HomeMy WebLinkAboutLegislative Priorities - Draft2015 Legislative Session
Priority #1 and #2 Bills as of 03/18/2015
Bill
Number
Summary Department(s) Priority* Position** Comments
HB 2833 Adds woody biomass to types of green energy
technology for which contracting agency must
set aside 1.5 percent of contract price to
include in public building.
Forester
Administrative Services
1 Support Adds woody biomass as eligible use for 1.5% of
public building set-aside. Commissioner DeBone is
highly supportive (AS). State law required 1.5% of
any new construction be dedicated to renewable
energy. This bill adds biomass to the list of renewable
energy options that could be used. This is a bill
Deschutes County supported last session (F).
HB 3208 Modifies definition of “land use decision” to
exclude decisions pertaining to construction,
operation, maintenance or improvement of
water delivery infrastructure that are made by
districts for irrigation, drainage, water
improvement or water control.
Community Development 1 Oppose Eliminates all local land use authority over
water/irrigation district-related issues. Goes further
than the concept previously discussed by Nick Lelack
and Commissioner Baney.
HB 3379 Limits amount of appeal fee that city or county
may charge for quasi-judicial review of city or
county decisions on land use application.
Community Development 1 Oppose Companion bill to SB 359. (CD)
SB 0133A Allows Department of Consumer and Business
Services to make system for electronic access
to building code information available for
other purposes.
Community Development 1 Support (CD)
SB 0359 Limits amount of appeal fee that city or county
may charge for quasi-judicial review of city or
county decisions on land use application.
Requires city or county to refund appeals fee
and transcript fee when appellate authority of
city or county declines to review decision.
Prohibits city or county from charging fee for
appeal of final decision of city or county to
Land Use Board of Appeals.
Community Development
Finance
1 Oppose Limits amount of appeal fee (10% of application or
$1,000, whichever is less) that city or county may
charge for quasi-judicial review of city or county
decisions on land use application. Prohibits city or
county from charging fee for appeal of final
decision of city or county to Land Use Board of
Appeals (CD).
SB 0516 Requires Housing and Community Services
Department to dedicate and use portion of
moneys deposited in certain housing accounts
from County Assessment and Taxation Fund
for benefit of county from which fees
deposited into fund were charged and
collected.
Assessor’s Office
Administrative Services
1 or 2 Support Sen Knopp’s bill that requires recording fees collected
for affordable housing go back to the county in which
they were collected (AS).
HB 2015 Directs Department of Human Services, in
consultation with Early Learning Division and
Health Services 2 Support Expands Employment Related Day Care (ERDC).
Directs DHS, in consultation with Early Learning
Office of Child Care, to adopt rules for
subsidy programs for employment-related
child care that, at minimum, provide for one
year of eligibility regardless of change in
employment, permit students enrolled in
coursework and self-employed persons to
receive subsidized employment-related child
care, and provide for reduced copayments and
incentive payments when child care provider
meets specified minimum standards under
tiered quality rating and improvement system.
Permits Office of Child Care to perform
inspections of premises of family child care
providers when required under federal law.
Division and Office of Child Care, to adopt rules for
subsidy programs for employment-related child care.
HB 2132 Allows county that collects forest protection
district assessment or surcharge to retain
percentage of collected moneys for purpose of
paying county administrative costs.
Assessor’s Office 2 Support This is an Assessors Association bill that allows
assessor/county to recoup cost from additional
administrative cost for ODF forest patrol assessments
and related work (AO).
HB 2161 Authorizes county to charge fee not to exceed
actual cost to county of recording certain
instruments. Declares emergency, effective on
passage.
Clerk’s Office 2 Oppose When recording fees change, it takes months for
national corporations to adjust fees for documents
already in the “recording pipeline”. Documents are
rejected and returned due to incorrect recording
payments. A system that potentially changes fees
annually is not cost effective and negatively impact
customers when transactions and funding stalls.
HB 2235 Limits review by Land Use Board of Appeals
of land use decisions and limited land use
decisions changing comprehensive plans and
land use regulations to issues raised during
local planning process. Requires Department
of Land Conservation and Development to
study requirements for citizen involvement in
local land use planning to identify changes
that can reduce potential for appeals by
ensuring more effective involvement in local
land use planning. Declares emergency,
effective on passage.
Community Development 2 Support Changing goal post rule to apply to legislative
amendments.
HB 2287 Authorizes issuance of lottery bonds for
transportation projects funded from
Multimodal Transportation Fund. Specifies
allocation of lottery bond proceeds. Declares
emergency, effective on July 1, 2015.
Finance
Community Development
Road
2 Support Authorizes issuance of lottery bonds for transportation
projects funded from Multimodal Transportation Fund
(CD). Connect Oregon. One of the few transportation
programs which does not use state highway fund (gas
tax) (R). Community Development defers to Road
(CD).
HB 2337 Modifies number of circuit court judges in
certain judicial districts. Declares emergency,
effective on passage.
Legal Counsel
District Attorney’s Office
2 Neutral Oppose unless bill amended to add a judge for
Deschutes County (DA). Neutral until further
information is available (BOCC).
HB 2339 Requires court to appoint interpreter and
provide appropriate assistive communication
device when necessary for crime victim who
seeks to exercise certain constitutional rights
in open court. Prohibits court from charging
fee for appointment of interpreter for crime
victim. Declares emergency, effective on
passage.
District Attorney’s Office
Justice Court
2 Support Support, but urge legislature to increase funding to the
courts to cover the additional costs to implement the
bill (DA).
HB 2348 Provides honorably retired law enforcement
officers with protections provided to Oregon
concealed handgun license holders.
BOCC 2 Monitor
HB 2355 Increases certain fees charged by justice
courts.
Justice Court 2 Increases small claims fees that may be charged by
Justice Courts. Current fee level only covers 1/6 of
cost of Deschutes JC small claims. Increased fees
would still be less than allowed for circuit court.
HB 2424 Authorizes employees of Department of
Corrections, State Board of Parole and Post-
Prison Supervision and Oregon Corrections
Enterprises who work in department building
to store personal handgun and ammunition in
vehicle.
BOCC 2 Monitor
HB 2529 Exempts certain transferors of firearms from
requesting criminal history record check if
purchaser or recipient has concealed handgun
license.
BOCC 2 Monitor
HB 2482 Requires Department of Revenue to appraise
industrial property if improvements have real
market value of more than $1 million, unless
appraisal delegated to county upon request of
county assessor. Provides that delegation of
appraisal continues for minimum of five
consecutive assessment years and thereafter
until county assessor requests department to
resume appraisal responsibility. Provides that
appeal of correction pertaining to state-
appraised industrial property must be brought
in tax court. Takes effect on 91st day
following adjournment sine die.
Assessor’s Office 2 Support Assessor/DOR bill to allow for counties flexibility to
appraise lg industrial properties if they choose.
HB 2483A Clarifies that right of any other party to seek
determination of total real market value of unit
of property or real market value of
components of tax account or unit of property
applies in appeals of accounts constituting unit
of property.
Assessor’s Office 2 Support (AO)
HB 2484 Extends due date to March 15 for filing of
certain property tax returns. Eliminates
Assessor’s Office 2 Support DOR bill – should help by making consistent filing
deadlines for personal property and M&E.
extensions. Applies to returns required to be
filed for property tax years beginning on or
after July 1, 2016. Takes effect on 91st day
following adjournment sine die.
HB 2487 Requires correction of maximum assessed
value due to correction of square footage of
property to be proportional to change in real
market value of property that is due to
correction of square footage. Takes effect on
91st day following adjournment sine die.
Assessor’s Office 2 Support DOR bill to allow for adjustments in sq footage
changes in MAV based on value instead of size
HB 2540 Modifies definition of “public works.”
Classifies exemption from ad valorem
property taxation as funds of public agency for
purpose of requiring payment of prevailing
rate of wage. Requires public agency that
procured contract for public works or sponsor
of enterprise zone in which public works is
located, as appropriate, to receive certified
statements. Declares emergency, effective on
passage.
Property & Facilities
Road
2 Oppose Negates some of the value of an enterprise zone by
driving up cost of construction projects (R).
HB 2544 Requires issue subject to collective bargaining
during term of collective bargaining agreement
that is not resolved through negotiation or
mediation to be resolved through binding
arbitration. Prohibits public employees from
striking when issue subject to collective
bargaining during term of collective
bargaining agreement is subject to binding
arbitration.
Personnel
Legal Counsel
2 Oppose Possible fiscal and operational impact (P). Would
result in strike-prohibited, binding arbitration.
HB 2546 Defines inhalant delivery system. Amends
laws concerning sale of tobacco products to,
and use of tobacco products by, minors so
those laws equally apply to inhalant delivery
systems.
Health Services 2 Support E-Cigarettes Regulation. Defines “inhalant delivery
system;” is a CLHO Priority #1. Amends laws
concerning sale of tobacco products to, and use of
tobacco products by, minors so those laws equally
apply to inhalant delivery systems. Passed on the
House Floor on 03/02/15 (56-2). Goes to Senate.
HB 2829 Modifies provisions authorizing private parks
in exclusive farm use zones.
Community Development 2 Neutral Addresses whether weddings/receptions are passive or
active outdoor recreation.
HB 2836 Provides hours of service credit for vesting
purposes and retirement credit to member of
Oregon Public Service Retirement Plan who
receives workers’ compensation disability
payments and later returns to employment
with participating public employer.
Personnel 2 Neutral (P)
HB 2908 Brings Oregon law into compliance with
federal Preventing Sex Trafficking and
Strengthening Families Act of 2014.
Sheriff’s Office
District Attorney’s Office
2 Support
HB 2915 Establishes credit against personal income
taxes for purchase of qualifying gun safes.
BOCC 2 Monitor
HB 3051 Provides persons licensed to carry concealed
handgun in another state with protections
provided to persons with Oregon concealed
handgun license.
BOCC 2 Monitor
HB 3093 Provides persons licensed to carry concealed
handgun in another state with protections
provided to persons with Oregon concealed
handgun license if other state has no less
stringent handgun competency requirement
than Oregon.
BOCC 2 Monitor
HB 3097 Makes inquiring after applicant's conviction
history and certain activities related to
conducting criminal records check on
prospective employee unlawful employment
practice.
Personnel 2 Oppose Limits the County’s ability to perform due diligence in
background check for applicants. (EK)
HB 3100 Changes governmental framework for
conducting public health activities in this state
and for providing public health services to
residents of this state.
Health Services 2 Support Changes governmental framework for conducting
public health activities and for providing public health
services to Oregon residents. CLHO is working to
incorporate Task Force on the Future of Public Health
Services and Legislative Concept 1231
recommendations into this bill. Mirrors SB 663.
HB 3120 Directs Department of Transportation to create
program by which certain persons may apply
for reduction or waiver of moneys owed to
department.
Road CDD defers to Road Dept. (CD).
SB 0015 Removes six-month county residence
requirement for legal resident applicant for
concealed handgun license.
BOCC 2 Monitor
SB 0027 Resolves certain contradictory provisions
applicable to duties of county clerk.
Eliminates biannual duty of county to examine
financial books and papers of county clerk,
clerk of county court, treasurer and sheriff.
Requires purchaser to record sheriff’s
certificate of execution sale in County Clerk
Lien Record.
Clerk’s Office 2 Support OACC’s recording housekeeping.
SB 0028 Clarifies that county clerk may use elector’s
registration record, rather than physical
registration card, to authenticate signatures.
Permits elections official to deliver form
updating information on members of district
boards by method other than certified mail.
Clerk’s Office 2 Support OACC bill.
SB 0029 Establishes procedures for electing precinct
committeepersons. Requires one
Clerk’s Office 2 Support OACC bill.
committeeperson for every 250 electors, rather
than for every 500 electors, who are registered
in precinct. Provides that write-in candidate
may be eligible for election to precinct
committeeperson position if no other
candidate for position exists. Requires write -in
candidate to signify acceptance of successful
write-in candidacy before primary election,
rather than after election.
SB 0056 Directs Secretary of State to maintain
Statewide Lien Register. Allows state
agencies that have authority to issue warrants
to transmit notice of lien to Secretary of State
for filing in register. Specifies effect of filing
notice of lien. Allows state agencies to amend
notice of lien. Allows state agencies to
release, subordinate, or extend lien. Requires
state agencies to release lien when debt on
which warrant is based is satisfied. Allows
Secretary of State to specify format for notice
or certificate of extension and manner in
which state agencies transmit notice or
certificate for filing in register.
Clerk’s Office
Finance
2 Oppose Lien Registry – could lead to all liens and their fees
going to the state. Will have significant impacts on a
number of recording related funding, including A&T
CAFFA. Based on last year, would reduce CAFFA
monies in excess of $20,000 in Deschutes County.
SB 0067 Changes certain ballot markings from
“Presidential only” to “Federal only.”
Clerk’s Office 2 Support
SB 0173 Authorizes person licensed to carry concealed
handgun to present valid license instead of
providing firearm to peace officer for
examination when possessing firearm in
public building.
BOCC 2 Monitor
SB 0210 Allows applicant to obtain expedited review of
certain applications by filing request and
paying fee. Establishes deadlines for
performing expedited review of application.
Allows entity performing expedited review of
application to contract with state agency, city
or county if assistance or recommendation of
agency, city or county is necessary to review
application. Limits compensation under
contract.
Community Development 2 Oppose Allows applicant to obtain expedited review of certain
applications by filing request and paying fee. For
counties, it pertains to review of an application for a
comprehensive plan amendment. An entity shall
complete expedited review of the application no later
than 120 days after receiving the application. The bill
does not specify the fee. Allows local governments to
contract out the services.
SB 0213 Requires Early Learning Council to develop
metrics for funding Early Learning Hubs.
Permits council to require matching funds
from Early Learning Hub that receives
funding. Directs council to oversee and
administer delivery of early learning services
Health Services 2 Support Makes EL Hubs permanent (removes demonstration
project language). Permits council to require matching
funds from Early Learning Hubs. Directs council to
oversee and administer delivery of early learning
services and to regionalize service administration for
communities not served by Early Learning Hub.
and to regionalize service administration for
communities not served by Early Learning
Hub. Declares emergency, effective on
passage.
SB 0214 Makes calculation of aggregate days
membership for kindergarten students
contingent on early reading program.
Establishes Kindergarten Through Grade
Three Reading Initiative Program to assist
community-based organizations and tribes of
this state with entering into partnerships with
school districts to implement early reading
programs in summer or before or after school.
Establishes Kindergarten Through Grade
Three Reading Initiative Account. Declares
emergency, effective July 1, 2015.
Health Services 2 Support Early Literacy Initiative.
SB 0245 Modifies purposes for assessing, and
authorized uses of, solid waste facility permit
fees.
Solid Waste
Finance
2 Neutral Concern with provisions to allow future fee increases
based on CPI. Current language has annual CPI
values cumulative from year to year. County would
move to supporting this legislation if amended to
eliminate cumulative effect of annual CPI. AOC is in
support of this bill as written.
SB 0263 Adds program elements to opportunity to
recycle. Modifies program elements and
program element requirements. Updates
statewide goals for recovery of materials from
general solid waste stream for calendar years
2020 and 2025 and subsequent years.
Establishes specific statewide recovery goals
for certain materials. Updates waste generation
goals for calendar years 2025 and 2050 and
subsequent years. Updates wasteshed recovery
goals. Allows Environmental Quality
Commission to revise goals under certain
conditions. Directs commission to develop and
adopt alternative method for calculating
recovery rates based on rate of energy savings
achieved through recovery of materials.
Authorizes commission to adopt other
alternative calculation methods under certain
conditions. Authorizes wastesheds to base
recovery rate calculations on weight-based or
alternative methods adopted by commission.
Eliminates two percent recovery credits on
wasteshed recovery rates. Reduces required
frequency of statewide solid waste
Solid Waste 2 Support Consistent with AOC position.
composition study to once every three biennia.
Requires Department of Environmental
Quality to conduct statewide survey of
recovery rates for certain materials for
calendar year 2020. Requires department to
report to interim committee of Legislative
Assembly by September 15, 2022, if goals are
not being achieved.
SB 0299 Changes states in which residents of Oregon
may lawfully obtain long guns for transport
into Oregon from contiguous states to all other
states.
BOCC 2 Monitor
SB 0385 Adds justice court and municipal court to
definition of court facility in which
firearms and other weapons are prohibited
except in specified circumstances.
Justice Court
BOCC
3
2
Support
Monitor
(JC)
SB 0415 Prohibits distributing, selling or allowing to be
sold flavored tobacco products or flavored
inhalant delivery system products in this state.
Health Services 2 Support Prohibits flavored tobacco from being distributed, sold
or allowing to be sold.
SB 0416 Requires payment of fee for smoke shop
certification, renewal of smoke shop
certification, transfer of smoke shop
certification and relocation of smoke shop.
Requires smoke shops certified under current
criteria to renew certification every five years.
Becomes operative January 1, 2016. Declares
emergency, effective on passage
Health Services 2 Support Imposes fees on entities subject to ICAA; requires
payment of fee for smoke shop certification, renewal,
transfer, and relocation.
SB 0417 Requires premises where person makes retail
sales of tobacco products and inhalant delivery
systems to be licensed by Oregon Liquor
Control Commission.
Health Services 2 Support Requires retailers to be licensed by OLCC and a fee
for that license. Will not have hearings or actions until
HB 2546 moves forward.
SB 0440 Requires Oregon Health Policy Board to
establish Health Plan Quality Metrics
Committee to develop health outcome and
quality measures for coordinated care
organizations and plans offered by Public
Employees’ Benefit Board and Oregon
Educators Benefit Board. Eliminates metrics
and scoring committee. Declares emergency,
effective on passage.
Health Services 2 Support
with
Amendment
This committee should have a public health
representative to bring expertise in population health
improvement. Will support CLHO’s efforts to
strengthen public health aspect of bill.
SB 0442 Directs Oregon Health Authority to adopt by
rule schedule requiring submission of
document to school administrator for purposes
of declining immunization if document on
record does not include signature of health
care practitioner verifying that parent has
Health Services 2 Support Removes the non-medical exemption for vaccines; is a
CLHO Priority #2. Has three amendments, which
would delete the non-medical exemptions for
vaccinations and only allow a medical exemption from
a licensed provider for enrollment in school or day
care centers.
reviewed risks and benefits of immunization
or certificate verifying that parent has
completed vaccine educational module.
Declares emergency, effective on passage.
SB 0491 Provides that state contracting agency may not
prequalify prospective bidder or proposer for
public contract for goods or services, or for
public improvement contract, if prospective
bidder or proposer employs 40 or more
workers and if public contract has estimated
contract price that exceeds $500,000, unless
prospective bidder or proposer submits
certificate that shows completion
of training program for compliance with pay
equity provisions of state law.
Property & Facilities
Road
Legal Counsel
2 Oppose A change as to how local governments can prequalify
bidders for public projects. Employers with 40 or more
employees for projects exceeding $500k cannot be
pre-qualified unless they provide proof that their
employees have received pay equity training. Would
require us to make sure this is part of our bidding
process (PF).
SB 0528 Provides persons licensed to carry concealed
handgun in another state with protections
provided to persons with Oregon concealed
handgun license.
BOCC 2 Monitor
SB 0579 Requires state contracting agency that awards
public improvement contract with contract
price of more than $5 million to require
contractor to employ apprentices to perform
10 percent of work hours on public
improvement that workers in apprenticeable
occupations perform.
Property & Facilities
Road
Legal Counsel
2 Oppose Requires that in order to contract for jobs exceeding
$1 million estimated cost, local government must
ensure that contractor will use apprentice labor for at
least 10% of the work hours.
SB 0636 Reduces required age for concealed handgun
license applicant to 18 years of age if applicant
is service member.
BOCC 2 Monitor
SB 0663 Changes governmental framework for
conducting public health activities in this state
and for providing public health services to
residents of this state.
Health Services 2 Support Changes governmental framework for conducting
public health activities and for providing public health
services to Oregon residents. CLHO is working to
incorporate Task Force on the Future of Public Health
Services and Legislative Concept 1231
recommendations into this bill. Mirrors HB 3100.
SB 0668 Provides that right and privilege to construct,
maintain, or operate water, gas, electric, or
communication service line, fixture, or other
facility along public roads, free of charge, does
not extend to county roads.
Road 2 Support This is the AOC bill which enables counties to
establish franchise fees for utilities – similar to that of
cities. I am very much in favor of this bill as it could
translate into a local funding source which we have
been restricted from pursuing due to state law (R).
SB 0723 Exempts certain transferors of firearms from
requesting criminal history record check if
purchaser or recipient has concealed handgun
license.
BOCC 2 Monitor
SB 0724 Provides persons licensed to carry concealed
handgun in another state with protections
BOCC 2 Monitor
provided to persons with Oregon concealed
handgun license if other state has no less
stringent requirements for obtaining license
than Oregon.
SB 5505 Directs distribution of moneys from Criminal
Fine Account. Declares emergency, effective
July 1, 2015.
Community Justice
District Attorney’s Office
Sheriff’s Office
2 Support Support the bill. Unsure at this time if the allocations
are sufficient (DA).
HB 2830 Modifies time period for local government to
take action on application for permit, limited
land use decision or zone change after remand
based on final order of Land Use Board of
Appeals.
Community Development 2 or 3 Support Provides 120 days to address LUBA remand rather
than current 90 day requirement. Sponsored by Rep.
Helm, supported by Rep. McLane (CD).
HB 2959 Requires Housing and Community Services
Department to dedicate and use portion of
moneys deposited in certain housing accounts
from County Assessment and Taxation Fund
for benefit of county from which fees
deposited into fund were charged and
collected.
Assessor’s Office
Administrative Services
3
2
Neutral
Support
(AO)
Should discuss with Board (EK).
HB 3282 Requires Director of Department of Land
Conservation and Development at city request
to approve or remand sequential phases of
work task related to potential amendment of
urban growth boundary.
Community Development 2 or 3 Support Provides certainty for cities in UGB amendment
processes – throughout the process rather than all or
nothing when the final UGB amendment proposal is
submitted to DLCD. (CD)
HB 3431 Extends deadline for owner of Metolius resort
site to notify Department of Land
Conservation and Development that owner has
elected to seek approval of small-scale
recreation community.
Community Development 2 or 3 Neutral Deschutes County is an eligible receiving county for
Metolius TDOs as proposed in this bill. (CD)
* Prioritization Guidelines:
#1: County has initiated and/or is leading efforts to advocate for or oppose the bill.
#2: County is coordinating with another lead agency and will provide support through testimony, letters of support/opposition, or other
assistance if needed.
#3: County is monitoring the bill, but is not actively involved in lobbying efforts.
#4: County has no interest in the bill and no need to monitor it further.
** Position Options: Support, Oppose, or Neutral