Item 3: Ratification of IGR Committee Actions and Direction on Legislative Policy

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Highway Trust Fund allocations and consistency and predictability in this source of funding. Another intent of the bill is to create taxes that would affect customers using heating oil as well as utilities and their customers who generate electricity using carbon-based fuels. EWEB would have a better sense of what impacts that might have on Eugene customers, and whether carbon-based fuel taxes would have an effect on housing affordability. It certainly should be noted that Eugene has a commitment to sustainability and climate change initiatives (VII A-1). Much more analysis would need to be done to determine if this bill can address those objectives without compromising the issues discussed above. ContactRespondentDept Updated Priority Policy Poli Numb Recommendation Felicity Fahy Felicity fahy CS-CMO 1/21/2009 Pri 1 Yes YesVII. A1 Monitor Comments: Need to monitor this one closely. I agree with Glen, Eric and Larry it could have a variety of fiscal implications for the city. The fund generated could also be important for financing beneficial renewable energy initiatives. ContactRespondentDept Updated Priority Policy Poli Numb Recommendation Glen Svendsen Glen Svendsen CS-FAC 1/16/2009 Pri 1 Monitor Comments: A carbon tax on energy used in City buildings and vehicle fllet would increase the City's cost of doing business. As a rough estimate, each 1% of tax would increase City costs for utilities and fuel by roughly $50,000. HB 2074 Relating Clause: Relating to the tax supervising and conservation commission. Title: Divides responsibility for funding tax supervising and conservation commission between county and municipal corporations within county. Permits county to receive reimbursement for net costs of tax supervising and conservation commission from amounts scheduled to be paid to municipal corporations as part of distribution of tax collection moneys. Sponsored by: at the request of House Interim Committee on Revenue URL:http://www.leg.state.or.us/09reg/measpdf/hb2000.dir/hb2074.intro.pdf ContactRespondentDept Updated Priority Policy Poli Numb Recommendation Larry Hill Larry Hill CS-FIN 1/15/2009 Pri 3 No No Neutral Comments: HB 2074 would assign 50% the costs of operation of a county's tax supervising and conservation commission to municipal corporations within the county. Under current law a comission's cost is limited by statute to $280,000 and this cost is wholly borne by the county. Under the measure, $140,000 would be recovered from all taxing municipal corporations by the county. This would be prorated amoung municipal corporations based on total taxes imposed by each. In Lane County, the City of Eugene would be required each year to reimburse the County approximately $35,000. Because this amount is not significant, and reimbursement to the County for a share of tax commission costs is not unreasonable, I recommend a neutral position. HB 2075 Relating Clause: Relating to funding of transportation services through cigarette tax revenue; prescribing an effective date; providing for revenue raising that requires approval by a three-fifths majority. 3