Bill Text: OR HB3315 | 2013 | Regular Session | Amended

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Bill Title: Relating to forestland employment.

Spectrum: Bipartisan Bill

Status: (Passed) 2013-06-13 - Chapter 389, (2013 Laws): Effective date January 1, 2014. [HB3315 Detail]

Download: Oregon-2013-HB3315-Amended.html

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     77th OREGON LEGISLATIVE ASSEMBLY--2013 Regular Session

HA to HB 3315

LC 3151/HB 3315-1

                       HOUSE AMENDMENTS TO
                         HOUSE BILL 3315

               By COMMITTEE ON BUSINESS AND LABOR

                            April 23

  Delete lines 4 through 25 of the printed bill and insert:
  '  { +  SECTION 1. + }  { + Sections 2 and 3 of this 2013 Act
are added to and made a part of ORS chapter 657. + }
  '  { +  SECTION 2. + }  { + If the Employment Department
becomes aware in the normal course of business that an employer
has contracted with the United States to conduct forest
maintenance activity on federal forestland in this state and is
not in compliance with the requirements under 20 C.F.R. 655 for
H-2B temporary employment certification regarding the forest
maintenance activity, the department shall:
  ' (1) Inform the employer of the noncompliance; and
  ' (2) Inform the United States Department of Labor of the
noncompliance. + }
  '  { +  SECTION 3. + }  { + (1) If an employer lists an
available forest maintenance activity job under a federal H-2B
certification for temporary nonagricultural work with the
Employment Department, the department shall:
  ' (a) Confirm with the employer whether the job is open to
Oregon resident workers;
  ' (b) Notify the United States Department of Labor, union halls
and community agencies serving unemployed Oregon resident workers
that the job has been listed; and
  ' (c) Display information concerning the job listing in
prominent public locations frequented by unemployed Oregon
resident workers.
  ' (2) The Employment Department shall periodically inform past
and present employers of workers for the performance of forest
maintenance activities regarding the local supply of Oregon
resident workers available to fill forest maintenance activity
jobs that may become available. + } ' .
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