Bill Text: OR HB2417 | 2011 | Regular Session | Introduced
Bill Title: Relating to elections.
Spectrum: Unknown
Status: (Failed) 2011-06-30 - In committee upon adjournment. [HB2417 Detail]
Download: Oregon-2011-HB2417-Introduced.html
76th OREGON LEGISLATIVE ASSEMBLY--2011 Regular Session NOTE: Matter within { + braces and plus signs + } in an amended section is new. Matter within { - braces and minus signs - } is existing law to be omitted. New sections are within { + braces and plus signs + } . LC 375 House Bill 2417 Ordered printed by the Speaker pursuant to House Rule 12.00A (5). Presession filed (at the request of House Interim Committee on Rules) 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. Exempts district from paying expenses for district election held on same date as date of primary or general election. A BILL FOR AN ACT Relating to elections; amending ORS 255.305. Be It Enacted by the People of the State of Oregon: SECTION 1. ORS 255.305 is amended to read: 255.305. (1) Except as otherwise provided by ORS 198.775, 261.210, 568.542 and 607.025, the expenses incurred for a district election { + held on a date other than the date of a primary or general election + } shall be paid by that district. (2) When two or more districts hold an election on the same day, the expenses of the election shall be equitably apportioned among the districts. (3) The Secretary of State by rule: (a) May designate a formula for the apportionment of expenses under subsection (2) of this section; and (b) Designate categories of election expenses that are chargeable to a district. ----------