75th OREGON LEGISLATIVE ASSEMBLY--2009 Regular Session
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LC 377
House Bill 2256
Ordered printed by the Speaker pursuant to House Rule 12.00A (5).
Presession filed (at the request of Governor Theodore R.
Kulongoski for Housing and Community Services Department)
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.
Requires Housing and Community Services Department to adopt
rules establishing threshold amount above which housing grant or
other housing funding award proposal requires review and approval
by State Housing Council.
A BILL FOR AN ACT
Relating to State Housing Council review of Housing and Community
Services Department transactions; amending ORS 456.555 and
456.561.
Be It Enacted by the People of the State of Oregon:
SECTION 1. ORS 456.555 is amended to read:
456.555. (1) The Housing and Community Services Department is
established.
(2) The department shall be under the supervision and control
of a director who is responsible for the performance of the
duties imposed upon the department. The Governor shall appoint
the Director of the Housing and Community Services Department.
The director shall hold office at the pleasure of the Governor.
The person appointed as director shall be a person who, by
training and experience, is well qualified to perform the duties
of the office.
(3) The director shall receive such salary as may be provided
by law, or, if not so provided, as may be fixed by the Governor.
In addition to the salary of the director, the director shall,
subject to the limitations otherwise provided by law, be
reimbursed for all expenses actually and necessarily incurred by
the director in the performance of official duties.
(4) The director may establish department divisions including
but not limited to divisions for administration, housing programs
and community services programs.
(5) The State Housing Council shall:
(a) With the advice of the director, set policy and approve or
disapprove rules and standards for housing programs;
(b) Approve or disapprove loans, grants and other funding award
proposals under ORS 456.561; and
(c) Carry out the provisions of ORS 456.571.
(6) The Community Action Directors of Oregon shall advise the
department and the council on community services programs as
determined by the director and as set forth in ORS 458.505.
(7) The director shall report regularly to the council to keep
the council informed on progress made by the department in
carrying out the department's responsibilities for housing
programs.
(8) The department may adopt rules to carry out the programs
that the department is charged with administering, including, but
not limited to, rules regarding:
(a) Administration and enforcement.
(b) Criteria for the granting of benefits.
(c) The establishment of fees and charges.
(d) The identification of housing programs and community
services programs.
(e) The distinguishing of housing programs from community
services programs.
(9) Subject to the approval of the council, the department
shall establish by rule { - a - } { + one or more + }
threshold property purchase { - price - } { + prices + }
above which a { - single-family home ownership - }
{ + housing + } loan proposed by the department requires council
review and approval under ORS 456.561. In establishing or
modifying a threshold property purchase price under this
subsection, the department shall consider any maximum acquisition
cost set forth in the Internal Revenue Code or federal rules and
regulations implementing the code.
{ + (10) Subject to the approval of the council, the
department shall establish by rule one or more threshold amounts
above which a housing grant or other housing funding award
proposal requires council review and approval under ORS
456.561. + }
SECTION 2. ORS 456.561 is amended to read:
456.561. (1) The Housing and Community Services Department may
effect loans, grants and other funding awards to accomplish
department housing programs, subject to any requirement under
this section for review and approval by the State Housing Council
of proposals for loans, grants or other funding awards.
(2) The department shall submit a loan, grant or other funding
award proposal arising under ORS 456.515 to 456.725 programs to
the council for review if the proposal is for:
(a) A { - single-family home ownership - } { + housing + }
loan on property that has a purchase price in excess of
{ - the - } { + an applicable + } threshold property purchase
price established by rule under ORS 456.555 (9); { + or + }
{ - (b) A housing loan other than a single-family home
ownership loan, if the loan amount exceeds $100,000; or - }
{ - (c) A housing grant or other housing funding award, if
the grant or funding award amount exceeds $100,000. - }
{ + (b) A housing grant or other housing funding award in
excess of an applicable threshold amount established by rule
under ORS 456.555 (10). + }
(3) The council shall review each loan, grant or other funding
award proposal submitted by the department under this section and
approve or disapprove the loan, grant or other funding award
proposal.
(4) Council review of loan, grant or other funding award
proposals under this section shall be held at a public hearing of
the council. The council meeting notice required by ORS 192.640
shall include notice of the loan, grant or other funding award
proposal review, the names of the applicants and the subject of
the loan, grant or funding award proposal. The council shall
provide notice of a loan, grant or other funding award proposal
review to the loan, grant or other funding award applicant not
less than five days before the review hearing.
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