Bill Text: OR SB800 | 2013 | Regular Session | Engrossed

Oregon Senate Bill 800 (Prior Session Legislation)

Bill Title: Relating to pesticide application reporting; declaring an emergency.

Sponsorship: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1)

Status: (Failed) 2013-07-08 - In committee upon adjournment. [SB800 Detail]

Download: Oregon-2013-SB800-Engrossed.html



     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
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LC 3601

                           A-Engrossed

                         Senate Bill 800
                 Ordered by the Senate April 22
           Including Senate Amendments dated April 22

Sponsored by Senator PROZANSKI

                             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.

    { - Requires reporting of commercial or governmental
pesticide applications to Department of Environmental Quality.
Requires department to make copy of reported information
available to state agencies and local governments upon request.
Allows department to charge reasonable fee for providing reported
information. - }
   { +  Requires task force appointed by Governor to study and
make recommendations regarding whether state and local
governments should be required to report pesticide applications.
Requires task force to report findings and recommendations to
Governor and to legislative committee dealing with agriculture no
later than October 1, 2014.
  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 pesticide application reporting; and declaring an
  emergency.
Be It Enacted by the People of the State of Oregon:
  SECTION 1.  { + (1) As used in this section:
  (a) 'Local government' has the meaning given that term in ORS
174.116.
  (b) 'Pesticide,' 'public applicator' and 'public trainee' have
the meanings given those terms in ORS 634.006.
  (2) The Task Force on Pesticide Application Reporting is
established, consisting of seven members appointed by the
Governor.
  (3) The task force shall study and develop recommendations
regarding whether state and local governments should be required
to report pesticide applications by public applicators or public
trainees. If the task force recommends that reporting be
required, the task force shall also make recommendations
regarding what information should be reported, how a reporting
system should be structured and administered and how the reported
information should be used and made available.
  (4) The task force may take testimony, review the structure and
features of existing record keeping and reporting systems, review
state agency records regarding pesticide applications to public
lands, review environmental data and take any other reasonable
actions to allow the task force to carry out its work.
  (5) A majority of the members of the task force constitutes a
quorum for the transaction of business.
  (6) Official action by the task force requires the approval of
a majority of the members of the task force.
  (7) The task force shall elect one of its members to serve as
chairperson.
  (8) If there is a vacancy for any cause, the Governor shall
make an appointment to become immediately effective.
  (9) The task force shall meet at times and places specified by
the call of the chairperson or of a majority of the members of
the task force.
  (10) The task force may adopt rules necessary for the operation
of the task force.
  (11) The task force shall report its findings and
recommendations to the Governor and to an interim committee of
the Legislative Assembly dealing with agriculture in the manner
provided by ORS 192.245 no later than October 1, 2014.
  (12) The State Department of Agriculture shall provide staff
support to the task force.
  (13) Members of the task force 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 shall be paid out of funds
appropriated to the State Department of Agriculture for purposes
of the task force.
  (14) 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. + }
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