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Staff summaries presented to the committee described the bills as largely housekeeping and clarifying measures. ELPRO/LPRO staff said Senate Bill 860A \"modifies the authority of the Department of the State Fire Marshal and its designated representatives regarding fire protection, education, emergency authorities, and investigation, and amends statutes related to the governor's Fire Service Policy Council.\" The committee also considered Senate Bill 861, which adds grant funds, reimbursements and monies received from judgments and settlements to the State Fire Marshal Mobilization Fund and requires biennial reporting to the Joint Committee on Ways and Means; and Senate Bill 862A, which updates rural fire protection district naming and reporting requirements and directs the State Fire Marshal to adopt a base fire prevention code that is publicly accessible online.

Vice Chair Graber moved each bill to the floor with a due‑pass recommendation. For each motion the clerk called the roll and the motion passed with the committee recording \"the motion passes\" in the transcript for the work sessions referenced in this excerpt.

Committee members described minimal fiscal or revenue impact in staff summaries; each bill was reported to have left the Senate with near‑unanimous support according to the summaries provided in committee (for example, SB 860A and SB 861 were described as leaving the Senate with 29 ayes and one excused). No substantive amendments or contested floor debate are recorded in the work‑session excerpts provided.

The committee also discussed administrative implementation details in passing (for example, the reporting schedule required by SB 861: a report to the Joint Committee on Ways and Means on fund amounts and expenditures on or before March 31 of each odd‑numbered year). The committee closed the work sessions and prepared the bills for the House floor with due‑pass recommendations in the transcript excerpt.","mediaType","Video","parentTitle","House Committee On Emergency Management, General Government, and Veterans 05/06/2025 1:00 PM","oneSentenceSummary","In work sessions May 6 the House committee moved three Senate bills (860A, 861 and 862A) to the floor with due‑pass recommendations. The bills together modify the Department of State Fire Marshal's authority, expand the Mobilization Fund definition and require reporting and a publicly accessible base fire prevention code.","taxTitle","Emergency Management, General Government, and Veterans, House of Representatives, Committees, Legislative, Oregon","taxId",17514,"location","Oregon","headline","","shortSummary",{"_33":77,"_35":36,"_37":38,"_39":78,"_41":79,"_43":80,"_45":81,"_47":82,"_49":83,"_51":84,"_53":85,"_55":56,"_57":58,"_59":86,"_61":62,"_63":64,"_65":87,"_67":68,"_69":70,"_71":72,"_73":74,"_75":74},6249461,"Panel hears proposal to allow veterans recognition license plates for motorcycles and mopeds",801,1717000,2518000,"/Search/View?dp=1&key=3205301-f3472aec1ca4ae2dff182b6dfb0d627b&start=1717&end=2518","https://assets.pipeline.soar.com/3205301-f3472aec1ca4ae2dff182b6dfb0d627b/thumbnail_1717000.jpg","/articles/6249461/Oregon/Panel-hears-proposal-to-allow-veterans-recognition-license-plates-for-motorcycles-and-mopeds","https://secure.pipeline.soar.com/6249461-9fc6356060ab96488ae65cbd63da85bd/orig.mp4?Expires=1771184707&Signature=QK-j2tJEpjW90o2QWE3OQqb8afrNWQUlQyk8RVz1Q5QwrE9D1-eJ-QP7jR5IpPH7zQpzvV24S6h3ll~evpfid0QbCPfbfGodkzDkYFhepObVqrogDitT-moTbWgi1WzgDfCykU1HM4AEo77IzLOrkwhhFSTcDwStZhW02vDB0mLKRIkoLeY8XafKecLruFrMpwXhsN-18h8VTNSB9PNDRPoTWQJjmzCfPeCzCscd8pivTzpqf7qS4zyFrna3p9uscno6I~pLUc3bMp6Vw~3qhXtb~xuh1t4nxJErKp37f-T8Kl7FfbSagRZyH9MPuDj4o23Op-M5psvmzIbf-HRd6A__&Key-Pair-Id=KUT5TJCACFTXG","The House Committee on Emergency Management, General Government, and Veterans on May 6 held a public hearing on Senate Bill 159, which would allow veterans recognition license plates to be issued for motorcycles and mopeds.

Senator Mark Meek, sponsor of the bill in the Senate, told the committee the change would give veterans who ride motorcycles and mopeds the same recognition currently available for passenger vehicles. \"These specialty plates are a wonderful way for all Oregonians to be able to recognize the service of veterans in our communities,\" he said.

Amy Joyce, administrator of the Motor Vehicles Division at the Oregon Department of Transportation's Driver and Motor Vehicle Services (testifying as DMV administrator), said the department has no position on the bill but laid out how DMV would implement it if the Legislature enacts the change. Joyce described two separate plate programs (specialty plates and the veterans recognition program), noted that veteran plates currently go through a centralized issuance process at DMV headquarters, and described practical steps — design work with advocates and the manufacturer, programming, and ordering an initial, limited stock of plates — to avoid waste and control costs.

Joyce supplied implementation data the committee could use in its deliberations: Oregon has about 267,000 veterans; roughly 128,000 registered motorcycles and mopeds; and the veterans recognition program issues roughly 2,700 new passenger‑vehicle veteran plates per year on average. The current statutory framework and practice routes surcharge proceeds to the Oregon Department of Veterans' Affairs to support veterans homes; Joyce said the typical surcharge for the veteran plate set on a passenger vehicle is $10 for two years after costs.

Committee members asked about plate design choices (branch‑specific designs vs. a single generic veteran plate), operational minimums and how DMV would order plates, and whether existing special plates for other public‑safety professions cover motorcycles. Joyce said the veterans recognition program is structured so plates are unlikely to fall below minimums because all veterans plates are grouped under one program umbrella; she said DMV would work with advocates to determine whether branch insignia, medal decals, or a simple veteran plate is preferable for motorcycles and mopeds.

The hearing closed without a committee vote recorded in the provided excerpt. Witnesses emphasized that the bill is intended as a modest technical change to extend an existing recognition program to additional vehicle classes and that DMV could implement the change within the program's existing framework and with limited upfront cost exposure.","Senators and DMV officials told a House committee May 6 that Senate Bill 159 would permit veterans recognition license plates to be issued for motorcycles and mopeds; DMV described implementation steps and expected low initial volumes.",{"_33":89,"_35":36,"_37":38,"_39":90,"_41":91,"_43":92,"_45":93,"_47":94,"_49":95,"_51":96,"_53":97,"_55":56,"_57":58,"_59":98,"_61":62,"_63":64,"_65":99,"_67":68,"_69":70,"_71":72,"_73":74,"_75":74},6249465,"House committee hears narrow fix to let three coastal cities’ elected councils raise water, sewer rates",1201,509000,1710000,"/Search/View?dp=1&key=3205301-f3472aec1ca4ae2dff182b6dfb0d627b&start=509&end=1710","https://assets.pipeline.soar.com/3205301-f3472aec1ca4ae2dff182b6dfb0d627b/thumbnail_509000.jpg","/articles/6249465/Oregon/House-committee-hears-narrow-fix-to-let-three-coastal-cities-elected-councils-raise-water-sewer-rates","https://secure.pipeline.soar.com/6249465-d664d74037ed62171f259b257e7ba89d/orig.mp4?Expires=1771184707&Signature=Mhg6gZIZ~pcWhoFhEosJHTWw1IhW6CRAQV0N-0u-WMA7aA3Z0bxZVP7n810zGxVRU7hwTHMl~Wdm6dbVT~wVkSpuXEoX3hwm1YYTkfDslU9mXEnAwz8X4fnPJfM8UvsWei4B2froOea4GsXCwjGBEMatlf2LvU7dDp7zzdvNo66O-Jp-iIn2Ab7RzTb6R93T24jpXXMJqQ4QwFYXXaNngrMTlz-BiRhhzOnqfUMMn6rJnhUT1DBOdRTZR2x307uqj5MERHPv7WdyVeoTUal750LsbKm1Emk9Iqsd0DB9autImin66fZldxqBIgXJMcY4s-Xnrxnp3lW7Imb1bHzD8g__&Key-Pair-Id=KUT5TJCACFTXG","The House Committee on Emergency Management, General Government, and Veterans on May 6 heard public testimony on Senate Bill 10 62 A, a bill that would allow the city councils of North Bend, Reedsport and Bandon to set fees, rates and other charges for municipal water and wastewater services without a voter double‑majority.

Proponents said the change is narrowly focused on health-and-safety utilities and is intended to let elected local officials plan and finance urgent upgrades. \"So all this does is say we're granting the board, sure, water board, whatever the right to raise rates if they choose that it's necessary,\" Representative Boomer Wright said during the hearing. Senator Anderson described the bill as \"really a simple bill\" targeted to the three cities.

The bill matters because witnesses described failing infrastructure and the risk of service freezes that would block new housing and economic development. \"When that pipe ruptures, there'll be no press release, just for all waste where our kids dig for clams,\" David Miller, city administrator for North Bend, told the committee, describing an 8‑inch clay pipe installed about 1948 and saying 39% of the city's sewer network is older than 70 years. Miller said North Bend's current monthly residential sewer rate is $37.57 and that the city proposed staged increases to $43.99, then $52.79, then $63.35 to stabilize its sewer fund and become eligible for state and federal grants.

Committee members asked about local control and alternatives such as charter changes. Representative questions emphasized concern that a state legislative fix for three named cities could prompt other municipalities to seek similar exceptions. Senator Anderson and proponents said the bill was deliberately limited to three cities because a broader fix raised complications with special districts and charter language; he said the targeted approach is intended to address immediate health-and-safety risks while giving the Legislature time during the interim to craft broader solutions.

The committee record shows the bill \"came out of the Senate\" with votes in that chamber (as summarized to the committee), and the hearing closed without a committee vote in the excerpt. The record includes local officials’ appeals that council control over water and sewer rates is needed to maintain regulatory compliance, allow planned capital projects and avoid moratoria on new building permits.

No formal committee action on this bill is recorded in the provided transcript excerpt beyond the public hearing. Committee members and presenters repeatedly framed the measure as a narrow, temporary fix for specific cities, leaving other charter provisions intact and preserving voter accountability through elected councils.

Details from testimony:
- Affected cities named in testimony: North Bend, Reedsport, Bandon.
- Claim in testimony: 39% of North Bend’s sewer network is more than 70 years old (David Miller).
- Current monthly residential sewer rate cited for North Bend: $37.57 (David Miller).
- Proposed staged rate increases presented by North Bend: to $43.99 (2025), $52.79 (2026), $63.35 (2027) (David Miller).
- Proponents said the change would restore local authority for water and wastewater fees for the three cities but leave other charter fee rules in place.

The committee closed the public hearing and moved on to other agenda items; proponents said the change would allow local officials to plan multi‑year repairs and pursue grant funding without waiting for a double‑majority voter turnout.","Lawmakers heard testimony May 6 on Senate Bill 10 62 A, a targeted measure to let the city councils of North Bend, Reedsport and Bandon set water and wastewater fees to address aging infrastructure and avoid service moratoriums.","actionData","errors"]

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