
Directs State Board of Education to adopt by rule complaint process to report school district policy in violation of state law prohibiting harassment, intimidation, bullying and cyberbullying. Directs board to adopt rules relating to complaint investigation and standards to determine whether school district policy prohibiting harassment, intimidation, bullying and cyberbullying complies with and is applied in accordance with state law. Directs Department of Education to establish system to track number of reported incidences of harassment, intimidation, bullying or cyberbullying that occur in each school district. Declares emergency, effective July 1, 2017.
Establishes subtraction from personal income taxes for amounts that taxpayers pay in student loan interest. Specifies amount of and eligibility for subtraction. Establishes refundable credit against personal income taxes for contributions to higher education savings network account. Establishes tax credit for amounts contributed to higher education savings network accounts owned by employees of taxpayer. Increases limitation on subtraction for contribution to ABLE account or higher education savings network account to amount per designated beneficiary. Applies credits and subtractions to tax years beginning on or after January 1, 2017, and before January 1, 2023. Specifies that amount in account established for higher education expenses is disregarded for purposes of determining account owner's financial eligibility to receive assistance or benefit authorized by law, to extent permitted under federal law. Applies to eligibility determinations made on or after January 1, 2018. Takes effect on 91st day following adjournment sine die.
During first nine months of occupancy, prohibits landlord from terminating month-to-month tenancy within 60 days of receiving from tenant request for repairs to correct certain building, health or housing code violation or unhabitable condition. Prohibits landlord from terminating month-to-month tenancy without cause after first nine months of occupancy except under certain circumstances with written notice and payment of amount equal to one month's periodic rent. Provides exception for certain tenancies for occupancy of dwelling unit in building or on property occupied by landlord as primary residence. Makes violation defense against action for possession by landlord. Requires fixed term tenancy to be at least six months in duration, unless tenant requests shorter term. Requires landlord to give tenant 90 days' notice that fixed term tenancy will terminate upon reaching expiration date or that tenant may renew fixed term tenancy by giving landlord 45 days' notice. If landlord fails to provide notice, requires fixed term tenancy to become month-to-month tenancy upon reaching specified ending date, unless tenant elects to terminate tenancy. Prohibits landlord from increasing rent on more than one occasion during any 12-month period. Declares emergency, effective on passage.
Establishes Oregon Public Places Are Safe Places Investment Fund. Continuously appropriates moneys in fund to Office of Emergency Management for implementation of strategies for identifying and developing staging areas for emergency response. Creates advisory committee within office to provide recommendations and advice regarding expenditures from fund.
Establishes Oregon Energy and Climate Board as oversight and advisory body for Oregon Department of Energy and Climate. Establishes Energy Industry Advisory Committee to provide certain information and recommendations to board. Establishes Interagency Climate Coordinating Committee to make recommendations to board and Legislative Assembly on ways to coordinate state policies , programs, projects and activities related to energy and climate and to develop certain recommendations and strategies related to mitigating and adapting to impacts of climate change. Changes name of State Department of Energy to Oregon Department of Energy and Climate. Changes name of Director of State Department of Energy to Energy and Climate Director. Abolishes Oregon Global Warming Commission. Modifies state energy policy. Modifies general duties of department. Requires department, in coordination with board, to develop proposal for restructuring policies and programs related to greenhouse gas emissions or climate change in pursuance of certain goals. Requires board and department to submit proposal to appropriate interim committees of Legislative Assembly no later than September 15, 2018. Becomes operative January 1, 2018. Takes effect on 91st day following adjournment sine die.
