Item 3: Ratification of IGR Committee Actions and Direction on Legislative Policy

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HB 2184 Relating Clause: Relating to beverage containers. Title: Establishes goal for beverage container return rate. Changes definition of 'beverage.' Authorizes Oregon Liquor Control Commission to establish standards for redemption of beverage containers. Requires Department of Environmental Quality to report to Seventy-ninth Legislative Assembly on certain matters related to beverage containers. Increases refund value for beverage containers. Sponsored by: Governor Theodore R. Kulongoski for Department of Environmental Quality URL:http://www.leg.state.or.us/09reg/measpdf/hb2100.dir/hb2184.intro.pdf ContactRespondentDept Updated Priority Policy Poli Numb Recommendation Felicity Fahy Felicity Fahy CS-CMO 1/20/2009 Pri 3 Yes YesVII. A4 Support Comments: I agree with Ethan's comments ContactRespondentDept Updated Priority Policy Poli Numb Recommendation Ethan Nelson Ethan Nelson PDD-BPS 1/20/2009 Pri 3 Yes YesVII. A4 Support Comments: HB 2184 is result of the Bottle Bill Task Force, created by the 2007 Revised Bottle Bill. HB 2184 implements the recommendations from this body, including: 1. Expands the types of beverages and containers covered; 2. Increases the refund value to $.10 from $.05; 3. Mandates centralized redemption centers run by industry; These three actions should increase the recycling rate of all beverage containers, save energy, reduce litter, and reduce amount landfilled. Allows for industry to self-regulate with the caveat that if the redemption centers are not functional (redemption rate to 80%) by 2013, the state will intercede to create state run centers and the unredeemed deposits will shift from the private sector to public sector. Currently, the beverage industry keeps all unredeemed deposits, estimated in 2008 to be $15 million per year. HB 2212 Relating Clause: Relating to State Department of Agriculture control methods; appropriating money. Title: Broadens statutes currently applicable to tansy ragwort to include all noxious weeds. Repeals statutes regarding ragweed. Revises quarantine authority of State Department of Agriculture. Authorizes department to adopt rules for nonquarantine regulation of plant pests. Makes violation of rule subject to civil penalty, not to exceed $10,000. Authorizes department to conduct research for control of plant pests. Prohibits possession or movement of plant pests except in compliance with federal or state permit. Makes violation subject to fine not to exceed $720 and civil penalty not to exceed $10,000. Declares plant pests to be public nuisance. Authorizes department to issue orders or adopt rules to abate public nuisance caused by plant pests. Makes violation of order or rule for abating nuisance subject to civil penalty not to exceed $10,000. Sponsored by: Governor Theodore R. Kulongoski for State Department of Agriculture URL:http://www.leg.state.or.us/09reg/measpdf/hb2200.dir/hb2212.intro.pdf ContactRespondentDept Updated Priority Policy Poli Numb Recommendation Eric Wold Eric Wold PW-POS 1/20/2009 Pri 3 Support Comments: HB 2212 substantially enhances existing statutes pertaining to the Department of Agriculture's authority to regulate the movement (e.g., through the transportation system) of plant pests. Plants pests include all organisms capable of having a significant adverse affect on the environmental quality of the state or of causing a signficant level of 7