Bill Text: OR SB306 | 2013 | Regular Session | Enrolled

Oregon Senate Bill 306 (Prior Session Legislation)

Bill Title: Relating to state finance; appropriating money; and declaring an emergency.

Spectrum: Committee Bill

Status: (Passed) 2013-08-21 - Effective date, August 14, 2013. [SB306 Detail]

Download: Oregon-2013-SB306-Enrolled.html



     77th OREGON LEGISLATIVE ASSEMBLY--2013 Regular Session

                            Enrolled

                         Senate Bill 306

Printed pursuant to Senate Interim Rule 213.28 by order of the
  President of the Senate in conformance with presession filing
  rules, indicating neither advocacy nor opposition on the part
  of the President (at the request of Senate Interim Committee on
  Finance and Revenue)

                     CHAPTER ................

                             AN ACT

Relating to state finance; appropriating money; and declaring an
  emergency.

Be It Enacted by the People of the State of Oregon:

  SECTION 1.  { + As used in section 2 of this 2013 Act, 'clean
air fee or tax' means a fee or tax on greenhouse gas emissions as
defined in ORS 468A.210. + }
  SECTION 2.  { + (1) The Legislative Revenue Officer shall
prepare a report for submission to interim committees of the
Legislative Assembly related to revenue and the environment. In
preparing the report, the Legislative Revenue Officer shall
examine the feasibility of imposing a clean air fee or tax
statewide as a new revenue option that would augment or replace
portions of existing revenues.
  (2) The report must:
  (a) Identify an effective structure for a clean air fee or tax
to generate revenue;
  (b) Evaluate the direct and indirect impacts of a clean air fee
or tax on low-income households and various cities, counties and
unincorporated communities;
  (c) Evaluate the direct and indirect impacts of a clean air fee
or tax on key industries and firms identified by the Oregon
Business Development Commission as representative of Oregon's
economy, including traded sector businesses;
  (d) Evaluate the direct and indirect regional and statewide
impacts of a clean air fee or tax;
  (e) Evaluate whether the level of greenhouse gas emission
reductions might vary based on different rates of a clean air fee
or tax;
  (f) Evaluate how to treat imported and exported energy sources
under a clean air fee or tax;
  (g) Evaluate the impacts of a clean air fee or tax on jobs and
wages;
  (h) Evaluate the impacts of a clean air fee or tax on existing
fees, state revenue and state income taxes;
  (i) Evaluate the per unit costs of specific types of fuels that
would be subject to a clean air fee or tax;
  (j) Evaluate the costs and benefits of a clean air fee or tax
on greenhouse gas emission reductions relative to existing laws

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that result in greenhouse gas emissions, including ORS 468A.270,
468A.280, 469.501, 469.503, 469.504, 469.505, 469.507, 469A.005
to 469A.210, 469A.300, 646.910 to 646.923, 646.925, 757.365,
757.370, 757.375, 757.380, 757.385, 757.524, 757.528, 757.531,
757.533, 757.536 and 757.612;
  (k) Evaluate revenue allocation options to maximize positive
impacts and mitigate detrimental or unequal impacts on low-income
households and various cities, counties and unincorporated
communities and on key industries; and
  (L) Evaluate the long-term availability and stability of
revenue from a clean air fee or tax.
  (3) The Legislative Revenue Officer shall submit both a written
preliminary report to interim committees of the Legislative
Assembly related to revenue and the environment on or before
December 1, 2013, and a final report to interim committees of the
Legislative Assembly related to revenue on or before November 15,
2014. The Legislative Revenue Officer may contract with third
parties as necessary to prepare the reports and any
recommendations. + }
  SECTION 3.  { + There is appropriated to the Legislative
Revenue Officer, for the biennium beginning July 1, 2013, out of
the General Fund, the amount of $200,000 for the purpose of
carrying out the provisions of section 2 of this 2013 Act. + }
  SECTION 4.  { + 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 July 3, 2013

    .............................................................
                               Robert Taylor, Secretary of Senate

    .............................................................
                              Peter Courtney, President of Senate

Passed by House July 6, 2013

    .............................................................
                                     Tina Kotek, Speaker of House

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Received by Governor:

......M.,............., 2013

Approved:

......M.,............., 2013

    .............................................................
                                         John Kitzhaber, Governor

Filed in Office of Secretary of State:

......M.,............., 2013

    .............................................................
                                   Kate Brown, Secretary of State

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