Expands Department of Transportation's authority to allow city ] cities and specified counties to designate speeds on highways within city's ] governing body's jurisdiction under certain circumstances. Becomes operative October 1, 2020.
Directs Office of Emergency Management to establish and administer voluntary Oregon outdoor recreation search and rescue card program. ] Establishes Oregon Search and Rescue Fund. Continuously appropriates moneys in fund to office to reimburse county sheriffs for search and rescue activities and to administer and support county search and rescue grant program. ] Directs office to establish county search and rescue grant program to distribute moneys to counties for equipment, training and educational outreach. ] Permits Office of Emergency Management to enter into agreement with nonprofit organization representing sheriffs under which organization is authorized to administer program to produce and sell outdoor recreation search and rescue cards. Establishes requirements for agreement. Provides that organization may use revenues from program only to reimburse administrative costs and expenses, to reimburse county sheriffs' offices for certain costs relating to search and rescue and to issue grants for search and rescue purposes. Declares emergency, effective on passage. ] Takes effect on 91st day following adjournment sine die.
Modifies allocation formula for grants to children's advocacy centers. Establishes Child Abuse Assessment Account within State Treasury for purpose of grant program for children's advocacy centers. Appropriates moneys from General Fund to Department of Justice for purpose of funding program. Limits biennial expenditures by department for grant program from Child Abuse Assessment Account. Modifies authority of Advisory Council on Child Abuse Assessment to deposit contributions to Child Abuse Multidisciplinary Intervention Account and Child Abuse Assessment Account. Permits Department of Justice to use moneys from Criminal Injuries Compensation Account to pay for medical services provided by children's advocacy center in cases of suspected child sexual abuse or child physical abuse. Directs University of Oregon to conduct Oregon child abuse prevalence study and to submit report regarding study to interim committees of Legislative Assembly related to human services. Appropriates moneys from General Fund to Higher Education Coordinating Commission for study. Appropriates moneys from General Fund to Department of Education for purposes of developing curricula and providing educator training for instructional requirements that relate to child sexual abuse prevention, human sexuality education, teen dating violence and domestic violence, and similar instructional requirements that relate to child safety. Declares emergency, effective on passage.
Requires each public post-secondary institution of education to develop and use assessment system to determine student eligibility to enroll in lower-division collegiate coursework in English or mathematics. Sets forth requirements of assessment system. ] Prohibits public institution of higher education from requiring student to enroll in course designed to prepare student for enrollment in lower-division collegiate coursework in writing or math unless student was evaluated for placement through specified assessment systems. Requires each institution to report to Higher Education Coordinating Commission list of what measurements will be used in assessment system no later than December 31, 2020. Declares emergency, effective on passage.
Provides, for purposes of ad valorem property taxation, frozen assessed value for homestead of individual at least 68 years old, or person with disability, if homestead and individual would be eligible for homestead property tax deferral program but for fact that homestead is pledged as security for reverse mortgage. Provides that frozen assessed value equals assessed value of homestead for property tax year immediately preceding first property tax year to which valid claim relates. Provides for unfreezing of assessed value if new property or new improvements are added to tax account of homestead. ] Provides that, after occurrence of certain circumstances, assessed value shall be what it would have been if homestead had never been granted frozen assessed value ] homestead shall be assessed and taxed as other property similarly situated is assessed and taxed . Sunsets program after six years. Grandfathers homesteads granted frozen assessed value before sunset. Takes effect on 91st day following adjournment sine die.
Prescribes grace periods for payment of premiums on certain types of health insurance. Requires notice for nonpayment of premiums to be mailed specified number of days prior to end of grace period. Authorizes Department of Consumer and Business Services to prescribe by rule content of notices sent for nonpayment of premiums. Takes effect on 91st day following adjournment sine die.
Requires Department of Land Conservation and Development to approve City of Bend's expansion of urban growth boundary, and allows department to approve other land use regulations for city on specified lands, if owner of land possesses development opportunity transferred from Metolius resort site owner and city meets other conditions. Sunsets provisions on January 2, 2027 ] 2030 . Sunsets, on July 1, 2020, laws allowing Metolius resort site owners to use development opportunity to develop small-scale recreation communities. Declares emergency, effective on passage.
Authorizes Office of Child Care to award grants to child care facilities supporting large employers. Appropriates moneys from General Fund to office for program. Sunsets program January 2, 2022. Creates income tax credit for lessors of real property leased to certified child care facilities. Creates income tax credit for child care facilities with staff members who received 18 or more clock hours of training related to child care. Creates income tax credit for child care facilities rated three stars or higher with quality rating and improvement system. Applies to tax years beginning on or after January 1, 2021, and before January 1, 2027. Includes attempts to obtain commercial advantage in provision of child care service as form of false reporting of child abuse. Allows all residential structures to be used as certified or registered family child care homes. Prohibits conditions on child care facilities that are more restrictive than other uses allowable within land use zone. Allows development of child care facilities as conditional use on lands zoned for exclusive farm use. Takes effect on 91st day following adjournment sine die.
Authorizes peace officer to request order from circuit court for information regarding missing individual. Removes authority for peace officer to request investigative subpoena from circuit court. Provides that person may respond to subpoena or court order by asserting right against self-incrimination. Provides that immunity applies only to criminal investigation or prosecution of missing individual.
Appropriates moneys to Department of Human Services for transition services for current foster children and former foster children . Takes effect on 91st day following adjournment sine die.
