Bill Text: OR SB762 | 2013 | Regular Session | Enrolled
Bill Title: Relating to veterans; appropriating money; and declaring an emergency.
Spectrum: Committee Bill
Status: (Passed) 2013-08-21 - Effective date, August 14, 2013. [SB762 Detail]
Download: Oregon-2013-SB762-Enrolled.html
77th OREGON LEGISLATIVE ASSEMBLY--2013 Regular Session
Enrolled
Senate Bill 762
Sponsored by COMMITTEE ON VETERANS AND EMERGENCY PREPAREDNESS
CHAPTER ................
AN ACT
Relating to veterans; creating new provisions; amending ORS
305.727 and 406.458; appropriating money; and declaring an
emergency.
Whereas the rate of suicide among veterans is unacceptable; and
Whereas many veterans are unaware of available benefits and
services, placing an unacceptable economic burden on the veteran,
the community and the state; and
Whereas the best method to address suicide prevention and the
lack of knowledge about veterans' services is through an engaged
community; now, therefore,
Be It Enacted by the People of the State of Oregon:
SECTION 1. { + (1) The Department of Veterans' Affairs shall
create and coordinate a public information campaign to inform
public agencies and the public about suicide prevention,
including but not limited to increasing knowledge and
understanding about recognizing the signs of a potentially
suicidal veteran and resources to which veterans who are
potentially suicidal may be referred.
(2) As used in this section:
(a) 'Public agencies' means the State of Oregon and any
political subdivision thereof and any county, city, district,
authority, public corporation or entity and any of their
instrumentalities organized and existing under law or charter.
(b) 'Veteran' has the meaning given that term in ORS
408.225. + }
SECTION 2. ORS 406.458 is amended to read:
406.458. { + (1) + } The Director of Veterans' Affairs shall
carry out the provisions of ORS 406.450, 406.452, 406.454 and
406.456 { + and subsection (2) of this section + } in
consultation with the Association of Oregon Counties.
{ + (2) The Department of Veterans' Affairs shall conduct
outreach to, and cooperate and coordinate with, cities, counties,
community organizations, persons and organizations offering
volunteer services under ORS 406.340 and any other person or
organization to provide services and assistance described in ORS
406.450 (2) through alternative means and resources, including
the media, in addition to the county veterans' service officers
program established under ORS 406.450.
(3) The department shall make the informational materials and
training opportunities described in ORS 406.450 (2)(b) available
to the cities, counties, community organizations, persons and
organizations described under subsection (2) of this section. + }
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SECTION 3. { + (1) The Oregon Department of Veterans' Affairs
Veterans Suicide Prevention and Outreach Program is created in
the Department of Veterans' Affairs. The purposes of the program
are to publicize veterans' benefits, provide outreach regarding
suicide prevention for veterans in this state and implement the
provisions of section 1 of this 2013 Act.
(2) The department shall adopt rules to implement the
provisions of this section. + }
SECTION 4. { + (1) The Oregon Department of Veterans' Affairs
Veterans Suicide Prevention and Outreach Program Fund is
established in the State Treasury, separate and distinct from the
General Fund. Interest earned by the Oregon Department of
Veterans' Affairs Veterans Suicide Prevention and Outreach
Program Fund shall be credited to the fund. The fund shall
consist of:
(a) Moneys appropriated to the fund by the Legislative
Assembly.
(b) Amounts credited to the fund under ORS 305.690 to 305.753.
(c) Amounts credited to the fund under section 6 of this 2013
Act.
(d) Gifts, grants and donations, in money or otherwise, for use
as described in subsection (2) of this section.
(e) Interest earned by the fund.
(2) Moneys in the fund are continuously appropriated to the
Department of Veterans' Affairs for the purposes of implementing
the provisions of sections 1 and 3 of this 2013 Act. + }
SECTION 5. { + (1) Individual taxpayers who file an Oregon
income tax return and who will receive a tax refund from the
Department of Revenue may designate that a contribution of all or
a portion of the refund be made to the Oregon Department of
Veterans' Affairs Veterans Suicide Prevention and Outreach
Program by marking the appropriate box printed on the return as
provided in ORS 305.690 to 305.753.
(2) Moneys contributed to the Oregon Department of Veterans'
Affairs Veterans Suicide Prevention and Outreach Program in
accordance with ORS 305.690 to 305.753 shall be deposited in the
Oregon Department of Veterans' Affairs Veterans Suicide
Prevention and Outreach Program Fund. + }
SECTION 6. { + (1) A person that applies for the renewal of
vehicle registration online may make a contribution of $1 or more
to the Oregon Department of Veterans' Affairs Veterans Suicide
Prevention and Outreach Program at the time the online
application for renewal of vehicle registration is made.
(2) The vehicle registration renewal website and online
application form must state that the owner has the option of
making a contribution to the Oregon Department of Veterans'
Affairs Veterans Suicide Prevention and Outreach Program.
(3) Moneys contributed to the Oregon Department of Veterans'
Affairs Veterans Suicide Prevention and Outreach Program in
accordance with this section shall be deposited in the Oregon
Department of Veterans' Affairs Veterans Suicide Prevention and
Outreach Program Fund. + }
SECTION 7. ORS 305.727 is amended to read:
305.727. (1) In addition to the opportunity to be listed on the
Oregon individual tax return forms under ORS 305.725, an entity
on the eligibility roster may apply to the commission for listing
in the Department of Revenue instructions for tax return checkoff
contribution as provided in this section.
(2) In order to qualify for instruction listing, the entity
must apply to the commission in the manner in which an entity
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applies for listing on the individual tax forms under ORS
305.725.
(3) In order to qualify for instruction listing, the entity
must meet the qualifications described in ORS 305.720, collect
10,000 or more signatures from electors of this state attesting
that the electors support the entity qualifying for instruction
listing and be:
(a) The Oregon Veterans' Home, the Nongame Wildlife Fund, the
Alzheimer's Disease Research Fund, the Oregon Military Emergency
Financial Assistance Fund { + , the Oregon Department of
Veterans' Affairs Veterans Suicide Prevention and Outreach
Program Fund + } or the subaccount described in ORS 316.493 for
contributions dedicated to the prevention of child abuse and
neglect;
(b) A nonprofit organization described in section 501(c)(3) of
the Internal Revenue Code with a gross income of at least $1
million for the year prior to application; or
(c) The central office for a group of affiliated nonprofit
organizations with a collective gross income of at least $1
million in the year prior to the year of application.
(4) The commission shall review applications and approve those
that meet the qualifications of ORS 305.720 and this section. An
entity that is approved by the commission shall thereafter
qualify for instruction listing for six years and thereafter must
reapply under this section for continued listing in additional
six-year periods, except that an entity that reapplies does not
need to collect 10,000 or more signatures.
(5) The commission shall certify those entities that are on the
eligibility roster and that the commission has approved in the
interim since the last preceding certification to the Department
of Revenue for listing in the instructions to the forms described
in ORS 305.710.
(6) The department shall include in the instructions to the
forms described in ORS 305.710 a list of entities that have been
certified by the commission under this section as of the date the
instructions for the forms must be prepared.
(7) The department shall cause two lines to be included on the
Oregon individual tax return forms following the listing of the
entities described in ORS 305.715 (2). These lines may be used by
a taxpayer to designate one or two entities that have qualified
for instruction listing under this section as the recipient of a
checkoff contribution by the taxpayer.
(8) Amounts contributed by charitable checkoff to an
instruction-listed entity shall be subject to and distributed as
provided in ORS 305.747.
SECTION 8. { + This 2013 Act being necessary for the immediate
preservation of the public peace, health and safety, an emergency
is declared to exist, and this 2013 Act takes effect on its
passage. + }
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Passed by Senate June 28, 2013
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Robert Taylor, Secretary of Senate
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Peter Courtney, President of Senate
Passed by House July 1, 2013
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Tina Kotek, Speaker of House
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Received by Governor:
......M.,............., 2013
Approved:
......M.,............., 2013
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John Kitzhaber, Governor
Filed in Office of Secretary of State:
......M.,............., 2013
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Kate Brown, Secretary of State
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