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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                           C-Engrossed
 
                   Senate Joint Resolution 12
                   Ordered by the House July 4
     Including Senate Amendments dated February 20 and House
                           Amendments
                     dated July 1 and July 4
 
Sponsored by Senator MILLER
 
 
                             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.
 
    { - Proposes amendment to Oregon Constitution requiring
annual sessions of Legislative Assembly. Limits duration of
sessions except by two-thirds affirmative vote of members of both
houses.  Limits member eligibility for per diem payments to
regular session and one extension of five calendar days. - }
   { +  Proposes amendment to Oregon Constitution to limit state
government appropriations to specified percentage of personal
income. Specifies what constitutes appropriation and what does
not. + }
  Refers proposed amendment to people for their approval or
rejection at   { - special election held on same date as next
biennial primary - }   { + next regular general + } election.
 
                        JOINT RESOLUTION
Be It Resolved by the Legislative Assembly of the State of
  Oregon:
  PARAGRAPH 1. The Constitution of the State of Oregon is amended
by creating a new section 15 to be added to and made a part of
Article IX, such section to read:
   { +  SECTION 15. + }  { + (1) For purposes of this section,
the state's personal income is the total personal income for this
state as computed by the federal government for the two calendar
years ending just prior to the year in which the biennium begins.
Except as provided in subsection (4) of this section, total
appropriations for state government expenditures in a biennium
may not exceed the following percentages of the state's personal
income:
  (a) For the biennium beginning July 1, 2003, 14 percent.
  (b) For the biennium beginning July 1, 2005, 13 percent.
  (c) For the biennium beginning July 1, 2007, 12 percent.
  (d) For the biennium beginning July 1, 2009, 11 percent.
  (e) For the biennium beginning July 1, 2011, and all subsequent
biennia, 10 percent.
  (2) For purposes of this section, the following are considered
to be appropriations for state government expenditures in a
biennium:
  (a) An authorization, given by law, to expend moneys in the
biennium;
  (b) A limitation, imposed by law, on the expenditure in the
biennium of moneys that are continuously appropriated; and
  (c) An estimate of amounts of moneys that are continuously
appropriated that will be spent in the biennium without
limitation.
  (3) In calculating the total appropriations for a biennium for
purposes of subsection (1) of this section, appropriations of the
following moneys may not be considered:
  (a) Federal funds;
  (b) Moneys voluntarily donated to a state agency;
  (c) Revenues from the issuance of bonds by a state agency;
  (d) Moneys from the Public Employees Retirement Fund used for
the purpose of payment of benefits or refunds;
  (e) Moneys used to fund programs that are enacted or approved
by the people under section 1, Article IV, or Article XVII of
this Constitution on or after the effective date of this section;
and
  (f) Moneys that are dedicated by this Constitution to specific
uses, purposes or entities. This paragraph applies to provisions
of this Constitution adopted before, on or after the effective
date of this section.
  (4) The limitation on appropriations established by this
section may be exceeded for a biennium if the Governor declares
an emergency and three-fourths of the members serving in each
house of the Legislative Assembly affirmatively vote to exceed
the limitation for that biennium. + }
 
  PARAGRAPH 2.  { + The amendment proposed by this resolution
shall be submitted to the people for their approval or rejection
at the next regular general election held throughout this
state. + }
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