Rep. Mark Owens

Directs Department of Education to conduct study to determine need, feasibility and cost of providing school-based mental health center in every public middle school. Directs department to submit report to interim committee of Legislative Assembly no later than September 15, 2024. Sunsets January 2, 2025. Declares emergency, effective on passage.

Provides that storage of surface water for fire response preparedness does not require water right application, permit or certificate.

Modifies personal income tax brackets. Decreases rates applicable and resulting tax imposed. Provides for adjustment of all brackets for inflation. Increases Oregon standard deduction. Applies to tax years beginning on or after January 1, 2024. Takes effect on 91st day following adjournment sine die.

Appropriates moneys from General Fund to State Department of Agriculture for purpose of funding grant program related to establishments that process and sell meat products. Extends sunset of grant program. Declares emergency, effective on passage.

Creates income or corporate excise tax credit for taxpayer that pays salary or wages of employee while employee misses work to attend jury service, or for self-employed individual unable to engage in trade or business because of jury service. Modifies juror fee provisions. Increases juror fee in circuit court to $50 per day. Requires self-employed individual eligible for tax credit to waive fee. Applies to tax years beginning on or after January 1, 2024, and before January 1, 2030. Takes effect on 91st day following adjournment sine die.

Requires legislative task forces and work groups to provide public notice of upcoming meetings and audio or video links to permit members of public to contemporaneously listen to or observe meetings. Requires task forces and work groups to permit public to provide comment on matters before task force or work group. Takes effect on 91st day following adjournment sine die.

Repeals those provisions of Drug Addiction Treatment and Recovery Act of 2020 (Ballot Measure 110 (2020)) that pertain to decriminalization of possession of drugs. Takes effect on 91st day following adjournment sine die.

Directs Department of Public Safety Standards and Training to establish program to provide grants to nonprofit organization to fund care of retired law enforcement dogs. Appropriates moneys from General Fund to department for purposes of awarding grants. Declares emergency, effective on passage. ].

Requires State Department of Energy to study renewable energy resource development. Directs department to submit findings to interim committees of Legislative Assembly related to energy no later than September 15, 2024. ] Creates income or corporate excise tax credit for amount paid by owner of eligible generation facility for transmission services. Directs that amount paid, for purposes of tax credit, shall be calculated as sum of amounts paid by owner to Bonneville Power Administration or electric utility for up to 600 megawatts of eligible generation facility's nameplate capacity and to other parties. Applies to tax years beginning on or after January 1, 2025, and to eligible generation facilities first placed in service on or after January 1, 2025, and before January 1, 2031. Takes effect on 91st day following adjournment sine die.

Removes certain lands from definitions of buildable lands for purposes of urbanization.