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
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LC 3599
 
                           A-Engrossed
 
                         House Bill 3376
                  Ordered by the House April 23
            Including House Amendments dated April 23
 
Sponsored by Representative MINNIS; Representatives CARLSON,
  CLOSE, DOYLE, KNOPP, NELSON, ROSENBAUM, P SMITH, T SMITH,
  STARR, C WALKER, WILLIAMS
 
 
                             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.
 
  Creates Task Force on Promotional and Career Opportunities for
Women in Oregon. Requires   { - Bureau of Labor and
Industries - }   { +  Employment Department + } to provide staff
 { - and funds - } .
  Sunsets January 1, 2004.
  Declares emergency, effective on passage.
 
                        A BILL FOR AN ACT
Relating to women in the workforce; appropriating money; and
  declaring an emergency.
Be It Enacted by the People of the State of Oregon:
  SECTION 1.  { + (1) There is created the Task Force on
Promotional and Career Opportunities for Women in Oregon
consisting of nine members. The members shall be appointed on or
before October 1, 2001, as follows:
  (a) The Speaker of the House of Representatives shall appoint
three members, one of whom shall serve as chair of the task
force;
  (b) The President of the Senate shall appoint two members;
  (c) The Commissioner of the Bureau of Labor and Industries
shall appoint one member;
  (d) The Governor shall appoint two members; and
  (e) The Attorney General shall appoint one member.
  (2) The goals of the task force are to:
  (a) Issue a report that documents:
  (A) The manner in which ORS chapters 652 and 659 and related
regulations on pay equity are enforced in this state;
  (B) The earnings of Oregon women broken down by income levels,
occupation, education, length of employment if available, age,
race and ethnicity and number of persons in a household in
comparison to equivalent categories for Oregon men;
  (C) The number and type of businesses owned by women in Oregon
and business resources available to women;
  (D) The amount and type of public education conducted
concerning issues about pay for women in the workforce;
 
  (E) The impact of domestic violence on women in the workforce;
and
  (F) The availability of child care options and resources at
Oregon workplaces.
  (b) Make recommendations for necessary corrective action
relating to issues of women in the workforce.
  (3) The task force shall make every effort to obtain input from
advocacy groups for women, businesses, labor organizations and
any other groups that may provide useful information.
  (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. The task force shall report to the appropriate
committees of the Senate and the House of Representatives of the
Seventy-second Legislative Assembly not later than March 1, 2003.
The task force shall conclude all of its activities under this
section not later than March 1, 2003, and may take no further
action under this section after March 1, 2003.
  (5) The Employment Department shall provide staff necessary to
the performance of the functions of the task force.
  (6) 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 is an advisory panel only. The State of
Oregon and the members of the task force have no right or
obligation to implement the evaluations, determinations, findings
or recommendations of the task force without further legislation
specifically authorizing such implementation. + }
  SECTION 2.  { + The Employment Department may accept
contributions of funds from the United States, its agencies or
from any other source, public or private, and agree to conditions
thereon not inconsistent with the purposes of the task force. + }
  SECTION 3.  { + All moneys received by the Employment
Department under section 2 of this 2001 Act shall be paid into
the State Treasury and deposited in the General Fund to the
credit of the department. The moneys are appropriated
continuously to the department for the purposes of section 1 of
this 2001 Act. + }
  SECTION 4.  { + Sections 1 to 3 of this 2001 Act are repealed
January 1, 2004. + }
  SECTION 5.  { + 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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