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THE DAILY ASTORIAN • MONDAY, JULY 13, 2015 NORTH COAST 3A How the Legislature affected your life this session about domestic violence under SB 790. The bill goes into effect Jan. 1. ,I\RXDUHDSROLFHRI¿FHU the From paid sick leave to a pro- following applies to you and goes KLELWLRQ RQ SROLFH SUR¿OLQJ WKH into effect Jan. 1: Democrat-controlled 2015 Oregon SB 641 prohibits you from dupli- Legislature drove through big so- cating or copying data from smart- cial changes. Here’s a breakdown of phones or other portable electronic new laws that will touch plenty of devices without a warrant or con- Oregonians. sent; • If you are a gun owner, Senate HB 2002 directs your agency Bill 941 requires you to have a gun to ensure it has policies and proce- dealer run a criminal background GXUHVWRSURKLELWSUR¿OLQJ check on a buyer in a private sale. and HB 2571 requires your de- And the dealer can charge for that partment to establish policies and procedures for keeping recordings service. The law carved out some IURP RI¿FHU ERG\ FDPV ZKLOH DW exemptions, including for law en- the same time making the record- forcement, members of the U.S. ings exempt from Oregon’s Public military and close relatives of the Records Law unless public interest seller. requires disclosure. • If you carry a gun, SB 173 • If you are a western juniper will allow you to show your con- tree, your days are numbered. HB cealed permit, rather than your gun, 2997 and HB 2998 went into effect WRDQRI¿FHUIRULQVSHFWLRQ7KHODZ E.J. Harris/EO Media Group July 1 to create loans and grants goes into effect Jan. 1 and drops language that permitted police to A selection of long rifles lines the wall in the sporting goods section of the D&B supply store in Pendleton. for people harvesting the trees and turning them into other products. consider you to have committed a Oregon Senate Bill 941 will require all firearms sales to go through a licensed gun dealer. Juniper trees cover more than 6 FULPHLI\RXGLGQRWVKRZ\RXU¿UH- UHVLJQLQJIURPRI¿FHDPLGVFDQGDO • If you served out-of-state in 18 years of age, HB 2307 protects million acres of central and Eastern arm upon their request. • If enrolled in community col- The law immediately went into ef- the military, government or a hu- you from health providers who Oregon and are water rustlers, suck- ing up too much of the precious re- manitarian aid organization, HB practice gay conversion therapy. lege, SB 81 could let you attend for fect. • If you are a motorcyclist or 2670 allows you to pay in-state col- IUHH XQGHU VSHFL¿F FULWHULD LQFOXG- ,I \RX À\ GURQHV HB 2354 source in drought country. The two ing a recent high school graduate bicyclist, SB 533 will allow you to lege tuition in certain circumstances. means you will have to be more bills use Oregon Lottery funds to • If you are a baker or cook and FDUHIXO ZKHUH \RX À\ 7KH ODZ provide $1.15 million to aid loggers with a certain GPA with 12 months go through a stop light under certain of residency in the state. The bill is conditions, assuming there is no oth- sell your goods out of your home di- which is in effect, removed the 400- and mills and develop markets. • If you care about transparen- awaiting the signature of Gov. Kate HUWUDI¿F7KHODZWDNHVHIIHFW-DQ rectly to people who will eat it, SB foot zone for civil actions against • If you are in the military, 320 exempts you from the burden of GURQH RSHUDWRUV À\LQJ RYHU SULYDWH cy in Oregon government, SB 515 Brown. • If you have an Oregon driv- HB 2763 allows public employers Oregon Department of Agriculture property. The law also changes the directs the Department of Adminis- er’s license or ID, House Bill 2177 to compensate employees prior to food regulations. Other conditions VWDWH¶VGH¿QLWLRQRI³GURQH´WR³XQ- trative Services to provide a method directs the Department of Transpor- deployment. The law went into ef- also apply, including gross sales of manned aircraft system.” (We’re for users of the Oregon Transparen- cy website (http://1.usa.gov/1O0T- tation to provide the Secretary of fect April 22. And if you are serv- $20,000 or less. The bill goes into still calling them drones, though.) State with electronic records to reg- ing in active-duty military while effect Jan. 1. • If you are a victim of domes- Nen) to offer suggestions regarding • If you are a pharmacist, SB tic violence, harassment, sexual the website’s form or content. The ister Oregon citizens not currently outside Oregon, SB 494 will al- RQWKHYRWHUUROOV2UHJRQLVWKH¿UVW low you to renew or replace your 520 gives you the permission to assault or stalking, SB 492 will au- law goes into effect Jan. 1, and also state in the nation with such a law. driver’s license or permit without give vaccines to people 7 or older. thorize you in 2016 to use accrued requires the state to post certain • If you are a landscaper, SB sick leave or personal business economic development informa- Brown, a Democrat, sponsored the a photograph if the Department of bill when she was secretary of state, Transportation does not have an ac- 580 allows your contracting busi- leave rather than vacation. tion, annual reports of certain tax then signed it as governor March FHSWDEOHSKRWRRQ¿OH7KHODZJRHV QHVVWRLQVWDOORXWGRRUDUWL¿FLDOWXUI • If you are a public middle or expenditures, and to describe how 16 in the wake of John Kitzhaber into effect Jan. 1. • If you are homosexual under high school student, you’ll learn to request public records. By PHIL WRIGHT EO Media Group Transportation district eyeing new service options, solutions for future Illuminating a life Agency hopes to eventually build transit hub in Seaside By KATHERINE LACAZE EO Media Group SEASIDE — The Sunset Empire Transportation Dis- trict’s information kiosk in Seaside, which opened in May, may be a prelude to more efforts by the public transit agency to increase its presence and services in the city. The kiosk is a good place for people to get transit in- formation, maps or tickets and passes, but in recent years, the district has rec- ognized the need for a big- ger transportation facility in Seaside, said Jeff Hazen, the district’s executive director. A few years ago, the dis- trict received a matching grant from the Oregon De- partment of Transportation’s ConnectOregon program to build a facility in Sea- side, but when the agency couldn’t muster the neces- sary matching funds, it had to decline the grant and tem- porarily abandon the project. At that time, the project in- volved a partnership with a daycare and the South Coun- ty Community Food Bank, which has since moved. More recently, the district has considered other funding options to build a Seaside transit center but nothing has materialized yet, and the project is entirely dependent on funding, Hazen said. “It’s something I am go- ing to keep my eye on,” he said. As opposed to the small Seaside customer service kiosk, located at the Sea- side Factory Outlet Center on North Roosevelt Drive, the facility would be a one- stop transit hub that would have a lobby, restrooms and more waiting areas, as well as parking options for people taking longer trips. Additionally, Hazen said, the district always is look- ing for easier transitions and connections between the Cannon Beach bus and the Highway 101 bus, which currently connect behind the Seaside Cinema on 12th Avenue. Something on the highway might provide bet- ter access, he said. Having that presence would be good for South County, Hazen said. “It would be good for the dis- trict, because we want to be relevant throughout the whole county,” he said. Seaside is the source of many visitors each year. Its location on U.S. Highway 101 also makes it suscepti- ble to congestion, a source of frustration for those who live and work in the city. Public transportation can help mitigate congestion and increase accessibility for Seaside riders, Hazen said. “We can be part of that solution,” he said. “If some of those people weren’t driv- ing those cars and were rid- ing the bus, that’s less vehi- cles on the highway.” A Seaside transit facility DOVR ZRXOG ¿W ZHOO LQWR WKH Northwest Oregon’s region- al transit system, North by Northwest CONNECTOR. The alliance consists of Sun- set Empire Transportation District, the Columbia County Rider, the Tillamook County Transportation District, Lin- coln County Transit and Ben- ton County Rural Transit. “We’re all in this togeth- er,” Hazen said. “We’re not competing against each other. We’re all providing a service in rural America. The more we can connect, the better off we’re all go- ing to be.” Bus route and schedule changes set to begin Aug. 1 The Daily Astorian Sunset Empire Transpor- tation District has announced proposals for several route and schedule changes which are scheduled to begin Aug. 1. These proposed changes include: increasing the Route 101 service between Astoria and Seaside during the peak hours in the morning and late afternoon by adding another bus; and doubling service fre- quency to every hour instead of every two hours. The Columbia Connector Route will begin providing service twice a day, seven days a week to Rainier, where riders will be able to transfer to the Columbia County Rider bus for service to Longview and Kelso, Wash., St. Helens, Scappoose and Portland. A new Warrenton/Ham- mond Route will begin pro- viding service four times a day between the U.S. Highway 101 shopping areas, Warren- ton downtown and the Ham- mond area. There will also be a small change to the Cannon Beach Route 20 schedule in the morning. “These route changes are the result of our goals to continually improve our ser- vices and increase ridership throughout the area”, said Jeff Hazen, executive director of the transportation district. Hazen also said that feed- back received from rider and FRPPXQLW\VXUYH\VFRQ¿UPHG that increased service was be- ing asked for, and needed, to meet riders’ scheduling needs, VSHFL¿FDOO\RQ5RXWH For information, and to view the proposed route schedules, go to www.ride- thebus.org. Printed copies of the proposed route schedule changes will be on display at the Astoria Transit Center, 900 Marine Drive, the Seaside Transit Kiosk, 111 North Roo- sevelt and on all buses. Public input and comments concern- ing the proposed changes will be accepted until 5 p.m. July 22 and may be dropped off at the Astoria Transit Center, at the Seaside Transit Ki- osk, mailed to 900 Marine Drive, Astoria, OR. 97103 or emailed to questions@ride- thebus.org. Public comments may also be made at the next SETD Board of Commissioners meeting at 9 a.m. July 23 at the Astoria Transit Center. For information, contact Mary Parker, executive as- sistant, at 503-861-5370 or mary@ridethebus.org For online updates: www.dailyastorian.com More than 200 people participated in the luminaria ceremony Saturday night during the Relay for Life event at Astoria High School. The ceremony was dedi- cated to Anita “Denise” Steiner, of Seaside, who died from cancer earlier this year. Joshua Bessex/The Daily Astorian Court rules police need good reason to ask about guns The Associated Press PORTLAND — The Ore- gon Supreme Court says police must have a good reason to ask people they stop if they have a weapon. The high court last week threw out an unlawful-weapon conviction of a 19-year-old man who was stopped for jaywalking by an Oregon State Police troop- er in Portland. The trooper asked Joseph Lucio Jimenez if he had any weapons on him, and Jimenez said he had a gun. &LWLQJ ³RI¿FHU VDIHW\ UHD- VRQV´WKHRI¿FHUVDLGKHDOZD\V asks pedestrians he stops if they have weapons. The Supreme Court, however, said police PXVWKDYHDJRRGVSHFL¿FUHD- son that leads them to believe they might be in danger. The Oregonian reported that the Oregon Court of Appeals re- versed Jimenez’s conviction last year, and the Supreme Court de- FLVLRQDI¿UPHGWKDWUXOLQJ You Never Know What You’ll Find At A Collectors West Gun & Knife Show! ASTORIA • JULY 1 8- 1 9 Clatsop Co. 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