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 { + braces and plus signs + } . LC 3822 House Bill 3468 Sponsored by Representative GORSEK; Representatives DEMBROW, FREDERICK, REARDON 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. Creates Task Force on Bridges Across the Willamette River in Multnomah County. Sunsets task force on date of convening of 2015 regular session of Legislative Assembly. Declares emergency, effective on passage. A BILL FOR AN ACT Relating to a task force on bridges; and declaring an emergency. Be It Enacted by the People of the State of Oregon: SECTION 1. { + (1) The Task Force on Bridges Across the Willamette River in Multnomah County is established, consisting of nine members appointed as follows: (a) The President of the Senate shall appoint one member from among members of the Senate. (b) The Speaker of the House of Representatives shall appoint one member from among members of the House of Representatives. (c) The Governor shall appoint six members as follows: (A) One member shall be appointed from among the commissioners of the Multnomah County Board of County Commissioners. (B) One member shall be appointed from among the commissioners of the Clackamas County Board of County Commissioners. (C) One member shall be appointed from among the commissioners of the Washington County Board of Commissioners. (D) One member shall be appointed from among the councilors of the Metro Council. (E) One member shall be appointed as a representative of the City of Portland. (F) One member shall be appointed from among staff of the Governor's office. (d) The Director of Transportation shall appoint one member who is an employee of the Department of Transportation. (2) The task force shall study and develop a funding strategy to pay the costs of seismic upgrades, construction and maintenance of bridges across the Willamette River in Multnomah County. (3) A majority of the voting members of the task force constitutes a quorum for the transaction of business. (4) Official action by the task force requires the approval of a majority of the voting members of the task force. (5) Members of the Legislative Assembly appointed to the task force are nonvoting members of the task force and may act in an advisory capacity only. (6) The task force shall elect one of its members to serve as chairperson. (7) If there is a vacancy for any cause, the appointing authority shall make an appointment to become immediately effective. (8) The task force shall meet at times and places specified by the call of the chairperson or of a majority of the voting members of the task force. (9) The task force may adopt rules necessary for the operation of the task force. (10) The task force shall submit a report in the manner provided in ORS 192.245, and may include recommendations for legislation, to an interim committee of the Legislative Assembly related to transportation as appropriate no later than October 1, 2014. (11) The Department of Transportation shall provide staff support to the task force. (12) Members of the task force who are not members of the Legislative Assembly are not entitled to compensation, but may be reimbursed for actual and necessary travel and other expenses incurred by them in the performance of their official duties in the manner and amounts provided for in ORS 292.495. Claims for expenses incurred in performing functions of the task force shall be paid out of funds appropriated to the Department of Transportation for purposes of the task force. (13) All agencies of state government, as defined in ORS 174.111, are directed to assist the task force in the performance of its duties and, to the extent permitted by laws relating to confidentiality, to furnish such information and advice as the members of the task force consider necessary to perform their duties. + } SECTION 2. { + Section 1 of this 2013 Act is repealed on the date of the convening of the 2015 regular session of the Legislative Assembly as specified in ORS 171.010. + } SECTION 3. { + 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. + } ----------