HB 4123

Directs the Higher Education Coordinating Commission to conduct a study of the condition of Oregon's post-secondary education system and to develop detailed recommendations for the design, implementation and operation of a viable and superior institutional framework.

Increases the state transient lodging tax.

Directs school districts to adopt policies that provide for the immediate enrollment, school placement and provision of services to homeless students.

Provides that evidence of a party's or a witness's immigration status is not admissible as evidence in a civil proceeding.

Modifies the crime of criminal mischief in the first degree by expanding the types of telecommunications entities whose property may be subject to ORS 164.365.

Authorizes the Governor to direct state agencies to withhold moneys owed to the federal government if federal funds are being withheld from the state in contravention of a valid court order.

Updates the terminology used to describe certain income earned by multinational corporations to reflect a change in the term used in federal law.

Prohibits cities and counties within the Portland MSA from enforcing requirements that developers provide affordable units in multiunit dwellings unless the city or county first calculates the developers' average expected losses due to providing affordable housing and the city or county offsets those losses.

Allows residential landlords of multifamily housing to convert premises to nonsmoking for existing tenants upon 180 days' written notice.

Requires the Director of the Department of Consumer and Business Services to adopt rules to conform the state building code to accessibility requirements under the Fair Housing Act.

Adjusts certain terms of the revolving loan program for cities and counties to fund affordable housing projects.

Adds to a temporary UGB addition program an option for each city or Metro to also add to its urban growth boundary a site for manufactured dwellings, prefabricated structures or manufactured dwelling parks, or for housing that is predominantly for older persons and affordable for households with incomes not more than 120 percent of area median income.

Community Development - Maryland New Markets Development Program - Establishment

Anne Arundel County - Summons for Actions to Repossess for Failure to Pay Rent - Alterations

Landlord and Tenant - Residential Leases - Fee Disclosures

Corporations and Associations - Cooperative Limited Equity Housing Corporations - Establishment

Regulated Firearms - Seven-Day Waiting Period - Exceptions

Environment - On-Site Wastewater Systems - Requirements for Inspection and Pumping Services and Implementation Dates