Bill Text: OR HB2898 | 2013 | Regular Session | Engrossed

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Bill Title: Relating to education; and declaring an emergency.

Spectrum: Committee Bill

Status: (Passed) 2013-08-14 - Chapter 725, (2013 Laws): Effective date August 14, 2013. [HB2898 Detail]

Download: Oregon-2013-HB2898-Engrossed.html

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     77th OREGON LEGISLATIVE ASSEMBLY--2013 Regular Session

CCA to A-Eng. HB 2898

LC 1465/HB 2898-A15

               CONFERENCE COMMITTEE AMENDMENTS TO
                   A-ENGROSSED HOUSE BILL 2898

                             July 5

                         Amended Summary
  Allows student with disability to earn credit at community
college or public university as part of transition services.
  Prohibits denying financial aid to student for sole reason that
student did not receive regular high school diploma.
    { - Directs district boundary board to order boundary change
if specified conditions met. - }
  Allows  { + Portland + } Community College to establish public
safety training facility in area zoned for exclusive farm
use { +  in Columbia County + }.
  Declares emergency, effective on passage.

Speaker Kotek:
  Your Conference Committee to whom was referred A-engrossed
House Bill 2898, having had the same under consideration,
respectfully reports it back with the recommendation that the
House concur in the Senate amendments dated June 3 and that the
bill be amended as follows and repassed.

  On page 1 of the printed A-engrossed bill, line 2, delete '
330.092 and'.
  On page 4, delete lines 30 through 45 and delete page 5 and
insert:
  '  { +  SECTION 3. + }  { + (1) As used in this section,
'public safety training facility' or 'facility' means one or more
improvements established by Portland Community College in support
of curriculum focused on public safety training or education,
including public safety response to an emergency, as defined in
ORS 401.025.
  ' (2) In addition to the nonfarm uses that may be established
in an area zoned for exclusive farm use under ORS 215.283 (1),
Portland Community College may establish a public safety training
facility as an outright permitted use on up to 300 acres of land
in an area zoned for exclusive farm use, notwithstanding:
  ' (a) The statewide land use planning goals and administrative
rules adopted by the Land Conservation and Development
Commission.
  ' (b) The minimum lot or parcel size under ORS 215.780.
  ' (3) Portland Community College may establish the public
safety training facility jointly in cooperation with one or more
other public bodies, as defined in ORS 174.109.
  ' (4) Portland Community College shall:
  ' (a) Use the public safety training facility to support
curriculum focused on public safety training and education; and
  ' (b) Make the facility available for use by other public
bodies for public safety training or education of public safety
personnel, as defined in ORS 181.610, and other providers of
emergency services, as defined in ORS 401.025.

  ' (5) A public safety training facility authorized by this
section:
  ' (a) Must be sited on land that is within a community college
district in Columbia County.
  ' (b) May not be established unless Portland Community College
applies for land use approval of the facility on or before
December 31, 2015.
  ' (6) When making decisions approving the public safety
training facility authorized by this section, the local
government:
  ' (a) Shall apply only those procedural provisions and
objective development standards of its land use regulations that
apply to uses permitted outright under ORS 215.283 (1).
  ' (b) Is not required to amend the acknowledged comprehensive
plan or land use regulations to implement this section.
  ' (7) Before approving the public safety training facility
authorized by this section, the local government shall hold at
least one public hearing and allow interested persons to testify
regarding the location of the facility.
  ' (8) A decision made by the local government to approve the
public safety training facility authorized by this section is
not:
  ' (a) A land use decision or a limited land use decision, as
those terms are defined in ORS 197.015; and
  ' (b) Subject to review by the Land Use Board of Appeals under
ORS 197.805 to 197.855. + }
  '  { +  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. + } ' .

                         /s/ Brian Clem
                           Representative

                         /s/ John Davis
                           Representative

                         /s/ Ben Unger (Dissenting)
                           Representative

                         /s/ Mark Hass (Excused)
                           Senator

                         /s/ Betsy Johnson
                           Senator

                         /s/ Jeff Kruse
                           Senator
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