Bill Text: OR SB831 | 2013 | Regular Session | Engrossed
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Bill Title: Relating to highway construction workforce development; and declaring an emergency.
Spectrum: Moderate Partisan Bill (Democrat 11-3)
Status: (Passed) 2013-07-30 - Effective date, July 25, 2013. [SB831 Detail]
Download: Oregon-2013-SB831-Engrossed.html
Bill Title: Relating to highway construction workforce development; and declaring an emergency.
Spectrum: Moderate Partisan Bill (Democrat 11-3)
Status: (Passed) 2013-07-30 - Effective date, July 25, 2013. [SB831 Detail]
Download: Oregon-2013-SB831-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 signs - } is existing law to be omitted. New sections are within { + braces and plus signs + } . LC 3875 A-Engrossed Senate Bill 831 Ordered by the Senate June 27 Including Senate Amendments dated June 27 Sponsored by Senator SHIELDS, Representatives PARRISH, FREDERICK; Senators BEYER, EDWARDS, GIROD, Representatives BARTON, HOLVEY, KOMP, NATHANSON, WILLIAMSON, WITT 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. { - Changes - } { + Increases + } amount of money { - received from federal government - } that Department of Transportation { - must - } { + may + } expend { + from federal funds + } to increase diversity in highway construction workforce and prepare individuals interested in entering highway construction workforce by conducting specified activities. Declares emergency, effective on passage. A BILL FOR AN ACT Relating to highway construction workforce development; creating new provisions; amending ORS 184.866; and declaring an emergency. Be It Enacted by the People of the State of Oregon: SECTION 1. ORS 184.866 is amended to read: 184.866. (1) Of the federal funds received each biennium by the Department of Transportation pursuant to 23 U.S.C. 140(b), the department shall expend one-half of one percent up to an amount of { - $1.5 million - } { + $2.1 million + } to increase diversity in the highway construction workforce and prepare individuals interested in entering the highway construction workforce by conducting the activities described in subsection (3) of this section. (2) Nothing in subsection (1) of this section prohibits the department from expending moneys from sources other than those specified in subsection (1) of this section for the activities described in subsection (3) of this section. (3) The department shall use the federal funds specified in subsection (1) of this section to provide: (a) Preapprenticeship programs; (b) Preemployment counseling; (c) Orientations on the highway construction industry; (d) Basic skills improvement classes; (e) Career counseling; (f) Remedial training; (g) Entry requirements for training programs; (h) Supportive services and assistance with transportation; (i) Child care and other special needs; and (j) Job site mentoring and retention services. (4) The department shall submit a report to the Legislative Assembly no later than December 1 of each even-numbered year. The report shall contain: (a) An analysis of the results of the department's activities described in subsection (3) of this section; and (b) A description of: (A) The amount available to the department from federal funds for the activities described in subsection (3) of this section and the amount expended by the department for those activities; and (B) The performance outcomes achieved from each activity including the numbers of persons receiving services, training and employment. SECTION 2. { + The amendments to ORS 184.866 by section 1 of this 2013 Act apply to funds received 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. + } ----------