75th OREGON LEGISLATIVE ASSEMBLY--2009 Regular Session
 
NOTE:  Matter within  { +  braces and plus signs + } in an
amended section is new. Matter within  { -  braces and minus
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LC 2602
 
                           A-Engrossed
 
                         House Bill 2660
                  Ordered by the House March 20
            Including House Amendments dated March 20
 
Sponsored by Representatives CAMERON, SCHAUFLER; Representatives
  BARKER, BERGER, ESQUIVEL, GILLIAM, KENNEMER, THATCHER, WITT
 
 
                             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.
 
  Increases maximum amount of revenues from civil penalties
assessed for violations of occupational safety or health statutes
that may be credited to Workers' Memorial Scholarship Account.
 
                        A BILL FOR AN ACT
Relating to the Workers' Memorial Scholarship Account; amending
  ORS 654.200.
Be It Enacted by the People of the State of Oregon:
  SECTION 1. ORS 654.200 is amended to read:
  654.200. (1) There is established in the Consumer and Business
Services Fund the Workers' Memorial Scholarship Account.  Only
the interest earned on moneys in the account shall be used by the
Director of the Department of Consumer and Business Services for
the establishment and administration of a scholarship program to
pay education related expenses of the spouses and children of
workers who are killed or who have received a permanent total
disability award from injury on the job. A maximum of
 { - $250,000 - }  { +  $1 million + } to carry out the
provisions of this section   { - shall - }   { + may + } be
credited to the account from civil penalties recovered pursuant
to ORS 654.086.
  (2) The director shall consult with the Safe Employment
Education and Training Advisory Committee established pursuant to
ORS 654.189 in determining the appropriate scholarship standard
and in selecting the recipients.
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