Rep. Boomer Wright

Increases speed limit on Interstate 5 and on other highways.

Directs Oregon State University Extension Service to collaborate with Department of Education for purpose of identifying and collecting student data relevant for maintenance of outdoor school programs.

Requires Department of State Lands to petition United States Congress for transfer of certain public lands. Requires department to manage lands as trustee for benefit of counties where lands are sited.

Authorizes ports to assess public bodies for share of costs of removing sediment from port waters.

Requires county clerk to ensure that any board or other entity established to assist county clerk in fulfilling official duties contains equal numbers of volunteers from each major political party. Provides that ballots may be collected from official ballot drop site only by team of two or more election workers, with each team including equal number of individuals affiliated with each major political party.

Urges Congress to pass legislation to allow for optional, incremental transfer of federal lands to states.

Establishes certain limitation on projects under Good Neighbor Authority Agreement.

Directs Legislative Assembly to allocate moneys to members for distribution. Establishes procedure for members of Legislative Assembly to direct distribution of moneys to local governments, special government bodies or certain nonprofit organizations. Establishes restrictions on distributions. Directs Legislative Assembly to appropriate moneys for distributions. Declares emergency, effective on passage.

Sets $100 cap each year on sum of contributions that can be received by candidate or committee in cash from any source. Declares emergency, effective on passage.

Establishes Broadband Service Infrastructure Program within Oregon Broadband Office for purpose of offsetting cost of planning and developing high speed broadband service infrastructure in unserved and underserved areas. Requires eligible applicants that are awarded grant or loan to enter into performance agreement to plan and develop broadband service infrastructure within designated geographic area that reaches 95 percent or more of customers in geographic area and provides broadband service at speed of at least 100 megabits per second for downloads and uploads with capability to provide speeds of one gigabit per second for downloads and uploads. Requires Oregon Business Development Department to adopt initial rules and standards to carry out Broadband Service Infrastructure Program no later than December 31, 2023. Clarifies that moneys in Broadband Fund are appropriated to Oregon Business Development Department for purpose of providing grants or loans under program established by rule under section 5, chapter 17, Oregon Laws 2020 (first special session). Requires Oregon Business Development Department, through Oregon Broadband Office, to establish program to provide grants or loans to eligible applicants to support residents and businesses that are located within high-cost broadband service area having access to broadband services at rates that are reasonably comparable to rates in areas that are outside of high-cost broadband service areas. Requires Oregon Broadband Advisory Council to include in biennial report evaluation of continuing need for temporary program for providing grants or loans to support projects for planning and development of broadband service infrastructure and digital literacy, inclusion and adoption. Declares emergency, effective on passage.