Chapter 33 Oregon Laws 2008 Special Session
AN ACT
HB 3634
Relating to elections; creating new provisions; amending ORS 250.115;
and declaring an emergency.
Be It Enacted by the People of
the State of
SECTION 1.
ORS 250.115 is amended to read:
250.115. (1) The
Secretary of State shall number the measures to be voted on in the state at
large consecutively and shall not repeat any number in any subsequent election.
For each election, the numbers assigned shall begin with the number after the
last number assigned under this section at the previous election. [The measures shall be assigned numbers in
the order in which the measures are filed with the secretary.] The
Secretary of State shall number amendments to the Oregon Constitution referred
to the people by the Legislative Assembly in the order that the amendments are
filed with the Secretary of State, followed immediately in number by Acts of
the Legislative Assembly submitted to the people for approval or rejection in
the order that the Acts are filed with the Secretary of State, followed
immediately in number by initiative or referendum petitions in the order that
the petitions are filed for signature verification with the Secretary of State.
(2) The Secretary of
State shall number state measures not referred to under subsection (1) of this
section consecutively, beginning with the number after the last number assigned
under subsection (1) of this section, in the order in which the measures are
filed with the secretary.
SECTION 2. The
amendments to ORS 250.115 by section 1 of this 2008 Act apply to measures to be
voted on at an election held after the effective date of this 2008 Act.
SECTION 3. This
2008 Act being necessary for the immediate preservation of the public peace,
health and safety, an emergency is declared to exist, and this 2008 Act takes
effect on its passage.
Approved by the Governor March 11, 2008
Filed in the office of Secretary of State March 11, 2008
Effective date March 11, 2008
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