Bill Text: OR HB3544 | 2011 | Regular Session | Introduced

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Bill Title: Relating to public employee compensation; declaring an emergency.

Sponsorship: Partisan Bill (Republican 4)

Status: (Failed) 2011-06-30 - In committee upon adjournment. [HB3544 Detail]

Download: Oregon-2011-HB3544-Introduced.html

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     76th OREGON LEGISLATIVE ASSEMBLY--2011 Regular Session

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LC 3646

                         House Bill 3544

Sponsored by Representative PARRISH; Representatives JOHNSON,
  SHEEHAN, Senator OLSEN

                             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 collective bargaining agreement between certain local
public employers and employees of public employer to provide for
suspension of implementation of certain increases in employee
compensation during period of fiscal emergency. Authorizes
Governor to declare fiscal emergency under certain circumstances.
  Declares emergency, effective on passage.

                        A BILL FOR AN ACT
Relating to public employee compensation; and declaring an
  emergency.
Be It Enacted by the People of the State of Oregon:
  SECTION 1.  { + (1) A public employer may enter into a
collective bargaining agreement with the exclusive representative
of the employees of the public employer only if the collective
bargaining agreement provides for the suspension of the
implementation of merit step, longevity step or cost-of-living
increases in employee compensation during a period of fiscal
emergency declared by the Governor under subsection (2) of this
section.
  (2) For purposes of subsection (1) of this section, the
Governor may declare a fiscal emergency if the Governor
determines that:
  (a) The last quarterly economic and revenue forecast for a
biennium indicates that moneys available to the General Fund for
the next biennium will be at least three percent less than
appropriations from the General Fund for the current biennium;
  (b) There has been a decline for two or more consecutive
quarters in the last 12 months in seasonally adjusted nonfarm
payroll employment; or
  (c) A quarterly economic and revenue forecast projects that
revenues in the General Fund in the current biennium will be at
least two percent below what the revenues were projected to be in
the revenue forecast on which the legislatively adopted budget
for the current biennium was based.
  (3) As used in this section:
  (a) 'Legislatively adopted budget' has the meaning given that
term in ORS 291.002.
  (b) 'Public employer' means a city, county, community college,
school district, special district, mass transit district,

metropolitan service district, public service corporation, public
corporation or quasi-public corporation. + }
  SECTION 2.  { + Section 1 of this 2011 Act applies to
collective bargaining agreements entered into between public
employers and exclusive representatives of the employees of the
public employer on or after the effective date of this 2011
Act. + }
  SECTION 3.  { + This 2011 Act being necessary for the immediate
preservation of the public peace, health and safety, an emergency
is declared to exist, and this 2011 Act takes effect on its
passage. + }
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