Establishes deadlines for completion of legislative measures and date of adjournment sine die of regular session of Seventy-fourth Legislative Assembly.


 
 
 
     74th OREGON LEGISLATIVE ASSEMBLY--2007 Regular Session
 
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 LC 1632
 
                 Senate Concurrent Resolution 1
 
Sponsored by Senator COURTNEY, Representative MERKLEY (Presession
  filed.)
 
 
                             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.
 
  Establishes deadlines for completion of legislative measures
and date of adjournment sine die of regular session of
Seventy-fourth Legislative Assembly.
  Establishes procedures for convening special session in
February 2008.
 
                      CONCURRENT RESOLUTION
  Whereas section 17, Article IV of the Oregon Constitution,
provides that each house has all powers necessary for a branch of
the Legislative Department, of a free and independent state; and
  Whereas section 11, Article IV of the Oregon Constitution,
provides that each house when assembled, shall determine its own
rules of proceeding and sit upon its adjournments; and
  Whereas section 10a, Article IV of the Oregon Constitution,
authorizes the Legislative Assembly in the event of an emergency
to convene a special session; and
  Whereas chapter 680, Oregon Laws 2005, created the Public
Commission on the Oregon Legislature; and
  Whereas the commission received testimony and reviewed
documents concerning the frequency, length and timing of the
legislative sessions; and
  Whereas the commission found that the current structure of the
legislative sessions does not provide sufficient predictability
or certainty for the citizens of Oregon; and
  Whereas the commission found that even-year sessions will
improve the legislature's handling of complex policy issues and
related fiscal matters; now, therefore,
Be It Resolved by the Legislative Assembly of the State of
  Oregon:
  (1) The Senate and the House of Representatives shall adhere to
the following schedule and deadlines for the regular session of
the Seventy-fourth Legislative Assembly:
  (a) The Senate and House of Representatives shall convene in
regular session on January 8, 2007.
  (b) The Senate and the House of Representatives shall convene
their respective floor sessions one day or more each week from
January 15, 2007, through March 2, 2007.
  (c) Members and committees shall submit requests for drafts of
measures to the Office of the Legislative Counsel on or before
January 29, 2007.
  (d) Members and committees shall submit drafts of measures for
introduction to the Senate and House Desks no later than February
26, 2007.
  (e) The Senate and House of Representatives may convene daily
floor sessions beginning on March 5, 2007.
  (f) Committee chairpersons shall request fiscal and revenue
impact statements for measures in the chamber of origin no later
than April 20, 2007. This paragraph does not apply to the Joint
Committee on Ways and Means, other joint committees, Senate
Committee on Finance and Revenue, House Committee on Revenue,
Senate Committee on Rules and House Committee on Elections,
Ethics and Rules.
  (g) Committees shall consider measures in the chamber of origin
no later than April 30, 2007. This paragraph does not apply to
the Joint Committee on Ways and Means, other joint committees,
Senate Committee on Finance and Revenue, House Committee on
Revenue, Senate Committee on Rules and House Committee on
Elections, Ethics and Rules.
  (h) Committee chairpersons shall request fiscal and revenue
impact statements no later than May 23, 2007. This paragraph does
not apply to the Joint Committee on Ways and Means, Senate
Committee on Finance and Revenue, House Committee on Revenue,
Senate Committee on Rules and House Committee on Elections,
Ethics and Rules.
  (i) Committees of the Senate and House of Representatives shall
close no later than May 31, 2007. This paragraph does not apply
to the Joint Committee on Ways and Means, Senate Committee on
Finance and Revenue, House Committee on Revenue, Senate Committee
on Rules and House Committee on Elections, Ethics and Rules.
  (j) The Seventy-fourth Legislative Assembly shall adjourn no
later than June 29, 2007.
  (2) The rules of the Senate and House of Representatives shall
apply to matters not specified in this resolution. The rules of
the Senate and House of Representatives may establish timelines
for priority measures, for measures approved by the presiding
officers or for appropriation and fiscal measures approved by the
Joint Committee on Ways and Means that are different from the
timelines established in subsection (1) of this resolution.
  (3) Pursuant to the declarations made in the preamble of this
resolution, the Seventy-fourth Legislative Assembly declares that
an emergency exists and will continue through February 2008, and
the members agree as follows:
  (a) In January 2008 the presiding officers shall provide notice
to the Legislative Administrator of the intent to invoke ORS
171.015 (1) so as to ensure that special session shall convene on
February 4, 2008.
  (b) The Legislative Administrator shall follow the special
session protocol set forth in ORS 171.015.
  (c) Upon receipt of the notice described in ORS 171.015 (1), so
as to convene the special session on February 4, 2008, the
presiding officers shall invoke the provisions of section 10a,
Article IV of the Oregon Constitution.
  (d) Upon convening the 2008 special session, the presiding
officers shall ensure that the 2008 special session adjourns sine
die no later than February 29, 2008, and that the special session
is limited to consideration of the most pressing fiscal and
policy issues.
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