Joint Committee On The First Special Session of 2020

• • This agenda replaces the advisory agenda issued on June 23, 2020
    
    

• • Please Note: The Capitol Building is currently closed to the public and meetings are taking place remotely.
    https://olis.oregonlegislature.gov/liz/2020S1/Committees/J1SS/Overview to access a livestream of this meeting. Locate the meeting date and click on the camera icon at the designated time. A viewing station will also be available outside on the front steps of the Capitol Building.
    
    The committee will meet remotely to receive testimony in a public hearing. For a work session, the committee members will meet in Hearing Room 50.
    
    Co-Chair Courtney will be presiding.

• Organizational Meeting
  • Adoption of Committee Rules

• Public Hearing and Work Session
  • SB 1602 Requires Governor to facilitate mediation sessions between forest industry and environmental interest representatives.
  • SB 1607 Extends for one year small school district grants and school district funding for foreign exchange students.

• Public Hearing
  • SB 1603 Modifies definitions applicable for purposes of universal service surcharge.

• Public Hearing and Work Session
  • HB 4210 Repeals driving privilege suspension and eliminates imposition of driving privilege restrictions for failure to pay fine.

• Public Hearing
  • HB 4202 Modifies administrative provisions of corporate activity tax.

• Public Hearing and Work Session
  • HB 4209 Allows Eastern Oregon Border Economic Development Board to enter into agreement with third-party administrator to operate programs for awarding grants and making loans that enhance and expand workforce development and economic development in Eastern Oregon Border Economic Development Region.

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    Public Testimony Information:
    If you would like to provide testimony on any of the agenda items at this meeting, you have several options:
    1. Written Testimony: You may submit written testimony to: J1SS.exhibits@oregonlegislature.gov or by
    regular mail addressed to the Joint Committee on the First Special Session of 2020, 900 Court Street
    NE, Room 453, Salem, Oregon, 97301. Written testimony received by the meeting's start time will be
    uploaded promptly for committee members and the public on the Oregon Legislative Information System
    (OLIS), available at
    https://olis.oregonlegislature.gov/liz/2020S1/Committees/J1SS/Overview.
    2. Remote Oral Testimony: Anyone wishing to speak to the committee verbally must either pre-register or use
    a public access station at the Capitol building at the designated meeting time:
    • To pre-register, go to: https://survey.az1.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_bOrqQyDEnoMMqpL to register
    electronically OR call 833-588-4500. Pre-registration will close 1 hour before the meeting
    is scheduled to begin.
    • If you do not have access to a computer or a phone and you would like to speak at this meeting, a
    public testimony access station will be set up on the state street entrance of the Capitol at the
    designated meeting time.
    
    Please Note: Registering to testify or being at the Capitol does not guarantee that you will be permitted to testify by speaking directly to the committee if the committee chair determines that public testimony must be limited. For this reason, written testimony is encouraged even if you plan to testify.

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    Note change: HB 4206 has been removed.