Bill Text: OR SB337 | 2013 | Regular Session | Introduced

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Bill Title: Relating to health care insurance coverage made available to retirees of local government.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)

Status: (Failed) 2013-07-08 - In committee upon adjournment. [SB337 Detail]

Download: Oregon-2013-SB337-Introduced.html

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     77th OREGON LEGISLATIVE ASSEMBLY--2013 Regular Session

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                         Senate Bill 337

Sponsored by Senator GEORGE (Presession filed.)

                             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 as
introduced.

  Repeals requirement that certain local governments make health
care insurance coverage available to certain retirees.

                        A BILL FOR AN ACT
Relating to health care insurance coverage made available to
  retirees of local government; amending ORS 279A.025 and
  421.352; and repealing ORS 243.303.
Be It Enacted by the People of the State of Oregon:
  SECTION 1.  { + ORS 243.303 is repealed. + }
  SECTION 2. ORS 279A.025 is amended to read:
  279A.025. (1) Except as provided in subsections (2) to (4) of
this section, the Public Contracting Code applies to all public
contracting.
  (2) The Public Contracting Code does not apply to:
  (a) Contracts between a contracting agency and:
  (A) Another contracting agency;
  (B) The Oregon Health and Science University;
  (C) The Oregon State Bar;
  (D) A governmental body of another state;
  (E) The federal government;
  (F) An American Indian tribe or an agency of an American Indian
tribe;
  (G) A nation, or a governmental body in a nation, other than
the United States; or
  (H) An intergovernmental entity formed between or among:
  (i) Governmental bodies of this or another state;
  (ii) The federal government;
  (iii) An American Indian tribe or an agency of an American
Indian tribe;
  (iv) A nation other than the United States; or
  (v) A governmental body in a nation other than the United
States;
  (b) Agreements authorized by ORS chapter 190 or by a statute,
charter provision, ordinance or other authority for establishing
agreements between or among governmental bodies or agencies or
tribal governing bodies or agencies;
  (c) Insurance and service contracts as provided for under ORS
414.115, 414.125, 414.135 and 414.145 for purposes of source
selection;
  (d) Grants;

  (e) Contracts for professional or expert witnesses or
consultants to provide services or testimony relating to existing
or potential litigation or legal matters in which a public body
is or may become interested;
  (f) Acquisitions or disposals of real property or interest in
real property;
  (g) Sole-source expenditures when rates are set by law or
ordinance for purposes of source selection;
  (h) Contracts for the procurement or distribution of textbooks;
  (i) Procurements by a contracting agency from an Oregon
Corrections Enterprises program;
  (j) The procurement, transportation or distribution of
distilled liquor, as defined in ORS 471.001, or the appointment
of agents under ORS 471.750 by the Oregon Liquor Control
Commission;
  (k) Contracts entered into under ORS chapter 180 between the
Attorney General and private counsel or special legal assistants;
  (L) Contracts for the sale of timber from lands owned or
managed by the State Board of Forestry and the State Forestry
Department;
  (m) Contracts for forest protection or forest related
activities, as described in ORS 477.406, by the State Forester or
the State Board of Forestry;
  (n) Sponsorship agreements entered into by the State Parks and
Recreation Director in accordance with ORS 565.080 (4);
  (o) Contracts entered into by the Housing and Community
Services Department in exercising the department's duties
prescribed in ORS chapters 456 and 458, except that the
department's public contracting for goods and services is subject
to ORS chapter 279B;
  (p) Contracts entered into by the State Treasurer in exercising
the powers of that office prescribed in ORS chapters 178, 286A,
287A, 289, 293, 294 and 295, including but not limited to
investment contracts and agreements, banking services, clearing
house services and collateralization agreements, bond documents,
certificates of participation and other debt repayment
agreements, and any associated contracts, agreements and
documents, regardless of whether the obligations that the
contracts, agreements or documents establish are general, special
or limited, except that the State Treasurer's public contracting
for goods and services is subject to ORS chapter 279B;
  (q) Contracts, agreements or other documents entered into,
issued or established in connection with:
  (A) The issuance of obligations, as defined in ORS 286A.100 and
287A.310, of a public body;
  (B) The making of program loans and similar extensions or
advances of funds, aid or assistance by a public body to a public
or private body for the purpose of carrying out, promoting or
sustaining activities or programs authorized by law; or
  (C) The investment of funds by a public body as authorized by
law, and other financial transactions of a public body that by
their character cannot practically be established under the
competitive contractor selection procedures of ORS 279B.050 to
279B.085;
  (r) Contracts for employee benefit plans as provided in ORS
243.105 (1), 243.125 (4), 243.221, 243.275, 243.291  { - ,
243.303 - }  and 243.565;
  (s) Contracts for employee benefit plans as provided in ORS
243.860 to 243.886; or
  (t) Any other public contracting of a public body specifically
exempted from the code by another provision of law.
  (3) The Public Contracting Code does not apply to the
contracting activities of:
  (a) The Oregon State Lottery Commission;
  (b) The Oregon University System and member public
universities, except as provided in ORS 351.086;
  (c) The legislative department;
  (d) The judicial department;
  (e) Semi-independent state agencies listed in ORS 182.454,
except as provided in ORS 279.835 to 279.855 and 279A.250 to
279A.290;
  (f) Oregon Corrections Enterprises;
  (g) The Oregon Film and Video Office, except as provided in ORS
279A.100 and 279A.250 to 279A.290;
  (h) The Travel Information Council, except as provided in ORS
279A.250 to 279A.290;
  (i) The Oregon 529 College Savings Network and the Oregon 529
College Savings Board;
  (j) The Oregon Innovation Council;
  (k) The Oregon Utility Notification Center; or
  (L) Any other public body specifically exempted from the code
by another provision of law.
  (4) ORS 279A.200 to 279A.225 and 279B.050 to 279B.085 do not
apply to contracts made with qualified nonprofit agencies
providing employment opportunities for individuals with
disabilities under ORS 279.835 to 279.855.
  SECTION 3. ORS 421.352, as amended by section 64, chapter 107,
Oregon Laws 2012, is amended to read:
  421.352. (1) The provisions of ORS chapters 182, 183, 240, 270,
273, 276, 279A, 279B, 279C, 283, 291, 292 and 293 and ORS 35.550
to 35.575, 183.710 to 183.725, 183.745, 183.750, 184.345,
190.430, 190.490, 200.035, 236.605 to 236.640,   { - 243.303, - }
243.305, 243.315, 243.325 to 243.335, 243.345, 243.350, 243.696,
279.835 to 279.855, 282.010 to 282.150, 283.085 to 283.092 and
656.017 (2) do not apply to Oregon Corrections Enterprises.
  (2) Oregon Corrections Enterprises is not subject to any
provision of law enacted after December 2, 1999, that governs
state agencies generally unless the provision specifically
provides that it applies to Oregon Corrections Enterprises.
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