2010 Special Session - Senate Bills 986 - 1000 (summaries)
Links to full text of measures as introduced
SB 986 - Metsger
Specifies that vice chairperson of Willamette River Cleanup Authority is selected by majority of members. Requires Willamette River Cleanup Authority to hold public meetings at least twice each year. Allows majority of members to call additional meetings.
SB 987 - Education & Gen. Government
Removes sunset on pilot education service districts. Allows existing pilot education service districts to organize as shared governance education service districts. Establishes process by which education service district may organize to be shared governance education service district. Deletes requirement that districts biennially report to interim legislative committees.
Declares emergency, effective on passage.
SB 988 - Education & Gen. Government
Creates Task Force on School Reform. Directs task force to study reform of kindergarten through grade 12 public education and make recommendations for reform.
Declares emergency, effective on passage.
SB 989 - Commerce & Workforce Dev.
Eliminates requirement that both issue of representation by labor organization and issue of designation of organization as exclusive representative be placed on same ballot for representation elections for faculty of certain universities.
Declares emergency, effective on passage.
SB 990 - Commerce & Workforce Dev.
Modifies definition of “emergency benefit period” to begin on first week that begins at least 14 days after effective date of Act and ending when total of Oregon emergency benefits paid reaches $19 million.
Adjusts maximum Oregon emergency benefits individual may receive to 23 percent of individual’s most recent regular unemployment benefit claim.
Authorizes Employment Department to adopt rules providing for eligibility period for purpose of extended benefits if federal law provides for greater than 50 percent funding of extended benefits.
Declares emergency, effective on passage.
SB 991 - Courtney
Exempts providers of certain parental respite services from regulation by Department of Human Services.
Makes providers of certain parental respite services mandatory child abuse reporters. Declares emergency, effective on passage
SB 992 - Courtney
Allows beverage distributors or importers to establish distributor cooperative for certain purposes. Provides that dealer that uses distributor cooperative is not required to return beverage containers to distributor or importer that does not participate in distributor cooperative.
SB 993 - Morse
Requires payday lenders and title lenders to obtain license to conduct business. Specifies requirements for licensing. Specifies duties and prohibitions for licensees. Sets allowable rate of interest for payday loans and title loans.
Provides that Director of Department of Consumer and Business Services may investigate licensee compliance with provisions of license and enforce licensee duties and prohibitions.
Declares emergency, effective on passage.
SB 994 - Morse
Requires Director of Department of Consumer and Business Services to prescribe pilot program in which small employer groups offer healthy behavior dividends that are exempt from rate variation requirements.
Sunsets January 2, 2016. Declares emergency, effective on passage.
SB 995 - Kruse, Edwards
Allows facilities that generate electricity by using biomass or combusting municipal solid waste to comply with renewable portfolio standard under certain conditions. Specifies conditions under which State Department of Energy may certify facilities as eligible for renewable energy certificates.
Authorizes full recovery of costs by public utilities in prudent energy investments related to planning, financing, construction and operation of hydrogen power stations.
SB 996 - Schrader
Expands protection under public employee Whistleblower Law to include discussions with member of elected governing body of political subdivision in state.
Declares emergency, effective on passage.
SB 997 - Schrader
Modifies description of certain lands, defined as “resource lands,” from which development may be transferred.
Declares emergency, effective on passage.
SB 998 - Rules
Modifies date by which Secretary of State must submit report to Legislative Assembly regarding cross-nomination system for candidates for public office.
Conforms certain laws relating to double majority voting requirements in property tax elections to Oregon Constitution so that double majority requirement does not apply to local property tax measures submitted to electors in elections held in May or November of any year.
Takes effect on 91st day following adjournment sine die.
SB 999 - Veterans' Affairs
Modifies circumstances under which current or former member of Armed Forces, Reserves or National Guard may be offered diversion from criminal prosecution.
Declares emergency, effective on passage.
SB 1000 - Veterans' Affairs
Directs Department of Transportation, upon request, to identify veterans on driver licenses and identification cards.
Permits department to waive customized registration plate fee for persons with Congressional Medal of Honor registration plates.
