Declares March as Social Work Month in Oregon.
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Prohibits employers from permitting or requiring agricultural workers to work in excess of maximum allowable hours unless workers are compensated for overtime hours worked. Specifies exemptions to overtime compensation requirements. Requires Employment Department, in consultation with Bureau of Labor and Industries, Department of Revenue and State Department of Agriculture, to submit report to interim committees of Legislative Assembly related to agriculture on identified economic impacts of overtime compensation requirements under Act. Requires division of Oregon Department of Administrative Services that serves as office of economic analysis to include in economic forecast for biennium any available relevant economic and wage data related to agricultural economy as impacted by overtime compensation requirements. Requires State Department of Agriculture and Oregon Business Development Department to make recommendations for legislation to regular or interim committee of Legislative Assembly related to agriculture on available options for establishing grant, loan or other lending program to provide financial assistance to employers to mitigate costs associated with compliance with overtime compensation requirements. Creates refundable income or corporate excise tax credit allowed to employer for excess amount of wages paid as overtime pay to agricultural workers. Provides for administration of credit by Department of Revenue. Directs department to issue notice to taxpayers that meet application requirements and indicate maximum amount of credit allowed. Provides for Legislative Assembly to use reports submitted by agencies to adjust tax credit provisions and revise rates if deemed appropriate. Applies to tax years beginning on or after January 1, 2023 , and before January 1, 2029 ]. Takes effect on 91st day following adjournment sine die.
Requires employee or worker of marijuana licensee to report human trafficking on licensed premises to Oregon Liquor and Cannabis Commission. Directs commission to establish human trafficking coordinator position. ] Directs State Department of Agriculture to require any rebuttal testing of cannabis to be performed by department staff member in department-operated laboratory. Includes community-based organizations as eligible entities to receive financial assistance from Illegal Marijuana Market Enforcement Grant Program in order to address ongoing humanitarian crisis associated with unlawful marijuana cultivation or distribution operations. Repeals sunset of Illegal Marijuana Market Enforcement Grant Program. Becomes operative on passage. Authorizes commission to allow certain licensed marijuana retailers to relocate to other premises without obtaining new license. Requires marijuana testing laboratory employee to obtain worker permit from commission. Becomes operative on January 1, 2023. Declares emergency, effective on passage.
Requires Department of Transportation to establish program to reduce greenhouse gas emissions that assesses greenhouse gas emissions attributable to certain covered materials department uses in construction and maintenance activities for state's transportation system, conducts life cycle assessments for selected set of construction and maintenance activities and devises strategies for reducing greenhouse gas emissions. Specifies required scope and content of program. Requires department, in making procurements in connection with program, to require contractors to submit environmental product declarations before installing covered materials. Specifies exceptions. Prohibits department from using environmental product declarations to rank or score bid or proposal before January 1, 2027. Requires department to establish grant program to assist bidders and proposers in preparing or submitting environmental product declarations. Requires department to establish technical advisory committee and specifies matters on which committee will advise department. Requires department to report annually to Oregon Transportation Commission and interim committee of Legislative Assembly related to transportation concerning implementation of program. Establishes Medium and Heavy-Duty Electrification Charging Fund in State Treasury, separate and distinct from General Fund, and continuously appropriates moneys in fund to Department of Environmental Quality for grant program to support zero emission vehicle charging and fueling infrastructure. Takes effect on 91st day following adjournment sine die.
Modifies composition and duties of Oregon Broadband Advisory Council. Provides for establishment of grant application review committees. Directs Oregon Broadband Office to develop Broadband Action Plan and Digital Equity Plan that address requirements in Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act. Directs Oregon Broadband Office to collect geospatial data information related to broadband service in Oregon to assist state to determine eligibility for grants and loans and confirm allocation of federal funds. Exempts from public disclosure proprietary information subject to nondisclosure agreement provided to office. Establishes Connecting Oregon Libraries Fund. Continuously appropriates moneys in fund to State Library for purpose of providing matching funds for federal moneys received by certain libraries for providing broadband access. Requires State Library Board to adopt certain rules before distributing moneys in fund. Directs Public Utility Commission, in consultation with certain other state agencies, to investigate and make recommendations on feasibility of expanding Oregon Telephone Assistance Program and applying residential service surcharge to support access to broadband Internet access service or other telecommunications services. Requires commission to submit report to appropriate regular or interim committee of Legislative Assembly and Oregon Broadband Office no later than June 1, 2023. Removes requirement that Public Utility Commission serve notice of all filings of applications for certificates of authority to provide intrastate telecommunications services. Removes requirement that commission provide annual competitive provider report to Legislative Assembly. Declares emergency, effective on passage.
Expands designated state agencies that must work with Alcohol and Drug Policy Commission and requires agencies to meet with commission quarterly to review and report on each agency's progress and to report process and outcome measures established under commission's comprehensive addiction, prevention, treatment and recovery plan. Establishes Opioid Settlement Prevention, Treatment and Recovery Fund consisting of certain funds arising from settlement agreements with opioid manufacturers and distributors resulting from litigation over opioid crisis. Creates Opioid Settlement Prevention, Treatment and Recovery Board to determine allocation of moneys from funds for treatment and prevention of substance use disorders, consistent with specified criteria. Sunsets January 2, 2040. Declares emergency, effective on passage.
Amends provisions of workers' compensation law related to payments of benefits, notice to workers, recovery of overpayments and errors in claims processing ] authorization of temporary disability, claim closure and overpayments of compensation .
Creates procedure for filing petition for compensation for wrongful conviction. Declares emergency, effective on passage.
Makes unlawful practice for place of public accommodation to refuse to accept United States coins or currency as payment for goods and services. Creates limited exceptions. Allows person to file complaint with Commissioner of Bureau of Labor and Industries alleging unlawful practice against operator or person acting on behalf of place of public accommodation. Takes effect on 91st day following adjournment sine die.
Provides for nonprofit organization that addresses and executes worker relief to serve as fiscal agent to award grants to organizations to provide services related to immigration matters through universal representation program. Requires fiscal agent to report annually to appropriate committee or interim committee of Legislative Assembly, Oregon Department of Administrative Services and Legislative Fiscal Officer. Directs Chief Justice of Supreme Court to transfer funds to Oregon State Bar for use by Legal Services Program to provide legal services to individuals on immigration matters and related matters. Establishes Universal Representation Fund in State Treasury. Appropriates moneys from General Fund to Oregon Department of Administrative Services for purposes of deposit in Universal Representation Fund. Appropriates moneys from General Fund to Judicial Department for purposes of transfer to Oregon State Bar. Declares emergency, effective on passage.