Oregon House Bill 3546 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Completed Legislative Action
Spectrum: Moderate Partisan Bill (Republican 16-5)
Status: Failed on July 6 2015 - 100% progression
Action: 2015-07-06 - In committee upon adjournment.
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [PDF]

Finds and declares that Baker, Crook, Harney, Lake and Malheur Counties are qualitatively different and unique sage grouse habitat, making counties separate and distinct class for purposes of levying state tax assessment. Requires State Department of Agriculture to impose assessment on cattle raised in Baker, Crook, Harney, Lake or Malheur County. Provides for establishing zero assessment rate if greater sage grouse is listed as endangered under federal Endangered Species Act. Establishes Sage Grouse Habitat Conservation and Restoration Fund to receive moneys collected from assessment. Appropriates fund moneys to department for purposes of distributing grants to soil and water conservation districts where assessed cattle were raised. Provides for districts to use grant moneys to fund projects for sage grouse conservation or sage grouse habitat conservation or restoration in areas where sage grouse listing would affect or potentially would affect cattle production activities. Requires department to make assessment effective beginning January 1, 2016. Sunsets assessment on January 2, 2021. Sunsets other provisions on January 2, 2022. Declares emergency, effective on passage.

Relating to habitat projects by cattle producers; declaring an emergency.

Sen. Cliff Bentz [R]	Rep. Caddy McKeown [D]	Rep. Jeff Barker [D]	Rep. Sal Esquivel [R]
Sen. Lew Frederick [D]	Rep. Vic Gilliam [R]	Rep. John Huffman [R]	Rep. Mark Johnson [R]
Sen. Bill Kennemer [R]	Rep. Betty Komp [D]	Rep. Wayne Krieger [R]	Rep. Julie Parrish [R]
Rep. Gregory Smith [R]	Rep. Jessica Pederson [D]	Rep. Gene Whisnant [R]	Sen. Fred Girod [R]
Sen. Bill Hansell [R]	Sen. Jeff Kruse [R]	Sen. Alan Olsen [R]	Sen. Douglas Whitsett [R]
Sen. Jackie Winters [R]

Date	Chamber	Action
2015-07-06	House	In committee upon adjournment.
2015-04-28	House	Referred to Revenue.
2015-04-22	House	First reading. Referred to Speaker's desk.

Type	Source
Summary	https://olis.oregonlegislature.gov/liz/2015R1/Measures/Overview/HB3546
Text	https://olis.oregonlegislature.gov/liz/2015R1/Downloads/MeasureDocument/HB3546/Introduced