Laserfiche WebLink
<br /> <br />SB 0418 <br /> <br /> <br />Relating Clause: Relating to community service as alternative to fine; amending ORS 153.093; and <br />declaring an emergency. <br /> <br />Title: Creates exception to minimum fine statute for court sentencing offender to <br />community service as alternative to fine. Declares emergency, effective on passage. <br /> <br />Sponsored by: Printed pursuant to Senate Interim Rule 213.28 by order of the President of the Senate in <br />conformance with pre-session filing rules, indicating neither advocacy nor opposition <br />on the part of the President (at the request of Senate Interim Committee on <br />Judiciary) <br /> <br />URL: http://www.leg.state.or.us/11reg/measpdf/sb0400.dir/sb0418.intro.pdf <br /> <br />Contact Respondent Dept Updated Priority Recommendation <br />Jeff Perry CS-MUNI 1/14/2011 -- Monitor <br /> <br />Comments: Municipal Court has established its own base fine schedule so the bill as written will not <br />impact the City. Bill should be monitored in the case the scope of the bill is expanded. <br /> <br /> <br />SB 0452 <br /> <br />Relating Clause: Relating to fees for appeal of local land use decisions; creating new provisions; <br />and amending ORS 197.835, 215.422 and 227.180. <br /> <br />Title: Limits amount of appeal fee that city or county may charge for quasi-judicial <br />review of city or county decisions on land use application. Requires city or county <br />to refund appeals fee and transcript fee when appellate authority of city or county <br />declines to hear review. <br />Prohibits city or county from charging fee for appeal of final decision of county <br />to Land Use Board of Appeals. <br /> <br />Sponsored by: Sponsored by Senator PROZANSKI (at the request of Central Oregon LandWatch) <br />(Presession filed.) <br /> <br />URL: http://www.leg.state.or.us/11reg/measpdf/sb0400.dir/sb0452.intro.pdf <br /> <br />Contact Respondent Dept Updated Priority Recommendation <br />Steve Nystrom PDD-ADM 1/12/2011 Pri 2 Oppose <br /> <br />Comments: Staff recommends a position of "oppose" on this Bill for 2 primary reasons: 1) The Bill <br />would result in a financial impact to the city; and 2) The Bill would take away local <br />government's ability to make individual policy choices regarding the appropriate level of <br />cost recovery to charge. State Law currently requires that appeal fees charged by local <br />jurisdictions be no more than the average cost incurred in administering the appeal. Local <br />jurisdictions have the choice to charge less if they choose. In Eugene, we charge 50% of <br />29 <br /> <br /> <br />