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agency from leaving the contracting agency and seeking or gaining employment with a contractor for one year following the employee's separation from the contracting agency, are similar to, but not the same as the requirements contained in the government ethics laws related to post-public employment and the two provisions in conjunction may be confusing. The bill also provides that in order to be considered a responsible bidder a contractor must demonstrate that, among other things, the contractor is not in litigation, a legal dispute, or an administrative enforcement action with another contracting agency or a public agency in another state. This language is very broad and could encompass things like land use disputes with the state or even an agency in another state, that have little or no bearing on the contractor's ability to perform the contract. This requirement could artificially limit the pool of responsible bidders. HB 3015 Relating Clause: Relating to applications for authorization for enterprise zone exemption. Title: Modifies requirements for obtaining authorization for enterprise zone exemptions. Sponsored by: Representative HOLVEY URL:http://www.leg.state.or.us/09reg/measpdf/hb3000.dir/hb3015.intro.pdf ContactRespondentDept Updated Priority Policy Poli Numb Recommendation Larry Hill Larry Hill CS-FIN 3/12/2009 Pri 2 Yes YesII. B9 Oppose Comments: HB 3015 would impose new statutory requirements on private investments seeking enterprise zone benefits. The proposed changes would eliminate the benefits of enterprise zone tax exemption and reduce the incentive for private investment to be made within enterprise zones. Specifically, under the bill to be eligiable for an enterprise zone tax exemption a project would be required to pay employees 150% of the county average wage, provide employee health insurance coverage, provide for employee purchase of dependent health insurance, pay prevailing wage for construction services, and comply with a range of public contracting requirements. HB 3148 Relating Clause: Relating to vehicle registration fees; providing for revenue raising that requires approval by a three-fifths majority. Title: Increases registration fees for certain vehicles. Bases additional amount on value and age of vehicle. Sponsored by: Representative SHIELDS; Representatives GELSER, GREENLICK, HARKER, KOTEK, TOMEI URL: http://www.leg.state.or.us/09reg/measpdf/hb3100.dir/hb3148.intro.pdf ContactRespondentDept Updated Priority Policy Poli Numb Recommendation Eric Jones Eric Jones PW-ADM 3/26/2009 Pri 2 Yes YesIII. A1 Monitor Comments: Sets registration fees for most vehicles based on a flat fee of $10 per year plus a "base value" determined by the suggested manufacturer's cost of the vehicle, depreciated by the age of the vehicle. Currently, most passenger vehicles pay $27 per year in registration fees. Under this bill, for example, a new vehicle costing $25,000 would pay a registration fee of $260, almost 10 times more than the current annual registration fee. The minimum registration fee under this bill appears to be $35 ($10 plus $25 base value). It is not clear to this reviewer if commercial trucks would be subject to the value-based fee assessment. Government vehicles apparently would continue to pay an annual registration fee of $3.50 per year. In short, this is a very complicated bill that would 10