Allows employer to pay federal minimum wage to youth employee during employee's initial period of employment. Makes unlawful employment practice to displace higher wage-earning employee to pay lower rate.
Permits Department of Human Services to require applicants for or recipients of aid under temporary assistance for needy families program who are convicted of possession or distribution of controlled substances to submit to random drug tests. Requires person to enroll in rehabilitation program if person tests positive for drugs. Requires person to comply with requirements of rehabilitation program as condition for continued receipt of aid.
Requires certain persons to not drive in far left lane unless passing. Provides exceptions. Punishes by maximum fine of $250. Clarifies that certain persons must drive in far right lane.
Requires Environmental Quality Commission to adopt by rule program for facilitating compliance with low carbon fuel standards. Requires program to include certain provisions for managing and containing costs of compliance with low carbon fuel standards, including but not limited to provisions for purchase and use of compliance credits. Provides for Department of Environmental Quality to enter into agreements with nongovernmental entities to serve as compliance credit generators. Sets forth required terms of agreement. Requires compliance credit generators to use funds received through transfer of compliance credits for certain purposes. Provides for expedited review of compliance credit generator provisions by Supreme Court upon petition by adversely affected party. Provides that if court makes certain determination on or before January 1, 2021, compliance credit generator provisions are repealed and provisions of Act are enacted in lieu thereof that establish Transportation Emissions Reduction Account in State Highway Fund, require department to sell compliance credits and require department to deposit funds received for transfer of compliance credits in account. Specifies uses of account. Provides that compliance credit generator provisions become operative January 1, 2018. Takes effect on 91st day following adjournment sine die.
Extends period of time by which electric utility that acquires service territory of other electric utility without other electric utility's consent must comply with renewable portfolio standard that applies in that service territory. Declares emergency, effective on passage.
Adds Oregon Volunteer Firefighters Association to list of entities eligible for individual income tax return checkoff contribution. Provides conditions for use of contributions. Applies to individual income tax returns for tax years beginning on or after January 1, 2017. Takes effect on 91st day following adjournment sine die.
Exempts person serving in Oregon National Guard from requirement to enroll in community college courses within six months of attaining previous highest level of education in order to qualify for Oregon Promise grant , provided that person enrolls in community college courses within six months of completing initial active duty training .
Commemorates 69th anniversary of Vanport flood and remembers survivors and those who lost their lives.
Requires institutions of higher education to provide to each applicable student information detailing amount of education loans received, amount of tuition and fees student has paid to institution, estimate of total payoff amount of education loans student has received , estimate of amount student will have to pay each month to service loans and percentage of borrowing limit student has reached for each type of federal loan. Requires information to be provided on annual basis , in unified and comprehensive manner and in plain language that is easy to understand .
Limits self-service fuel dispensing to low-population counties of eastern Oregon and specified counties. Removes hours of operation restriction on self-service at filling stations, service stations, garages and other dispensaries in low-population counties of eastern Oregon. Requires filling station, service station, garage or other retail dispensary in low-population county of eastern Oregon or specified county offering self-service to have attendant available for dispensing fuel during specified hours if located at site that includes retail space unrelated to certain motor vehicle goods and services. Allows nonretail facility in low-population county of eastern Oregon to allow self-service dispensing of fuel at retail.
