Prohibits landlord from terminating month-to-month tenancy without cause after 12 months of occupancy. Provides exception for certain tenancies on building or lot used by landlord as residence. Allows landlord to terminate tenancy with 90 days' written notice and payment of one month's rent under certain conditions. Exempts landlord managing four or fewer units from payment of one month's rent. Provides that fixed term tenancy becomes month-to-month tenancy upon ending date if not renewed or terminated. Allows landlord to not renew fixed term tenancy if tenant receives three lease violation warnings within 12 months during term and landlord gives 90 days' notice. Limits rent increases for residential tenancies to one per year. Limits maximum annual rent increase to seven percent above annual change in consumer price index. Requires Oregon Department of Administrative Services to publish maximum annual rent increase percentage. Declares emergency, effective on passage.
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Urges federal government to adopt and enforce stringent regulations related to accuracy in wine labeling, packaging and advertising. Urges states to enter into mutual agreements related to enforcement of wine laws.
Requires person that owns, licenses , has control over or has access to ] or otherwise possesses personal information and ] that was subject to breach of security or that received notice of breach of security from another person that maintains or otherwise possesses personal information on person's behalf, to notify consumer to whom personal information pertains and, if number of consumers to whom person must send notice exceeds 250, to Attorney General. Requires person that maintains or otherwise possesses personal information on behalf of another person to notify other person of breach of security. Requires person to give notice in most expeditious manner possible, without unreasonable delay, but not later than 45 days after discovering or receiving notice of breach of security. Requires person, in providing notice, to undertake reasonable measures necessary to determine sufficient contact information for notice recipients, to determine scope of breach of security and to restore reasonable integrity, security and confidentiality of personal information. Provides that if person must notify consumer of breach of security and with notice person offers credit monitoring services or identity theft prevention and mitigation services without charge to consumer, person may not condition provision of services on consumer's providing person with credit card or debit card number or consumer's acceptance of any other service person offers for fee. Requires person to separately, distinctly, clearly and conspicuously disclose to consumer in any offer for additional credit monitoring services or identity theft prevention and mitigation services that person offers for fee that person will charge consumer fee. Prohibits consumer reporting agency from charging consumer fee or collecting from consumer money or item of value for placing, temporarily lifting or removing security freeze on consumer's consumer report, creating or deleting protective record, placing or removing security freeze on protective record or replacing lost personal identification number or password. Modifies standards for safeguarding personal information. Takes effect on 91st day following adjournment sine die.
Removes requirement that students who are not citizens or lawful permanent residents apply for official federal identification document to be eligible for exemption from paying nonresident tuition at public universities. Permits public universities, Oregon Health and Science University and community colleges ] Higher Education Coordinating Commission to provide scholarships and other financial aid to students who are not citizens or lawful permanent residents. Permits Oregon Health and Science University and community colleges ] to exempt from paying nonresident tuition students who are not citizens or lawful permanent residents. Declares emergency, effective on passage.
Extends sunset for modified method of apportionment of business income of interstate broadcaster for purposes of corporate excise taxation. Continues use of gross receipts from customers with in-state commercial domicile in numerator of apportionment percentage calculation. Requires gross receipts of broadcaster to be included in numerator if member of affiliated group filing consolidated state return, regardless of whether interstate broadcaster has taxable presence in state. ] First applies to tax years beginning on or after January 1, 2017. ] Takes effect on 91st day following adjournment sine die.
Modifies purposes for which certain percentage of moneys in Oregon Marijuana Account may be used. Applies to moneys transferred to account after effective date of Act , and before July 1, 2019 . Declares emergency, effective on passage.
Specifies that amount in account established for higher education expenses is disregarded for purposes of determining account owner's financial eligibility to receive assistance or benefit authorized by law, other than means-tested state financial aid for higher education, to extent permitted under federal law. Directs Higher Education Coordinating Commission to study potential effects on financial aid programs of excluding amounts in accounts established for higher education expenses from determination of expected family contributions and to study policies to incentivize saving for higher education expenses among families at or below median income. Applies to eligibility determinations made on or after January 1, 2019. Takes effect on 91st day following adjournment sine die.
Provides that person commits crime of strangulation if person knowingly impedes normal breathing or circulation of another person by applying pressure to chest of other person. Increases penalty for crime of strangulation when victim is family or household member. Punishes by maximum of five years' imprisonment, $125,000 fine, or both. Directs Oregon Criminal Justice Commission to classify felony strangulation as crime category 5 if committed against family or household member .
Establishes Small Business Expansion Loan Fund to be administered by Oregon Business Development Department for purpose of making loans of early stage growth capital to individuals and business entities with 50 or fewer employees that may not be able to obtain adequate traditional commercial or private financing to meet operational and growth needs. Provides that no individual loan may be made for amount greater than $2 million. Authorizes Oregon Business Development Commission to transfer moneys in Oregon Business Development Fund to Small Business Expansion Loan Fund when reasonable and financially appropriate for purpose of making loans under Act.
Removes ability of major political party to use party rule, rather than primary election, to select party nominee in situations when vacancy in state office or office of state Senator occurs on or before 70th day before primary election and remaining two years of term of office are filled by electors at next general election. Declares emergency, effective on passage.