[Libs-Or] [LCLDplan] A selection of laws that may be of interest to libraries from the 2011 Oregon Legislature
Diedre Conkling
diedre08 at gmail.com
Wed Sep 28 12:19:42 PDT 2011
You may remember that I sent this earlier message about some legislation
that might be of interest to libraries. The full report from the Special
Districts Association of Oregon is now available at
http://www.sdao.com/ref/Legislative/2011-legislative-summary.pdf. I also
have two hard copies available if any one would like one of them. I am
keeping a third copy in the LCLD office for people to look at if they are
interested.
On Mon, Sep 12, 2011 at 11:16 PM, Diedre Conkling <diedre08 at gmail.com>wrote:
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> I attended the Special Districts Association (SDAO) Legislative Committee
> meeting last week and thought I would report on a couple of bills passed
> during the last session of the State Legislature that may be of interest to
> you. The full SDAO report has not yet been posted but it will be posted
> soon at http://www.sdao.com/legislative.htm.
>
>
>
> *HB 2256 – Election Law Changes*
>
> *Effective Date: January 1, 2012 Chapter: 607 (2011
> Laws)*
>
>
>
> HB 2256 is a miscellaneous housekeeping election law bill. The bill
> authorizes election law complaints to be filed electronically; extends the
> signature-gathering period to two years for a petition to initiate district
> measures and requires it to be filed not less than ninety days before the
> election at which the proposed law is to be voted on; and allows county
> clerks to (in addition to currently mandated newspaper publishing)
> advertise election notices on county websites; and other miscellaneous
> changes.
>
>
>
>
>
> *HB 2425 – Local Budget Law Rewrite*
>
> *Effective Date: January 1, 2012 Chapter: 473 (2011 Laws)
> *
>
>
>
> During the 2010 interim SDAO participated with other local governments, the
> Department of Revenue and the Oregon Newspaper publishers’ Association in a
> workgroup to examine ways to streamline and increase transparency with
> respect to local budget law. HB 2425 is a product of that work group. The
> bill makes significant modifications to local budget law for cities,
> counties, school districts and special districts.
>
>
>
> HB 2425 makes the following changes to state statute:
>
> · Changes the existing requirement to publish financial summaries
> of individual funds to a requirement for publication of summaries of fund
> types;
>
> · Requires the publication of a budget narrative that describes
> prominent changes from year to year;
>
> · Standardizes what must be included in the notice and budget
> summary;
>
> · Allows one of the two required publications for the notice to be
> placed on a web site as opposed to a newspaper;
>
> · Modifies the requirement of how personal service costs be
> included in the budget document; and
>
> · Requires, upon request, a municipal corporation to make
> available a list of employee salaries other than hourly or part-time
> employees.
>
> · The Department of Revenue will conduct a series of trainings on
> these budget changes prior to the Spring of 2012.
>
> ·
>
>
>
> *HB3207 – Requirement to Interview Veterans by Public Employers*
>
> *Effective Date: January 1, 2012 Chapter:
> 484 (2011 Laws)*
>
>
>
> This measure requires public employers to interview veterans if the
> interviews are part of a selection process and the employer determines the
> veteran meets minimum and special qualifications for the position and if the
> employer determines the veteran has transferable skills. The bill defines
> “transferable skill” as a skill that a veteran has obtained through military
> education or experience that substantially relates, directly or indirectly,
> to the civil service position for which the veteran is applying. The bill
> allows a public employer to consult with the Oregon Military Development and
> Oregon Department of Veterans’ Affairs to determine if military education or
> experience qualifies as transferable skill. The bill also defines
> “eligibility list” as a list of ranked eleigible candidates for a civil
> service position who have become eligible for the postion through a test or
> series of tests and who will consider for the civil service position in
> ranked order. The bill also exempts a public employer from requirements
> if the employer only conducts interviews of candidates chosen from the
> eligibility list. Finally, the bill creates a statutory employment
> discrimination claim for violation of certain provisions of the bill.
>
>
>
> [SDAO will be doing training on this measure and how to work with it in our
> organizations. It is obvious that it could significantly increase the
> number of people who must be interviewed for some positions and could open
> us up to law suits.]
>
>
>
>
>
> *HB 3482 – Unpaid Leave for Victims of Harassment*
>
> *Effective Date: August 2, 2011
> Chapter: 687 (2011 Laws)*
>
>
>
> [I am missing the page with an explanation of this but you can look it up.
> ;-) ]
>
>
>
>
>
> *SB 480 – Grants for Afterschool Meal and Snack Program*
>
> *Effective Date: August 2, 2011
> Chapter: 711 (2011 Laws)*
>
> [I just thought some libraries might be doing afterschool programs where
> they could use this grant.]
>
>
>
> SB 480 appropriates $180,000 General Fund to the Department of Education
> for administration and grants to school districts, government agencies and
> community groups to enable participation in the U.S. Department of
> Agriculture’s Afterschool Meal and Snack Program. The Afterschool Meal
> and Snack Program provides reimbursement to qualifying afterschool
> enrichment programs that serve free meals or snacks to children. Grants
> may not exceed $10,000 each and are limited to $150,000 while administration
> is limited to $30,000. Requires Department of Education (ODE) to provide
> assistance to school districts, government agencies and community groups to
> encourage participation in the United States Department of Agriculture
> (USDA) Afterschool Meal and Snack Program. Authorizes ODE to contract
> with public or private entity for purposes of providing technical assistance
> and administration of the grant program. Allows ODE to contract with
> public or private entities regarding the grant program.
>
>
>
>
>
> *HB 2244 – Definition of a Public Record*
>
> *Effective Date: August 2, 2011
> Chapter: 645 (2011 Laws)*
>
>
>
> Current law defines a public record as any “writing” that contains
> information relating to the conduct of the public’s business. HB 2244
> updates the statute to reflect that records in other forms are common with
> today’s technology (like Twitter and Facebook). The modified requirements
> for public records within HB 2244 apply only to state agencies and local
> governments; the legislative and judicial brances are unaffected. The
> bill requires state agencies to submit written policies for public records
> retention to the State Archivist for approval so that the Secretary of State
> can ensure appropriate statewide standards are being followed to protect the
> records of the state. The bill also amends the definition of “public
> record” in ORS 192.005 to include information that meets the following
> criteria: prepared, owned, used or retained by a state agency or
> political subdivision; relates to an activity, transaction or function of a
> state agency or political subdivision; and is necessary to satisfy the
> fiscal, legal, administrative or historical policies, requirements or needs
> of the state agency or political subdivision. The bill requires public
> agencies to maintain a public record without regard to the technology or
> medium used to create or communicate a record.
>
>
>
> [At the meeting we talked about taking screen shots of Facebook, Twitter
> and Blog entries as a way to save them. Maybe you have some better ideas
> that you can share.]
>
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>
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> *Diedre Conkling**
> Lincoln County Library District
> P.O. Box 2027
> Newport, OR 97365
> Phone & Fax: 541-265-3066
> Work email**: **diedre at lincolncolibrarydist.org*<diedre at lincolncolibrarydist.org>
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> Home email: **diedre08 at gmail.com* <diedre08 at gmail.com>
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*Diedre Conkling**
Lincoln County Library District
P.O. Box 2027
Newport, OR 97365
Phone & Fax: 541-265-3066
Work email**: **diedre at lincolncolibrarydist.org*<diedre at lincolncolibrarydist.org>
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