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WORK SESSION: HB 2299 B |
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PUBLIC HEARING: HB 3582 A |
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PUBLIC HEARING AND WORK SESSION: HB 3616 B |
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TAPES 143-144,
A-B |
JUNE 12,
2003 1:00 PM STATE CAPITOL BUILDING
Members Present: Senator Ryan Deckert, Chair
Senator Ted
Ferrioli, Vice Chair
Senator
Tony Corcoran
Senator
Lenn Hannon
Senator
Charlie Ringo
Senator
Bruce Starr
Witnesses Present: Michelle Deister, League of Oregon
Cities
Jim
Anderson, AVISTA Inc.
Mike
Burton, Office of Economic and Community Development Dept. Dennis Mulvihill, Washington County
Dexter
Johnson, Legislative Counsel
Bill
Penhollow, Association of Oregon Counties
Andrew
Bowman, Private Lands Conservation Counsel
Mike
Barsotti, Department of Forestry
Staff Present: Paul
Warner, Legislative Revenue Office
Dick
Yates, Legislative Revenue Office
Mazen
Malik, Legislative Revenue Office
Tara
Lantz, Committee Assistant
TAPE
143, SIDE A
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Chair Deckert |
Calls meeting to order at 1:16 pm. |
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Sen. Deckert |
States that if there are any more
amendments to HB 2299 being drafted they will have to find another vehicle. |
OPENS WORK SESSION ON HB
2299
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Mazen Malik |
Discusses issues discussed in
previous meetings. Refer to staff measure summary (Exhibit 1). Discusses HB
2299-B24 amendments (Exhibit 2), which replace the earlier conflict
amendments (HB2299-B20). |
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Sen. Hannon |
MOTION: MOVES HB 2299-B24 AMENDMENTS
DATED 6/12/03 BE ADOPTED. |
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Sen. Deckert |
ORDER: HEARING NO OBJECTION, MOTION
PASSES: 5-0-1. SENATOR EXCUSED: FERRIOLI. |
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Malik |
Explains the HB 2299-B12 amendments
which eliminates section 34 of the bill as requested by the counties. |
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Michelle Deister |
Testifies in support of the –B12
amendments and states that the League
of Oregon Cities has agreed to sit down with AVISTA and others to come up
with a solution to the problem of how centrally assessed utilities should be
treated under the new environment of regulation. |
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Anderson |
Testifies that AVISTA has no problem
with the –B12 amendments and that they are willing to sit down with other
groups to try and resolve the issue. Discussion follows. |
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Sen. Ringo |
MOTION: MOVES HB 2299-B12 AMENDMENTS
DATED 5/19/03 BE ADOPTED. |
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Sen. Deckert |
ORDER: HEARING NO OBJECTION, MOTION
PASSES: 5-0-1. SENATOR EXCUSED: FERRIOLI. |
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Mike Burton |
Discusses the compromise on the
prevailing wage issue in HB 2299-B23 amendments (Exhibit 3) and states that
the opposition is still against the amendment and would prefer the –B18
amendments. |
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Sen. Ringo |
Asks which amendments require the
prevailing wage. |
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Burton |
Responds that neither of the
amendments would require it. Discussion follows. |
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Sen. Corcoran |
MOTION: MOVES HB 2299-B18 AMENDMENTS
DATED 6/6/03 BE ADOPTED. |
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156 |
Sen. Deckert |
ORDER: ROLL CALL VOTE: MOTION
PASSES: 4-2-0. SENATORS ANSWERING AYE: CORCORAN,
HANNON, RINGO, DECKERT. SENATORS ANSWERING NO: STARR,
FERRIOLI. |
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Sen. Starr |
Explains the –B21 amendments which
were intended to provide cities and counties with equal footing as it relates
to submitting a SIP project. Discusses proposed changes to accomplish his
goal and to ensure that counties are okay with the amendment. Suggests
adopting conceptual amendments and states that short of that they will try to
get the amendment done in a conference committee should the bill be referred
to one. |
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Dennis Mulvihill |
Testifies that in the –B21
amendments it was unclear as to whether the city or county could make the request
or if both have to make the request. |
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Sen. Deckert |
States that it is his understanding
that the bill will go to conference committee and it is his preference to
adopt the amendments there. |
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Sen. Starr |
Discusses changes to be made to the
amendments and asks for advice from counsel on if they could conceptually
amend the bill in committee. |
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Dexter Johnson |
Responds that what Starr is
proposing would take some thought because of the possibility that the city
and county would disagree. |
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Sen. Starr |
States that he will try to work on
the amendment if there is a conference committee or through another vehicle. |
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Sen. Deckert |
Asks if there is a relating clause
that would fit the –B25 amendment. |
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Johnson |
Responds that it would fit into any
relating to taxation clause. Discussion follows. |
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Sen. Corcoran |
MOTION: MOVES HB 2299 TO THE SENATE
FLOOR WITH A DO PASS AS AMENDED RECOMMENDATION. |
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Sen. Ringo |
States that he is reluctant to vote
for a bill that reduces property taxes because it is difficult to know on
what occasion economic stimulus is accomplished. Recognizes that it is meant
to help rural Oregon and states that he will be voting yes. |
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Sen. Starr |
States that he supports virtually
every part of the bill except for the prevailing wage amendment and that
because of that he is going to oppose the bill. |
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Sen. Deckert |
ORDER: ROLL CALL VOTE: MOTION
PASSES: 4-2-0. SENATORS ANSWERING AYE: CORCORAN,
HANNON, RINGO, DECKERT. SENATORS ANSWERING NO: STARR,
FERRIOLI. Sen. Starr serves notice of possible
minority report. Sen. Hannon will carry the bill on
the Senate Floor. |
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Sen. Ferrioli |
Issues vote explanation that he is
going to be supporting the minority report because of concerns about the
prevailing wage issue. |
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Sen. Deckert |
Points out the –B18 amendment does
not change anything. |
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Sen. Hannon |
States that he supports the bill
because the prevailing wage is not mandatory, but permissive. |
TAPE 144, SIDE A
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Sen. Corcoran |
States that he supports prevailing
wage because hiring workers from out of state doesn’t do anything for Oregon,
it is a family wage job, and there is evidence that providing prevailing wage
for projects is less expensive. Discusses study done in Washington. |
OPENS PUBLIC HEARING ON HB
3582
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Dick Yates |
Explains HB 3582 which directs the
Association of Oregon Counties to establish a work group of county officials
to study the method by which highway funds are allocation to counties. Refer
to staff measure summary (Exhibit 5). |
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Bill Penhollow |
Testifies in neutrality of HB 3582.
Explains the bill in its original form and the amendments made in the House.
States that they were planning to do the study before and are reluctant to
have the legislature mandate them to do anything. Points out that the bill is
intended to make sure the study gets done. |
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Sen. Corcoran |
Asks if the Counties could do this
on their own without money from ODOT. |
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Penhollow |
Responds affirmatively. |
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Yates |
Clarifies that the money used is
money that would flow to the counties anyway. |
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Sen. Hannon |
States that he will not be
supportive of a transportation package if money is being used for studies. Discussion follows. |
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Sen. Ferrioli |
States that there is an emphasis in
the bill on Willamette Rivers and asks if the work group would be
representative of the state. |
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Penhollow |
Responds that it is only for county
bridges over the Willamette River but that they will have representation from
across the state. |
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Sen. Ferrioli |
States that he has no opinion one
way or another on the bill. Asks how
AOC had intended to pay for the study. |
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Penhollow |
Responds that they have some
resources set aside that they planned on using. Discussion follows. |
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Sen. Starr |
Asks if AOC has determined the cost
of the project. |
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Penhollow |
Responds that they have estimated a
cost of about $120,000 but have not done any hard calculations on what it
would be. |
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Sen. Ringo |
States that he would rather not
spend time on this bill because it doesn’t do anything. |
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Sen. Deckert |
States that Sen. Starr has the
suggestion that they delete a section and that they will bring the bill back
at a later time. |
CLOSES PUBLIC HEARING ON HB
3582
OPENS PUBLIC HEARING ON HB
3616
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Malik |
Explains HB 3616 which establishes
property tax special assessment program for wildlife habitat. Refer to staff
measure summary (Exhibit 6). Discusses revenue impact (Exhibit 7). |
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Andrew Bowman |
Testifies in support of HB 3616.
Discusses the work group that came up with the suggestions included in the
bill and what the bill does. Refer to written testimony (Exhibit 8). Submits
testimony on behalf of Rep. Dingfelder (Exhibit 9). |
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Mike Barsotti |
Explains the problem with the
stewardship agreement and what the bill does to fix it. |
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Sen. Ferrioli |
Asks about the opt-out clause. |
TAPE 143, SIDE B
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Bowman |
Responds that the law as written
lets people opt-out but if they opt back in, are not allowed to opt-out again
and that this bill changes that to allow people the option of opting out. Discussion follows. |
CLOSES PUBLIC HEARING ON HB
3616
OPENS WORK SESSION ON HB
3616
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Sen. Hannon |
MOTION: MOVES HB 3616 TO THE SENATE
FLOOR WITH A DO PASS RECOMMENDATION. |
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Sen. Deckert |
ORDER: HEARING NO OBJECTION, MOTION
PASSES: 5-0-1. SENATOR EXCUSED: CORCORAN. Sen. Ringo will carry the bill on
the Senate Floor. |
CLOSES WORK SESSION ON HB
3616
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Sen. Deckert |
Adjourns meeting at 2:16 pm. |
Tape Log Submitted by,
Tara Lantz, Committee
Assistant
Exhibit Summary: