We are now in day 9 of the 2016 Oregon Legislative Session. Today is a major milestone for the session - after today House Bills NOT passed out of House Committees (and likewise Senate Bills in Senate Committees) are considered dead and will have to be reintroduced in the 2017 Legislative Session.
Good morning! We are now on day 7 of the 2016 Oregon Legislative Session - 28 days left.
MHCO has been monitoring several bills. The most significant is HB 4143, now referred to as the renter protection bill". This bill is the legislature's response to the Portland housing crisis that has been the focus of the media over the past 6 months.
Editor's Note: Earlier this year MHCO passed significant changes to Oregon's abandonment law in the Oregon Legislature.
The short" session of the legislature begins this coming Monday
By: Phil Querin, MHCO Legal Counsel
Current Oregon Law. ORS 90.680 is the statute governing the on-site sale of homes in a manufactured housing community. It previously contained no limitations on landlords who required, as a condition of tenancy, that residents selling their homes must enter into a consignment agreement with the landlord. That will change on January 1, 2016.
By: Phil Querin, MHCO Legal Counsel
Current Oregon Law. ORS 90.680 is the statute governing the on-site sale of homes in a manufactured housing community. It previously contained no limitations on landlords who required, as a condition of tenancy, that residents selling their homes must enter into a consignment agreement with the landlord. That will change on January 1, 2016.
New Oregon Law. No. 4 above has been stricken,2 and the following rules (found at ORS 90.675(14)(d) and (e) and (15) of HB 3016,) will apply. On January 1, 2016, if the landlord follows these new laws, the tax collector and Department of Revenue (collectively "tax collector") will be required to cancel unpaid taxes in the following additional circumstances:
New Oregon Law. No. 4 above has been stricken,2 and the following rules (found at ORS 90.675(14)(d) and (e) and (15) of HB 3016,) will apply. On January 1, 2016, if the landlord follows these new laws, the tax collector and Department of Revenue (collectively "tax collector") will be required to cancel unpaid taxes in the following additional circumstances: