SENATE COMMITTEE ON GENERAL GOVERNMENT

February 3, 2003 Hearing Room B

3:00 PM Tapes 7-8

MEMBERS PRESENT: Sen. Tony Corcoran, Chair

Sen. John Minnis, Vice-Chair

Sen. Bruce Starr

Sen. Vicki Walker

STAFF PRESENT: Celia Núñez-Flores, Committee Administrator

Heather Gravelle, Committee Assistant

MEASURE/ISSUES HEARD: SB 258 – Public Hearing

SB 321 – Public Hearing and Work Session

SB 96 – Public Hearing

SB 50 – Public Hearing

SB 134A – Public Hearing and Work Session

SB 135A – Public Hearing and 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 7, A
005	Chair Corcoran	Calls the meeting to order at 3:05 p.m. Opens Public Hearing on SB 258.
SB 258 – PUBLIC HEARING
015	Celia Núñez-Flores	Committee Administrator. Provides overview of SB 258.
020	Rep. Tim Knopp	District 54. Testifies in support of SB 258. Comments SB 258 will require amendments.
030	Chair Corcoran	Inquires on the status of the amendments.
035	Rep. Knopp	Responds he and Sen. Ferroli will be working on creating amendments to SB 258.
040	Sen. Walker	Requests a definition of an inactive member.
045	Rep. Knopp	Responds an inactive member is an individual who has left the system and is not currently employed.
050	Sen. Ferrioli	District 30. Testifies in support of SB 258.
065	David Bailey	PERS Deputy Director. Testifies as neutral on SB 258. Comments after the amendments are complete, a fiscal impact will be submitted.
075	Chair Corcoran	Closes public hearing on SB 258. Opens public hearing on SB 321.
SB 321 – PUBLIC HEARING
085	Celia Núñez-Flores	Committee Administrator. Provides overview of SB 321.
095	Sen. Ken Messerle	District 5. Testifies in support of SB 321.
105	Lee Beyer	Oregon Public Utilities Commissioner. Testifies in support of SB 321.
115	Gary Bauer	NW Natural. Testifies in support of SB 321.
120	Chair Corcoran	Closes public hearing on SB 321. Opens work session on SB 321.
SB 321 – WORK SESSION
130	Sen. Minnis	MOTION: Moves SB 321 to floor with a DO PASS recommendation.
		VOTE: 4-0
135	Chair Corcoran	Hearing no objection, declares the motion CARRIED. SEN. MESSERLE will lead discussion on the floor.
145	Chair Corcoran	Closes work session on SB 321. Opens public hearing on SB 96.
SB 96 – PUBLIC HEARING
200	Celia Núñez Flores	Committee Administrator. Provides overview of SB 96.
210	Sen. Beyer	District 9. Testifies SB 96 is not ready to be moved forward.
215	Debbie Miley	National Wildfire Suppression Association. Testifies against SB 96.
340	Paul Washburn	President, Washburn Contractors. Testifies against SB 96.
360	Sen. Minnis	Comments that inmate labor is a constitutionally mandated duty, which supercedes a statutory law.
370	Miley	Expresses no opposition to the Department of Corrections utilizing inmate crews in the case of emergencies.
TAPE 8, A
005	Diane Lancaster	Department of Administrative Services. Testifies against SB 96. Comments SB 96 is written too broadly.
010	John Oshel	Association of Oregon Counties. Testifies against SB 96. Provides written testimony (EXHIBIT A).
025	Oshel	States SB 96 has unintended consequences; needs amendments.
035	Doug Tindall	Oregon Department of Transportation. Testifies against SB 96. Provides written testimony (EXHIBIT B).
110	Chair Corcoran	Closes public hearing on SB 96. Opens public hearing on SB 50.
SB 50 – PUBLIC HEARING
115	Celia Núñez Flores	Committee Administrator. Provides overview of SB 50.
120	Paul Snider	Association of Oregon Counties. Testifies in support of SB 50. Provides letter from Jan Clements, Lane County Sheriff, for the record (EXHIBIT C).
170	Steve Liday	Multnomah County Department of Community Justice. Testifies for information purposes only. Provides letter from Donald C. Arnold, from the Department of Justice, for the record. (EXHIBIT D).
215	Liday	Provides history of SB 50.
300	Chair Corcoran	Asks about the fiscal impact.
305	Snider	Responds.
315	Sen. Minnis	Inquires what the counties costs are, compared to incarceration.
375	Snider	Answers.
420	Chair Corcoran	Closes public hearing on SB 50. Opens public hearing on SB 134.
TAPE 7, B
SB 134 A – PUBLIC HEARING
005	Tom Wrosch	Corporation Division. Explains the amendments made to SB 134 clarifies the increase of fees would assist in paying for education materials.
060	Chair Corcoran	Closes public hearing on SB 134. Opens work session on SB 134.
SB 134 A –WORK SESSION
070	Sen. Minnis	MOTION: Moves SB 134 as amended to floor with a DO PASS recommendation.
		VOTE: 4-0
080	Chair Corcoran	Hearing no objection, declares the motion CARRIED. SEN. MINNIS will lead discussion on the floor.
095	Chair Corcoran	Closes the work session on SB 134. Opens work session on SB 135.
SB 135 A – WORK SESSION
100	Sen. Minnis	MOTION: Moves SB 135 as amended to floor with a DO PASS recommendation.
		VOTE: 4-0
110	Chair Corcoran	Hearing no objection, declares the motion CARRIED. SEN. MORSE will lead discussion on the floor.
120	Chair Corcoran	Closes work session on SB 135. Adjourns meeting at 4:15 PM.

EXHIBIT SUMMARY

A – SB 96, written testimony, John Oshel, 2 pp

B – SB 96, written testimony, Doug Tindall, 1 p

C – SB 50, written testimony, Jan Clements, 1 p

D – SB 50, written testimony, Donald Arnold, 1 p