Item 3: Action on Non-Unanimous IGR Positions

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going to the City of Eugene, continues to be on the short list of potential revenue solutions to Eugene's road funding shortfalls. Removing the barrier of voter approval would further the likelihood that this option could come to fruition. Staff continues to advocate including in this legislation a change to ORS 801.041(5): The county ordinance shall provide for payment of at least 40 percent (**THIS NUMBER COULD BE INCREASED**) to cities **EQUITABLY ON A POPULATION BASIS** within the county unless a different distribution is agreed to between the county and the cities within the jurisdiction of the county. HB 2080 A Relating Clause: Relating to gray water; declaring an emergency. Title: Modifies public policy regarding waters of state and subsurface sewage disposal systems. { - Requires Environmental Quality Commission to adopt rules regarding gray water. Allows commission to appoint advisory committee. Allows permit to be issued for subsurface or alternative sewage disposal system that reuses or discharges gray water even if community or area-wide sewerage system is available. - } { + Requires person to obtain permit to construct, install or operate gray water reuse and disposal system. Directs Environmental Quality Commission to adopt rules for issuing permits. Directs commission to consider certain information before adopting rules. + } Sponsored by: Ordered printed by the Speaker pursuant to House Rule 12.00A (5). Presession filed. (at the request of House Interim Committee on Energy and the Environment) URL:http://www.leg.state.or.us/09reg/measpdf/hb2000.dir/hb2080.a.pdf ContactRespondentDept Updated Priority Policy Poli Numb Recommendation Peter Ruffier Peter Ruffier PWW 4/7/2009 Pri 3 Monitor Comments: Amendments to the definition of greey water have improved this bill. As written, it would support water conservation through reuse and promote more options for "green" building. ContactRespondentDept Updated Priority Policy Poli Numb Recommendation Paul Klope PWE 3/17/2009 Pri 3 Support Comments: The purpose of the bill is to establish a framework through permitting that will allow reuse of gray water after treatment. This bill makes sense from the standpoint of reducing pressure on water supply needs. HB 2105 Relating Clause: Relating to purchase of bonds; declaring an emergency. Title: Authorizes state agencies and public bodies to purchase and hold bonds issued by state agency or public body, respectively, without causing automatic cancellation or extinguishment of bonds. Authorizes State Treasurer to buy state government bonds as investment. Authorizes state agencies and public bodies to use bond proceeds or moneys available for debt service to purchase bonds of state agency or public body. Declares emergency, effective on passage. Sponsored by: State Treasurer Randall Edwards for Municipal Debt Advisory Commission URL:http://www.leg.state.or.us/09reg/measpdf/hb2100.dir/hb2105.intro.pdf ContactRespondentDept Updated Priority Policy Poli Numb Recommendation Sue Cutsogeorge CS-FIN 1/16/2009 Drop No No Monitor Comments: This bill was written to help governments that had issues with variable rate debt due to the credit market troubles starting late last year. Eugene is not among those that 2