Bill Text: OR HB2487 | 2011 | Regular Session | Introduced

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Bill Title: Relating to tax supervising and conservation commissions; prescribing an effective date.

Spectrum: Unknown

Status: (Failed) 2011-06-30 - In committee upon adjournment. [HB2487 Detail]

Download: Oregon-2011-HB2487-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
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LC 1744

                         House Bill 2487

Ordered printed by the Speaker pursuant to House Rule 12.00A (5).
  Presession filed (at the request of House Interim Committee on
  Consumer Protection and Government Accountability)

                             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.

  Requires county of 100,000 or more inhabitants to establish tax
supervising and conservation commission or to require each
municipal corporation within county to submit financial summary
to county.
  Allows county of fewer than 100,000 inhabitants to establish
tax supervising and conservation commission with approval of
majority of voters. Allows county of 100,000 or more inhabitants
to establish tax supervising and conservation commission with
approval of majority of members of governing body.
  Takes effect on 91st day following adjournment sine die.

                        A BILL FOR AN ACT
Relating to tax supervising and conservation commissions;
  amending ORS 294.608 and 294.710; and prescribing an effective
  date.
Be It Enacted by the People of the State of Oregon:
  SECTION 1. ORS 294.608 is amended to read:
  294.608. (1) The governing body of each county with a
population of   { - 500,000 - }   { + 100,000 + } or more
inhabitants, based on the most recently available data published
or officially provided by the Portland State University
Population Research Center  { - , shall elect to - }  { +
shall + }:
  (a)   { - Seek to - }  Establish a tax supervising and
conservation commission under ORS 294.710; or
  (b) Require each municipal corporation  { + within the
county + } to submit to the county a copy of the financial
summary prepared under ORS 294.386 and made available to the
public under ORS 294.401 (9).
  (2) Each municipal corporation required to submit a copy of the
financial summary of the municipal corporation  { + under
subsection (1) of this section + } shall comply with the
requirement prior to the date of the first budget committee
meeting of the municipal corporation under ORS 294.401.
  (3) The copy of the financial summary submitted to the county
under this section shall be in an electronic format that is
compatible with Internet publication. The county shall publish
all financial summaries received from municipal corporations
under this section on the Internet website of the county.
  SECTION 2. ORS 294.710 is amended to read:
  294.710. (1) Any county with a population of   { - less than
500,000 - }   { + fewer than 100,000 + } inhabitants, based on
the most recently available data published or officially provided
by the Portland State University Population Research Center, may
establish, with the approval of a majority of its electors voting
on the question, a tax supervising and conservation commission
that substantially conforms to the provisions of ORS 294.605 to
294.705.
  (2) Any county with a population of   { - 500,000 - }
 { + 100,000 + } or more inhabitants, based on the most recently
available data published or officially provided by the Portland
State University Population Research Center, may establish a tax
supervising and conservation commission that substantially
conforms to the provisions of ORS 294.605 to 294.705 provided the
county obtains the approval of a majority of the members of its
governing body voting on the question.
  (3) Notwithstanding ORS 294.630, a county under this section
may establish its own maximum annual appropriation to a tax
supervising and conservation commission in the ordinance creating
the commission.
  SECTION 3.  { + This 2011 Act takes effect on the 91st day
after the date on which the 2011 session of the Seventy-sixth
Legislative Assembly adjourns sine die. + }
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