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 3721
 
                         House Bill 3573
 
Sponsored by Representative KNOPP (at the request of Farmworker
  Housing Interim Task Force)
 
 
                             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 as
introduced.
 
  Restricts use of Bureau of Labor and Industries Account moneys
derived from farmworker camp indorsement fees.
  Makes appropriation to Housing and Community Services
Department of moneys collected from civil penalties imposed for
violation of farm labor contractor and farmworker camp laws.
Specifies that moneys be used for development of farmworker
housing.
 
                        A BILL FOR AN ACT
Relating to farmworkers; creating new provisions; and amending
  ORS 458.620 and 658.815.
Be It Enacted by the People of the State of Oregon:
  SECTION 1.  { + The Housing and Community Services Department
shall disburse the moneys credited to the Farmworker Housing
Development Account to expand this state's supply of housing for
low and very low income farmworkers. + }
  SECTION 2. ORS 458.620 is amended to read:
  458.620. (1) There is created, separate and distinct from the
General Fund of the State Treasury, the Oregon Housing
Fund { + , + } which shall consist of   { - two - }  { +
three + } separate revolving accounts, the Housing Development
and Guarantee Account { + , + }   { - and - }  the Emergency
Housing Account { +  and the Farmworker Housing Development
Account + }.
  (2) All earnings on investment of moneys in the Housing
Development and Guarantee Account shall accrue to that account.
All earnings on investment of moneys in the Emergency Housing
Account shall accrue to that account. { +  All earnings on
investment of moneys in the Farmworker Housing Development
Account shall accrue to that account. + }
  (3) Moneys in the Housing Development and Guarantee Account are
appropriated continuously to the Housing and Community Services
Department to carry out the provisions of ORS 458.625 and
458.630. Moneys in the Emergency Housing Account are appropriated
continuously to the Housing and Community Services Department to
carry out the provisions of ORS 458.650. { +  Moneys in the
Farmworker Housing Development Account are appropriated
continuously to the Housing and Community Services Department to
carry out the provisions of section 1 of this 2001 Act. + }
 
  (4) Moneys deposited in the Oregon Housing Fund pursuant to
subsection (5) of this section shall be credited to the Housing
Development and Guarantee Account.
  (5) Individuals and corporations, both for profit or nonprofit,
may make monetary contributions to the Housing Development and
Guarantee Account.
  SECTION 3. ORS 458.620, as amended by section 1, chapter 174,
Oregon Laws 1995, is amended to read:
  458.620. (1) There is created, separate and distinct from the
General Fund of the State Treasury, the Oregon Housing
Fund { + , + } which shall consist of   { - three - }  { +
four + } separate revolving accounts, the Housing Development and
Guarantee Account, the Emergency Housing Account { + , + }
 { - and - }  the Home Ownership Assistance Account { +  and the
Farmworker Housing Development Account + }.
  (2) All earnings on investment of moneys in the Housing
Development and Guarantee Account shall accrue to that account.
All earnings on investment of moneys in the Emergency Housing
Account shall accrue to that account. All earnings on investment
of moneys in the Home Ownership Assistance Account shall accrue
to that account. { +  All earnings on investment of moneys in the
Farmworker Housing Development Account shall accrue to that
account. + }
  (3)(a) Moneys in the Housing Development and Guarantee Account
are appropriated continuously to the Housing and Community
Services Department to carry out the provisions of ORS 458.625
and 458.630.
  (b) Moneys in the Emergency Housing Account are appropriated
continuously to the Housing and Community Services Department to
carry out the provisions of ORS 458.650.
  (c) Moneys in the Home Ownership Assistance Account are
appropriated continuously to the Housing and Community Services
Department to carry out the provisions of section 3, chapter 174,
Oregon Laws 1995.
   { +  (d) Moneys in the Farmworker Housing Development Account
are appropriated continuously to the Housing and Community
Services Department to carry out the provisions of section 1 of
this 2001 Act. + }
  (4) Moneys deposited in the Oregon Housing Fund pursuant to
subsection (5) of this section shall be credited to the Housing
Development and Guarantee Account.
  (5) Individuals and corporations, both for profit or nonprofit,
may make monetary contributions to the Housing Development and
Guarantee Account.
  SECTION 4. ORS 658.815 is amended to read:
  658.815.  { + (1) All farmworker camp indorsement fees received
by the Commissioner of the Bureau of Labor and Industries under
ORS 658.810 shall be credited to the Bureau of Labor and
Industries Account. Notwithstanding ORS 651.160 (1) and 658.413
(4), moneys credited to the account under this subsection are
continuously appropriated for the enforcement of ORS 658.715 to
658.850.
  (2) Moneys collected from civil penalties imposed by the
commissioner pursuant to ORS 658.850 shall be credited to the
Farmworker Housing Development Account of the Oregon Housing
Fund.
  (3) Except as provided in subsection (2) of this section, + }
all moneys other than fees described in ORS 658.413 received by
the commissioner under ORS 658.715 to 658.850 shall be credited
to the General Fund.
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