Bill Text: OR SB1566 | 2012 | Regular Session | Enrolled
Bill Title: Relating to seismic information about schools; and prescribing an effective date.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: (Passed) 2012-03-20 - Effective date, July 1, 2012. [SB1566 Detail]
Download: Oregon-2012-SB1566-Enrolled.html
76th OREGON LEGISLATIVE ASSEMBLY--2012 Regular Session
Enrolled
Senate Bill 1566
Sponsored by Senator COURTNEY (Presession filed.)
CHAPTER ................
AN ACT
Relating to seismic information about schools; creating new
provisions; amending ORS 329.105 and 516.030; and prescribing
an effective date.
Be It Enacted by the People of the State of Oregon:
SECTION 1. ORS 516.030 is amended to read:
516.030. The State Department of Geology and Mineral Industries
shall:
(1) Initiate and conduct studies and surveys of the geological
and mineral resources of the state and their commercial utility.
(2) Conduct as a continuing project a geological survey of
Oregon, including quadrangle geologic mapping, either as a
department undertaking or jointly with federal or other agencies.
(3) Initiate, carry out or administer studies and programs that
will, in cooperation with universities, federal, state and local
government agencies, reduce the loss of life and property by
understanding and mitigating geologic hazards. These studies and
programs may include but need not be limited to:
(a) Statewide hazard assessment, including identification and
mapping of geologic hazards, estimation of their potential
consequences and likelihood of occurrence and monitoring and
assessment of potentially hazardous geologic activity;
(b) Studies of paleoseismicity including but not limited to
providing evidence of whether prehistoric subduction zone and
crustal earthquakes have occurred in Oregon;
(c) Operation of a state seismic network in cooperation with
universities or federal agencies or both through the strategic
placement of instrumentation to monitor earthquake activity as it
occurs; and
(d) Operation of a state geodetic network through the
monitoring and periodic survey of markers in order to detect
modern deformation of the earth's crust and the subsequent
buildup of stress.
(4) Consider and study kindred scientific and economic
questions in the field of geology and mining that are deemed of
value to the people of Oregon.
(5) Cooperate with federal or other agencies for the
performance of work in Oregon deemed of value to the state and of
advantage to its people, under rules, terms and conditions to be
arranged between the governing board of the State Department of
Geology and Mineral Industries and such agencies. But in no case
shall the cost to the department be in excess of the amount
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appropriated therefor, and the results of any joint undertakings
shall be made available without restrictions to this department.
(6) Serve as a bureau of information and advisory services
concerning geologic resources and hazards, including { + :
(a) + } { - Maintenance of - } { + Maintaining + } a
library, a public education program and a geologic database;
{ + (b) Maintaining a website that identifies the seismic
risk category, as determined under an assessment process approved
by the department, for every public kindergarten through grade 12
school and that is updated when the department makes a new
assessment or becomes aware of information that could change the
conclusions of a previous assessment;
(c) Providing a + }review of functions;
{ + (d) Providing + } expert advice to federal, state and
local government agencies; { - and - }
{ + (e) + } { - operation of - } { + Operating as + } a
clearinghouse for post-hazard event earth science investigations
{ - . The department shall provide - } { + ; and
(f) Providing + } technical assistance to local governments on
aggregate mining and reclamation during preparation and amendment
of comprehensive plans and land use regulations.
(7) Serve as a bureau of information concerning Oregon mineral
resources, mineral industries and geology, conduct a mineral
survey of the state, and catalog each and every mineral
occurrence and deposit, metallic and nonmetallic, together with
its location, production, method of working, name of owner or
agent, and other detailed information capable of being tabulated
and published in composite form for the use, guidance and benefit
of the mineral industry of the state and of the people in general
and deemed necessary in compiling mineral statistics of the
state.
(8) Collect a library of literature describing the geology and
mineral deposits, metallic and nonmetallic, of Oregon.
(9) Make qualitative examinations of rocks, mineral samples and
specimens.
(10) Study minerals and ores, additional uses for the state's
minerals, and explore the possibilities for using improved
treatment, processes, mining methods and reclamation techniques
for regulated mines and abandoned mined lands.
(11) Establish in the department or in cooperation with
universities and other organizations a repository for drill cores
and samples considered by the department to be of long term use
in developing information.
SECTION 2. ORS 329.105 is amended to read:
329.105. (1) The Superintendent of Public Instruction shall
collect data and produce annual school district and school
performance reports to provide information to parents and to
improve schools.
(2) The superintendent shall include in the school district and
school performance reports data for the following areas, for each
school or district, that are available to the Department of
Education from the most recent school year:
(a) Data required by the federal No Child Left Behind Act of
2001 (P.L. 107-110, 115 Stat. 1425); { - and - }
{ + (b) Information about how to access the website that is
maintained by the State Department of Geology and Mineral
Industries as provided by ORS 516.030 (6)(b); and + }
{ - (b) - } { + (c) + } Any other data identified by the
Department of Education as required by federal law to be in the
reports.
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(3) In addition to the data required by subsection (2) of this
section, the superintendent may include other data on the school
district and school performance reports.
(4) The department shall work with stakeholders to:
(a) Design and implement an accountability system of
progressive interventions for schools and school districts that
do not demonstrate improvement; and
(b) Provide technical assistance to schools and school
districts that do not demonstrate improvement.
SECTION 3. { + The amendments to ORS 329.105 by section 2 of
this 2012 Act first apply to annual school district and school
performance reports produced on or after July 1, 2012. + }
SECTION 4. { + A school district or education service
district:
(1) Must provide notification to the State Department of
Geology and Mineral Industries when the district:
(a) Constructs a new school building; or
(b) Modifies an existing school building in a manner that may
affect the seismic risk category of a school; and
(2) May provide to the parents or legal guardians of the
students of the district information about the seismic risk
category of a school, as determined under an assessment process
approved by the State Department of Geology and Mineral
Industries. + }
SECTION 5. { + This 2012 Act takes effect on July 1, 2012. + }
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Passed by Senate February 17, 2012
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Robert Taylor, Secretary of Senate
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Peter Courtney, President of Senate
Passed by House February 27, 2012
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Bruce Hanna, Speaker of House
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Arnie Roblan, Speaker of House
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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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