71st OREGON LEGISLATIVE ASSEMBLY--2001 Regular Session
 
NOTE:  Matter within  { +  braces and plus signs + } in an
amended section is new. Matter within  { -  braces and minus
signs - } is existing law to be omitted. New sections are within
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LC 1198
 
                         House Bill 2580
 
Sponsored by COMMITTEE ON RULES, REDISTRICTING, AND PUBLIC
  AFFAIRS (at the request of Secretary of State Bill Bradbury and
  Association of County Clerks)
 
 
                             SUMMARY
 
The following summary is not prepared by the sponsors of the
measure and is not a part of the body thereof subject to
consideration by the Legislative Assembly. It is an editor's
brief statement of the essential features of the measure as
introduced.
 
  Moves date of regular district election from March to May of
odd-numbered years.
 
                        A BILL FOR AN ACT
Relating to date of regular district election; amending ORS
  255.335.
Be It Enacted by the People of the State of Oregon:
  SECTION 1. ORS 255.335 is amended to read:
  255.335. (1) The regular district election shall be held by
each district for the purpose of electing members of the district
board to succeed a member whose term expires the following June
30 and to elect members to fill any vacancy which then may exist.
The election shall be held in each such district in each
odd-numbered year on the   { - second Tuesday in March - }  { +
third Tuesday in May + }.
  (2) A district shall not conduct more than one election of
board members in any year.
  (3) The first regular district election in a district shall be
held on the regular district election date next following the
year in which the first members of the district board were
elected or appointed.
  (4) The term of a board member elected at the regular district
election shall commence on the first day of July next following
the election  { - , - }  and shall expire June 30 next following
the regular district election at which a successor is elected.
  (5) Each district board shall hold a regular organizational
meeting following the regular district election and not later
than the last day of July of that year.
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