Creates crime of threatening a mass injury event. Punishes by maximum of five years' imprisonment, $125,000 fine, or both.
Urges President and Congress to transfer title of certain federal public lands to State of Oregon.
Directs Housing and Community Services Department to establish Affordable Homeownership Grant Program to provide grants to eligible nonprofit organizations with affordable homeownership programs to provide opportunities for homeownership to persons in low income households. Delineates program requirements. Requires nonprofit organization grant recipients to create revolving fund to purchase or leverage mortgage loans or purchase, construct or rehabilitate homes and manufactured homes for sale to persons in low income households that are first-time homeowners. Establishes Affordable Homeownership Grant Program Fund and continuously appropriates moneys in fund to department. Appropriates moneys to department to make grants to eligible nonprofit organizations to participate in program.
Creates Task Force on Public Assistance Reform to study steps taken in Maine and Kansas to reduce public assistance expenditures. Directs task force to report findings, including recommendations for legislative changes, to interim committees of Legislative Assembly related to human services by September 15, 2018. Declares emergency, effective on passage.
Repeals requirement that person who is not gun dealer obtain criminal background check prior to transferring firearm to another person who is not gun dealer.
Establishes Oregon Constitutional Convention Delegation to represent Legislative Assembly at any constitutional convention convened pursuant to Article V of United States Constitution to consider balanced budget amendment to United States Constitution. Limits scope of authority of delegation. Permits delegation to participate in convention only if convention is called by Congress of the United States on or before December 31, 2018. Establishes Article V Convention Oversight Committee to monitor and advise delegation and to discipline or replace delegates or alternates to delegation that do not comply with authority and limits placed on delegation. Directs Legislative Policy and Research Director to supply administrative support to delegation and oversight committee. Establishes Constitutional Convention Fund to provide funding to carry out duties of delegation and oversight committee. Sunsets June 30, 2019. Declares emergency, effective on passage.
Proposes amendment to Oregon Constitution to increase number of Senators serving in Legislative Assembly to 36 and modifying Senate legislative districts to be coterminous with county boundaries. Refers proposed amendment to people for approval or rejection at next regular general election.
Allows taxpayer to direct portion of income tax refund to purpose of providing housing to low income persons. Applies to individual income tax returns for tax years beginning on or after January 1, 2017. Takes effect on 91st day following adjournment sine die.
Requires Legislative Policy and Research Director to provide small business impact statement if statement is requested in writing by two members of Legislative Assembly, each member from different major political party. Provides that statement describe likely effects of proposed legislative measure on small businesses that employ fewer than 50 employees. Requires director to prepare and deliver statements to requesters within 14 calendar days of request and to thereafter monitor and report effects of subsequent amendments to measure.
Requires that information concerning sex offenders convicted of certain offenses be released on website maintained by Department of State Police.
