75th OREGON LEGISLATIVE ASSEMBLY--2009 Regular Session
HA to HB 2146
LC 800/HB 2146-2
HOUSE AMENDMENTS TO
HOUSE BILL 2146
By COMMITTEE ON RULES
May 19
On page 1 of the printed bill, delete lines 5 through 10 and
insert:
' { + SECTION 1. + } { + As used in this section and
sections 2 and 3 of this 2009 Act:
' (1) 'Convenience fee' means a fee for using an electronic
government portal or governmental services available by means of
an electronic government portal that the Oregon Department of
Administrative Services charges or authorizes an electronic
government portal provider to charge under section 3 (3) of this
2009 Act.
' (2) 'Electronic government portal' means an electronic
information delivery system accessible by means of the Internet
that a state agency designates officially as a means by which the
state agency delivers information, products or services.
' (3) 'Electronic government portal provider' means a person
that on behalf of a state agency provides facilities, goods or
services necessary to develop, host, operate, maintain or
otherwise implement an electronic government portal or provides
facilities, goods or services that assist a state agency in
designing, developing, hosting, operating, maintaining or
otherwise implementing an electronic government portal.
' (4) 'State agency' means the executive department, as defined
in ORS 174.112. + }
' { + SECTION 2. + } { + (1) There is created the Electronic
Government Portal Advisory Board consisting of 13 members
appointed as follows:
' (a) The President of the Senate shall appoint two nonvoting
members from among members of the Senate.
' (b) The Speaker of the House of Representatives shall appoint
two nonvoting members from among members of the House of
Representatives.
' (c) The Governor shall appoint:
' (A) Three members who represent state agencies;
' (B) Two members who represent the public; and
' (C) One member who attends a school, community college or
university in this state.
' (d) The Director of the Oregon Department of Administrative
Services shall appoint two members as follows:
' (A) The State Chief Information Officer; and
' (B) A representative of the Oregon Department of
Administrative Services.
' (e) The State Treasurer shall appoint one member who
represents the State Treasurer.
' (2) Members of the Legislative Assembly who are members of
the advisory board are nonvoting members and may act only in an
advisory capacity.
' (3) The advisory board shall:
' (a) Advise the Oregon Department of Administrative Services
concerning:
' (A) The development of electronic government portals for the
department and other state agencies;
' (B) The amount, collection methods or other aspects of a
convenience fee that the department or an electronic government
portal provider collects;
' (C) The priority of new governmental service applications
that may be provided by means of an electronic government portal;
' (D) Terms and conditions of contracts between state agencies
and electronic government portal providers; and
' (E) Rules necessary to implement electronic government
portals.
' (b) Monitor the layout, content and usability of electronic
government portals and advise the department on ways to improve
the delivery of government services by means of electronic
government portals, the accountability of state agencies' use of
electronic government portals to provide government services and
user satisfaction with electronic government portals.
' (c) Study, propose, develop or coordinate activities that:
' (A) Consider the needs of residents of this state;
' (B) Evaluate the performance and transparency of state agency
delivery of government services; and
' (C) Further the effectiveness of and user satisfaction with:
' (i) Electronic government portals; and
' (ii) State agencies' performance and accountability in the
use of electronic government portals to provide government
services.
' (4) A majority of the members of the advisory board
constitutes a quorum for the transaction of business.
' (5) Official action by the advisory board requires the
approval of a majority of the members of the advisory board.
' (6) The advisory board shall elect one of the members of the
advisory board to serve as chairperson.
' (7) If a vacancy on the advisory board occurs for any cause,
the appointing authority shall make an appointment to become
immediately effective.
' (8) The advisory board shall meet at times and places
specified by the call of the chairperson or of a majority of the
members of the advisory board.
' (9) The advisory board may adopt rules necessary for the
operation of the advisory board.
' (10) The Oregon Department of Administrative Services shall
provide staff support to the advisory board.
' (11) Members of the advisory board who are not members of the
Legislative Assembly are not entitled to compensation, but may be
reimbursed for actual and necessary travel and other expenses the
members incur in the performance of the members' official duties
in the manner and amounts provided for in ORS 292.495. Claims
for expenses incurred in performing functions of the advisory
board shall be paid out of funds appropriated to the Oregon
Department of Administrative Services for purposes of the
advisory board.
' (12) All state agencies shall assist the advisory board in
the advisory board's performance of the advisory board's duties
and, to the extent permitted by laws relating to confidentiality,
to furnish information and advice as the members of the advisory
board consider necessary to perform the duties of the advisory
board. + }
' { + SECTION 3. + } { + (1) The Oregon Department of
Administrative Services, with the advice of the Electronic
Government Portal Advisory Board, shall provide the ability for
state agencies to offer government services by means of an
electronic government portal. The electronic government portal
must be secure and must meet usability standards developed in
cooperation with the advisory board.
' (2) For the purposes of subsection (1) of this section, the
department under the provisions of the Public Contracting Code
may contract with an electronic government portal provider.
' (3)(a) The department may charge members of the public a
convenience fee or may authorize an electronic government portal
provider to charge a convenience fee for an electronic government
service if the advisory board recommends that the department
charge or authorize a convenience fee for the electronic
government service. The convenience fee must reflect the costs
incurred in hosting, operating, maintaining or implementing the
electronic government portal.
' (b) The department shall cooperate with the advisory board to
identify the electronic government portals or governmental
services to which the convenience fee applies.
' (4) The department may adopt rules to implement the
provisions of this section.
' (5) Not later than the beginning of each regular legislative
session, the department shall prepare and submit to the
Legislative Assembly a report in the manner provided in ORS
192.245 that summarizes the department's activities under the
provisions of this section. + } ' .
In line 11, delete '2' and insert '4'.
On page 2, delete lines 32 through 34 and insert:
' (o) Convenience fees as defined in section 1 of this 2009 Act
and established by the Oregon Department of Administrative
Services under section 3 (3) of this 2009 Act and recommended by
the Electronic Government Portal Advisory Board.'.
After line 42, insert:
' { + SECTION 5. + } { + (1) Sections 1, 2 and 3 of this
2009 Act and the amendments to ORS 291.055 by section 4 of this
2009 Act become operative on January 1, 2010.
' (2) The Director of the Oregon Department of Administrative
Services may take any action before January 1, 2010, that is
necessary to enable the director to exercise, on and after
January 1, 2010, all the duties, functions and powers conferred
on the director by sections 1, 2 and 3 of this 2009 Act and the
amendments to ORS 291.055 by section 4 of this 2009 Act. + } ' .
In line 43, delete '3' and insert '6'.
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