74th OREGON LEGISLATIVE ASSEMBLY--2007 Regular Session
 
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LC 1647
 
                         House Bill 2296
 
Sponsored by Representative BURLEY (Presession filed.)
 
 
                             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.
 
  Establishes renewable energy research center at Cascades Campus
of Oregon State University. Declares objectives of center.
Appropriates moneys from General Fund to Oregon State University
to establish and maintain center.
  Declares emergency, effective July 1, 2007.
 
                        A BILL FOR AN ACT
Relating to a renewable energy research center; appropriating
  money; and declaring an emergency.
Be It Enacted by the People of the State of Oregon:
  SECTION 1.  { + (1) Oregon State University shall establish and
maintain a renewable energy research center at the Cascades
Campus of Oregon State University in Bend.
  (2) The renewable energy research center shall:
  (a) Analyze the major renewable energy issues facing Oregon and
educate the public and the private sectors about the need to
address these issues;
  (b) Evaluate the challenges of finding sustainable solutions to
renewable energy issues;
  (c) Assess the challenges to involvement of various
stakeholders in addressing renewable energy issues, and develop
strategies and communication tools to overcome the obstacles;
  (d) Consider legal and policy issues related to the field of
renewable energy, and develop innovative methods to effectively
address these issues; and
  (e) Perform other related activities to support the
understanding of, and potential for, the use of renewable energy
in Oregon.
  (3) Oregon State University may seek funds from public and
private sources to maintain the renewable energy research
center. + }
  SECTION 2. { +  There is appropriated to Oregon State
University, for the biennium beginning July 1, 2007, out of the
General Fund, the amount of $___ for the purpose of carrying out
the provisions of section 1 of this 2007 Act. + }
  SECTION 3.  { + This 2007 Act being necessary for the immediate
preservation of the public peace, health and safety, an emergency
is declared to exist, and this 2007 Act takes effect July 1,
2007. + }
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