[Irrlist] Explanatory Statement Committee Meeting Schedules

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PUBLIC MEETING NOTICE
Contact: Beth Herzog  
July 31, 2008	 (503) 986-1755

EXPLANATORY STATEMENT COMMITTEES SCHEDULE MEETINGS

Initial appointments have been made to the explanatory statement
committees for ballot measures to be voted on at the November 4, 2008
General Election.  Chief petitioners appointed two members to each
committee and the Secretary of State appointed two other committee
members.  The four appointees are responsible for selecting a fifth
committee member.

For each ballot measure to be voted on at the General Election, the
explanatory statement committee is responsible for preparing an
impartial, simple, and understandable statement explaining the measure,
not to exceed 500 words.  Upon completion of this task, the statement
will be filed with the Secretary of State, Elections Division so that a
public hearing on the statement may be scheduled.  If a statement
receives comments during the public hearing, the explanatory statement
committee must meet to review comments and consider revisions to the
statement.

The Committee Services office will conduct conference call meetings
with explanatory statement committees to select fifth members, and
subsequently hold meetings with committees to write and possibly revise
statements.  Interested parties may listen to the committee
deliberations however, committees are not required to take public
testimony.  The initial committee membership and some scheduled
committee meetings are listed below.  Additional information will be
publicized when information is available.   


SCHEDULE CHANGE: Initiative 40 - Revision Meeting: Friday, August 1,
2008 at 10:00 am, Annex Conference Room, 1115 Commercial St Ne, Salem
(REVISED)

				

Initiative 3 –		“Creates An Unlimited Deduction For
Federal Income Taxes On Individual Taxpayers' Oregon Income-Tax
Returns”

Members: Bill Sizemore, Russell Walker, Mike Leachman, Laurie Wimmer
Whelan, and Jack Roberts

Conference Call: Monday, July 14, 2008 – 1:00 pm – Rm 446, Capitol
Building
	Wednesday, July 16, 2008 – 4:00 pm – Rm 446, Capitol
Building 
	Drafting Meeting: Friday, July 18, 2008 at 10:00 am, Rm. 243,
State Capitol Building
Revison Meeting: Monday, August 4, 2008 at 1:00 pm, Annex Conference
Room, 
1115 Commercial St Ne, Salem, OR 






Initiative 19 –		“Prohibits Teaching Public School
Student In Language Other Than English For More Than Two Years”
	
	Members: Bill Sizemore, Alan Grosso, Lynn Reer, Gary Hargett,
and Fred Neal

	Conference Call: Monday, July 14, 2008 – 3:00 pm – Rm 446,
Capitol Building
Drafting Meeting: Wednesday, July 23, 2008 at 10:00 am,  	Rm 243,
Capitol Building 
Revision Meeting: Monday, August 4, 2008 at 11:00 am, Annex Conference
Room, 
1115 Commercial St Ne, Salem, OR 

Initiative 20 - 	“Teacher "Classroom Performance," Not
Seniority, Determines Pay Raises; "Most Qualified" Teachers Retained,
Regardless Of Seniority”
	
	Members: Bill Sizemore, Russell Walker, Becca Uherbelau, Chuck
Bennett, and Jack Roberts

	Conference Call: Monday, July 14, 2008 – 2:00 pm – Rm 446,
Capitol Building
	Drafting Meeting: Monday, July 21, 2008 at 12:00 pm, Rm 257,
Capitol Building 
Revision Meeting: Friday, August 1, 2008 at 4:00 pm, Annex Conference
Room, 
1115 Commercial St Ne, Salem, OR 

Initiative 21 –		“Exempts Specified Property Owners
>From Building Permit Requirements For Improvements Valued At/Under
35,000 Dollars”
	
Members: Bill Sizemore, Alan Grosso, Bill Cross, Guy Sperb, and Bob
Russell
	
Conference Call: Monday, July 14, 2008 – 11:00 am – Rm 446, Capitol
Building
Drafting Meeting: Monday, July 21, 2008 at 3:00 pm, Rm 257, Capitol
Building 
Revision Meeting: Monday, August 4, 2008 at 10:00 am, Annex Conference
Room, 
1115 Commercial St Ne, Salem, OR 

Initiative 25 –		“Penalizes Person, Entity For Using
Funds Collected With "Public Resource" (Defined) For "Political Purpose"
(Defined)”
				
Members: Bill Sizemore, Alan Grosso, Lynn-Marie Crider, Greg Hartman,
and Jack Roberts

Conference Call: Monday, July 14, 2008 at 11:00 am - Rm 446, Capitol
Building
Drafting Meeting: Thursday, July 17, 2008 at 2:00 pm, Rm 243, Capitol
Building
Revision Meeting: Friday, August 1, 2008 at 8:00 am, Annex Conference
Room, 
1115 Commercial St Ne, Salem 

Initiative 40 -		“Creates Mandatory Minimum Prison
Sentences For Certain Theft, Identity Theft, Forgery, Drug, And Burglary
Crimes”
	
Members: Kevin Mannix, Steve Doell, Mary Botkin, David Rogers, and Dale
Penn
	
Conference Call: Thursday, July 10, 2008 – 12:00 pm – Rm 446,
Capitol Building
Drafting Meeting: Wednesday, July 16, 2008 at 12:00 pm, Rm 243, Capitol
Building
Revision Meeting: Friday, August 1, 2008 at 10:00 am, Annex Conference
Room, 
1115 Commercial St Ne, Salem (REVISED)


Initiative 41 –	“Amends Constitution: Allocates 15% Of Lottery
Proceeds To Public Safety Fund For Crime Prevention, Investigation,
Prosecution”

Members: Duanne Fletchall, Kevin Mannix, Laurie Wimmer Whelan, and
Steve Novick
	
Conference Call: Tuesday, July 15, 2008 – 10:00 am – Rm 446,
Capitol Building
	Fifth Member Replacement and Drafting Meeting: Friday, July 18,
2008 – 12:00 pm, Rm 243, Capitol Building 
	Revision Meeting: Tuesday, August 5, 2008 – 10:00 am, Annex
Conference Room, 
1115 Commercial St Ne, Salem

Initiative 109 –	“Changes General Election Nomination Processes
For Major/Minor Party, Independent Candidates For Most Partisan
Offices”
	
	Members: Phil Keisling, Bill Campbell, Roy Pulvers, Jeston
Black, and Wendy Willis

Conference Call: Tuesday, July 15, 2008 – 9:00 am – Rm 446, Capitol
Building
	Drafting Meeting: Monday, July 21, 2008 at 10:00 am, rm 257,
Capitol Building
Revision Meeting: Friday, August 1, 2008 at 1:00 pm, Annex Conference
Room, 
1115 Commercial St Ne, Salem

Leg. Ref. 408 –	“Increases Sentences For Drug Trafficking,
Theft Against Elderly And Specified Repeat Property And Identity Theft
Crimes; Requires Addiction Treatment For Certain Offenders”

Members: Senator Prozanski, Representative Macpherson, Kevin Mannix,
Steve Doell, and James Brown

Conference Call: Thursday, July 10, 2008 – 11:00 am – Rm 446,
Capitol Building
				Drafting Meeting: Friday, July 18, 2008
at 8:00 am, rm 243, Capitol Building
Revision Meeting: Wednesday, August 6, 2008 at 8:00 am, Annex
Conference Room, 1115 Commercial St Ne, Salem