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This bill is a comprehensive legislative effort to repeal provisions related to agricultural overtime requirements and associated tax credits. Specifically, the bill eliminates laws mandating overtime pay for farm workers and removes related tax credits and statutory references. The bill amends multiple Oregon Revised Statutes (ORS) to systematically remove references to agricultural overtime pay, including repealing ORS sections 315.133 (agricultural overtime pay), 653.271 through 653.278 (which likely contained the original overtime provisions), and sections related to tax credits for agricultural overtime. The bill effectively eliminates the requirement for employers to pay overtime to agricultural workers and removes the associated tax credits and refundable tax incentives that were previously available to employers for paying such overtime. By repealing these provisions, the legislation changes how agricultural workers are compensated, potentially reducing labor costs for agricultural employers while removing specific wage protections for farm workers. The bill also makes consequential amendments to various tax-related statutes to remove references to the now-repealed agricultural overtime provisions, ensuring a comprehensive legislative cleanup of these regulations.

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https://olis.oregonlegislature.gov/liz/2025R1/Measures/Overview/SB488