SENATE COMMITTEE ON

LEGISLATIVE OPERATIONS & REFORM

February 13, 2007 Hearing Room B

10:30 A.M. Tapes 6 - 7

(Corrected 5/5/07)

MEMBERS PRESENT: Sen. Rod Monroe, Chair

Sen. Frank Morse, Vice-Chair

Sen. Jason Atkinson

Sen. Brad Avakian

Sen. Peter Courtney

Sen. Rick Metsger

MEMBER EXCUSED: Sen. Jackie Winters

STAFF PRESENT: Marjorie Taylor, Committee Administrator

Krista Schuchard, Committee Assistant

MEASURES/ISSUES HEARD:

SB 50/SJR 1/SB 456 – Public Hearing

Discussion of Campaign Funds – Informational Meeting

This tape log is in compliance with Senate and House Rules. For complete contents, please refer to the cassette tapes.

TAPE # AND SIDE	COUNTER NUMBER	BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF SUBJECT MATTER OR CHANGE IN SPEAKER
6A		Chair Monroe calls the meeting to order at 10:36 a.m.
SB 50/SJR 1/SB 456 – PUBLIC HEARING DISCUSSION OF CAMPAIGN FUNDS – INFORMATIONAL MEETING
	015	Doug McKean, Legislative Counsel
	058	Chair Monroe
	064	McKean
	071	Chair Monroe
	074	Sen. Avakian
	078	McKean
	088	Chair Monroe
	098	McKean
	104	Chair Monroe
	108	McKean
	111	Chair Monroe
	113	McKean
	115	Chair Monroe
	117	McKean
6A	135	Chair Monroe
	144	McKean
	145	Chair Monroe
	158	Gary Wilhems, Co-Chair, Public Commission on the Oregon Legislature (PCOL)
	261	Chair Monroe
	262	Judge Laura Pryor, Co-Chair, PCOL
	303	Chair Monroe
	306	Wilhelms
	324	Chair Monroe
	328	Sen. Avakian
	338	Marjorie Taylor, Committee Administrator
	344	Sen. Morse
	356	Chair Monroe
	358	Taylor
	360	Wilhelms
	363	Chair Monroe
	385	Paul DeMuniz, Chief Justice, Oregon Supreme Court (EXHIBITS A, B)
7A	001	DeMuniz
	019	Chair Monroe
	020	Sen. Morse
	023	DeMuniz
	039	Chair Monroe
	037	Wendy Johnson, Deputy Director, Oregon Law Commission
	137	Johnson
	166	Chair Monroe
	175	Chuck Bennett, Director of Government Relations, Confederation of Oregon School Administrators
	275	Chair Monroe
	283	Janice Thompson, Executive Director, Money in Politics Research Action Project (EXHIBIT C)
	358	Chair Monroe
	375	Paul Hurd, General Counsel, Freightliner LLC (EXHIBIT D)
6B	009	Hurd
	017	Chair Monroe
	018	Gerry Gaydos, Chair, Oregon State Bar Public Affairs Committee (EXHIBIT E)
	034	Bill Sime, President, Oregon Association of Defense Counsel
	058	Chair Monroe
6B	062	Derek Johnson, President, Oregon Trial Lawyer Association
	073	Chair Monroe
	080	Mark Gardner, Circuit Court Judge, Washington County
	110	Chair Monroe
	113	Dan Harris, Circuit Court Judge, Jackson County
	149	Chair Monroe
	161	John Ledger, Vice President of External Affairs, Associated Oregon Industries (EXHIBIT F)
	165	Mark Nelson, Lobbyist, Oregon Judges Association
	178	Chair Monroe
	187	Kappy Eaton, Governance Coordinator, League of Women Voters of Oregon (EXHIBIT G)
	218	Chair Monroe
The following written testimony was submitted for the record without public testimony:
		Randall Edwards, State Treasurer (EXHIBIT H)
	225	Chair Monroe adjourns the meeting at 11:49 a.m.

EXHIBIT SUMMARY

1. SB 456, written testimony, Paul DeMuniz, 1 p
2. SB 456, report, Paul DeMuniz, 7 pp
3. Discussion of Campaign Funds, written testimony, Janice Thompson, 2 pp
4. SB 456, written testimony, Paul Hurd, 2 pp
5. SB 456, written testimony, Gerry Gaydos, 1 p
6. SB 50/SJR 1/SB 456, written testimony, John Ledger, 1 p
7. Discussion of Campaign Funds, written testimony, Kappy Eaton, 1 p
8. SJR 1, written testimony, Randall Edwards, 1 p