Oregon Senate Bill 828 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Completed Legislative Action
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: Failed on July 6 2015 - 100% progression
Action: 2015-07-06 - In committee upon adjournment.
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [PDF]

Establishes grant program for outdoor school programs to be administered by Oregon State University Extension Service. Establishes Outdoor Education Account. Continuously appropriates moneys in account to Higher Education Coordinating Commission for use by Oregon State University Extension Service to award grants under grant program. Requires distributor cooperatives, and certain distributors and importers of beverage containers, to annually report certain information to Department of Revenue. Requires department to calculate total unclaimed refund value of beverage containers in state and assess and collect from distributor cooperatives, and certain distributors and importers, a percentage of unclaimed refund value moneys to be deposited in Outdoor Education Account. Caps total assessed amount at $22 million in 2016. Requires department to adjust cap in subsequent years based on changes in consumer price index.

Relating to funding outdoor education; providing for revenue raising that requires approval by a three-fifths majority.

Sen. Arnie Roblan [D]

Date	Chamber	Action
2015-07-06	Senate	In committee upon adjournment.
2015-03-04	Senate	Referred to Education, then Ways and Means.
2015-03-03	Senate	Introduction and first reading. Referred to President's desk.

Type	Source
Summary	https://olis.oregonlegislature.gov/liz/2015R1/Measures/Overview/SB828
Text	https://olis.oregonlegislature.gov/liz/2015R1/Downloads/MeasureDocument/SB828/Introduced