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
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LC 2432
 
                         House Bill 2615
 
Sponsored by COMMITTEE ON JUDICIARY (at the request of Oregon
  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.
 
  Specifies that county clerk may charge cities for share of
costs of county voters' pamphlets at primary and general
elections.
 
                        A BILL FOR AN ACT
Relating to county voters' pamphlets; amending ORS 251.365.
Be It Enacted by the People of the State of Oregon:
  SECTION 1. ORS 251.365 is amended to read:
  251.365. (1)  { + Notwithstanding ORS 254.046 and except as
provided in ORS 251.375,  + }any county clerk preparing, printing
and distributing a county voters' pamphlet may apportion the cost
of preparing, printing and distributing the county voters'
pamphlet as a cost of the election according to the formula
established by the Secretary of State for the allocation of
election costs. The apportioned election costs shall be reduced
for each electoral district by the amount of any revenue received
by the county clerk from the submission of candidate portraits,
statements and arguments for that electoral district.
  (2) Any revenue collected by the county clerk from the
submission of candidate portraits, statements or arguments for
any electoral district which may exceed the apportioned cost of
the election for that electoral district shall be applied to
reduce the shared costs of the election for all remaining
electoral districts.
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