Authorizes holder of water right certificate that authorizes storage of water to change point of diversion without losing priority of right under certain circumstances. Declares emergency, effective on passage.
Proposes amendment to Oregon Constitution to provide for surplus corporate tax revenue to be used for school construction and infrastructure improvements. Refers proposed amendment to people for their approval or rejection at next regular general election.
Establishes Hillcrest Housing and Health Care Authority and specifies governance and duties. Allows authority to perform examinations related to the fitness of criminal defendants to assist in their defense. Directs Oregon Department of Administrative Services to convene task force to evaluate potential for creating Oregon Department of Behavioral Health and transfer from other state agencies to Oregon Department of Behavioral Health all matters related to behavioral health. Requires report of findings to interim committees of Legislative Assembly related to health. Reduces from 30 days to 6 days deadline for community developmental disabilities program to submit to court report of investigation in proceeding to commit person with intellectual disability for residential care, treatment and training.
Provides that, before undertaking wildlife management activity involving aircraft, State Department of Fish and Wildlife must notify private landowners over whose land aircraft will fly, under specified circumstances.
Appropriates moneys to Oregon Business Development Department for distribution for purposes related to outdoor recreation economy. Allocates moneys to department for purpose of awarding matching grants to membership organizations and business accelerators in outdoor gear and apparel industry. Declares emergency, effective on passage.
Establishes School Safety Construction Fund in State Treasury, separate and distinct from General Fund. Appropriates moneys in fund continuously to Department of Education for purposes of making grants to school districts , to education service districts, to Oregon School for the Deaf and to public school districts that apply on behalf of charter school chartered within school district for construction projects that address urgent school safety needs. Specifies priorities for grant moneys. Takes effect on 91st day following adjournment sine die.
Requires ] Authorizes Oregon Advocacy Commissions Office, Commission on Hispanic Affairs, Commission on Black Affairs, Commission for Women and Commission on Asian and Pacific Islander Affairs to each employ at least one paid intern ] employ paid interns and staff necessary to supervise interns . Appropriates moneys for purpose of employing interns. Declares emergency, effective on passage.
Establishes program within Higher Education Coordinating Commission for supporting strategic investments in maritime workforce development programs and activities.
Requires Oregon Tourism Commission to establish and administer grant program to promote, develop and sustain opportunities for agricultural tourism in rural communities in this state. Appropriates moneys from General Fund to Oregon Business Development Department for distribution to commission for program.
Removes requirement that percentage-based allocation of lottery proceeds to County Fair Account not exceed certain amount. Requires Oregon Business Development Department to prepare and report master plan for county fairground capital construction. Specifies content and procedural requirements for report. Appropriates moneys to department out of General Fund for consultant services related to report. Declares emergency, effective July 1, 2023.
