Allows farm or ranch owner or operator to sell ownership interest in all or part of livestock to final consumer. Makes slaughtering facility regulations inapplicable to farm or ranch owner or operator slaughtering livestock if meat is for noncommercial use of holder of ownership interest in livestock. Allows retail food establishment to sell producer-processed agricultural products. Allows restaurants and other facilities selling ready-to-eat food to sell food containing producer-processed products not requiring time or temperature control to prevent safety hazards. Sets maximum annual production and sales for farm-direct marketer. Changes sales limit for bottler, packager or canner of certain fruit-based items sold by farm-direct marketer. Authorizes farm-direct sales of producer-processed products. Authorizes agricultural producer consignment sales of producer-processed products not requiring time or temperature control to prevent safety hazards.
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Terminates state of emergency relating to COVID-19.
Proposes amendment to Oregon Constitution to increase number of Senators serving in Legislative Assembly to 36 and modify Senate legislative districts to be coterminous with county boundaries. Refers proposed amendment to people for approval or rejection at next regular general election.
Requires each school district to evaluate instructional needs of students of school district as result of school closures due to COVID-19 and to report summaries of evaluations to Department of Education. ] Directs department to produce statewide summary of evaluations and to report results of summary to interim committee of Legislative Assembly related to education. ] Sunsets December 31, 2021. ] Directs Legislative Policy and Research Director to conduct study to collect and interpret data to enable legislators to develop understanding of students' instructional needs caused by school closures due to COVID-19 pandemic. Sunsets June 30, 2022. Declares emergency, effective on passage.
Limits liability for certain claims for damages arising out of acts or omissions taken during COVID-19 emergency period in reasonable compliance with government guidance related to COVID-19.
Directs State Department of Agriculture, in consultation with Minor Crops Advisory Committee, to establish grant program to study alternatives to chlorpyrifos. Directs department to report to interim committees of Legislative Assembly related to agriculture no later than September 15, 2025, on results of studies funded by grant program. Appropriates moneys to department for purposes of funding grant program and report. Directs Oregon State University, in cooperation with United States Department of Agriculture's Interregional Project Number 4, to research alternatives to chlorpyrifos. Directs university to report to interim committees of Legislative Assembly related to agriculture no later than September 15, 2025, on results of research. Appropriates moneys to university for purposes of funding research and report. Takes effect on 91st day following adjournment sine die.
Creates refundable income tax credit to adjust for effect on federal income subtraction of recovery rebates allowed to personal income taxpayers. Provides for credit to be claimed on personal income tax return for 2021 tax year. Applies to tax years beginning on or after January 1, 2020, and before January 1, 2021. Provides that federal tax subtraction is to be calculated without taking into account recovery rebates allowed to personal income taxpayers. Applies to tax years beginning on or after January 1, 2021, and before January 1, 2022. Takes effect on 91st day following adjournment sine die.
Maintains unemployment insurance tax rate in effect for each employer for calendar year 2020 until first calendar year that begins after later of December 31, 2022, or date on which state of emergency declared by Governor on March 8, 2020, for COVID-19 pandemic, and any extension of state of emergency, is no longer in effect. Takes effect on 91st day following adjournment sine die.
Proposes amendment to Oregon Constitution establishing Citizens Redistricting Commission to adopt redistricting maps for Senate, House of Representatives and United States Congress. Refers proposed amendment to people for their approval or rejection at next general election.
Requires each public school to provide full-time, in-person classroom instruction during 2021-2022 school year. Declares emergency, effective July 1, 2021.