Bill Text: OR HB4002 | 2012 | Regular Session | Introduced

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Bill Title: Relating to forestry education.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 3-0)

Status: (Passed) 2012-03-16 - Chapter 39, (2012 Laws): Effective date January 1, 2013. [HB4002 Detail]

Download: Oregon-2012-HB4002-Introduced.html

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     76th OREGON LEGISLATIVE ASSEMBLY--2012 Regular Session

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                         House Bill 4002

Sponsored by Representative CLEM (Presession filed.)

                             SUMMARY

The following summary is not prepared by the sponsors of the
measure and is not a part of the body thereof subject to
consideration by the Legislative Assembly. It is an editor's
brief statement of the essential features of the measure as
introduced.

  Establishes, in Oregon University System Fund, subaccount
dedicated to funding investments in forestry education.
Establishes Forestry Education Council. Requires council to
develop criteria and measurements for use by State Board of
Higher Education when determining investments in forestry
education to make from subaccount. Requires board to consult with
council when developing work plans and resource allocation plans
affecting forestry education. Requires council to conduct review
of investments in forestry education funded from subaccount and
report to board and Chancellor of Oregon University System.
  Declares emergency, effective on passage.

                        A BILL FOR AN ACT
Relating to forestry education; and declaring an emergency.
Be It Enacted by the People of the State of Oregon:
  SECTION 1.  { + The State Treasurer shall establish in the
Oregon University System Fund a subaccount dedicated to funding
investments in forestry education. The subaccount shall consist
of any moneys made available by appropriation, gift, grant or
donation to the Oregon University System for the purpose of
funding investments in forestry education. The State Board of
Higher Education shall make any allocations of moneys from the
subaccount to investments in forestry education in accordance
with the criteria and measurements established by the Forestry
Education Council under section 6 of this 2012 Act. + }
  SECTION 2.  { + (1) There is established a Forestry Education
Council, consisting of five members appointed by the State Board
of Higher Education. The board shall appoint to the council at
least three members who are forestland owners in this state or
representatives of forest products manufacturers operating in
this state.
  (2) The term of office of each council member is four years,
but a member serves at the pleasure of the board. Before the
expiration of the term of a council member, the board shall
appoint a successor whose term begins on January 1 next
following.  A council member is eligible for reappointment. If
there is a vacancy for any cause, the board shall make an
appointment to become immediately effective for the unexpired
term.
  (3) A council member is entitled to compensation and expenses
as provided in ORS 292.495. + }
  SECTION 3.  { + Notwithstanding the term of office specified by
section 2 of this 2012 Act, of the members first appointed to the
Forestry Education Council:
  (1) One shall serve for a term ending January 1, 2013.
  (2) One shall serve for a term ending January 1, 2014.
  (3) One shall serve for a term ending January 1, 2015.
  (4) Two shall serve for terms ending January 1, 2016. + }
  SECTION 4.  { + The members of the Forestry Education Council
must be residents of this state who are well informed on the
principles of providing educational opportunities for forestland
owners, forest products manufacturers and persons wishing to
train in forest-related occupations. + }
  SECTION 5.  { + (1) The Forestry Education Council shall select
one of its members as chairperson and another as vice
chairperson, for such terms and with duties and powers necessary
for the performance of the functions of such offices as the State
Board of Higher Education determines.
  (2) A majority of the members of the council constitutes a
quorum for the transaction of business.
  (3) The council shall meet at times and places specified by the
call of the chairperson, a majority of the members of the council
or a majority of the members of the board. + }
  SECTION 6.  { + (1) The State Board of Higher Education shall
solicit the advice of the Forestry Education Council when
developing work plans or resource allocation plans affecting
forestry education. The council shall provide advice to the board
regarding the development of work plans and resource allocation
plans affecting forestry education upon request of the board and
at other times as the council deems reasonable or necessary.
  (2) The council shall establish criteria and measurements for
the board to use in determining which investments in forestry
education to make from the subaccount described in section 1 of
this 2012 Act.
  (3) The criteria and measurements established under this
section shall include, but need not be limited to, standards
designed to:
  (a) Respond to the forestry education needs of forestland
owners and forest products manufacturers in this state;
  (b) Meet the professional education needs of employees working
in the forest products industry in this state by increasing
faculty and academic program capacity in public institutions of
this state;
  (c) Create additional opportunities for residents of this state
to pursue education in forest engineering, forest management,
forest operations management, renewable material and wood
products innovation and other fields important to the advancement
of the forest products industry in this state;
  (d) Maximize the leverage of the moneys that the board
allocates from the subaccount;
  (e) Give priority to allocations for which financial resources
of forest products manufacturers in this state, or of other
persons interested in forestry education in this state, are
available to augment the allocations; and
  (f) Ensure that moneys the board allocates from the subaccount
are used to:
  (A) Give priority to addressing those educational needs of the
forest industry that are the most evident and urgent;
  (B) Produce the greatest amount of educational benefit for the
least short-term and long-term costs to this state;
  (C) Avoid duplication of existing public or private resources;
and
  (D) Leverage existing and future private resources for the
public benefit.
  (4) The council shall review the performance of investments
made in forestry education from the subaccount described in
section 1 of this 2012 Act. The performance reviews shall be
designed to identify possible improvements in the criteria and
measurements established by the council, identify possible
improvements in the process for allocating moneys from the
subaccount and determine the effectiveness of the allocations and
investments in addressing the objectives described in subsection
(3) of this section. The council shall report the results of the
performance reviews to the board and to the Chancellor of the
Oregon University System. + }
  SECTION 7.  { + This 2012 Act being necessary for the immediate
preservation of the public peace, health and safety, an emergency
is declared to exist, and this 2012 Act takes effect on its
passage. + }
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