74th OREGON LEGISLATIVE ASSEMBLY--2007 Regular Session
 
SA to SB 234
 
LC 805/SB 234-1
 
                      SENATE AMENDMENTS TO
                         SENATE BILL 234
 
        By COMMITTEE ON ENVIRONMENT AND NATURAL RESOURCES
 
                            April 18
 
  On page 1 of the printed bill, line 2, after 'Oregon ' insert
'; creating new provisions; amending ORS 561.144; and
appropriating money'.
  Delete lines 21 through 28 and delete page 2 and insert:
  ' (2) To the extent authorized under federal and state law, or
under any memorandum of understanding or other agreement entered
into under subsection (1) of this section, the Director of
Agriculture and the appointee of the Director of Human Services,
or their designees:
  ' (a) Notwithstanding ORS 192.410 to 192.505, shall refuse to
disclose any biopharm permit application or related
biopharmaceutical crop information received from the United
States Department of Agriculture's Animal and Plant Health
Inspection Service, or from any successor to that service, that
the United States Department of Agriculture has determined to be
confidential business information.
  ' (b) May review biopharm permit applications and
biopharmaceutical crop information submitted to the United States
Department of Agriculture.
  ' (c) May administer and conduct site inspections and
monitoring of any biopharmaceutical crops grown in Oregon.
  ' (d) If there is evidence that biopharmaceutical crops are
endangering Oregon agriculture, horticulture or forest production
or public health, may take appropriate enforcement action.
  ' (e) May charge a biopharm permit applicant or holder fees for
state oversight, services or activities under this section.  Fees
charged under this paragraph may not total more than $10,000 and
must be reasonably calculated to reimburse the state for the
actual cost of the oversight, services or activities. Fees
collected under this paragraph shall be deposited to the credit
of the Department of Agriculture Service Fund and are
continuously appropriated to the State Department of Agriculture
for the purpose of carrying out this section.
  '  { +  SECTION 3. + } ORS 561.144 is amended to read:
  ' 561.144. (1) The State Treasurer shall establish a Department
of Agriculture Service Fund which shall be a trust fund separate
and distinct from the General Fund. The State Department of
Agriculture shall deposit all license and service fees paid to it
under the provisions of the statutes identified in subsection (3)
of this section in the Department of Agriculture Service Fund.
The State Treasurer is the custodian of this trust fund which
shall be deposited by the treasurer in such depositories as are
authorized to receive deposits of the General Fund, and which may
be invested by the treasurer in the same manner as authorized by
ORS 293.701 to 293.820.
  ' (2) Interest received on deposits credited to the Department
of Agriculture Service Fund shall accrue to and become a part of
the Department of Agriculture Service Fund.
  ' (3) The license and service fees subject to this section are
those described in ORS 561.400, 570.710, 571.057, 571.063,
571.145, 583.004, 583.046, 583.445, 583.510, 583.610, 585.050,
586.270, 586.580, 586.650, 596.030, 596.311, 599.235, 599.269,
599.406, 599.610, 601.040, 602.090, 603.025, 603.075, 616.706,
618.115, 618.136, 619.031, 621.072, 621.166, 621.266, 621.297,
621.335, 621.730, 622.080, 625.180, 628.240, 632.211, 632.425,
632.600, 632.720, 632.730, 632.741, 632.940, 632.945, 633.015,
633.029, 633.318, 633.362, 633.461, 633.471, 633.680, 633.700,
633.720, 634.016, 634.116, 634.122, 634.126, 634.132, 634.136,
634.212 and 635.030 { +  and section 2 of this 2007 Act + }.'.
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