Prescribes responsibilities of integrator after entering into agreement with Department of Transportation to undertake certain duties.
Appropriates moneys to State Forestry Department for 2019-2021 biennium to carry out integrated pest management program to combat Sudden Oak Death. Requires department to expend part of appropriation as grant for task force to encourage and coordinate county integrated pest management programs to combat Sudden Oak Death. Declares emergency, effective July 1, 2019. .
Requires State Department of Fish and Wildlife to establish program for strategic investments in initiatives related to ocean acidification and hypoxia. ] Appropriates moneys from General Fund to department for purposes of program. ] Oregon Ocean Science Trust, State Department of Fish and Wildlife and Higher Education Coordinating Commission in certain amounts for certain purposes related to ocean chemistry. Declares emergency, effective July 1, 2019.
Establishes Task Force on Maritime Sector Workforce Development. Directs task force to, consistent with work of predecessor task force, study and develop description of maritime sector and maritime sector workforce in Oregon and develop recommendations for State Workforce and Talent Development Board to incorporate consideration of maritime sector into statewide workforce development system plan. Requires task force to report to certain committees of Legislative Assembly and to State Workforce and Talent Development Board no later than September 15, 2020. Sunsets task force on December 31, 2020. Declares emergency, effective on passage.
Requires division of Department of Human Services that administers Oregon Project Independence, in collaboration with area agencies, to study statewide expansion of Oregon Project Independence and resource needs of division if Oregon Project Independence is expanded statewide. Requires department, by September 15, 2021 ] 2020 , to report on study to interim committees of Legislative Assembly related to human services. Declares emergency, effective on passage.
Appropriates moneys to Oregon Department of Administrative Services for distribution to Association of Oregon Counties to contract ] obtain and manage contracted services for provision of technical assistance and information to ] for private landowners for complying ] to facilitate compliance with certain requirements related to replacement or repair of tide gates , with priority given to tide gates with opening size of four feet or smaller. Declares emergency, effective July 1, 2019.
Permits duplicate health benefit plan coverage for public employees. Deletes provision requiring Oregon Educators Benefit Board to use payment methodologies in self-insured health benefit plans offered by board that are designed to limit growth in per-member expenditures for health services to no more than 3.4 percent per year. Deletes provision requiring Oregon Educators Benefit Board to adopt policies and practices designed to limit annual increase in premium amounts paid for contracted health benefit plans to 3.4 percent. Takes effect on 91st day following adjournment sine die.
Creates credit against income taxes for amounts paid by veteran as principal or interest on qualified education loans. Applies to tax years beginning on or after January 1, 2019, and before January 1, 2025. Takes effect on 91st day following adjournment sine die.
Transfers Leaburg Fish Hatchery from State Department of Fish and Wildlife to State Parks and Recreation Department. Designates Leaburg Fish Hatchery as Leaburg Hatchery State Park.
Urges Governor and state agencies to work with legislators, tribal governments, water stakeholders and others in cooperative process to create comprehensive state water vision.
