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House committee approves $8.1 million amendment for Oregon Hazards Lab at University of Oregon
Summary
The House Committee on Higher Education and Workforce Development adopted a -1 amendment that sets an $8,100,000 general fund appropriation for distribution to the Oregon Hazards Lab at the University of Oregon and voted to refer House Bill 3,219 as amended to Joint Ways and Means by prior reference.
The House Committee on Higher Education and Workforce Development adopted an amendment setting an $8,100,000 general fund appropriation for the Oregon Hazards Lab at the University of Oregon and voted to refer House Bill 3,219 as amended to Joint Ways and Means by prior reference.
The committee opened a work session on House Bill 3,219, and a staff measure summary said the bill "appropriates an unspecified amount of money from the general fund to the Higher Education Coordinating Commission for distribution of the Oregon Hazards Lab at the University of Oregon" and that the dash-1 amendment "replaces the unspecified appropriation with $8,100,000."
Representative Harvick moved the dash-1 amendment and the committee adopted it without objection. Representative Finger McDonald, Representative Fraglia and Representative Farbick spoke in support, citing the program's role in environmental and climate monitoring, wildfire camera systems and seismic monitoring and its value for training students for the state's workforce. Representative Finger McDonald said she would vote yes "because I think it's a great program that addresses our environmental and climate needs. It brings in students, so we're training our future workforce." Representative Fraglia noted a site visit and said the emergency warning systems for earthquakes and wildfires will have statewide impact.
After discussion, the committee moved the bill as amended with a due-pass recommendation to Joint Ways and Means by prior reference. A roll-call vote recorded affirmative responses from Representatives listed by the clerk; the chair announced "The motion carries." The committee then closed the work session on HB 3,219 and proceeded to the next agenda item.
The action authorizes the Higher Education Coordinating Commission to distribute the appropriation to the University of Oregon for the Oregon Hazards Lab; the committee record does not specify additional provisos or an effective date.
