CONFERENCE COMMITTEE ON SB 280

June 1, 2001 Hearing Room B

9:00 AM Tapes 1

MEMBERS PRESENT: Sen. Roger Beyer, Chair

Sen. Jason Atkinson

Sen. Tony Corcoran

Rep. Vic Backlund

Rep. Tim Knopp

Rep. Vicki Walker

STAFF PRESENT: Keith Putman, Committee Administrator

Pam Brunell, Committee Assistant

MEASURE/ISSUES HEARD: SB 280B Work Session

These minutes are in compliance with Senate and House Rules. Only text enclosed in quotation marks reports a speaker’s exact words. For complete contents, please refer to the tapes.

TAPE/#	Speaker	Comments
TAPE 1, A
001	Chair Beyer	Calls the committee to order at 9:10 a.m. and opens a work session on SB 280B.
SB 280B - WORK SESSION
003	Keith Putman	Committee Administrator. Explains SB 280 and –B4 amendments (EXHIBIT A).
017	Rep. Walker	Asks about fiscal impact.
027	Pamela Konstantopoulos	Director, State Board of Tax Service Examiners. Gives the licensing fiscal statistics and explains the disparities.
058	John Fletcher	Legislative Fiscal Office. Explains the revenue loss to the board and resulting increase in work load to the Board of Accountancy.
081	Rob Douglas	Oregon Society of Certified Public Accountants. Relates the 1977 Attorney General position and notes that the amendment preserves this opinion (EXHIBIT B).
101	Konstantopoulos	Discusses the discrepancies and loss of income.
150	Sen. Corcoran	MOTION: Moves SB 280B to the floor with the recommendation that the Senate CONCUR in House amendments dated 4/17/01 and that the bill be FURTHER AMENDED by the –B4 amendments and the measure be REPASSED.
		VOTE: 6-0
	Chair Beyer	Hearing no objection, declares the motion CARRIED. REP. KNOPP and SEN. CORCORAN will lead discussion on the floor.
180	Chair Beyer	Closes the work session on SB 280B and adjourns meeting at 9:22 a.m.

Submitted By, Reviewed By,

Pam Brunell, Keith Putman,

Committee Assistant Committee Administrator

EXHIBIT SUMMARY

A – SB 280B, written material, Staff, 1 p.

B – SB 280B, written material, Rob Douglas, 12 pp.