Includes class size as mandatory subject of school district collective bargaining.
Reestablishes Task Force on Reentry, Employment and Housing. Requires report to Legislative Assembly no later than September 15, 2018. Sunsets task force on December 31, 2018. Declares emergency, effective on passage.
Authorizes establishment of programs by cities for demolition of residences or residential buildings. Provides guidelines for programs related to lead containment and asbestos abatement. Becomes operative January 1, 2018. Takes effect on 91st day following adjournment sine die.
Authorizes State of Oregon to receive moneys pursuant to Volkswagen Environmental Mitigation Trust Agreement, deposit agreement moneys in Clean Diesel Engine Fund and use moneys to award grants for reducing emissions from school buses powered by diesel engines. Prohibits Department of Environmental Quality from awarding grants from agreement moneys for any other purpose without prior approval from Legislative Assembly by law. Adds grants and loans for replacements to permissible uses of moneys in Clean Diesel Engine Fund. Makes other modifications to provisions for grants and loans from fund for purpose of reducing emissions from diesel engines. Declares emergency, effective July 1, 2017.
Exempts county permit application for mining operation on significant mineral resource site in certain counties from requirements for uses in exclusive farm use zones and statewide land use planning goals and rules relating to land use. Provides exceptions. Requires State Department of Geology and Mineral Industries to issue provisional operating permit for mining operation of significant mineral resource site if permit contains and applicant meets certain conditions. Requires department to provide notice of application for operating permit of significant mineral resource site to each permitting agency and cooperating agency and to provide opportunity to respond, identifying expected adverse effects of proposed operation. Requires department to include in operating permit conditions addressing adverse effect under certain circumstances. Requires project coordinating committee to analyze and address conflict identified by private property owner or lessee within impact area. Requires department to avoid or minimize conflict through imposition of permit conditions. Requires department to activate project coordinating committee upon receipt of application for nonaggregate mineral mine operating permit to mine significant mineral resource site.
Increases penalties for assault committed against flagger or highway worker who is performing official duties. Punishes by maximum of five years' imprisonment, $125,000 fine, or both. Declares emergency, effective on passage.
Authorizes Teacher Standards and Practices Commission to disburse moneys from National Board Certification Fund for reimbursement of certain costs related to national board certification of teachers. Expands sources of moneys for fund. Directs commission to renew, without charge, license of educator who is certified by national professional organization for teaching standards. Directs commission to submit to legislative committees of Legislative Assembly report related to national board certification of teachers.
Modifies eligibility for Family Sentencing Alternative Pilot Program. Authorizes court to consider program eligibility as mitigating factor justifying downward departure probation sentence. Increases maximum period of short-term transitional leave for certain Department of Corrections inmates. Reduces, for crimes of theft in the first degree and identity theft, presumptive sentences and eliminates mandatory sentences when defendant has prior property crime convictions. Increases number of prior property crime convictions required for presumptive sentence for theft in the first degree and identity theft to apply. Authorizes supervisory authority to require person convicted of certain property crimes and sentenced to probation to receive high level of supervision. Directs Oregon Criminal Justice Commission to establish program to award supplemental grant funds for county downward departure prison diversion programs. Appropriates moneys from General Fund to commission for deposit in Justice Reinvestment Account to fund supplemental grants. Appropriates moneys to Department of Justice for services for victims of domestic and sexual violence. Directs Oregon Criminal Justice Commission to monitor downward departure prison diversion programs receiving supplemental grant funds and to study impact of Act on prison population, recidivism rates and public safety. Declares emergency, effective on passage.
Requires health benefit plan coverage of specified health care services, drugs, devices, products and procedures related to reproductive health. Allows exemption for plans sold to religious employers. Requires Oregon Health Authority to implement program to reimburse costs of services, drugs, devices, products and procedures related to reproductive health provided to individuals who can become pregnant and who would be eligible for medical assistance if not for certain federal requirements. Prohibits discrimination in provision of health care coverage. Prohibits interference by public body in consenting individual's choice to terminate pregnancy. Prohibits public body's interference with health care provider terminating or assisting in termination of pregnancy of health care provider's patient, if health care provider is acting within scope of provider's license. Requires authority, in consultation with Department of Consumer and Business Services, to design program to provide statewide access to abortion coverage for Oregon residents enrolled in health benefit plans that do not cover abortion. Requires authority, in consultation with department, to implement program, to extent authorized by state law, if funding is available. Requires authority to report to Speaker of House of Representatives, President of Senate and interim committees of Legislative Assembly related to health on actions taken and recommendations for legislative changes to fully implement program. Declares emergency, effective on passage.
Prohibits public body from disclosing specified information concerning person unless required by state or federal law. Prohibits public body from inquiring concerning person's citizenship or immigration status except as required by state or federal law or when determining benefit eligibility. Authorizes public body to decline to disclose information concerning person's citizenship or immigration status except as required by state or federal law or in certain other circumstances. Directs Attorney General to publish model policies for public bodies intended to limit, in manner consistent with state and federal law, immigration enforcement in public facilities. Declares emergency, effective on passage.
