HOUSE COMMITTEE ON AGRICULTURE AND NATURAL RESOURCES

TAPE LOG

May 15, 2007 Hearing Room D

3:00 P.M. Tapes 71 – 72

MEMBERS PRESENT: Rep. Arnie Roblan, Chair

Rep. Patti Smith, Vice-Chair

Rep. Brian Boquist

Rep. Jackie Dingfelder

MEMBERS EXCUSED: Rep. Brian Clem, Vice-Chair

Rep. Ron Maurer

Rep. Greg Macpherson

MEMBER VISITING: Sen. Roger Beyer

STAFF PRESENT: Beth Patrino, Committee Administrator

Bryan Penn, Committee Assistant

Measures or Issues Heard: SCR 4 – Public Hearing & Work Session

SB 149A – Public Hearing & Work Session

SB 883 – Public Hearing & Work Session

SB 238A – Public Hearing

This tape log is in compliance with Senate and House Rules. For complete contents, please refer to the cassette tapes.

TAPE # AND SIDE	COUNTER NUMBER	BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF SUBJECT MATTER OR CHANGE IN SPEAKER
71A	003	Chair Roblan calls the meeting to order at 3:09 p.m.
SCR 4 – PUBLIC HEARING
	009	Beth Patrino, Committee Administrator
	013	Sen. Roger Beyer, District 9
	031	Rep. Boquist
	033	Chair Roblan
	038	Dan Postrel, Agency Affairs Director, Oregon Department of Forestry (EXHIBIT A)
	056	Kristina McNitt, Oregon Small Woodlands Association
	071	Chair Roblan
SCR 4 – WORK SESSION
	075	MOTION: Rep. P. Smith moves SCR 4 be sent to the floor with a BE ADOPTED recommendation.
71A	080	Chair Roblan
	084	VOTE: 5-0-2 AYE: In a roll call vote, all members present vote Aye. EXCUSED: 2 - Macpherson, Maurer
		Chair Roblan declares the motion CARRIED. REP. KRIEGER will lead discussion on the floor.
	086	Chair Roblan
SB 149A – PUBLIC HEARING & WORK SESSION
	093	Beth Patrino, Committee Administrator
	097	Gary Lynch, Oregon Department of Geology and Mineral Industries (EXHIBIT B)
	123	Rep. Boquist
	127	Patrino
	131	Rep. Dingfelder
	140	Lynch
	150	Rep. Boquist
	152	Lynch
	163	Rep. Dingfelder
	170	Lynch
	176	Rep. P. Smith
	180	Chair Roblan
	183	Lynch
	188	Patrino
	192	Chair Roblan
	196	Rep. Dingfelder
	200	Lynch
	205	Rep. Dingfelder
	208	Lynch
	216	Chair Roblan
	220	MOTION: Rep. Boquist moves SB 149A to the floor with a DO PASS recommendation.
	222	Chair Roblan
	229	VOTE: 4-0-3 AYE: In a roll call vote, all members present vote Aye. EXCUSED: 3 - Clem, Macpherson, Maurer
		Chair Roblan declares the motion CARRIED.
	230	Chair Roblan
	232	MOTION: Rep. Boquist moves SB 149A be placed on the CONSENT CALENDAR.
		VOTE: 4-0-3 EXCUSED: 3 - Clem, Macpherson, Maurer
		Chair Roblan hearing no objection, declares the motion CARRIED.
71A	235	Chair Roblan
SB 883 – PUBLIC HEARING
	241	Beth Patrino, Committee Administrator
	254	Lisa Hanson, Deputy Director, Oregon Department of Agriculture (EXHIBIT C)
	281	Chair Roblan
	283	Rep. Dingfelder
	287	Hanson
	302	Rep. Dingfelder
	308	Hanson
	319	Chair Roblan
	330	Katherine Friedemann, Polk County (EXHIBIT D)
	381	Rep. Clem
	383	Friedemann
	405	Rep. Clem
	409	Friedemann
	412	Rep. Boquist
	420	Friedemann
	437	Terry Witt, Executive Director, Oregonians for Food and Shelter, (EXHIBIT E)
72A	031	Katie Fast, Oregon Farm Bureau Federation
	049	Rep. Dingfelder
	057	Witt
	060	Rep. Dingfelder
	063	Witt
	069	Chair Roblan
	073	Witt
	082	Rep. Clem
	085	Witt
	089	Rep. Boquist
	090	Chair Roblan
SB 883 – WORK SESSION
	098	MOTION: Rep. P. Smith moves SB 883 to the floor with a DO PASS recommendation.
	099	Chair Roblan
	100	Rep. Clem
	107	Chair Roblan
	108	VOTE: 7-0-0 AYE: In a roll call vote, all members present vote Aye.
72A		Chair Roblan declares the motion CARRIED. REP. P. SMITH will lead discussion on the floor.
	110	Chair Roblan
SCR 4 – WORK SESSION
	113	MOTION: Rep. P. Smith requests unanimous consent that the rules be SUSPENDED to allow REP. MACPHERSON AND REP. MAURER to BE RECORDED as voting AYE on the " MOTION: Rep. P. Smith moves SCR 4 be sent to the floor with a BE ADOPTED recommendation.".
		VOTE: 7-0-0
		Chair Roblan hearing no objection, declares the motion CARRIED.
	116	Rep. Maurer
	117	Rep. Macpherson
	119	Chair Roblan
SB 149A – WORK SESSION
	123	MOTION: Rep. P. Smith requests unanimous consent that the rules be SUSPENDED to allow REP. CLEM, REP MACPHERSON AND REP. MAURER to BE RECORDED as voting AYE on the " MOTION: Rep. Boquist moves SB 149A to the floor with a DO PASS recommendation.".
		VOTE: 7-0-0
		Chair Roblan hearing no objection, declares the motion CARRIED.
	136	Chair Roblan
SB 238A – PUBLIC HEARING
	139	Beth Patrino, Committee Administrator
	146	Lisa Hanson, Deputy Director, Oregon Department of Agriculture (ODA) (EXHIBIT F)
	183	Russ Wyckoff, Administrator, Weights and Measures Department, ODA
	189	Jim Welsh, Oregon Cattlemen’s Association
	205	Rep. Clem
	214	Wyckoff
	219	Rep. Clem
	224	Rep. Dingfelder
	234	Hanson
	254	Rep. Dingfelder
	257	Hanson
	261	Rep. Macpherson
	268	Hanson
72A	274	Chair Roblan
	282	Rep. Boquist
	286	Hanson
	293	Shawn Miller, Northwest Grocery Association
	304	Rep. Boquist
	308	Miller
	329	Chair Roblan
		Chair Roblan adjourns the meeting at 4:03 p.m.

EXHIBIT SUMMARY

1. SCR 4, written testimony, Dan Postrel, 2 pp
2. SB 149A, written testimony, Gary Lynch, 2 pp
3. SB 883, written testimony, Lisa Hanson, 1 p
4. SB 883, written testimony, Katherine Friedemann, 1 p
5. SB 883, written testimony, Terry Witt, 1 p
6. SB 238A, prepared testimony, Lisa Hanson, 2 pp