[Irrlist] Public Hearings for Testimony on Draft Explanatory and Financial Estimate Statements

Fri Jul 25 11:44:28 PDT 2008

Dear interested parties: This is a hearing notice that has been sent out
previously, with the reason for re-sending it today being to note that
for IP 40 and Ref. 408, the hearings scheduled for July 30, 2008, will
still be held but will be recessed at the end of each of these hearings
and will be reconvened for a short combined hearing on July 31, 2008,
from 4:00am to 5:00pm. Thanks, Norma Buckno

PUBLIC HEARING NOTICE		Contact: Norma Buckno
July 25, 2008			ph. 503-986-1518

PUBLIC HEARINGS SCHEDULED FOR ACCEPTING TESTIMONY ON PROPOSED BALLOT
MEASURE EXPLANATORY AND FINANCIAL ESTIMATE STATEMENTS FOR THE 2008
GENERAL ELECTION

SALEM -- Public hearings have been scheduled for draft explanatory
statements (drafted by the explanatory committee per petition or
legislative referral) and draft financial estimate statements filed with
the Secretary of State’s Office. The hearings will be held at the same
time for accepting testimony for both the explanatory statements and
financial estimate statements. Attached are all of the draft explanatory
statements and financial estimate statements that have been received by
this office to date. Updated public notices will be issued when
additional draft statements are received. 

Each explanatory statement committee is responsible for preparing an
“impartial, simple and understandable statement . . . not to exceed
500 words” to explain each measure. The financial estimate committee
estimates the amount of direct state and local expenditures, direct
reductions of state and local expenditures, direct reductions in state
and local revenue and direct state or local tax revenues or indebtedness
and interest caused by passage of a measure. 

Parties interested in submitting written or oral testimony for any of
the statements may attend the public hearing, as scheduled below.
Testimony may be submitted at any time prior to the hearing date;
delivered, mailed, by fax (503-373-7414), or by email to
norma.j.buckno at state.or.us. However, testimony must be filed no later
than the adjournment of each hearing (note: IP 40 and Ref. 408 are
scheduled for 7/30/08 hearings, but these hearings will be recessed and
reconvened for a short hearing time on 7/31/2008 from 4:00 pm to
5:00pm.) If testimony is received, each committee must meet to consider
suggestions and any other information submitted at the hearing.

Following is an overall schedule for the public hearings. All of these
hearings are in the State Capitol, in Hearing Room 167-A (first floor,
down the hallway past the State Treasurer’s offices, within the
Commission on Indian Services office). If attendance at any hearing
appears to go beyond this room’s capacity, the hearing will be moved
to Hearing Room D. 

July 29, 2008 (Tuesday):	
8:30 am to 10:00 am	IP 20 (Teacher "Classroom Performance," Not
Seniority, Determines Pay Raises; "Most Qualified" Teachers Retained,
Regardless Of Seniority)	
10:30 am to 12:00 pm	IP 25 (Penalizes Person, Entity for Using Funds
Collected with "Public Resource" (Defined) for "Political Purpose"
(Defined))	
1:30 pm to 3:00 pm	IP 109 (Changes General Election Nomination
Processes for Major/Minor Party, Independent Candidates for Most
Partisan Offices)	
3:00 pm to 4:30 pm	IP 19(Prohibits Teaching Public School Student
in Language Other Than English for More Than Two Years)	
July 30, 2008 (Wednesday)
8:30 am to 10:00 am	IP 3 (Creates an Unlimited Deduction for Federal
Income Taxes on Individual Taxpayers' Oregon Income-Tax Returns)
10:30 am to 12:00 pm	IP 40 (Creates Mandatory Minimum Prison
Sentences for Certain Theft, Identity Theft, Forgery, 
(& see 7/31/08 below)	Drug, and Burglary Crimes)
1:30 pm to 3:00 pm	IP 41 (Amends Constitution: Allocates 15% of
Lottery Proceeds to Public Safety Fund for Crime Prevention,
Investigation, Prosecution)
3:00 pm to 4:30 pm	Ref. 408 (Increases Sentences for Drug
Trafficking, Theft Against Elderly and Specified Repeat 
(& see 7/31/08 below)	Property and Identity Theft Crimes; Requires
Addiction Treatment for Certain Offenders.)

July 31, 2008 (Thursday):	
9:00 am to 10:30 am	IP 21 (Exempts Specified Property Owners from
Building Permit Requirements for Improvements Valued At/Under 35,000
Dollars)
4:00 pm to 5:00 pm	IP 40 (Creates Mandatory Minimum Prison
Sentences for Certain Theft, Identity Theft, Forgery, 
(& see 7/30/08 above)	Drug, and Burglary Crimes)
4:00 pm to 5:00 pm	Ref. 408 (Increases Sentences for Drug
Trafficking, Theft Against Elderly and Specified Repeat 
(& see 7/30/08 above)	Property and Identity Theft Crimes; Requires
Addiction Treatment for Certain Offenders.)

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