72nd OREGON LEGISLATIVE ASSEMBLY--2003 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 685
 
                         House Bill 2192
 
Ordered printed by the Speaker pursuant to House Rule 12.00A (5).
  Presession filed (at the request of Governor Theodore R.
  Kulongoski for Department of Community Colleges and Workforce
  Development)
 
 
                             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.
 
  Modifies duties of program director of Oregon Youth
Conservation Corps. Exempts corps members from prevailing wage
law.
 
                        A BILL FOR AN ACT
Relating to Oregon Youth Conservation Corps; amending ORS
  418.657, 418.658 and 418.660.
Be It Enacted by the People of the State of Oregon:
  SECTION 1. ORS 418.657 is amended to read:
  418.657. (1) In consultation with the Oregon Youth Conservation
Corps Advisory Committee { +  and the Commissioner for Community
College Services + }, the program director of the Oregon Youth
Conservation Corps shall:
  (a) Establish eligibility criteria for participants. Such
criteria shall not render the program ineligible for federal
funds. Participants shall be lawful permanent residents of the
state.
  (b) Establish criteria in order to make the required
determination that enrollment in the corps was not the reason
that an individual ceased attendance at a secondary school.
  (c) Assume that application of the eligibility and
participation criteria results in enrollment of at least 75
percent disadvantaged and at-risk youth among the total number of
participants.
  (2) The program director { + , in consultation with the
Commissioner for Community College Services, + } may take the
following actions, including but not limited to:
  (a) Applying for and accepting grants or contributions of funds
from any public or private source;
  (b) Making agreements with any local, state or federal agency
to utilize any service, material or property of any such agency,
where such agreements are considered reasonable and necessary;
and
  (c) Purchasing or contracting for necessary private services,
equipment, materials and property where such are needed to carry
out the projects approved for and undertaken by the corps.
  (3) The   { - program director - }   { + State Board of
Education + } may adopt all necessary rules to carry out the
purposes and objectives of the program and to regulate the
standards of conduct and other operating guidelines for corps
members and other personnel.
  (4) Corps members   { - shall be - }   { + are + } exempt
from { + : + }
   { +  (a) + }   { - the - }  State Personnel Relations Law
 { - . - }  { + ; + }  { +  and + }
   { +  (b) ORS 279.348 to 279.380. + }
  SECTION 2. ORS 418.658 is amended to read:
  418.658. (1) The program director of the Oregon Youth
Conservation Corps shall establish a separate program known as
the Oregon Community Service Corps. In addition to the
established purposes of the Oregon Youth Conservation Corps, the
purpose of the Oregon Community Service Corps is to promote
community service activities throughout the state for a broad
cross section of Oregon disadvantaged and at-risk youth through
programs that also include appropriate educational and job
training opportunities for participants.
  (2) In addition to projects submitted under ORS 418.660 (1),
projects of the Oregon Community Service Corps may include, but
shall not be limited to:
  (a) Child care services.
  (b) Elderly and disabled care services.
  (c) Literacy education programs.
  (d) Recycling and other waste reduction services.
  (3) The Oregon Community Service Corps shall offer employment
and educational opportunities of at least three but not more than
12 months' duration for selected participants.
  (4) Under rules adopted by the   { - program director - }  { +
State Board of Education + }, participants who successfully
complete any 12-month program under this section shall be
eligible for $1,500 in tuition vouchers that can be used at any
career school or post-secondary educational institution that is
qualified to receive assistance through the Oregon Student
Assistance Commission.
  (5) All Oregonians who are at least 13 years of age and under
25 years of age are eligible to participate in the program. To
ensure that Oregon Community Service Corps participants represent
a broad cross section of Oregonians, special emphasis shall be
given to recruiting school dropouts and other disadvantaged and
at-risk youth, according to criteria established by the Oregon
Youth Conservation Corps Advisory Committee.
  (6) To the extent practicable, the program director shall
enlist state and federal agencies, local government, nonprofit
organizations and private businesses, and any combination of such
entities, to act as sponsors for programs administered under this
section. Selection of sponsors shall be based on criteria that
include the following:
  (a) The availability of other resources on a matching basis,
including contributions from private sources, other federal,
state and local agencies, and moneys available through the
federal Workforce Investment Act of 1998 (29 U.S.C. 2801 et
seq.);
  (b) The provision of related educational and job training
programs to participants, including but not limited to school and
college coursework, General Educational Development (GED) tests
equivalency training, project-related education and professional
training;
  (c) Assurances that proposed projects will not displace
existing employees or duplicate existing private or government
programs; and
  (d) Assurances that proposed projects are devoted to the
enhancement of the community and are not based in maintenance
activities and that these projects meet an identified need.
  (7) In consultation with the advisory committee { +  and the
Commissioner for Community College Services + }, the program
director shall make grants for programs administered under this
section.
  SECTION 3. ORS 418.660 is amended to read:
  418.660. (1) The programs established under ORS 418.650 to
418.663 may include, but shall not be limited to, projects such
as:
  (a) Rangeland conservation, rehabilitation and improvement;
  (b) Endangered species and other wildlife habitat conservation,
rehabilitation and improvement;
  (c) Urban revitalization;
  (d) Historical and cultural site preservation and maintenance;
  (e) Recreational area development, maintenance, improvement and
beautification;
  (f) Road and trail maintenance and improvement;
  (g) Soil conservation work, including erosion control;
  (h) Flood, drought and storm damage assistance and relief;
  (i) Stream, lake, waterfront harbor and port improvement and
pollution control;
  (j) Fish culture and habitat maintenance and improvement;
  (k) Insect, disease, rodent and other pestilence control;
  (L) Improvement of abandoned railroad land and right of way;
  (m) Land reclamation and improvement, including strip-mined
lands, public landscape work and tree planting programs;
  (n) Energy conservation projects including assistance in the
performance of energy efficiency audits, weatherization and
renewable resource enhancement;
  (o) Emergency assistance in times of natural or other disaster;
and
  (p) Recycling projects.
  (2) In consultation with the Oregon Youth Conservation Corps
Advisory Committee  { + and the Commissioner for Community
College Services + }, the program director of the Oregon Youth
Conservation Corps shall ensure that projects selected under ORS
418.650 to 418.663 shall be consistent with all other provisions
of applicable state and federal law relating to the management,
oversight and administration of affected public lands.
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