Bill Text: OR HB2680 | 2013 | Regular Session | Introduced

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Bill Title: Relating to Oregon Veterans' Homes; appropriating money; declaring an emergency.

Spectrum: Slight Partisan Bill (Republican 4-2)

Status: (Failed) 2013-07-08 - In committee upon adjournment. [HB2680 Detail]

Download: Oregon-2013-HB2680-Introduced.html

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     77th OREGON LEGISLATIVE ASSEMBLY--2013 Regular Session

NOTE:  Matter within  { +  braces and plus signs + } in an
amended section is new. Matter within  { -  braces and minus
signs - } is existing law to be omitted. New sections are within
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LC 1378

                         House Bill 2680

Sponsored by Representative BARNHART, Senator CLOSE,
  Representatives GELSER, OLSON, SPRENGER, THOMPSON (Presession
  filed.)

                             SUMMARY

The following summary is not prepared by the sponsors of the
measure and is not a part of the body thereof subject to
consideration by the Legislative Assembly. It is an editor's
brief statement of the essential features of the measure as
introduced.

  Directs Director of Veterans' Affairs to establish fourth
Oregon Veterans' Home in Lebanon. Authorizes director to seek
federal grant funds for purpose of establishing home in Lebanon.
  Establishes Lebanon Veterans' Home Construction Fund.
  Continuously appropriates moneys in fund to Department of
Veterans' Affairs to acquire, develop, construct and equip
Lebanon Veterans' Home.
  Declares emergency, effective on passage.

                        A BILL FOR AN ACT
Relating to Oregon Veterans' Homes; creating new provisions;
  amending ORS 408.385 and section 18, chapter 624, Oregon Laws
  2011; appropriating money; and declaring an emergency.
Be It Enacted by the People of the State of Oregon:
  SECTION 1. ORS 408.385 is amended to read:
  408.385. (1) The Director of Veterans' Affairs shall establish
a   { - third - }  { +  fourth + } Oregon Veterans' Home in
 { - Roseburg - }  { +  Lebanon + }, in addition to the two
facilities authorized by law on July 17, 1995 { + , and the third
facility in Roseburg authorized by law on January 1, 2012 + }.
  (2) The director may seek federal grant funds from the United
States Department of Veterans Affairs for the purpose of
establishing the third Oregon Veterans' Home in Roseburg { +  and
the fourth Oregon Veterans' Home in Lebanon + }.
  (3) If the director determines that   { - three - }  { +
four + } facilities will not be sufficient to provide for the
needs of the veterans of Oregon, the director may begin planning
for and developing one additional Oregon Veterans' Home.
  SECTION 2.  { + The Lebanon Veterans' Home Construction Fund is
established in the State Treasury, separate and distinct from the
General Fund. Interest earned on moneys in the Lebanon Veterans'
Home Construction Fund shall be credited to the fund. The Lebanon
Veterans' Home Construction Fund consists of moneys deposited in
the fund under section 18, chapter 624, Oregon Laws 2011, and may
include fees, revenues or other income deposited into the fund by
the Legislative Assembly for payment of costs incurred to
acquire, develop, construct and equip the Lebanon Veterans' Home.
Moneys in the fund are continuously appropriated to the
Department of Veterans' Affairs for the purpose of acquiring,
developing, constructing and equipping the Lebanon Veterans'
Home. + }
  SECTION 3. Section 18, chapter 624, Oregon Laws 2011, is
amended to read:
   { +  Sec. 18. + } (1) For the biennium beginning July 1, 2011,
at the request of the Oregon Department of Administrative
Services, after the department consults with the Department of
Veterans' Affairs, the State Treasurer is authorized to issue
lottery bonds pursuant to ORS 286A.560 to 286A.585 in an amount
not to exceed net proceeds of $10.5 million for the purpose
described in subsection (2) of this section, plus an additional
amount estimated by the State Treasurer to be necessary to pay
bond-related costs.
  (2) Net proceeds of lottery bonds issued under this section in
an amount sufficient to provide $10.5 million in net proceeds and
interest earnings must be transferred to the Department of
Veterans' Affairs and deposited in the Roseburg Veterans' Home
Construction Fund established in section 19   { - of this 2011
Act - }  { + , chapter 624, Oregon Laws 2011, and the Lebanon
Veterans' Home Construction Fund established in section 2 of this
2013 Act + } for the purpose of acquiring, developing,
constructing and equipping the Roseburg Veterans' Home { +  and
the Lebanon Veterans' Home + }.
  (3) The Legislative Assembly finds that the use of lottery bond
proceeds will create jobs, further economic development, finance
public education or restore and protect parks, beaches,
watersheds and native fish and wildlife, and is authorized based
on the finding that establishment of the Roseburg Veterans' Home
 { +  and the Lebanon Veterans' Home + } will create jobs in
construction and health care fields.
  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 on its
passage. + }
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