SENATE COMMITTEE ON RULES

April 06, 2007 Hearing Room B

1:00 P.M. Tapes 22 - 24

MEMBERS PRESENT: Sen. Kate Brown, Chair

Sen. Betsy Johnson

Sen. Laurie Monnes Anderson

Sen. David Nelson

MEMBER EXCUSED: Sen. Ted Ferrioli, Vice-Chair

STAFF PRESENT: Marjorie Taylor, Committee Administrator

Krista Schuchard, Committee Assistant

MEASURES/ISSUES HEARD:

Executive Appointments – Public Hearing

Governing Board of the Department of Geology and Mineral

Industries

R. Charles Vars

Board on Public Safety Standards and Training

Michael Healy

Oregon State Board of Nursing

Claudia Coon

Julia Willis

Tri-Met Board

Robert Van Beveren

Oregon State Lottery Commission

Amy Lowery

SB 74 – Work Session

SB 124 – Work Session

SB 77 – Work Session

Executive Appointments – Public Hearing

State Plumbing Board

Dewey Darold

SB 951 – Public Hearing

SB 575 – Public Hearing

SB 73 – Public Hearing

Executive Appointments – Public Hearing

Oregon Economic and Community Development Commission

Steven Emery

Board of Medical Examiners

Dr. Sarojini Budden

Dr. Lewis Neace

State Board of Tax Practitioners

Toni Ellsworth

Trust for Cultural Development Board

Pamela Hulse Andrews

Oregon State Veterinary Medical Examining Board

Dr. Lauren Acton

Oregon State Lottery Commission

Amy Lowery

State Plumbing Board

Dewey Darold

Executive Appointments – Work Session

Oregon Economic and Community Development Commission

Steven Emery

Governing Board of the Department of Geology and Mineral

Industries

R. Charles Vars

Oregon State Lottery Commission

Amy Lowery

Board of Medical Examiners

Dr. Sarojini Budden

Dr. Lewis Neace

Oregon State Board of Nursing

Claudia Coon

Julia Willis

State Plumbing Board

Dewey Darold

Board on Public Safety Standards and Training

Michael Healy

Oregon State Veterinary Medical Examining Board

Dr. Lauren Acton

State Board of Tax Practitioners

Toni Ellsworth

Tri-Met Board

Robert Van Beveren

Trust for Cultural Development Board

Pamela Hulse Andrews

Consideration of Re-Appointments – Work Session

Board of Medical Examiners

David Watt

Gary LeClair

Natalie Johnson

Oregon State Board of Nursing

James McDonald

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
22A	005	Chair Brown calls the meeting to order at 1:03 p.m.
EXECUTIVE APPOINTMENTS – PUBLIC HEARING GOVERNING BOARD OF THE DEPARTMENT OF GEOLOGY AND MINERAL INDUSTRIES – APPOINTMENT OF R. CHARLES VARS
	020	Chair Brown (EXHIBIT A)
22A	025	R. Charles Vars, Professor Emeritus, Oregon State University
	035	Chair Brown
	040	Vars
	045	Chair Brown
	050	James Bela, President and Founder, Oregon Earthquake Awareness (EXHIBIT B)
	100	Chair Brown
BOARD ON PUBLIC SAFETY STANDARDS AND TRAINING – APPOINTMENT OF MICHAEL HEALY
	106	Chair Brown (EXHIBIT C)
	110	Michael Healy, President, Oregon Association Chiefs of Police
	130	Chair Brown
	135	Healy
	145	Chair Brown
	150	Healy
	155	Sen. Johnson
	180	Healy
	210	Sen. Johnson
	215	Chair Brown
OREGON STATE BOARD OF NURSING – APPOINTMENTS OF CLAUDIA COON & JULIA WILLIS
	218	Chair Brown (EXHIBIT D)
	225	Claudia Coon, Nurse, Multnomah Education Service District
	240	Julia Willis, Health Services Specialist, Quail Run Assisted Living
	250	Sen. Johnson
	270	Coon
	280	Willis
	290	Sen. Monnes Anderson
	300	Coon
	310	Willis
	315	Sen. Monnes Anderson
	340	Sen. Johnson
	390	Sen. Monnes Anderson
	420	Chair Brown
	425	Sen. Johnson
23A	001	Chair Brown
TRI-MET BOARD – APPOINTMENT OF RICHARD VAN BEVEREN
	003	Chair Brown (EXHIBIT E)
	005	Richard Van Beveren, Business Owner, Hillsboro
23A	025	Chair Brown
	040	Sen. Monnes Anderson
	050	Van Beveren
	060	Sen. Johnson
	062	Van Beveren
	065	Chair Brown
OREGON STATE LOTTERY COMMISSION – APPOINTMENT OF AMY LOWERY
	067	Chair Brown (EXHIBIT F)
	069	Amy Lowery, Co-Owner, Bollman Funeral Homes
	110	Chair Brown
	115	Sen. Nelson
	120	Chair Brown
	125	Sen. Johnson
	130	Lowery
	140	Sen. Johnson
	145	Chair Brown
SB 74 – WORK SESSION
	150	Chair Brown
	155	Marjorie Taylor, Committee Administrator
	160	Chair Brown
	167	MOTION: Sen. Brown moves SB 74 to the floor with a DO PASS recommendation.
	169	VOTE: 4-0-1 EXCUSED: 1 – Ferrioli
		Chair Brown, hearing no objection, declares the motion CARRIED. SEN. BROWN will lead discussion on the floor.
	170	Chair Brown
SB 124 – WORK SESSION
	171	Marjorie Taylor, Committee Administrator (EXHIBIT G)
	180	Chair Brown
	185	MOTION: Sen. Brown moves to ADOPT SB 124-1 amendments dated 3/30/07.
	188	VOTE: 4-0-1 EXCUSED: 1 - Ferrioli
		Chair Brown, hearing no objection, declares the motion CARRIED.
	192	MOTION: Sen. Brown moves SB 124 to the floor with a DO PASS AS AMENDED recommendation.
	194	VOTE: 4-0-1 EXCUSED: 1 - Ferrioli
		Chair Brown, hearing no objection, declares the motion CARRIED. SEN. MONNES ANDERSON will lead discussion on the floor.
23A	208	Chair Brown
SB 77 – WORK SESSION
	210	Marjorie Taylor, Committee Administrator (EXHIBIT H)
	220	Dexter Johnson, Attorney, Clackamas County (EXHIBIT I)
	265	B.J. Smith, Director of Public and Government Relations, Clackamas County
	280	Chair Brown
	282	Sen. Monnes Anderson
	290	Johnson
	300	Sen. Monnes Anderson
	305	Smith
	320	Chair Brown
	360	MOTION: Sen. Johnson moves to ADOPT SB 77-1 amendments dated 4/5/07.
	362	VOTE: 4-0-1 EXCUSED: 1 - Ferrioli
	363	Chair Brown, hearing no objection, declares the motion CARRIED.
	364	MOTION: Sen. Johnson moves SB 77 to the floor with a DO PASS AS AMENDED recommendation.
		Chair Brown, hearing no objection, declares the motion CARRIED. SEN. SCHRADER will lead discussion on the floor.
	373	Chair Brown
EXECUTIVE APPOINTMENTS – PUBLIC HEARING STATE PLUMBING BOARD – APPOINTMENT OF DEWEY DAROLD
	375	Chair Brown (EXHIBIT J)
	385	Dewey Darold, Program Coordinator, Cross Connection/Backflow Prevention Project, Department of Environmental Quality
	420	Sen. Monnes Anderson
	425	Darold
	430	Sen. Johnson
	435	Darold
22B	005	Chair Brown
SB 951 – PUBLIC HEARING
	010	Elon Hasson, Legislative Liaison, Office of the Secretary of the State
	030	Joe Baessler, Lobbyist, American Federation of State County and Municipal Employees (AFSCME ) Council 75
	035	Kevin Grant, Student Advocate, Associated Students of Oregon State University (EXHIBITS K & L)
	090	Chair Brown
	092	Grant
22B	095	Chair Brown
SB 575 – PUBLIC HEARING
	105	Sen. Vicki Walker, State Senator, Senate District #7 (EXHIBIT M)
	145	Sen. Johnson
	160	Sen. Walker
	175	Sen. Johnson
	180	Sen. Walker
	190	Sen. Johnson
	195	Sen. Walker
	200	Chair Brown
	205	James Bela, President and Founder, Oregon Earthquake Awareness
	235	Sen. Johnson
	250	Bela
	260	Chair Brown
	270	Sen. Walker
	295	Chair Brown
SB 73 – PUBLIC HEARING
	305	Marjorie Taylor, Committee Administrator
	310	Elon Hasson, Legislative Liaison, Office of the Secretary of State
	325	Chair Brown
EXECUTIVE APPOINTMENTS – PUBLIC HEARING OREGON ECONOMIC & COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT COMMISSION – APPOINTMENT OF STEVEN EMERY
	350	Chair Brown (EXHIBIT N)
	370	Steven Emery, President, EARTH2O
	380	Sen. Johnson
	385	Chair Brown
BOARD OF MEDICAL EXAMINERS – APPOINTMENTS OF DR. SAROJINI BUDDEN & DR. LEWIS NEACE
	400	Chair Brown
23B	010	Chair Brown(EXHIBIT O)
	020	Dr. Sarojini Budden, President, Oregon Pediatric Society
	026	Chair Brown
	055	Dr. Lewis Neace, Physician, Hillsboro
	080	Chair Brown
	090	Sen. Nelson
	095	Dr. Neace
	105	Sen. Johnson
	125	Sen. Monnes Anderson
23B	130	Dr. Neace
	135	Chair Brown
	140	Dr. Budden
	145	Dr. Neace
	150	Chair Brown
STATE BOARD OF TAX PRACTICIONERS – APPOINTMENT OF TONI ELLSWORTH
	170	Chair Brown (EXHIBIT P)
	175	Toni Ellsworth, Business Consultant, Hillsboro
	200	Chair Brown
	202	Ellsworth
	205	Chair Brown
TRUST FOR CULTURAL DEVELOPMENT BOARD – APPOINTMENT OF PAMELA HULSE ANDREWS
	225	Chair Brown (EXHIBIT Q)
	230	Pamela Hulse Andrews, CEO, Cascade Publications Inc.
	250	Sen. Johnson
	255	Sen. Ben Westlund, State Senator, Senate District #27
	265	Chair Brown
	270	Sen. Johnson
	275	Chair Brown
	275	Sen. Westlund
	299	Chair Brown
OREGON STATE VETERINARY MEDICAL EXAMINING BOARD – APPOINTMENT OF DR. LAUREN ACTON
	300	Chair Brown (EXHIBIT R)
	305	Dr. Lauren Acton, Veterinarian, Woodburn
	315	Sen. Johnson
	320	Dr. Acton
	325	Chair Brown
OREGON STATE LOTTERY COMMISSION – APPOINTMENT OF AMY LOWERY
	335	Bill Kluting, Legislative Representative, Western Council of Industrial Workers
	340	Chair Brown
STATE PLUMBING BOARD – APPOINTMENT OF DEWEY DAROLD
	370	James Bela, President and Founder, Oregon Earthquake Awareness (EXHIBIT S)
24A	005	Bela
	030	Chair Brown
	050	Bela
24A	055	Chair Brown
	056	Bela
	060	Chair Brown
EXECUTIVE APPOINTMENTS – WORK SESSION OREGON ECONOMIC AND COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT COMMISSION – PPOINTMENT OF STEVEN EMERY
	065	Chair Brown
	067	MOTION: Sen. Brown moves the APPOINTMENT of Steven Emery to the Oregon Economic and Community Development Commission to the floor with the recommendation that the appointments BE CONFIRMED.
	068	VOTE: 4-0-1 EXCUSED: 1 - Ferrioli
		Chair Brown, hearing no objection, declares the motion CARRIED. SEN. BROWN will lead discussion on the floor.
	070	Chair Brown
GOVERNING BOARD OF THE DEPARTMENT OF GEOLOGY AND MINERAL INDUSTRIES – APPOINTMENT OF R. CHARLES VARS
	072	Chair Brown
	073	MOTION: Sen. Brown moves the APPOINTMENT of R. Charles Vars to the Governing Board of the Department of Geology and Mineral Industries to the floor with the recommendation that the appointments BE CONFIRMED.
	074	VOTE: 4-0-1 EXCUSED: 1 - Ferrioli
		Chair Brown, hearing no objection, declares the motion CARRIED. SEN. BROWN will lead discussion on the floor.
	077	Chair Brown
OREGON STATE LOTTERY COMMISSION – APPOINTMENT OF AMY LOWERY
	078	Chair Brown
	080	MOTION: Sen. Brown moves the APPOINTMENT of Amy Lowery to the Oregon State Lottery Commission to the floor with the recommendation that the appointments BE CONFIRMED .
	082	VOTE: 4-0-1 EXCUSED: 1 – Ferrioli
		Chair Brown, hearing no objection, declares the motion CARRIED. SEN. BROWN will lead discussion on the floor.
	086	Chair Brown
BOARD OF MEDICAL EXAMINERS – APPOINTMENTS OF DR. SAROJINI BUDDEN & DR. LEWIS NEACE
24A	087	Chair Brown
	090	MOTION: Sen. Brown moves the APPOINTMENTS of Dr. Sarojini Budden and Dr. Lewis Neace to the Board of Medical Examiners to the floor with the recommendation that the appointments BE CONFIRMED EN BLOC.
	092	VOTE: 4-0-1 EXCUSED: 1 – Ferrioli
		Chair Brown, hearing no objection, declares the motion CARRIED. SEN. BROWN will lead discussion on the floor.
	097	Chair Brown
OREGON STATE BOARD OF NURSING – APPOINTMENTS OF CLAUDIA COON & JULIA WILLIS
	099	Chair Brown
	100	MOTION: Sen. Brown moves the APPOINTMENTS of Claudia Coon and Julia Willis to the Oregon State Board of Nursing to the floor with the recommendation that the appointments BE CONFIRMED EN BLOC.
	102	VOTE: 4-0-1 EXCUSED: 1 - Ferrioli
	103	Chair Brown, hearing no objection, declares the motion CARRIED. SEN. BROWN will lead discussion on the floor.
	105	Chair Brown
STATE PLUMBING BOARD – APPOINTMENT OF DEWEY DAROLD
	106	Chair Brown
	108	MOTION: Sen. Brown moves the APPOINTMENT of Dewey Darold to the State Plumbing Board to the floor with the recommendation that the appointments BE CONFIRMED.
	109	VOTE: 4-0-1 EXCUSED: 1 - Ferrioli
	111	Chair Brown, hearing no objection, declares the motion CARRIED. SEN. BROWN will lead discussion on the floor.
	113	Chair Brown
BOARD ON PUBLIC SAFETY STANDARDS AND TRAINING – APPOINTMENT OF MICHAEL HEALY
	114	MOTION: Sen. Brown moves the APPOINTMENT of Michael Healy to the Board on Public Safety Standards and Training to the floor with the recommendation that the appointments BE CONFIRMED.
	116	VOTE: 4-0-1 EXCUSED: 1 – Ferrioli
		Chair Brown, hearing no objection, declares the motion CARRIED. SEN. BROWN will lead discussion on the floor.
24A	119	Chair Brown
OREGON STATE VETERINARY MEDICAL EXAMINING BOARD – APPOINTMENT OF DR. LAUREN ACTON
	120	MOTION: Sen. Brown moves the APPOINTMENT of Lauren Acton to the Oregon State Veterinary Medical Examining Board to the floor with the recommendation that the appointments BE CONFIRMED.
	122	VOTE: 4-0-1 EXCUSED: 1 – Ferrioli
		Chair Brown, hearing no objection, declares the motion CARRIED. SEN. BROWN will lead discussion on the floor.
	124	Chair Brown
STATE BOARD OF TAX PRACTICIONERS – APPOINTMENT OF TONI ELLSWORTH
	125	MOTION: Sen. Brown moves the APPOINTMENT of Toni Ellsworth to the State Board of Tax Practitioners to the floor with the recommendation that the appointments BE CONFIRMED.
	127	VOTE: 4-0-1 EXCUSED: 1 - Ferrioli
		Chair Brown, hearing no objection, declares the motion CARRIED. SEN. BROWN will lead discussion on the floor.
	129	Chair Brown
TRI-MET BOARD – APPOINTMENT OF RICHARD VAN BEVEREN
	130	MOTION: Sen. Brown moves the APPOINTMENT of Richard Van Beveren to the Tri-Met Board to the floor with the recommendation that the appointments BE CONFIRMED.
	132	VOTE: 4-0-1 EXCUSED: 1 – Ferrioli
		Chair Brown, hearing no objection, declares the motion CARRIED. SEN. BROWN will lead discussion on the floor.
	133	Chair Brown
TRUST FOR CULTURAL DEVELOPMENT BOARD – APPOINTMENT OF PAMELA HULSE ANDREWS
	134	MOTION: Sen. Brown moves the APPOINTMENT and REAPPOINTMENT of Pamela Hulse Andrews to the Trust for Cultural Development Board to the floor with the recommendation that the appointments BE CONFIRMED.
	135	VOTE: 4-0-1 EXCUSED: 1 - Ferrioli
		Chair Brown, hearing no objection, declares the motion CARRIED. SEN. BROWN will lead discussion on the floor.
24A	137	Chair Brown
CONSIDERATION OF RE-APPOINTMENTS – WORK SESSION BOARD OF MEDICAL EXAMINERS – RE-APPOINTMENT OF DAVID WATT, GARY LECLAIR, NATALIE JOHNSON OREGON STATE BOARD OF NURSING – RE-APPOINTMENT OF JAMES MCDONALD
	140	MOTION: Sen. Brown moves the REAPPOINTMENTS of David Watt, Gary LeClair and Nathalie Johnson to the Board of Medical Examiners to the floor with the recommendation that the appointments BE CONFIRMED EN BLOC.
	141	VOTE: 4-0-1 EXCUSED: 1 – Ferrioli
		Chair Brown, hearing no objection, declares the motion CARRIED. SEN. BROWN will lead discussion on the floor.
	144	MOTION: Sen. Brown moves the REAPPOINTMENT of James McDonald to the Oregon State Board of Nursing to the floor with the recommendation that the appointments BE CONFIRMED.
	145	VOTE: 4-0-1 EXCUSED: 1 – Ferrioli
		Chair Brown, hearing no objection, declares the motion CARRIED. SEN. BROWN will lead discussion on the floor.
	155	Chair Brown adjourns the meeting at 3:10 p.m.

EXHIBIT SUMMARY

1. Governing Board of the Department of Geology and Mineral Industries, informational packet, staff, 7 pp
2. Governing Board of the Department of Geology and Mineral Industries, informational packet, James Bela, 9 pp
3. Board on Public Safety Standards and Training, informational packet, staff, 11 pp
4. Oregon State Board of Nursing, informational packet, staff, 15 pp
5. Tri-Met Board, informational packet, staff, 8 pp
6. Oregon State Lottery Commission, informational packet, staff, 5 pp
7. SB 124, -1 amendments, staff, 1 p
8. SB 77, -1 amendments, staff, 1 p
9. SB 77, written testimony of Verne A. Duncan, Dexter Johnson, 1 p
10. State Plumbing Board, informational packet, staff, 5 pp
11. SB 951, written testimony, Kevin Grant, 2 pp
12. SB 951, written testimony of Sadie Isley and Shakira Bandolin, Kevin Grant, 1 p
13. SB 575, memo, Sen. Vicki Walker, 4 pp
14. Oregon Economic and Community Development Commission, informational packet, staff, 8 pp
15. Board of Medical Examiners, informational packet, staff, 54 pp
16. State Board of Tax Practitioners, Informational Packet, staff , 5 pp
17. Trust for Cultural Development Board, informational packet, staff, 7 pp
18. Oregon State Veterinary Medical Examining Board, informational packet, staff, 5 pp
19. State Plumbing Board, informational packet, James Bela, 4 pp