Bill Text: OR SB169 | 2011 | Regular Session | Introduced

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Bill Title: Relating to consolidation of state agencies involved in the management of natural resources; declaring an emergency.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)

Status: (Failed) 2011-06-30 - In committee upon adjournment. [SB169 Detail]

Download: Oregon-2011-SB169-Introduced.html

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     76th OREGON LEGISLATIVE ASSEMBLY--2011 Regular Session

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LC 1478

                         Senate Bill 169

Sponsored by Senator DINGFELDER (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 Task Force on Natural Resource Agency
Consolidation. Requires task force to report findings and
recommendations to interim legislative committees on environment
and natural resources on or before July 1, 2012.
  Sunsets on date of convening of 2013 legislative session.
  Declares emergency, effective on passage.

                        A BILL FOR AN ACT
Relating to consolidation of state agencies involved in the
  management of natural resources; and declaring an emergency.
Be It Enacted by the People of the State of Oregon:
  SECTION 1.  { + (1) The Task Force on Natural Resource Agency
Consolidation is established, consisting of 11 members appointed
as follows:
  (a) The President of the Senate shall appoint five members who
represent state agencies involved in the management of natural
resources.
  (b) The Speaker of the House of Representatives shall appoint
four members who represent state agencies involved in the
management of natural resources.
  (c) The Governor shall appoint:
  (A) One person who served on the Governor's Reset Cabinet
established by Executive Order 09-13; and
  (B) One representative from the Oregon Department of
Administrative Services.
  (2) The appointing authorities shall appoint task force members
no later than 60 days after the effective date of this 2011 Act.
  (3) The task force shall study the benefits of abolishing or
consolidating state agencies involved in the management of
natural resources, including:
  (a) The State Department of Fish and Wildlife;
  (b) The Department of State Lands;
  (c) The Land Use Board of Appeals;
  (d) The Water Resources Department;
  (e) The State Department of Agriculture;
  (f) The Columbia River Gorge Commission;
  (g) The Oregon Forest Resources Institute;
  (h) The State Forestry Department;
  (i) The State Department of Geology and Mineral Industries;
  (j) The Department of Environmental Quality;
  (k) The Department of Land Conservation and Development;
  (L) The State Marine Board;
  (m) The State Parks and Recreation Department; and
  (n) The Oregon Watershed Enhancement Board.
  (4) The task force may consult with persons who served on the
Governor's Reset Cabinet established by Executive Order 09-13.
  (5) A majority of the voting members of the task force
constitutes a quorum for the transaction of business.
  (6) Official action by the task force requires the approval of
a majority of the voting members of the task force.
  (7) The task force shall elect one of its members to serve as
chairperson.
  (8) If there is a vacancy for any cause, the appointing
authority shall make an appointment to become immediately
effective.
  (9) The task force shall meet at times and places specified by
the call of the chairperson or of a majority of the voting
members of the task force.
  (10) The task force may adopt rules necessary for the operation
of the task force.
  (11) The task force shall report its findings and include
recommendations for legislation to the interim committees on
environment and natural resources on or before July 1, 2012.
  (12) The Oregon Department of Administrative Services shall
provide staff support to the task force.
  (13) Members of the task force are not entitled to
compensation, but may be reimbursed for actual and necessary
travel and other expenses incurred by them in the performance of
their official duties in the manner and amounts provided for in
ORS 292.495. Claims for expenses shall be paid out of funds
appropriated to:
  (a) The Oregon Department of Administrative Services for a
member of the task force who is not employed by a state agency
involved in the management of natural resources; or
  (b) The state agency that employs the member for a member of
the task force who is employed by a state agency involved in the
management of natural resources.
  (14) All agencies of state government, as defined in ORS
174.111, are directed to assist the task force in the performance
of its duties and, to the extent permitted by laws relating to
confidentiality, to furnish such information and advice as the
members of the task force consider necessary to perform their
duties. + }
  SECTION 2.  { + Section 1 of this 2011 Act is repealed on the
date of the convening of the 2013 legislative session. + }
  SECTION 3.  { + This 2011 Act being necessary for the immediate
preservation of the public peace, health and safety, an emergency
is declared to exist, and this 2011 Act takes effect on its
passage. + }
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