71st OREGON LEGISLATIVE ASSEMBLY--2001 Regular Session
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amended section is new. Matter within { - braces and minus
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LC 234
Senate Bill 19
Printed pursuant to Senate Interim Rule 213.28 by order of the
President of the Senate in conformance with presession filing
rules, indicating neither advocacy nor opposition on the part
of the President (at the request of Legislative Administration
Committee)
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.
Deletes requirement that Legislative Administration Committee
provide administrative staff assistance for preparation of
explanatory statements and financial impact statements on state
ballot measures.
Declares emergency, effective on passage.
A BILL FOR AN ACT
Relating to elections; creating new provisions; amending ORS
250.125 and 251.205; and declaring an emergency.
Be It Enacted by the People of the State of Oregon:
SECTION 1. ORS 250.125 is amended to read:
250.125. (1) When a state measure involves expenditure of
public money by the state, reduction of expenditure of public
money by the state, reduction of state revenues or raising of
funds by the state by imposing any tax or incurring any
indebtedness, the Secretary of State, the State Treasurer, the
Director of the Oregon Department of Administrative Services and
the Director of the Department of Revenue shall estimate the
amount of direct expenditure, direct reduction of expenditure,
direct reduction in state revenues, direct tax revenue or
indebtedness and interest which will be required to meet the
provisions of the measure if it is enacted. The estimate shall
state the recurring annual amount involved or, if the measure
does not involve a recurring annual amount, the total amount.
(2) The officials named in subsection (1) of this section shall
also estimate the aggregate amount of direct expenditure, direct
reduction of expenditure, direct reduction in revenues, direct
tax revenue or indebtedness and interest which will be required
by any city, county or district to meet the provisions of the
measure.
(3) The estimates shall be printed in the voters' pamphlet and
on the ballot unless the measure involves only state agency
expenses not exceeding $100,000 per year.
(4) If the officials named in subsection (1) of this section
determine that the measure, if it is enacted, will have no
financial effect except as described in subsection (3) of this
section, the words 'no financial effect on state or local
government expenditures or revenues' shall be printed in the
voters' pamphlet and on the ballot.
{ - (5) The Legislative Administration Committee shall
provide any administrative staff assistance required by the
officials named in subsection (1) of this section to facilitate
the work of the officials under this section or ORS 250.127. - }
SECTION 2. ORS 251.205 is amended to read:
251.205. (1) As used in this section, 'proponents' means:
(a) With respect to any state measure initiated or referred by
petition, the chief petitioners; or
(b) With respect to a measure referred by the Legislative
Assembly, the President of the Senate, who shall appoint a
Senator, and the Speaker of the House of Representatives, who
shall appoint a Representative.
(2) For each state measure to be submitted to the people at a
special election held on the date of a biennial primary election
or any general election, a committee of five citizens shall be
selected to prepare the explanatory statement under ORS 251.215.
(3) Not later than the 120th day before the election, the
proponents of the measure shall appoint two members to the
committee and notify the Secretary of State in writing of the
selections. If the proponents do not appoint two members, the
Secretary of State shall appoint two members of the committee
from among supporters, if any, of the measure not later than the
118th day before the election.
(4) Not later than the 118th day before the election, the
Secretary of State shall appoint two members of the committee
from among the opponents, if any, of the measure.
(5) The four appointed members of the committee shall select
the fifth member and notify the Secretary of State in writing of
the selection. If the four members have not selected the fifth
member by the 111th day before the election, the fifth member
shall be appointed by the Secretary of State not later than the
109th day before the election.
(6) A vacancy shall be filled not later than two business days
after the vacancy occurs by the person who made the original
appointment. Unless the Secretary of State fills a vacancy, the
person filling the vacancy shall notify the Secretary of State in
writing of the selection.
(7) With respect to a measure referred by the Legislative
Assembly, a Senator or Representative appointed under subsection
(2) of this section may disclose whether the Senator or
Representative supports or opposes the state measure. The
Secretary of State shall print the disclosure in the voters'
pamphlet following the explanatory statement.
{ - (8) The Legislative Administration Committee shall
provide any administrative staff assistance required by the
explanatory statement committee to facilitate the work of the
explanatory statement committee under this section or ORS
251.215. - }
SECTION 3. { + The amendments to ORS 250.125 and 251.205 by
sections 1 and 2 of this 2001 Act apply to estimates described in
ORS 250.125 and statements described in ORS 251.205 for which the
process to prepare the estimates and statements begins on or
after the effective date of this 2001 Act. + }
SECTION 4. { + This 2001 Act being necessary for the immediate
preservation of the public peace, health and safety, an emergency
is declared to exist, and this 2001 Act takes effect on its
passage. + }
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