Provides that Director of the Oregon Health Authority may enter into agreements governing sharing and use of information reported to prescription monitoring program with regulatory authorities of other states that administer prescription monitoring programs. Becomes operative January 1, 2018. Declares emergency, effective on passage.
Requires Legislative Fiscal Officer to prepare economic impact statements when proposed legislative measures are reported out of committee and Legislative Fiscal Officer determines that measures may have effect on jobs and job creation or destruction, wages and salaries, business expansion or contraction or other economic measures. Requires Legislative Fiscal Officer to also prepare economic impact statements when adopted administrative rules have effect on jobs and job creation or destruction, wages and salaries, business expansion or contraction or other economic measures. Sets forth procedures for uses of economic impact statements for both measures and rules.
Directs Department of Education to administer pilot program to offer summer education to elementary school students in high poverty, low performing schools with high populations of English language learners. Sunsets pilot program on January 2, 2020. Establishes Summer Learning Fund, separate and distinct from General Fund. Continuously appropriates moneys in Summer Learning Fund to State Library for purposes of funding summer learning planning, programming and awareness. Appropriates moneys from General Fund for deposit in Summer Learning Fund. Declares emergency, effective on passage.
Prohibits performance of late-term sex-selective abortion.
Requires Legislative Policy and Research Director to provide small business impact statement if statement is requested in writing by two members of Legislative Assembly, each member from different major political party. Provides that statement describe likely effects of proposed legislative measure on small businesses that employ fewer than 50 employees. Requires director to prepare and deliver statements to requesters within 14 calendar days of request and to thereafter monitor and report effects of subsequent amendments to measure.
Creates credit against income tax for replacement of certain trucks used by taxpayer in course of business. Applies to tax years beginning on or after January 1, 2018. Takes effect on 91st day following adjournment sine die.
Directs Land Use Board of Appeals to award prevailing party actual damages equal to economic loss due to project delays caused by proceeding initiated based on position not well-founded in law or on fact.
Authorizes gun dealer to accept for safekeeping firearm surrendered by person or family or household member of person who is at risk of causing physical injury to self or others with firearm. Provides civil and criminal immunity to gun dealer who accepts firearm for safekeeping.
Prohibits law enforcement agency from receiving certain equipment from military surplus equipment program operated by federal government. Requires law enforcement agency to notify Department of Justice of request for permissible equipment. Directs department to adopt rules related to law enforcement agency equipment acquisition. Declares emergency, effective on passage.
Proposes amendment to Oregon Constitution to include guarantee that individual may not be deprived of life, liberty, property or personal privacy without due process of law. Refers proposed amendment to people for their approval or rejection at next regular general election.
Modifies methodology for reimbursing hospital costs under self-insured benefit plan offered by Public Employees' Benefit Board. Declares emergency, effective on passage.
Directs Public Employees Retirement Board to reimburse certain recipient of reduced payment under Public Employees Retirement System if recipient establishes that payment was subject to Oregon personal income tax. Sunsets January 2, 2019. Declares emergency, effective on passage.
