Directs Department of Education to coordinate with Oregon FFA Association to increase student achievement and improve college attendance and career placement for students enrolled in agricultural education courses. Directs department to establish grant program for purpose of funding extended duty contracts to manage agricultural science and technology programs of study during summer months. Directs expenses of grant program to be paid from High School Graduation and College and Career Readiness Fund. Declares emergency, effective on passage.
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Authorizes Department of State Lands to seize abandoned motor vehicles and junk on, under or over state-owned submerged or submersible lands and to use moneys in Submerged Lands Enhancement Fund for such seizure.
Authorizes Department of Corrections to allocate moneys for purpose of funding facilitated dialogue program services necessary to comply with victims' rights.
Establishes Law Enforcement Assisted Diversion Pilot Program. Directs Oregon Criminal Justice Commission to administer program and award grants to law enforcement jurisdictions. Appropriates moneys from General Fund to commission for purpose of funding program. Sunsets program on July 1, 2023.
Exempts retired members of Public Employees Retirement System from limitations on reemployment if member is reemployed as police officer by public university or Oregon Health Science University. Provides that no more than 25 percent of police officers employed in police department established by public university or Oregon Health and Science University may be retired members of Public Employees Retirement System.
Provides for regulation by Oregon Liquor Control Commission of consumption and sale of marijuana items at temporary events, including licensure of premises on which temporary events are held. Creates local option for certain cities and counties. Provides for regulation by commission of consumption of marijuana items at cannabis lounges, including licensure of premises where cannabis lounges are located. Creates local option for certain cities and counties. Excepts from prohibitions on public use, including restrictions set forth in Oregon Indoor Clean Air Act, consumption of marijuana items in designated areas of premises for which temporary event or cannabis lounge license has been issued. Applies current law regulating licensed marijuana producers, processors, wholesalers and retailers to new types of licensees. Makes certain exceptions. Becomes operative January 1, 2018. Takes effect on 91st day following adjournment sine die.
Requires Real Estate Commissioner to adopt program to relieve pecuniary loss of landlord liable to tenant due to mismanagement by or dishonest conduct of real estate property manager. Permits landlord to claim reimbursement for pecuniary loss of tenant deposit due to mismanagement by or dishonest conduct of real estate property manager. Grants immunity to landlord and any person who gives information to commissioner relating to claim filed with commissioner. Establishes Tenant Deposit Security Fund. Requires real estate property managers to pay annual fee. Authorizes commissioner to determine amount of fee. Takes effect on 91st day after adjournment sine die.
Limits certain circumstances when child may be taken into protective custody to when there is reasonable cause to believe child is in imminent danger of serious bodily injury. Requires court findings of need for removal based on prevention of imminent danger of serious bodily injury to child. Prohibits court from changing case plan for reunifying family and returning ward to parent at permanency hearing unless court determines by preponderance of competent evidence, or parties stipulate, that health and safety of ward requires change in case plan. Permits court order or judgment to be modified or set aside when prospective enforcement is no longer in interests of justice or in best interests of child. Permits order or judgement placing ward to be modified or set aside after granting of adoption petition when adoptive parents subsequently lose or relinquish parental rights. Expands circumstances under which certificate of irrevocability and waiver and release or surrender of child for adoption may be revoked.
Authorizes Governor to enter into agreement with another state for purpose of cross-jurisdictional coordination and enforcement of marijuana-related businesses. Specifies that under laws of other state, production, processing, sale and testing of marijuana items must be lawful. Specifies that borders of this state must abut borders of other state. Prohibits transporting marijuana items through use of navigable airspace, through use of any mode of transportation subject solely to federal regulation and through any state or territory of United States that is not party to agreement.
Creates crime of equine soring. Punishes by maximum of one year's imprisonment, $6,250 fine, or both. Prohibits possession of equine after conviction for equine soring for period of five years. Provides that possession of equine in violation of prohibition is punishable by maximum of 30 days' imprisonment, $1,250 fine, or both, and court is required to order surrender of equine. Authorizes county or animal care agency to petition court for order forfeiting surrendered equine.