71st OREGON LEGISLATIVE ASSEMBLY--2001 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 2475
 
                           A-Engrossed
 
                         House Bill 2891
                   Ordered by the House May 21
             Including House Amendments dated May 21
 
Sponsored by Representative KNOPP; Representative ROSENBAUM (at
  the request of American Society of Travel Agents)
 
 
                             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.
 
    { - Exempts travel agents and sellers of travel who are paid
on commission from unemployment insurance coverage. - }
   { +  Creates Task Force on Paid Family Leave and Unemployment
Insurance to study feasibility and funding mechanisms for paid
leave after birth or adoption of child. + }
  Declares emergency, effective on passage.
 
                        A BILL FOR AN ACT
Relating to unemployment insurance; and declaring an emergency.
Be It Enacted by the People of the State of Oregon:
  SECTION 1.  { + (1) There is created a Task Force on Paid
Family Leave and Unemployment Insurance consisting of 14 members.
Three members shall be state Senators appointed by the President
of the Senate. Three members shall be state Representatives
appointed by the Speaker of the House of Representatives. Eight
members shall be appointed by the Governor and shall include:
  (a) Three employers, including one employer with 25 or fewer
employees and one self-insured employer.
  (b) One representative from organized labor.
  (c) One representative from the Commission for Child Care.
  (d) One representative from the Commission for Women.
  (e) One representative from the State Commission on Children
and Families.
  (f) One representative from the office of the Governor.
  (2) The task force shall:
  (a) Study the feasibility of providing paid family leave to
allow parents to take paid leave after the birth or adoption of a
child.
  (b) Investigate funding mechanisms through unemployment
insurance and other potential funds to establish a paid family
leave program.
  (3) The task force shall issue a report of its findings to the
appropriate interim committee of the Legislative Assembly on or
before September 1, 2002.
  (4) The task force is subject to the provisions of ORS 171.605
to 171.635 and has the authority contained in ORS 171.505 and
171.510. Notwithstanding the provisions of subsection (3) of this
section, the task force may file its written report at any time
within 30 days after its final meeting, or at such later time as
the appointing authorities may designate.
  (5) The Employment Department shall provide staff necessary to
the performance of the functions of the task force.
  (6) A member of the Legislative Assembly appointed to the task
force shall be entitled to an allowance as authorized by ORS
171.072 from funds appropriated to the Legislative Assembly.
Other members of the task force are entitled to compensation and
expenses under ORS 292.495. Claims for expenses incurred in
performing functions of the task force shall be paid out of funds
available for that purpose.
  (7) All agencies, departments and officers of this state are
directed to assist the task force in the performance of its
functions, and to furnish such information and advice as the
members of the task force consider necessary to perform their
functions.
  (8) Official action by the task force created under this
section shall require the approval of a majority of the members.
  (9) The task force may accept contributions of funds and
assistance from the United States Government, its agencies or any
other source, public or private, and agree to conditions thereon
not inconsistent with the purposes of the task force. All such
funds are to aid in financing the functions of the task force and
shall be deposited in the General Fund of the State Treasury to
the credit of separate accounts for the task force and shall be
disbursed for the purpose for which contributed in the same
manner as funds appropriated for the task force. + }
  SECTION 2. { +  This 2001 Act being necessary for the immediate
preservation of the public peace, health and safety, an emergency
is declared to exist, and this 2001 Act takes effect on its
passage. + }
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