SENATE COMMITTEE ON COMMERCE

March 12, 2007 Hearing Room B

3:00 PM Tapes 28 - 29

MEMBERS PRESENT: Sen. Floyd Prozanski, Chair

Sen. Roger Beyer, Vice-Chair

Sen. Brad Avakian

Sen. Avel Gordly

Sen. Rod Monroe

STAFF PRESENT: Anna Braun, Committee Administrator

Brian Egger, Committee Assistant

MEASURES/ISSUES HEARD: SB 368 – Public Hearing

SB 556 – 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
28A	003	Chair Prozanski calls the meeting to order at 3:04 p.m.
SB 368 – PUBLIC HEARING
	008	Anna Braun, Committee Administrator
	011	Chair Prozanski
	015	Kurt Schrader, State Senator, District 20
	055	Chair Prozanski
	068	Brian Clem, State Representative, District 21
	099	Chair Prozanski
	102	Don Schellenberg, Chair, Oregon Farm Bureau (EXHIBIT A)
	160	Dr. Philip Martin, Professor, University of California-Davis (EXHIBIT B)
	318	Chair Prozanski
	327	Sen. Avakian
	341	Schellenberg
	374	Sen. Beyer
	382	Martin
	429	Chair Prozanski
29A	002	Schellenberg
	010	Chair Prozanski
	012	Schellenberg
	019	Chair Prozanski
29A	022	Martin
	028	Chair Prozanski
	033	Martin
	066	Sen. Gordly
	078	Martin
	099	Sen. Gordly
	101	Martin
	103	Sen. Gordly
	105	Martin
	109	Sen. Gordly
	111	Martin
	133	Chair Prozanski
	140	Duke Shepard, Political Director, Oregon AFL-CIO (EXHIBIT C)
	188	Steven Witte, Pacific Northwest Director, United Farm Workers of America (EXHIBIT D)
	233	Chair Prozanski
	251	Michael Dale, Executive Director, Northwest Workers’ Justice Project (EXHIBIT E)
28B	005	Ramon Ramirez, President, Northwest Treeplanters and Farmworkers United (EXHIBIT F)
	069	Jody Wiser, Tax Fairness Oregon (EXHIBIT G)
	128	Chair Prozanski
	136	Mike Townsend, Owner, Townsend Farms
	198	Chair Prozanski
SB 556 – PUBLIC HEARING
	219	Anna Braun, Committee Administrator
	226	Chair Prozanski
	229	Layne Barlow, Authorized Representative, Russian American Builders’ Association (EXHIBIT H)
	269	Bill Gostevskyh, Member, Russian American Builders’ Association
	292	Michael Wood, Administrator, Oregon OSHA, Department of Consumer and Business Services (EXHIBIT I)
	304	Chair Prozanski
The following prepared testimony is submitted for the record without public testimony:
		SB 368, prepared testimony, Arthur Towers, 1 p (EXHIBIT J) SB 368, prepared testimony, Joe Schaeffer, 1 p (EXHIBIT K)
	306	Chair Prozanski adjourns the meeting at 4:29 p.m.

EXHIBIT SUMMARY

1. SB 368, prepared testimony, Don Schellenberg, 54 pp
2. SB 368, prepared testimony, Philip Martin, 4 pp
3. SB 368, prepared testimony, Duke Shepard, 1 p
4. SB 368, prepared testimony, Steven Witte, 1 p
5. SB 368, prepared testimony, Michael Dale, 2 pp
6. SB 368, prepared testimony, Ramon Ramirez, 5 pp
7. SB 368, prepared testimony, Jody Wiser, 1 p
8. SB 556, prepared testimony, Layne Barlow, 2 pp
9. SB 556, prepared testimony, Michael Wood, 3 pp
10. SB 368, prepared testimony, Arthur Towers, 1 p
11. SB 368, prepared testimony, Joe Schaeffer, 1 p