72nd OREGON LEGISLATIVE ASSEMBLY--2003 Regular Session
 
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LC 1633
 
                         Senate Bill 318
 
Sponsored by Senator WALKER
 
 
                             SUMMARY
 
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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.
 
  Sets deadline for certain candidates nominated by write-in
votes at primary election to file statement of economic interest
with Oregon Government Standards and Practices Commission.
 
                        A BILL FOR AN ACT
Relating to statements of economic interest; amending ORS
  244.050.
Be It Enacted by the People of the State of Oregon:
  SECTION 1. ORS 244.050 is amended to read:
  244.050. (1) On or before April 15 of each year the following
persons shall file with the Oregon Government Standards and
Practices Commission a verified statement of economic interest as
required under this chapter:
  (a) The Governor, Secretary of State, State Treasurer, Attorney
General, Commissioner of the Bureau of Labor and Industries,
Superintendent of Public Instruction, district attorneys and
members of the Legislative Assembly.
  (b) Any judicial officer, including justices of the peace and
municipal judges, except municipal judges in those cities where a
majority of the votes cast in the subject city in the 1974
general election was in opposition to the ballot measure provided
for in section 10, chapter 68, Oregon Laws 1974 (special
session), and except any pro tem judicial officer who does not
otherwise serve as a judicial officer.
  (c) Any candidate for an office designated in paragraph (a) or
(b) of this subsection.
  (d) The Deputy Attorney General.
  (e) The Legislative Administrator, the Legislative Counsel, the
Legislative Fiscal Officer, the Secretary of the Senate and the
Chief Clerk of the House of Representatives.
  (f) The Chancellor and Vice Chancellors of the Oregon
University System and the president and vice presidents, or their
administrative equivalents, in each institution under the
jurisdiction of the State Board of Higher Education.
  (g) The following state officers:
  (A) Adjutant General.
  (B) Director of Agriculture.
  (C) Manager of State Accident Insurance Fund Corporation.
  (D) Water Resources Director.
  (E) Director of Department of Environmental Quality.
  (F) Director of Oregon Department of Administrative Services.
  (G) Director of the Oregon State Fair and Exposition Center.
  (H) State Fish and Wildlife Director.
  (I) State Forester.
  (J) State Geologist.
  (K) Director of Human Services.
  (L) Director of the Department of Consumer and Business
Services.
  (M) Director of Division of State Lands.
  (N) State Librarian.
  (O) Administrator of Oregon Liquor Control Commission.
  (P) Superintendent of State Police.
  (Q) Director of the Public Employees Retirement System.
  (R) Director of Department of Revenue.
  (S) Director of Transportation.
  (T) Public Utility Commissioner.
  (U) Director of Veterans' Affairs.
  (V) Executive Director of Oregon Government Standards and
Practices Commission.
  (W) Administrator of the Office of Energy.
  (X) Director and each assistant director of the Oregon State
Lottery.
  (h) Any assistant in the Governor's office other than personal
secretaries and clerical personnel.
  (i) Every elected city or county official except elected
officials in those cities or counties where a majority of votes
cast in the subject city or county in any election on the issue
of filing statements of economic interest under this chapter was
in opposition.
  (j) Every member of a city or county planning, zoning or
development commission except such members in those cities or
counties where a majority of votes cast in the subject city or
county at any election on the issue of filing statements of
economic interest under this chapter was in opposition to the
ballot measure provided for in section 10, chapter 68, Oregon
Laws 1974 (special session).
  (k) The chief executive officer of a city or county who
performs the duties of manager or principal administrator of the
city or county except such employees in those cities or counties
where a majority of votes cast in the subject city or county in
an election on the issue of filing statements of economic
interest under this chapter was in opposition.
  (L) Members of local government boundary commissions formed
under ORS 199.410 to 199.519.
  (m) Every member of a governing body of a metropolitan service
district and the executive officer thereof.
  (n) Each member of the board of directors of the State Accident
Insurance Fund Corporation.
  (o) The chief administrative officer and the financial officer
of each common and union high school district, education service
district and community college district.
  (p) Every member of the following state boards and commissions:
  (A) Capitol Planning Commission.
  (B) Board of Geologic and Mineral Industries.
  (C) Oregon Economic and Community Development Commission.
  (D) State Board of Education.
  (E) Environmental Quality Commission.
  (F) Fish and Wildlife Commission of the State of Oregon.
  (G) State Board of Forestry.
  (H) Oregon Government Standards and Practices Commission.
  (I) Oregon Health Council.
  (J) State Board of Higher Education.
  (K) Oregon Investment Council.
  (L) Land Conservation and Development Commission.
  (M) Oregon Liquor Control Commission.
  (N) Oregon Short Term Fund Board.
  (O) State Marine Board.
  (P) Mass transit district boards.
  (Q) Energy Facility Siting Council.
  (R) Board of Commissioners of the Port of Portland.
  (S) Employment Relations Board.
  (T) Public Employees Retirement Board.
  (U) Oregon Racing Commission.
  (V) Oregon Transportation Commission.
  (W) Wage and Hour Commission.
  (X) Water Resources Commission.
  (Y) Workers' Compensation Board.
  (Z) Oregon Facilities Authority.
  (AA) Oregon State Lottery Commission.
  (BB) Pacific Northwest Electric Power and Conservation Planning
Council.
  (CC) Columbia River Gorge Commission.
  (DD) Oregon Health and Science University Board of Directors.
  (q) The following officers of the State Treasury:
  (A) Chief Deputy State Treasurer.
  (B) Executive Assistant to the State Treasurer.
  (C) Director of the Investment Division.
  (2) By April 15 next after the date an appointment takes
effect, every appointed public official on a board or commission
listed in subsection (1) of this section shall file with the
commission a statement of economic interest as required under ORS
244.060, 244.070 and 244.090.
  (3) By April 15 next after the filing   { - date - }
 { + deadline + } for the primary election, each candidate for
elective public office described in subsection (1) of this
section shall file with the commission a statement of economic
interest as required under ORS 244.060, 244.070 and 244.090.
  (4) Within 30 days after the filing   { - date - }
 { + deadline + } for the general election, each candidate for
elective public office described in subsection (1) of this
section who was not a candidate in the preceding primary
election { + , or who was nominated for elective public office
described in subsection (1) of this section at the preceding
primary election by write-in votes, + } shall file with the
commission a statement of economic interest as required under ORS
244.060, 244.070 and 244.090.
  (5) The Legislative Assembly shall maintain a continuing review
of the operation of this chapter and from time to time may add to
or delete from the list of boards and commissions in subsections
(1) to (3) of this section as in the judgment of the Legislative
Assembly is consistent with the purposes of this chapter.
  (6) Subsections (1) to (5) of this section apply only to
persons who are incumbent, elected or appointed officials as of
April 15 and to persons who are candidates for office on April
15.  Those sections also apply to persons who do not become
candidates until 30 days after the filing date for the statewide
general election.
  (7)(a) Failure to file the statement required by this section
subjects a person to a civil penalty that may be imposed as
specified in ORS 183.090, but the enforcement of this subsection
does not require the Oregon Government Standards and Practices
Commission to follow the procedures in ORS 244.260 before finding
that a violation of this section has occurred.
  (b) Failure to file the required statement in timely fashion
shall be prima facie evidence of a violation of this section.
  (c) If within five days after the date on which the statement
is to be filed under this section the statement has not been
received by the commission, the commission shall notify the
public official and give the public official not less than 15
days to comply with the requirements of this section. If the
public official fails to comply by the date set by the
commission, the commission may impose a civil penalty of $5 for
each day the statement is late beyond the date fixed by the
commission. The maximum penalty that may be accrued under this
section is $1,000.
  (d) A civil penalty imposed under this subsection is in
addition to and not in lieu of sanctions that may be imposed
under ORS 244.380.
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