Bill Text: OR HB2421 | 2013 | Regular Session | Enrolled

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Bill Title: Relating to communication between state agencies regarding members of uniformed services; appropriating money; and declaring an emergency.

Spectrum: Moderate Partisan Bill (Democrat 4-1)

Status: (Passed) 2013-07-25 - Chapter 647, (2013 Laws): Effective date July 25, 2013. [HB2421 Detail]

Download: Oregon-2013-HB2421-Enrolled.html

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     77th OREGON LEGISLATIVE ASSEMBLY--2013 Regular Session

                            Enrolled

                         House Bill 2421

Sponsored by Representative MATTHEWS; Representatives CLEM,
  FREDERICK, PARRISH, Senator ROBLAN (Presession filed.)

                     CHAPTER ................

                             AN ACT

Relating to communication between state agencies regarding
  members of uniformed services; appropriating money; and
  declaring an emergency.

Be It Enacted by the People of the State of Oregon:

  SECTION 1.  { + (1) As used in this section:
  (a) 'Uniformed service' means the Armed Forces of the United
States, the Army National Guard or the Air National Guard when
the member is engaged in active duty for training, inactive duty
for training or full-time National Guard duty, the commissioned
corps of the United States Public Health Service and any other
category of persons designated by the President of the United
States in time of war or national emergency.
  (b) 'Written information' means information that is in written
form and includes but is not limited to information obtained by
electronic means, such as electronic mail, facsimile or other
form of electronic communication.
  (2)(a) Subject to subsection (3) of this section, the Director
of Transportation shall notify the Director of Veterans' Affairs
at least once a month regarding receipt of written information
from a member or veteran of a uniformed service when the
Department of Transportation receives the written information in
connection with an application for:
  (A) A license under ORS 807.050;
  (B) An identification card under ORS 807.400;
  (C) A certificate of title under ORS 803.050; or
  (D) A vehicle registration under ORS 803.370.
  (b) The notification required under this subsection is limited
to notifying the Director of Veterans' Affairs of the name and
residence address or mailing address of the member or veteran.
  (c) The authorization of a member or veteran as required by
subsection (3) of this section may be contained in the written
information at the time it is received by the department or
separately at another time, but the authorization must
specifically authorize the notification to be made under this
section.
  (3) The Director of Transportation shall notify the Director of
Veterans' Affairs as required by subsection (2) of this section
only if authorized to do so in writing by the member or veteran
of a uniformed service.
  (4) The Department of Transportation, in consultation with the
Department of Veterans' Affairs, shall adopt rules to implement

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the provisions of this section, including but not limited to the
method of notification required under subsection (2) of this
section. + }
  SECTION 2.  { + Section 1 of this 2013 Act becomes operative on
January 1, 2014. + }
  SECTION 3.  { + In addition to and not in lieu of any other
appropriation, there is appropriated to the Department of
Transportation, for the biennium beginning July 1, 2013, out of
the General Fund, the amount of $100,000 for the purpose of
carrying out the provisions of section 1 of this 2013 Act. + }
  SECTION 4.  { + 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 July 1,
2013. + }
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Passed by House July 3, 2013

    .............................................................
                             Ramona J. Line, Chief Clerk of House

    .............................................................
                                     Tina Kotek, Speaker of House

Passed by Senate July 6, 2013

    .............................................................
                              Peter Courtney, President of Senate

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Received by Governor:

......M.,............., 2013

Approved:

......M.,............., 2013

    .............................................................
                                         John Kitzhaber, Governor

Filed in Office of Secretary of State:

......M.,............., 2013

    .............................................................
                                   Kate Brown, Secretary of State

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