Provides that person who voluntarily fights wildfire on private forestland is not civilly liable for injury to person or property resulting from good faith performance of firefighting efforts.
Recognizes and honors service members of Oregon National Guard.
In memoriam: Frank Moore, 1923-2022.
Requires employee or worker of marijuana licensee to report human trafficking on licensed premises to Oregon Liquor and Cannabis Commission. Directs commission to establish human trafficking coordinator position. ] Directs State Department of Agriculture to require any rebuttal testing of cannabis to be performed by department staff member in department-operated laboratory. Includes community-based organizations as eligible entities to receive financial assistance from Illegal Marijuana Market Enforcement Grant Program in order to address ongoing humanitarian crisis associated with unlawful marijuana cultivation or distribution operations. Repeals sunset of Illegal Marijuana Market Enforcement Grant Program. Becomes operative on passage. Authorizes commission to allow certain licensed marijuana retailers to relocate to other premises without obtaining new license. Requires marijuana testing laboratory employee to obtain worker permit from commission. Becomes operative on January 1, 2023. Declares emergency, effective on passage.
Eliminates one-day angling license. Reduces maximum current and future one-day angling and shellfish license fee established in fee schedule. Provides for temporary partial dedication of one-day angling and shellfish license fee to Oregon Hatchery Research Center Fund. Authorizes State Fish and Wildlife Commission to issue Rogue-South Coast steelhead validation and Rogue-South Coast wild steelhead harvest card. Instructs commission to adopt rules related to validation and harvest card. Provides that moneys received from sale of validation and harvest card shall be credited to Rogue-South Coast Research and Monitoring Subaccount. Establishes Rogue-South Coast Research and Monitoring Subaccount in Fish and Wildlife Account. Provides that moneys in subaccount shall be used for certain research and monitoring.
Modifies composition and duties of Oregon Broadband Advisory Council. Provides for establishment of grant application review committees. Directs Oregon Broadband Office to develop Broadband Action Plan and Digital Equity Plan that address requirements in Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act. Directs Oregon Broadband Office to collect geospatial data information related to broadband service in Oregon to assist state to determine eligibility for grants and loans and confirm allocation of federal funds. Exempts from public disclosure proprietary information subject to nondisclosure agreement provided to office. Establishes Connecting Oregon Libraries Fund. Continuously appropriates moneys in fund to State Library for purpose of providing matching funds for federal moneys received by certain libraries for providing broadband access. Requires State Library Board to adopt certain rules before distributing moneys in fund. Directs Public Utility Commission, in consultation with certain other state agencies, to investigate and make recommendations on feasibility of expanding Oregon Telephone Assistance Program and applying residential service surcharge to support access to broadband Internet access service or other telecommunications services. Requires commission to submit report to appropriate regular or interim committee of Legislative Assembly and Oregon Broadband Office no later than June 1, 2023. Removes requirement that Public Utility Commission serve notice of all filings of applications for certificates of authority to provide intrastate telecommunications services. Removes requirement that commission provide annual competitive provider report to Legislative Assembly. Declares emergency, effective on passage.
Requires Department of Transportation to conduct review of Oregon Route 6 and present report to Joint Committee on Transportation no later than September 15, 2023. Sunsets January 2, 2024. Takes effect on 91st day following adjournment sine die.
Requires, on or after January 1, 2023, officials of public bodies to grant news media representatives access to scenes of wildfires or natural disasters on public lands that are otherwise closed to public. Provides exceptions when access may be denied or when access may be limited to news media representatives who have received basic fire and natural disaster site safety training approved by associations representing professional news media and public safety agencies. Authorizes on-site scene commanders or designees to grant unescorted access to scenes of wildfires or natural disasters to news media representatives who assume own risk and without promise of rescue. Provides that mandated news media access rules do not apply to property owned by specified educational institutions. Directs Department of State Police ] Office of Emergency Management to convene committee of equal numbers of news media and public safety agency stakeholders to develop voluntary guidelines for basic fire and natural disaster site safety training for news media representatives, examples of when circumstances warrant denial of access to news media representatives and other specified topics. Directs stakeholder committee designees to report on work of committee to House Interim Committee on Rules prior to September 1, 2022. Declares emergency, effective on passage.
Establishes Elliott State Research Forest consisting of lands formerly constituting Elliott State Forest. Declares Oregon State University's Elliott State Research Forest Proposal accepted and amended by State Land Board. Provides for further amendments to proposal by university under certain circumstances. Creates Elliott State Research Forest Authority to administer Elliott State Research Forest. Provides that authority shall be governed by board of directors to which voting members are appointed by State Land Board. Describes duties of board of directors. Provides that board of directors constitutes governing body of authority for purposes of public meetings statutes. Describes duties and powers of State Land Board related to forest. Describes duties of executive director of authority. Describes powers of authority. Provides that requirements of public records statutes apply to authority. Provides that requirements of Administrative Procedures Act do not apply to actions of authority or board of directors. Creates exception allowing judicial review of action principally concerning person's individual rights. Creates exception allowing judicial review of certain other actions. Authorizes board of directors to request revenue bonding to be used for owning, operating or administering forest. Authorizes board of directors to request certain general obligation bonding to be used for owning and operating forest. ] Authorizes use of certificates of participation financing to finance capital projects or purchases related to owning, operating or administering forest. Provides that provisions related to forest become operative on January 1, 2024, only if certain events occur on or before July 1, 2023. Takes effect on 91st day following adjournment sine die.
Creates procedure for filing petition for compensation for wrongful conviction. Declares emergency, effective on passage.
