Removing population requirement for affordable housing pilot program if no qualifying nomination is received for city with population under 25,000.
Designates May of each year as ALS Awareness Month. Declares emergency, effective on passage.
Urges federal government to adopt and enforce stringent regulations related to accuracy in wine labeling, packaging and advertising. Urges states to enter into mutual agreements related to enforcement of wine laws.
Allows county governing body, upon remand of matter from Land Use Board of Appeals to county, to have planning commission or hearings officer conduct hearing and make decision regarding lands designated under statewide planning goal addressing agricultural lands or forestlands. Requires county governing body to review planning commission or hearings officer decision and take one of three specified actions on decision. Declares emergency, effective on passage.
Provides proceedings to escheat to State of Oregon matured United States savings bonds presumed abandoned and in custody of state. Authorizes Director of Department of State Lands to seek payment for escheated bonds from United States Treasury. Declares emergency, effective on passage.
Gives hemp research program currently operated by State Department of Agriculture name of Oregon Industrial Hemp Agricultural Pilot Program. Authorizes actions by department to carry out program. Specifies that agricultural hemp seed is agricultural seed or flower seed for purposes of statutes regulating labeling, testing, certifying or other aspects of seeds. Directs Director of Agriculture and Dean of College of Agricultural Sciences of Oregon State University to establish program for labeling and certification of agricultural hemp seed. Provides that accredited independent testing laboratory that has been approved by Oregon Health Authority or department may test industrial hemp and industrial hemp commodities and products produced or processed by grower, handler or agricultural hemp seed producer. Requires that industrial hemp intended for human consumption be entered into tracking system prior to laboratory testing and through delivery to licensed premises. Modifies other provisions related to regulation of industrial hemp. Authorizes Oregon Liquor Control Commission actions regarding industrial hemp to enforce and ensure compliance with marijuana laws and provisions of industrial hemp laws that incorporate requirements, restrictions or other provisions of marijuana laws. Prohibits sale of industrial hemp containing more than 0.3 percent tetrahydrocannabinol to consumer by person other than licensed retailer. Changes description of limit on production and storage of homegrown cannabis plants. Prohibits production, processing or storage of homemade industrial hemp extracts. Allows department to adopt rule establishing higher average tetrahydrocannabinol concentration limit for industrial hemp if higher average concentration limit is established by federal law. Revises language regarding grower retention of agricultural hemp seed for producing industrial hemp. Establishes Industrial Hemp Fund. Appropriates fund moneys to department for purposes of implementing, administering and enforcing industrial hemp statutes. Directs certain moneys to fund. Declares emergency, effective on passage.
Authorizes Environmental Quality Commission to adopt program and rules to reduce public health risks from emissions of toxic air contaminants from individual stationary industrial and commercial air contamination sources. Authorizes commission to establish by rule pilot program for evaluating and controlling public health risks from toxic air contaminant emissions from multiple stationary air contamination sources. Allows Department of Environmental Quality, pursuant to rules adopted by commission, to regulate individual existing air contamination source under program or pilot program based on adjusted benchmark for excess noncancer risk. Sunsets January 1, 2029. Authorizes commission to establish fee applicable to certain air contamination sources to cover direct and indirect costs of developing and implementing individual air contamination source program and rules or pilot program . Provides that fees first become due and payable no earlier than July 1, 2019. Places temporary limits on fee increases. Sunsets temporary limits on January 2, 2024. Requires certain air contamination sources to pay to department one-time supplemental fee to pay expenses of department and commission in developing and implementing individual air contamination source program or pilot program. Sets forth supplemental fee to be paid based on permit type applicable to source. Limits certain biennial expenditures. Declares emergency, effective on passage.
Requires community colleges, public universities and Oregon Health and Science University to provide certain rights to students ordered to federal or state active duty for 30 or fewer consecutive days. Declares emergency, effective on passage.
Imposes tax on rental price of construction, mining, earthmoving or industrial equipment, together with attachments and other equipment and tools, that is mobile and held primarily for rental. Directs Department of Revenue to administer heavy equipment rental tax program. Provides for pro rata distribution of two percent of gross tax revenues among counties that do not otherwise receive qualified heavy equipment rental tax revenues. Provides for distribution to counties of net tax revenues attributable to rentals made from locations in county. Directs county treasurer to distribute tax moneys to local taxing districts in accordance with property tax and interest distribution percentage schedule. Provides for temporary annual payments by or to equipment owner of any difference between heavy equipment rental tax and ad valorem property tax that would be assessed on such equipment if such equipment were subject to ad valorem property tax. Requires department to submit report regarding heavy equipment rental tax experience, including proposed tax rate to maintain revenue neutrality with respect to replacement of ad valorem property tax by heavy equipment rental tax, to interim committees related to revenue no later than July 1, 2022. Takes effect on 91st day following adjournment sine die.
Provides that outside compensation of employee of Oregon Health and Science University, public university or community college is not included in employee's salary for purposes of Public Employees Retirement System. Declares emergency, effective on passage.
