Bill Text: OR HB3148 | 2011 | Regular Session | Enrolled

Oregon House Bill 3148 (Prior Session Legislation)

Bill Title: Relating to voters' pamphlet.

Sponsorship: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1)

Status: (Passed) 2011-06-23 - Chapter 482, (2011 Laws): Effective date January 1, 2012. [HB3148 Detail]

Download: Oregon-2011-HB3148-Enrolled.html



     76th OREGON LEGISLATIVE ASSEMBLY--2011 Regular Session

                            Enrolled

                         House Bill 3148

Sponsored by Representative CANNON

                     CHAPTER ................

                             AN ACT

Relating to voters' pamphlet; creating new provisions; and
  amending ORS 251.095 and 251.115.

Be It Enacted by the People of the State of Oregon:

  SECTION 1. ORS 251.095 is amended to read:
  251.095. (1) For space in the voters' pamphlet:
  (a) Each candidate for nomination or election to the office of
President or Vice President of the United States shall, at the
time materials are filed under ORS 251.065, pay a fee of $3,500
to the Secretary of State or may submit a petition in a form
prescribed by the secretary containing the signatures of 500
 { +  active  + }electors { +  of the state + }.
  (b) Each candidate for nomination or election to the office of
United States Senator or any state office to be voted for in the
state at large shall, at the time materials are filed under ORS
251.065, pay a fee of $3,000 to the Secretary of State or may
submit a petition in a form prescribed by the secretary
containing the signatures of 500 { +  active + } electors { +  of
the state + }.
  (c) Each candidate for nomination or election to the office of
Representative in Congress shall, at the time materials are filed
under ORS 251.065, pay a fee of $2,500 to the Secretary of State
or may submit a petition in a form prescribed by the secretary
containing the signatures of 300 { +  active + } electors { +  of
the candidate's electoral district + }.
  (d) Each candidate for nomination or election to the office of
state Senator or state Representative shall, at the time
materials are filed under ORS 251.065, pay a fee of $750 to the
Secretary of State or may submit a petition in a form prescribed
by the secretary containing the signatures of   { - 300 - }  { +
200 active + } electors { +  of the candidate's electoral
district + }.
  (e) Each candidate for nomination or election to any other
office shall, at the time materials are filed under ORS 251.065,
pay a fee of $600 to the Secretary of State or may submit a
petition in a form prescribed by the secretary containing the
signatures of   { - 300 - }   { + 200 active + } electors { +  of
the candidate's electoral district + }.
  (2) The signatures on a petition submitted under subsection (1)
of this section shall be certified by the county clerk in the
manner provided in ORS 249.008 { +  or by the Secretary of
State + }. The petition shall be filed with the Secretary of
State.

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  (3) The space allotted to each candidate shall be used for
materials filed under ORS 251.065, including the portrait and
statement of reasons the candidate should be nominated or elected
and the information required under ORS 251.085. If a portrait is
not filed, the statement may cover the entire allotted space. The
length of the statement shall not exceed 325 words. All
candidates shall be allowed the same amount of space. The
Secretary of State by rule shall prescribe the size of the space
allotted to each candidate, except that the space may not be
smaller than 30 square inches.
  SECTION 2. ORS 251.115 is amended to read:
  251.115. (1) Not later than the 70th day before the general
election, the party officers as designated in the organizational
documents of any statewide political party or assembly of
electors having nominated candidates may file with the Secretary
of State a printed or typewritten statement of arguments for the
success of its principles and election of its candidates on a
statewide basis and opposing the principles and candidates of
other political parties or organizations on a statewide basis.
  (2) Not later than the 70th day before the general election,
the party officers as designated in the organizational documents
of any less than statewide political party or assembly of
electors having nominated candidates may file with the Secretary
of State a typewritten statement of arguments for the success of
its principles and election of its candidates on a county basis
and opposing the principles and candidates of other political
parties or organizations on a county basis.
  (3)(a) Any statewide political party or assembly of electors
having nominated candidates shall pay a fee of $1,200 to the
Secretary of State when the statement is filed or may submit a
petition in a form prescribed by the secretary containing the
signatures of 500  { + active + } electors.
  (b) Any less than statewide political party or assembly of
electors having nominated candidates shall pay a fee of $600 to
the Secretary of State when the statement is filed or may submit
a petition in a form prescribed by the secretary containing the
signatures of 300  { + active + } electors.
  (c) The signatures on a petition submitted under this
subsection shall be certified by the county clerk in the manner
provided in ORS 249.008 { +  or by the Secretary of State + }.
The petition shall be filed with the Secretary of State.
  (4) The Secretary of State by rule shall prescribe the size of
the statements permitted under this section, except that any
statewide political party or assembly of electors having
nominated candidates shall be allotted more space than any less
than statewide political party or assembly of electors having
nominated candidates.
   { +  (5) For purposes of this section, an 'active elector' is
a person whose registration is considered active as described in
ORS 247.013. + }
  SECTION 3.  { + The amendments to ORS 251.095 and 251.115 by
sections 1 and 2 of this 2011 Act apply to space in voters'
pamphlets prepared on or after the effective date of this 2011
Act. + }
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Passed by House May 5, 2011

    .............................................................
                         Ramona Kenady Line, Chief Clerk of House

    .............................................................
                                    Bruce Hanna, Speaker of House

    .............................................................
                                   Arnie Roblan, Speaker of House

Passed by Senate June 13, 2011

    .............................................................
                              Peter Courtney, President of Senate

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Received by Governor:

......M.,............., 2011

Approved:

......M.,............., 2011

    .............................................................
                                         John Kitzhaber, Governor

Filed in Office of Secretary of State:

......M.,............., 2011

    .............................................................
                                   Kate Brown, Secretary of State

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