Bill Text: OR HB2620 | 2013 | Regular Session | Amended

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Bill Title: Relating to reorganization of state agencies; and appropriating money.

Spectrum: Slight Partisan Bill (Democrat 6-2)

Status: (Passed) 2013-08-14 - Chapter 738, (2013 Laws): Effective date January 1, 2014. [HB2620 Detail]

Download: Oregon-2013-HB2620-Amended.html

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     77th OREGON LEGISLATIVE ASSEMBLY--2013 Regular Session

HA to HB 2620

LC 2814/HB 2620-1

                       HOUSE AMENDMENTS TO
                         HOUSE BILL 2620

  By COMMITTEE ON CONSUMER PROTECTION AND GOVERNMENT EFFICIENCY

                            April 17

  Delete lines 4 through 22 of the printed bill and insert:
  '  { +  SECTION 1. + }  { + (1) The Legislative Assembly finds
that regional and community based problem solving requires that
state agencies:
  ' (a) Work more collaboratively and in an integrated fashion
with local governments, businesses and nonprofit corporations at
the regional and community level.
  ' (b) Align state investments and technical assistance with
priorities established at the regional and community level.
  ' (c) Maximize state services that are delivered at the
regional and community level.
  ' (d) Minimize expenditures that do not provide direct services
to Oregonians.
  ' (e) Use regional solution centers and regional solution teams
to:
  ' (A) Support regional and community based mechanisms that
integrate state and local resources and services; and
  ' (B) Engage private partners in problem solving.
  ' (f) Identify reforms that will advance the goals of reducing
duplication, the fragmentation of functions and costs to
communities.
  ' (g) Utilize principles developed by state agencies to improve
service delivery within available resources and in an innovative
fashion.
  ' (2) The Governor, in coordination with the Director of the
Oregon Department of Administrative Services, shall develop a
plan to align state economic and community development programs
with regional and community based development programs. The plan
must propose changes in state programs that promote regional and
community based problem solving as described in subsection (1) of
this section while preserving state program objectives and the
delivery of services by those programs.
  ' (3) The plan required under subsection (2) of this section is
not subject to the rulemaking requirements of ORS chapter 183,
but the Governor shall provide an opportunity for public review
and engagement in developing the plan. The plan shall be
submitted to the Seventy-seventh Legislative Assembly for
consideration during the 2014 regular session.
  ' (4) The Governor shall ensure that representatives of natural
resource agencies participate in regional solution teams and are
available at regional solution centers provided for in subsection
(1)(e) of this section to the maximum extent possible. + } ' .
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