Bill Text: OR HB2417 | 2011 | Regular Session | Introduced

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Bill Title: Relating to elections.

Spectrum: Unknown

Status: (Failed) 2011-06-30 - In committee upon adjournment. [HB2417 Detail]

Download: Oregon-2011-HB2417-Introduced.html

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     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
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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.
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