75th OREGON LEGISLATIVE ASSEMBLY--2009 Regular Session
 
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 LC 3500
 
                        House Memorial 1
 
Sponsored by Representative J SMITH (at the request of Ron
  McCarty)
 
 
                             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.
 
  Urges Congress to enact legislation ceasing production of
penny.
 
                         HOUSE MEMORIAL
To the President of the United States and the Senate and the
  House of Representatives of the United States of America, in
  Congress assembled:
  We, your memorialists, the House of Representatives of the
Seventy-fifth Legislative Assembly of the State of Oregon, in
legislative session assembled, respectfully represent as follows:
  Whereas the one-cent penny is obsolete, little used and costs
more to mint than its face value; and
  Whereas pennies are a drain to our financial system, slowing
down cash transactions; now, therefore,
Be It Resolved by the House of Representatives of the State of
  Oregon:
  (1) The House of Representatives of the Seventy-fifth
Legislative Assembly urges the Congress of the United States to
enact legislation that ceases the production of the one-cent
penny as a unit of currency in the United States.
  (2) A copy of this memorial shall be sent to the President of
the United States, to the Senate Majority Leader, to the Speaker
of the House of Representatives and to each member of the Oregon
Congressional Delegation.
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