CONFERENCE COMMITTEE ON HB 2458
June 24, 2005 Hearing Room D
8:00 a.m. Tape 1
MEMBERS PRESENT: Rep. Bill Garrard, Chair
Rep. Bob Jenson
Rep. Robert Ackerman
Sen. David Nelson
Sen. Charlie Ringo
Sen. Frank Shields
STAFF PRESENT: Sam
Litke, Committee Administrator
Lindsay Luckey, Committee Assistant
MEASURES/ISSUES HEARD:
HB 2458 – Work Session
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TAPE 1, A |
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Chair Garrard |
Calls the meeting to order at 8: 06 a.m. and opens a
work session on HB 2458. |
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HB 2458
– WORK SESSION |
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Sam Litke |
Committee Administrator. Explains the difference between the House and Senate versions
of HB 2458, noting their different approaches to a sunset clause and
commercial development. Introduces
the –B8 amendments (EXHIBIT A) and
explains they would repeal the sunset.
Makes correction on the staff measure summary. |
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Chair Garrard |
Asks Sen. Ringo to review the –B8 amendments. |
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Sen. Ringo |
Explains the removal of the commercial provision and
discussions around the sunset. Notes
the small amount of land involved. |
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Chair Garrard |
Asks about the previous sunset. |
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Sen. Ringo |
Responds that the goal of the –B8 amendments is to
remove the sunset. |
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Rep. Jenson |
Appreciates the Senate’s consideration of economic
development in rural Oregon.
Understands the exclusion of the Willamette Valley. Admits that there is disappointment in the
removal of the commercial provision but is willing to accept the
amendments. Notes possibility to look
at this issue in the future.
Generally supports the –B8 amendments. |
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Sen. Nelson |
Reports his support of the amendments and notes
discussions in the budget committee. |
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Sen. Shields |
References the letter from the Governor’s office (EXHIBIT B) which issues support for
HB 2458B without further amendments.
Reports his intention to vote no.
Discusses the issue of certainty and asks why a sunset would inhibit
development. Notes good policy
arguments on both sides. |
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Rep. Ackerman |
Concurs with Rep. Jenson. Describes this as a reasonable proposal and speaks in support
of the compromise. |
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Chair Garrard |
Asks Lane Shetterly and Harlan Levy to come forward. |
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Harlan Levy |
Senior Staff Attorney, Oregon Association of
Realtors. Speaks in supports of the
–B8 amendments. Counters a point in
the Governor’s letter, noting it would not authorize “unlimited industrial
development” and outlines other provisions which would limit development. |
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Sen. Shields |
Comments on confusion in the sentence. Asks the panel about the issue of
certainty. |
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Levy |
Discusses the issue of certainty relating to how
property owners are able to use their land.
Gives an example of lost sales due to uncertainty and comments on the
area’s competition with Washington. |
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Lane Shetterly |
Director, Department of Land Conservation and
Development (DLCD). Discusses the
department’s actions to resolve this issue. |
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Chair Garrard |
Asks how many sites have been certified. |
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Shetterly |
Replies 25.
Gives examples of the department’s support of industrial development
in rural Oregon. Describes this
legislation as broad. Addresses the
certainty issue and describes the department’s intent to be finished with
their work before the proposed sunset would expire. |
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Art Schlack |
Association of Oregon Counties. Speaks in support of the –B8
amendments. |
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322 |
Linda Ludwig |
League of Oregon Cities. Makes a clarification on language that was inadvertently
removed from the draft. |
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Sen. Ringo |
Asks if anyone in the audience disagrees with
Ludwig’s comments. Notes that no one
does. |
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Sen. Ringo
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MOTION: Moves to ADOPT HB 2458-B8 amendments dated 6/23/05. |
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VOTE:
5-1-0 AYE: 5 - Rep. Garrard, Rep. Ackerman, Rep. Jenson, Sen.
Ringo, Sen. Nelson NAY: 1 - Sen. Shields |
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Chair Garrard |
The motion Carries. |
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Sen. Ringo
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MOTION: Moves HB 2458B to the floor with the
recommendation that the House CONCUR in Senate amendments dated 6/13/05 and
that the bill as FURTHER AMENDED by amendments dated 6/23/05 be REPASSED in
both houses (IMPLIED). |
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VOTE:
5-1-0 AYE: 5 - Rep. Garrard, Rep. Ackerman, Rep. Jenson, Sen.
Ringo, Sen. Nelson NAY: 1 - Sen.
Shields |
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Chair Garrard |
The motion Carries. |
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Chair Garrard |
Adjourns the meeting at 8:40 p.m. |
EXHIBIT
SUMMARY