Bill Text: OR SB537 | 2013 | Regular Session | Introduced

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Bill Title: Relating to carbon tax.

Spectrum: Committee Bill

Status: (Failed) 2013-07-08 - In committee upon adjournment. [SB537 Detail]

Download: Oregon-2013-SB537-Introduced.html

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     77th OREGON LEGISLATIVE ASSEMBLY--2013 Regular Session

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LC 3116

                         Senate Bill 537

Sponsored by COMMITTEE ON ENVIRONMENT AND NATURAL RESOURCES

                             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 State Department of Energy to convene work group to
investigate and develop recommended strategies to impose carbon
tax.
  Sunsets January 2, 2015.

                        A BILL FOR AN ACT
Relating to carbon tax.
Be It Enacted by the People of the State of Oregon:
  SECTION 1.  { + The State Department of Energy shall convene a
work group to investigate and develop recommended strategies to
impose a carbon tax in this state. + }
  SECTION 2.  { + Section 1 of this 2013 Act is repealed on
January 2, 2015. + }
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