74th OREGON LEGISLATIVE ASSEMBLY--2007 Regular Session
 
HA to HB 2074
 
LC 403/HB 2074-1
 
                       HOUSE AMENDMENTS TO
                         HOUSE BILL 2074
 
               By COMMITTEE ON BUSINESS AND LABOR
 
                            April 16
 
  On page 1 of the printed bill, delete lines 6 through 16 and
insert:
  '  { +  SECTION 2. + }  { +   + }(1) As used in this section:
  ' (a) 'Managing employee' means a person who, at the time of an
application for the issuance or renewal of a landscaping business
license:
  ' (A) Is employed in landscaping work only by the applicant;
and
  ' (B) Manages or shares in the management of the applicant, as
defined by the State Landscape Contractors Board by rule.
  ' (b) 'Owner' means a person who at the time of an application
for the issuance or renewal of a landscaping business license:
  ' (A) Has an ownership interest in the applicant; and
  ' (B) Manages or shares in the management of the applicant, as
defined by the board by rule.
  ' (2) If an applicant for a landscaping business license does
not have at least one owner or managing employee who is licensed
as a landscape contractor under ORS 671.560, the applicant shall
provide the board with proof that an owner or managing employee
has completed required courses described in subsection (4) of
this section and passed an examination on the subject of those
courses.
  ' (3) The board may adopt rules to require a landscaping
business and any owner or managing employee to provide the board
with notice of any change in the employment or duties of the
owner or managing employee.
  ' (4) The board shall adopt rules establishing required courses
for an owner or managing employee who seeks to qualify the
business for a landscaping business license, but who is not
licensed as a landscape contractor. The courses required by the
board shall be designed to educate the owner or managing employee
regarding business practices and Oregon laws affecting
landscaping businesses. The board may not require an owner or
managing employee to take a total of more than 16 hours of
instruction.'.
  In line 17, delete '(3)' and insert '(5)' and delete ' the
provisions' and insert 'subsection (4)'.
  In line 20, delete '(4)' and insert '(6)'.
  In line 25, after 'owner' insert 'or managing employee ' and
delete '(1)' and insert '(2)'.
  On page 2, line 4, after 'owner' insert 'or managing employee,
both as defined in section 2 of this 2007 Act,'.
  In line 8, after 'owner' delete the rest of the line and insert
'or managing employee'.
  In line 9, delete 'scaping business'.
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