74th OREGON LEGISLATIVE ASSEMBLY--2007 Regular Session
 
SA to SB 77
 
LC 938/SB 77-1
 
                      SENATE AMENDMENTS TO
                         SENATE BILL 77
 
                      By COMMITTEE ON RULES
 
                            April 12
 
  On page 1 of the printed bill, line 2, after 'ORS' insert '
203.035,'.
  On page 5, after line 10, insert:
  '  { +  SECTION 12. + } ORS 203.035 is amended to read:
  ' 203.035. (1) Subject to subsection (3) of this section, the
governing body or the electors of a county may by ordinance
exercise authority within the county over matters of county
concern, to the fullest extent allowed by Constitutions and laws
of the United States and of this state, as fully as if each
particular power comprised in that general authority were
specifically listed in ORS 203.030 to 203.075.
  ' (2) The power granted by this section is in addition to other
grants of power to counties, shall not be construed to limit or
qualify any such grant and shall be liberally construed, to the
end that counties have all powers over matters of county concern
that it is possible for them to have under the Constitutions and
laws of the United States and of this state.
  ' (3) An ordinance adopted by a county governing body that
changes the number or mode of selection of elective county
officers shall not take effect unless the ordinance is submitted
to and approved by the electors of the county at a primary
election { + , + }   { - or - }  general election { +  or
election held on the first Tuesday after the first Monday in
November of an odd-numbered year + }. However,   { - no - }
 { + an + } ordinance adopted under this section may  { +
not + } change the mode of selection of a county assessor.
  ' (4) Nothing in this section shall be construed to limit the
rights of the electors of a county to propose county ordinances
through exercise of the initiative power.'.
  In line 11, delete '12' and insert '13'.
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