Beef Legislation

Bill

Legislative Summary

Directs Environmental Quality Commission to adopt by rule diesel engine emission standards for medium-duty trucks and heavy-duty trucks

Defines “center of the subject tract” for siting certain permissible forest dwellings

Increases maximum fees for commercial weighing or measuring instruments or devices

Eliminates reexamination administration fee for pesticide applicators and pesticide consultants

Extends sunset on State Department of Agriculture authority to annually impose limited fee increases for certain licenses related to food production

Changes structure for annual permit fees for confined animal feeding operations

Removes sunset dates for the Oregon Landowner Damage Program and the Access and Habitat Program

Regulates the construction and removal of dams

Allows farm tractors to operate on state highways that have speed limit or posted speed of more than 35 miles per hour

Makes permanent 2018 law sunsetting April 15, 2020, that allows guest ranches to be established on lands zoned for exclusive farm use in eastern Oregon

Directs Department of State Lands to collaborate with certain entities to develop proposal, including recommended legislation for introduction in 2020 regular session, for Department to assume partial authority to administer federal wetland dredge and fill permits

Authorizes maintenance activities in dry, traditionally maintained channels to be conducted without removal or fill permit subject to certain conditions

Exempts from ad valorem property taxation property that is owned or used by cooperative for purpose of providing stream or hot water heat by combustion of biomass

Allows counties to approve second dwelling on forestlands within rural fire protection district near existing dwelling for owner or relative who supports owner’s forestry practices

Requires counties to approve establishment of dwellings in conjunction with farm use on high-value farmland for cranberry farm operator meeting $40,000 annual income standard

Allows facilities for processing farm products under 2,500 square feet on lands zoned for exclusive farm use without regard to siting standards

Replaces vehicle weight rating with designation as passenger vehicle as qualification for per-mile road usage charge program

Requires State Forestry Department to report biennially to committee of Legislative Assembly regarding outcomes from all projects pursued in state under Good Neighbor Authority Agreement

Prohibits county from considering property tax classification of dwellings that were previously removed, destroyed, demolished or converted to nonresidential uses when reviewing application for replacement dwelling on lands zoned for exclusive farm use

Increases maximum penalty for certain wildlife law offenses committed without culpable mental state to $2,000 fine

Limits extension that Land Use Board of Appeals may provide petitioner whose objection to record is denied to 14 days from later of original deadline or date of denial

Changes process for forming or dissolving livestock district, annexing land to livestock district or withdrawing land from livestock district

Abolishes Oregon Orchardgrass Seed Producers Commission on later of July 1, 2019, or one day after effective date of Act

Approves certain new or increased fees adopted by State Department of Agriculture

Approves certain new or increased fees adopted by Department of Environmental Quality

Modifies laws relating to home and farm loans for veterans

Modifies provisions for treatment of renewable energy certificates issued for generation of thermal energy

Modifies license fees for heating oil tank regulatory program

Modifies oil spill prevention fees

Eliminates sunset for funding dedicated to State Department of Fish and Wildlife fish restoration and enhancement program

Exempts from Public Contracting Code timber sales from lands that State Parks and Recreation Commission or State Parks and Recreation Department owns or manages

Prohibits food and beverage provider or convenience store from providing single-use plastic straw to consumer unless consumer specifically requests single-use plastic straw

Establishes standards for establishment of farm breweries on lands zoned for exclusive farm use or mixed farm and forest use for breweries that annually produce under 150,000 barrels of malt beverages total with under 15,000 barrels produced on farm brewery site

Expands where special district public bodies may hold public meetings to include locations within Indian country of federally recognized Oregon Indian tribe that is within Oregon

Makes person voluntarily fighting wildfire immune from civil liability for injury resulting from good faith performance of firefighting efforts

Requires State Department of Fish and Wildlife to consider elk overpopulation when implementing Oregon Landowner Damage Program

Conditionally abolishes annual one-hour change in time from standard time to daylight saving time and maintains Oregon on daylight saving time except in portion of Oregon in Mountain Time Zone

Prohibits local governments from imposing system development charge for increased use of transportation facility resulting from marijuana production in exclusive farm use zone

Requires employer to provide notice to employees of upcoming inspection by federal agency of employer’s records regarding identity and employment eligibility of employees within three business days of employer’s receipt of notice of inspection from agency

Allows farm direct marketer sales and consignment sales of olive oil

Allows county to approve certain divisions of land zoned for exclusive farm use for purposes of siting utility facilities necessary for public service

Prohibits use of cyanide devices to control wildlife

Requires owner or person in possession or control of solar project to file, on or before December 31 preceding first property tax year to which agreement with county for payment of fee in lieu of property taxes on solar project property relates, nameplate capacity of project and copy of agreement with county assessor and Department of Revenue

Authorizes qualified institutions to receive loans from Water Pollution Control Revolving Fund to finance projects to repair or replace failing on-site septic systems or to replace failing on-site septic systems with connections to available sewer