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<br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br />ATTACHMENT B <br />IGR BILL REPORT <br />FEBRUARY 2, 2011 / IGR COMMITTEE MEETING <br />CITY OF EUGENE <br /> <br /> <br />HB 2040 <br /> <br />Relating Clause: Relating to the regulation of employment. <br /> <br />Title: Requires that unpaid wages requested by employee to the mailed to employee after <br />discharge or termination must be mailed by certified mail. <br /> <br />Sponsored by: Ordered printed by the Speaker pursuant to House Rule 12.00A (5). Presession filed (at <br />the request of Commissioner of the Bureau of Labor and Industries Brad Avakian) <br /> <br /> <br />URL: http://www.leg.state.or.us/11reg/measpdf/hb2000.dir/hb2040.intro.pdf <br /> <br />Contact Respondent Dept Updated Priority Recommendation <br />Mark Villegas CS-FIN 1/14/2011 Pri 2 Oppose <br /> <br />Oppose unless amended. <br />Comments: The issue of concern is Section 1 (4) requiring mailed <br />termination checks to be sent certified mail (return receipt requested). We have not run <br />into any problems with employees not receiving checks in the past. It adds additional <br />burden and cost to process termination checks this way. We mail between 30-50 <br />termination checks each year. <br /> <br />Contact Respondent Dept Updated Priority Recommendation <br />Susan Mullett CS-HR 1/24/2011 Pri 2 Oppose <br /> <br />Comments: Support Payroll recommendation. <br /> <br /> <br />HB 2123 <br /> <br />Relating Clause: Relating to firefighter criminal defense expenses. <br /> <br />Title: Authorizes State Forester to authorize payment of costs and reasonable attorney fees of <br />fire-fighter alleged to have committed misdemeanor or felony in course of fire <br />suppression activities. <br /> <br />Sponsored by: Ordered printed by the Speaker pursuant to House Rule 12.00A (5). Presession filed (at <br />the request of Governor John A. Kitzhaber for State Forestry Department) <br /> <br /> <br />URL: http://www.leg.state.or.us/11reg/measpdf/hb2100.dir/hb2123.intro.pdf <br /> <br />Contact Respondent Dept Updated Priority Recommendation <br />Joann Eppli FIRE 1/18/2011 Pri 2 Support <br /> <br />Comments: The State Forester that is managing fires in inhabited areas will ask for mutual or <br />automatic aid from surrounding jurisdictions and those commanders that are supporting <br />1 <br /> <br /> <br />