PUBLIC HEARING AND WORK SESSION

TAPE #204

SB 43-A, SB 959-A, HB 3558

HOUSE REVENUE COMMITTEE

JUNE 15, 2007, 1:30 P.M.

Hearing Room A – State Capitol Building

Members Present: Rep. Phil Barnhart Chair

Rep. Tom Butler, Vice Chair

Rep. Tobias Read, Vice ChairX

Rep. Vicki Berger

Rep. Scott Bruun

Rep. Sara Gelser

Rep. Andy OlsonX

Rep. Diane Rosenbaum

Rep. Brad Witt

Witnesses Present: Diane Belt, Oregon Association of County Tax Collectors

John Phillips, Department of Revenue

Staff Present: Paul Warner, Legislative Revenue Officer

Mary Ayala, Economist, Legislative Revenue Office

Mazen Malik, Economist, Legislative Revenue Office

Carol Phillips, Committee Assistant

TAPE 204, SIDE A

003	Chair Barnhart	Calls meeting to order at 3:08 p.m.
004	Chair Barnhart	Opened Public Hearing on SB 959-A.
005	Mary Ayala	Mary Ayala, Economist, Legislative Revenue Office (Exhibits A,B)
023	Vice Chair Butler
035	Chair Barnhart
051	Ayala
055	Vice Chair Butler
068	Chair Barnhart
070	Ayala
071	Chair Barnhart
079	Vice Chair Read
081	Chair Barnhart
083	Diane Belt	Diane Belt, Oregon Association of County Tax Collectors
096	Chair Barnhart	Closed Public Hearing on SB 959-A.
100	Chair Barnhart	Opened Public Hearing on SB 43-A.
101	Ayala	Exhibit C.
111	Chair Barnhart
116	Belt	Exhibit D
141	Vice Chair Butler
145	Chair Barnhart	Closed Public Hearing on SB 43-A.
149	Vice Chair Butler	Opened Work Session on SB 43-A.
149	Vice Chair Butler	MOTION: MOVES SB 43-A TO THE FLOOR WITH A DO PASS RECOMMENDATION.
151	Chair Barnhart	ORDER: ROLL CALL VOTE: MEMBERS VOTING AYE: BERGER, BRUUN, BUTLER, READ, ROSENBAUM, BARNHART. MEMBERS EXCUSED: GELSER, OLSON, WITT. MOTION PASSES 6-0-3.
164	Rep. Berger
165	Chair Barnhart
166	Rep. Berger
168	Chair Barnhart	Closed Work Session on SB 43-A.
171	Chair Barnhart	Committee at ease from 3:20 p.m. to 3:25 p.m.
172	Chair Barnhart	Re-Opened Work Session on SB 43-A.
174	Rep. Rosenbaum	Asked rules be suspended to allow Rep. Gelser and Rep. Witt to vote.
176	Chair Barnhart	Rep. Gelser and Rep. Witt vote aye.
186	Chair Barnhart	Re-Closed Work Session on SB 43-A.
187	Chair Barnhart	Re-Opened Public Hearing on SB 959-A.
189	John Phillips	John Phillips, Department of Revenue
203	Chair Barnhart
205	Phillips
220	Chair Barnhart
230	Chair Barnhart	Re-Closed Public Hearing on SB 959-A.
231	Chair Barnhart	Opened Work Session on SB 959.
232	Vice Chair Butler	MOTION: MOVES SB 959-A TO THE FLOOR WITH A DO PASS RECOMMENDATION.
234	Chair Barnhart	ORDER: ROLL CALL VOTE: MEMBERS VOTING AYE: BERGER, BRUUN, BUTLER, GELSER, READ, ROSENBAUM, WITT, BARNHART. MEMBER EXCUSED: OLSON. MOTION PASSES 8-0-1.
245	Vice Chair Butler
246	Rep. Bruun
250	Chair Barnhart	Closed Work Session on SB 959-A.
254	Chair Barnhart	Opened Work Session on HB 3558.
255	Rep. Gelser	Exhibit E.
259	Chair Barnhart
260	Rep. Gelser	MOTION: MOVES -3 AMENDMENTS TO HB 3558 BE ADOPTED.
261	Chair Barnhart
262	Rep. Gelser	Asks for conceptual amendment to be drafted.
279	Chair Barnhart
284	Vice Chair Butler
295	Chair Barnhart
296	Rep. Gelser
301	Chair Barnhart
305	Rep. Berger
313	Chair Barnhart	Committee at ease from 3:34 p.m. to 3:41 p.m. Request for conceptual amendment fails.
319	Chair Barnhart	ORDER: HEARING NO OBJECTION, THE CHAIR SO ORDERS THE -3 AMENDMENTS BE ADOPTED.
322	Rep. Gelser	MOTION: MOVES HB 3558 AS AMENDED TO THE FLOOR WITHOUT RECOMMENDATION AND SUBSEQUENT REFERRAL TO THE COMMITTEE ON ETHICS, ELECTIONS & RULES.
331	Chair Barnhart	ORDER: ROLL CALL VOTE: MEMBERS VOTING AYE: BERGER, GELSER, READ, ROSENBAUM, WITT, BARNHART. MEMBERS VOTING NO: BUTLER, BRUUN. MEMBER EXCUSED: OLSON. MOTION PASSES 6-2-1.
343	Chair Barnhart	Closed Work Session on HB 3558.
350	Chair Barnhart	Adjourned meeting at 3:43 p.m.
Tape Index Submitted by:

Carol Phillips

House Committee Assistant

Exhibit Summary:

1. SB 959, Staff measure summary, Mary Ayala.
2. SB 959, Revenue impact statement, Mary Ayala.
3. SB 43, Staff measure summary, Mary Ayala.
4. SB 43, Written testimony, Diane Belt.
5. HB 3558, -3 amendments, Rep. Sara Gelser.