Bill Text: OR HB4002 | 2012 | Regular Session | Enrolled
Bill Title: Relating to forestry education.
Sponsorship: Partisan Bill (Democrat 3)
Status: (Passed) 2012-03-16 - Chapter 39, (2012 Laws): Effective date January 1, 2013. [HB4002 Detail]
Download: Oregon-2012-HB4002-Enrolled.html
76th OREGON LEGISLATIVE ASSEMBLY--2012 Regular Session
Enrolled
House Bill 4002
Sponsored by Representative CLEM; Senators EDWARDS, JOHNSON
(Presession filed.)
CHAPTER ................
AN ACT
Relating to forestry education.
Be It Enacted by the People of the State of Oregon:
SECTION 1. { + At the direction of the Oregon University
System, the State Treasurer shall establish in the Oregon
University System Fund a subaccount dedicated to funding
investments in professional forestry education. A subaccount
created as provided in this section shall consist of any moneys
from harvest taxes, appropriations, gifts, grants or donations
made available to Oregon State University for the specific
purpose of making investments in professional forestry education
under this section. The university shall make any allocations of
moneys from the subaccount to investments in professional
forestry education in accordance with the criteria and
measurements established by the Forestry Education Council under
section 6 of this 2012 Act. + }
SECTION 2. { + (1) There is established a Forestry Education
Council, consisting of five members appointed by the President of
Oregon State University. The president shall appoint to the
council at least three members who are forestland owners in this
state or representatives of forest products manufacturers
operating in this state.
(2) The term of office of each council member is four years,
but a member serves at the pleasure of the president. Before the
expiration of the term of a council member, the president shall
appoint a successor whose term begins on January 1 next
following. A council member is eligible for reappointment. If
there is a vacancy for any cause, the president shall make an
appointment to become immediately effective for the unexpired
term.
(3) A council member is entitled to compensation and expenses
as provided in ORS 292.495 from any unrestricted moneys in a
subaccount created as described in section 1 of this 2012
Act. + }
SECTION 3. { + Notwithstanding the term of office specified by
section 2 of this 2012 Act, of the members first appointed to the
Forestry Education Council:
(1) One shall serve for a term ending January 1, 2014.
(2) One shall serve for a term ending January 1, 2015.
(3) One shall serve for a term ending January 1, 2016.
(4) Two shall serve for terms ending January 1, 2017. + }
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SECTION 4. { + The members of the Forestry Education Council
must be residents of this state who are well informed on the
principles of providing educational opportunities for forestland
owners, forest products manufacturers and persons wishing to
train in forest-related occupations. + }
SECTION 5. { + (1) The Forestry Education Council shall select
one of its members as chairperson and another as vice
chairperson, for such terms and with duties and powers necessary
for the performance of the functions of such offices as the
President of Oregon State University determines.
(2) Except as provided in section 7 of this 2012 Act, a
majority of the members of the council constitutes a quorum for
the transaction of business.
(3) The council shall meet at times and places specified by the
call of:
(a) The chairperson;
(b) A majority of the members of the council; or
(c) The Dean of the College of Forestry at Oregon State
University after consultation with the president. + }
SECTION 6. { + (1) The Dean of the College of Forestry at
Oregon State University shall solicit the advice of the Forestry
Education Council when developing work plans or resource
allocation plans affecting professional forestry education. The
council shall provide advice to the dean regarding the
development of work plans and resource allocation plans affecting
professional forestry education upon request of the dean or the
President of Oregon State University and at other times as the
council deems reasonable or necessary.
(2) The council, in consultation with the dean, shall establish
criteria and measurements for Oregon State University to use in
determining which investments in professional forestry education
to make from any subaccount created as described in section 1 of
this 2012 Act.
(3) The criteria and measurements established under this
section shall include, but need not be limited to, standards
designed to:
(a) Respond to the professional forestry education needs of
forestland owners and managers and forest products manufacturers
in this state;
(b) Meet the professional forestry education needs of employees
working in the forest and wood products industry cluster in this
state by increasing faculty and academic program capacity at the
university;
(c) Create additional opportunities for residents of this state
to pursue professional education in forest engineering, forest
management, forest operations management, renewable material and
wood products innovation and other fields important to the
advancement of the forest and wood products industry cluster in
this state;
(d) Maximize the leverage of any moneys that the university
allocates under section 1 of this 2012 Act;
(e) Give priority to allocations for which financial resources
of forest products manufacturers in this state, or of other
persons interested in professional forestry education in this
state, are available to augment the allocations; and
(f) Ensure that any moneys the university allocates under
section 1 of this 2012 Act are used to:
(A) Give priority to addressing those educational needs of the
forest and wood products industry cluster that are the most
evident and urgent;
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(B) Produce the greatest amount of educational benefit for the
least short-term and long-term costs to this state;
(C) Avoid duplication of existing public or private resources;
and
(D) Leverage existing and future private resources for the
public benefit.
(4) The council shall review the performance of any investments
made in professional forestry education as described in section 1
of this 2012 Act. The performance reviews shall be designed to
identify possible improvements in the criteria and measurements
established by the council, identify possible improvements in the
process for allocating moneys under section 1 of this 2012 Act
and determine the effectiveness of the allocations and
investments in addressing the objectives described in subsection
(3) of this section. The council shall report the results of the
performance reviews to the dean and the president. + }
SECTION 7. { + Prior to the beginning of an academic year, the
Forestry Education Council may request that the President of
Oregon State University review any allocations described in
section 1 of this 2012 Act that are proposed for the academic
year. A request under this section must be approved by a majority
of the council members. Upon receiving a request from the
council, the president shall determine during the academic year
whether Oregon State University should allocate additional moneys
or take other measures to address any concerns raised in the
council's request. + }
SECTION 8. { + Sections 1 to 7 of this 2012 Act do not
establish any obligation or expectation for the appropriation of
General Fund moneys to the subaccount described in section 1 of
this 2012 Act or any obligation or expectation that moneys from
forest products harvest taxes will be increased or reallocated
for deposit to the subaccount described in section 1 of this 2012
Act. + }
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Passed by House February 27, 2012
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Ramona Kenady Line, Chief Clerk of House
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Bruce Hanna, Speaker of House
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Arnie Roblan, Speaker of House
Passed by Senate February 29, 2012
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Peter Courtney, President of Senate
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Received by Governor:
......M.,............., 2012
Approved:
......M.,............., 2012
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John Kitzhaber, Governor
Filed in Office of Secretary of State:
......M.,............., 2012
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Kate Brown, Secretary of State
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