Expands definition of "transient lodging intermediary" to include person that collects consideration for occupancy of transient lodging and person that receives fee or commission and requires transient lodging provider to use specified third-party entity to collect consideration for occupancy of transient lodging. Provides joint and several liability for state transient lodging tax for each and every owner of transient lodging. Provides rules governing filing of local transient lodging tax returns. Authorizes unit of local government to subpoena and examine witnesses, administer oaths and order production of evidence in hands of any person as necessary and proper in prosecution of inquiries related to local transient lodging tax. ] Takes effect on later of 91st day following adjournment sine die or July 1, 2018.
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Provides specific procedure for petitioning for removal of personally discriminatory restrictions from title of real property. Declares emergency, effective on passage.
Directs Oregon Youth Authority to administer Juvenile Justice Information System in partnership with county juvenile departments. Permits disclosure of certain juvenile records to researchers, evaluators and data analysts ] government agencies, post-secondary institutions of education and persons with whom youth authority, county or county juvenile department has entered into disclosure agreement . Declares emergency, effective on passage.
Establishes Small Donor Elections program to enable candidates for office of state Representative and state Senator to receive 6-to-1 match on small dollar donations. Limits matching funds. Takes effect on 91st day following adjournment sine die.
Requires attorney who represents defendant in criminal action to inform defendant that disposition of criminal action may impact defendant's immigration status, including defendant's admissibility, deportability and eligibility for naturalization. Requires prosecuting attorney, if defendant so requests, to consider immigration consequences as mitigating factor during plea negotiations and when making sentencing recommendations to court.
Establishes penalty to be imposed by Department of Consumer and Business Services on employers that offer health insurance coverage to employees but that have employees working at least 30 hours per week who receive health care coverage through medical assistance program. Appropriates penalties collected by department to Oregon Health Authority for specified purposes. Establishes remedy for employee who is retaliated against by employer for applying for or receiving medical assistance. Takes effect on 91st day following adjournment sine die.
Requires certain public improvement contracts to meet certain requirements related to use of diesel engines in course of performing public improvement contract. Requires Environmental Quality Commission to adopt indirect source review program by rule. Requires certain nonroad diesel engines to be registered with Department of Environmental Quality. Authorizes commission to adopt rules and registration fees. Directs commission to adopt by rule diesel engine emission standards for medium-duty trucks, heavy-duty trucks and nonroad diesel engines. Requires commission to phase in implementation of certain standards. Makes certain provisions operative January 1, 2019. Authorizes additional uses of moneys received by state pursuant to Volkswagen Environmental Mitigation Trust Agreement. Repeals state preemption of local regulation of idling by primary engines in commercial vehicles. Takes effect July 1, 2018.
Requires statement of economic interest to include certain information about sources of income for business in which public official or candidate, or member of household of public official or candidate, is officer or holds directorship if source of income has legislative or administrative interest and 10 percent or more of total gross annual income of business comes from that source of income.
Directs Environmental Quality Commission to adopt rules applying certain oil spill prevention and emergency response planning requirements to railroads that own or operate high hazard train routes in this state. Modifies certain requirements under oil or hazardous material spillage statutes. Requires railroads that own or operate high hazard train routes to submit annually certain proof of financial responsibility for high hazard train routes. Establishes High Hazard Train Route Oil Spill Prevention Fund. Continuously appropriates moneys in fund to Department of Environmental Quality to be used for costs related to contingency planning and preparedness for high hazard train routes. Becomes operative January 1, 2019. Takes effect on 91st day following adjournment sine die.
Requires hospitals, no later than January 1, 2019, to have charity care policy written in plain language and provided upon admission and with every billing or notice of amount owed to hospital by patient. Requires Oregon Health Authority to make available uniform charity care application created by hospital trade association. Declares emergency, effective on passage.