Increases, for purposes of tax credit allowed for crop donation, percentage of wholesale price allowed as amount of credit. Applies to tax years beginning on or after January 1, 2017, and before January 1, 2020. Takes effect on 91st day following adjournment sine die.
Requires prospective contractors to list in bid or proposal submitted in response to solicitation for public contract five individuals or entities to which prospective contractor contributed most money in connection with ballot measure or election to public office. Becomes operative January 1, 2018. Declares emergency, effective on passage.
Requires law enforcement agency to adopt and enforce policies and procedures for law enforcement officer responding to suicide attempt by individual to encourage individual to authorize officer to call suicide prevention and intervention hotline on individual's behalf.
Establishes People's Primary election. Permits individual who either qualifies for nomination to partisan public office of major political party or who files certificate of nomination made by individual electors to qualify as candidate. Provides that official People's Primary election ballot be sent to all electors not affiliated with any political party and to electors affiliated with political party who request ballot. Establishes that winners of People's Primary election can have designation placed on general election ballot.
Transfers moneys from Oregon Medical Insurance Pool Account to Oregon Health Authority Fund for funding medical assistance. Declares emergency, effective on passage.
Imposes tax on inhalant-form nicotine and inhalant delivery systems. Uses moneys from tax to pay for mental health and substance abuse disorder treatment and services. Exempts retailers engaged primarily in sale of inhalants and inhalant delivery systems from Oregon indoor clean air requirements. Transfers specified moneys to be used to pay for medical assistance. Discontinues certain payments to hospitals for quality measures related to health care transformation. Increases cigarette tax and dedicates increase to medical assistance. Takes effect on 91st day following adjournment sine die.
Permits individual to create family medical leave savings account with financial institution to pay or reimburse qualified beneficiary's wage loss during family medical leave of absence from work. Allows employer or other person to contribute to account. Allows subtraction from account holder's federal taxable income for amounts contributed to family medical leave savings account during each tax year. Exempts from taxation amount of interest and other income earned on account. Allows tax credit for employer or other person to voluntarily contribute funds to account. Provides that withdrawals for unapproved purposes are taxable income to account holder. Applies to tax years beginning on or after January 1, 2018, and before January 1, 2024. Takes effect on 91st day following adjournment sine die.
Establishes Task Force on System Development Charges and specifies composition of task force membership. Specifies duties of task force. Sunsets task force on December 31, 2018. Takes effect on 91st day following adjournment sine die.
Deletes requirement that pseudoephedrine be classified as Schedule III controlled substance. Directs State Board of Pharmacy to adopt rules for dispensing pseudoephedrine. Requires rules to be consistent with provisions of federal Controlled Substances Act that are related to dispensing of pseudoephedrine and federal regulations that implement those provisions. Punishes violation of rules by five years' imprisonment, $125,000 fine, or both. Becomes operative January 1, 2018. Takes effect on 91st day following adjournment sine die.
Directs State Registrar of Center for Health Statistics to send to State Treasurer each calendar quarter names of children born in Oregon to residents of this state. Establishes Oregon Bright Futures Savings Fund for payment of qualified post-secondary education expenses for designated beneficiaries. Directs State Treasurer to create cohort account for all children born each calendar quarter and earmark moneys for each child. Allows use of earmarked moneys for payment of qualified post-secondary education expenses. Allows certain contributions to fund. Specifies purposes for which moneys may be used. Allows linkage to private financial accounts through financial aggregation software. Directs State Treasurer to report to Legislative Assembly in 2018 and 2019 on implementation of Act. Declares emergency, effective on passage.
