Bill Text: OR SB3 | 2013 | Regular Session | Enrolled
Bill Title: Relating to the Commission on Indian Services; and declaring an emergency.
Sponsorship: Slight Partisan Bill (Democrat 2-1)
Status: (Passed) 2013-05-10 - Effective date, May 9, 2013. [SB3 Detail]
Download: Oregon-2013-SB3-Enrolled.html
77th OREGON LEGISLATIVE ASSEMBLY--2013 Regular Session
Enrolled
Senate Bill 3
Sponsored by Senators COURTNEY, ROBLAN; Senator FERRIOLI
CHAPTER ................
AN ACT
Relating to the Commission on Indian Services; creating new
provisions; amending ORS 172.110; and declaring an emergency.
Be It Enacted by the People of the State of Oregon:
SECTION 1. ORS 172.110 is amended to read:
172.110. (1) The Commission on Indian Services shall be
comprised of 13 members appointed jointly by the President of the
Senate and the Speaker of the House of Representatives.
Membership shall include:
(a) { - One member - } { + Two members + } from the
Senate { + who are not members of the same political party + }.
(b) { - One member - } { + Two members + } from the House
of Representatives { + who are not members of the same political
party + }.
(c) One member from the Confederated Tribes of the Warm Springs
Indian Reservation.
(d) One member from the Confederated Tribes of the Umatilla
Indian Reservation.
(e) One member from the Burns-Paiute Tribe.
(f) One member from the Confederated Tribes of Siletz Indians
of Oregon.
(g) One member from the Confederated Tribes of the Grand Ronde.
(h) One member from the Cow Creek Band of Umpqua Indians.
(i) One member from the Confederated Coos, Lower Umpqua and
Siuslaw Tribes.
(j) One member from the Klamath Tribe.
(k) One member from the Coquille Tribe.
{ - (L) One member from each of the following areas in which
nonreservation Indians reside: - }
{ - (A) Portland urban area. - }
{ - (B) Willamette Valley area. - }
(2) If the Speaker of the House of Representatives or the
President of the Senate is a member, either may designate from
time to time an alternate from among the members of the
appropriate house to exercise the powers of the Speaker or
President as a member of the commission except that the alternate
shall not preside if the Speaker or President is chairperson.
{ - (3) All appointments of those representing the Indian
population shall be made from nominees selected by the
appropriate tribal council or the representative Indian
organizations in the identified nonreservation areas. - }
{ + (3) Notwithstanding subsection (1) of this section, the
commission may appoint one additional member from an area in
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which nonreservation Indians reside, who is associated with an
Indian Health Care Improvement Act Title V Urban Indian Health
program. The member appointed under this subsection shall be a
nonvoting member of the commission. + }
(4) The term of office is two years. Vacancies shall be filled
by the appointing authority for the unexpired term.
(5) { - In the event that other nonfederally recognized
tribes indigenous to Oregon obtain federal recognition status,
the Commission on Indian Services may recommend to the
Legislative Assembly that membership on the commission be granted
to such tribes who demonstrate proof of federal recognition and
their authority to speak in the interest of the tribe they
represent. However, the total number of membership positions on
the commission shall not exceed 13. In order to accommodate
tribal representatives, the adjustment shall be made from among
members designated under subsection (1)(L) of this section. - }
Individual nontribal groups and organizations shall not be
considered for membership on the commission. Though individual
nontribal groups and organizations { - shall - } { + may + }
not be specifically represented on the commission, the commission
as a whole shall serve as a forum for considering the needs and
concerns of these groups and organizations as well as the needs
and concerns of all American Indians in Oregon.
(6) The commission shall elect a chairperson and vice
chairperson for a term of one year and shall determine the duties
of the officers.
(7) A majority of the members of the commission constitutes a
quorum for the transaction of business but no final decision may
be made without an affirmative vote of the majority of the
members appointed to the commission.
(8) Members who are not members of the Legislative Assembly may
be paid compensation and expenses as provided in ORS 292.495,
from such funds as may be available to the commission therefor.
Members who are members of the Legislative Assembly shall be paid
compensation and expense reimbursement as provided in ORS
171.072, payable from funds appropriated to the Legislative
Assembly.
SECTION 2. { + (1) As soon as possible after the effective
date of this 2013 Act, the President of the Senate and the
Speaker of the House of Representatives shall appoint members to
fill the positions established by the amendments to ORS 172.110
by section 1 of this 2013 Act. The terms of the members described
in this section end on December 31, 2014.
(2) The term of the member described in ORS 172.110 (3), as
amended by section 1 of this 2013 Act, may begin on or after July
1, 2013. + }
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. + }
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Passed by Senate March 18, 2013
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Robert Taylor, Secretary of Senate
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Peter Courtney, President of Senate
Passed by House May 6, 2013
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Tina Kotek, Speaker of House
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Received by Governor:
......M.,............., 2013
Approved:
......M.,............., 2013
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John Kitzhaber, Governor
Filed in Office of Secretary of State:
......M.,............., 2013
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Kate Brown, Secretary of State
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