Item 3: Ratification of Unanimous IGR Actions and Action on Non-Unanimous IGR Actions

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additional charge to the individual will create additional costs. >>Section 8(2)needs some clarification. Does the language of subsections (b),(d),(e) and (f) require only total amounts under each category be published in the notice, or does it require more detail. For instance, does subsection (b) allow a simple total amount to be published for non-tax income, or must subtotals for fees, licenses, permits, fines, assessments and all other service charges be published? I have similar concerns for the language of (d),(e) and (f). If subtotals must be published it will increase the complexity an cost of budget notices, without necessarily providing more clarity to citizen readers. >> Section 8(1) and(5)(a) would impose a new requirement for a financial summary of the budget in narrative format to be included in the budget notice. This narrative would have to describe "the prominent changes from the current year or current budget period in the activities and financing of the major organizational units or major programs." For an organization as complies as the City of Eugene, it would be very difficult to summarize all prominent changes in all major units and programs in the context of a published budget notice. It takes about 40 pages for the City to present this information in useful, summarized form in the Budget Message and Summary in the proposed budget document. To attempt to summarize this information into a published newspaper notice would be difficult and the narrative would necessarily be greatly oversimplified. In addition, costs would increase with the enlarged notice. HB 2428 Relating Clause: Relating to election ballots. Title: Modifies, on general or special election ballot, number of political parties that may be listed opposite name of candidate in certain circumstances. Sponsored by: Introduced and printed pursuant to House Rule 12.00. Presession filed (at the request of House Interim Committee on Rules) URL: http://www.leg.state.or.us/11reg/measpdf/hb2400.dir/hb2428.intro.pdf Contact Respondent Dept Updated Priority Recommendation Beth Forrest CS-CMO 01/18/2011 Pri 2 Oppose Comments: Seems reasonable to limit the number of times a candidate’s name is on the ballot to one; however, it does not make sense to limit naming the minor parties endorsing the candidate to one. Gives unfair advantage to more well-established parties. (FYI - Fiscal impact statements linked above are unrelated to this bill.) HB 2429 Relating Clause: Relating to primary election. Title: Changes date of primary election from third Tuesday in May to second Tuesday in June. 11