Rep. Greg Smith

Requires Department of Environmental Quality to approve at least three businesses to provide water quality permit application review services. Requires department to approve or disapprove water quality permit application with report from review service provider within 30 days. Requires department to report water quality permit wait times to interim committees of Legislative Assembly related to environment no later than September 15 of each year. Declares emergency, effective on passage.

Requires state agency that enters into certain interagency agreements with public body, another state agency or unit of local government to evaluate performance of other party to interagency agreement at least once each year on basis of specified criteria and to determine every six years after date of execution of interagency agreement whether to continue or renew interagency agreement or terminate interagency agreement and enter into new interagency agreement with different public body, state agency or unit of local government. Requires state agency to report results of evaluation not later than December 31 of each year to Joint Legislative Audit Committee. Takes effect on 91st day following adjournment sine die.

Directs State Parks and Recreation Commission to study and make recommendations for options to implement adopt-a-trail and adopt-a-beach programs. Requires commission to submit report on findings to interim committee of Legislative Assembly by September 15, 2022.

Repeals sunset of predator damage control district program. Defines "prevent, reduce and mitigate damage to property from predatory animals" to include both lethal and nonlethal methods of prevention, reduction and mitigation. Changes requirements for petition for formation of predator damage control district. Provides that proposed district boundaries may be noncontiguous. Requires county assessor to verify signatures of eligible petitioners appearing on petition for formation of district. Increases annual charges that landowners may choose to incur for land located in predator damage control district. Amends provisions for determining and charging county's actual administrative costs of preventing, reducing and mitigating damage to property from predatory animals to exclude indirect or pooled job costs assessed to county for federal wildlife services, provided county has obtained waiver from federal directors of wildlife services. Authorizes governing body of county, with consent of governing body of city, to charge city for county's actual administrative costs of preventing, reducing and mitigating damage to property from predatory animals. Authorizes charges to be collected from landowners by direct billing, with deadline for collection set by advisory board of district. Grants cause of action under district program to counties, landowners, districts and cities involved in program. Takes effect on 91st day following adjournment sine die.

Authorizes county with population of less than 15,000 to adopt property tax exemption for newly constructed single-family dwellings built and occupied as primary residences by individuals with annual taxable income of not more than $125,000 if filing separately or not more than $250,000 if filing jointly. Requires county to prescribe application forms for precertification process and exemption. Limits new exemptions to no more than five dwellings per county per property tax year. Allows county to determine length of exemption, between three and five years. Prohibits new exemptions for property tax years beginning on or after July 1, 2032. Takes effect on 91st day following adjournment sine die.

Appropriates moneys from General Fund to Department of Education for State School Fund. Limits biennial expenditures from lottery moneys allocated to department for State School Fund. Limits biennial expenditures from fees, moneys or other revenues, including Miscellaneous Receipts, but excluding lottery funds and federal funds, collected or received by department for State School Fund. Specifies amounts department may spend for certain purposes from State School Fund. Transfers moneys from State School Fund to Local Option Equalization Grants Account. Declares emergency, effective July 1, 2021.

Directs Oregon Department of Administrative Services to study and make recommendations regarding capital construction. Requires department to submit report on findings by January 1, 2023. Sunsets January 2, 2023.

Establishes COFA Dental Program in Oregon Health Authority to provide dental care to low-income citizens of Pacific Islands in Compact of Free Association who reside in Oregon , qualify for medical assistance through Oregon Supplemental Income Program and lack access to affordable dental coverage. Specifies eligibility requirements for program and duties of authority in administering program.

Authorizes formation of children's service districts. Authorizes children's service districts to levy property taxes to fund programs that offer children's services. Defines "children's services" as services that support children's total health and well-being provided outside of school hours to individuals not more than 18 years of age. Provides that, if action is filed by taxpayer for real property located within children's service district asserting valid claim that revenue funding project is subject to compression under $5 per $1,000 of real market value cap for purposes of Ballot Measure 5 (1990) as revenue funding project constituting educational services, children's service district shall discontinue project and shall use revenue for project that does not constitute educational services.

In memoriam: George Ira Fenton Jr., 1931-2019.