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

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determination of "qualified local vendors", and cities would have to adopt rules to enforce the requirements. The bill would place an administrative burden on both business firm and city. HB 2364 would increased investors' risk, restrict competition among available suppliers, both within and without the city, and provide a disincentive to investment which enterprise zones are intended to encourage. The bill could be made acceptable if it is amended to be simply permissive at the discretion of the city, rather than impose prescriptive requirements. Contact Respondent Dept Updated Priority Recommendation Amanda Nobel Flannery D. Braud PDD-ADM 1/25/2011 Pri 3 Oppose Comments: We agree with Larry’s comments. HB 2487 Relating Clause: Relating to tax supervising and conservation commissions; prescribing an effective date. Title: Requires county of 100,000 or more inhabitants to establish tax supervising and conservation commission or to require each municipal corporation within county to submit financial summary to county. Sponsored by: Introduced and printed pursuant to House Rule 12.00. Presession filed (at the request of House Interim Committee on Consumer Protection and Government Accountability) URL: http://www.leg.state.or.us/11reg/measpdf/hb2400.dir/hb2487.intro.pdf Contact Respondent Dept Updated Priority Recommendation Larry Hill CS-FIN 1/26/2011 Pri 2 Oppose Comments: HB 2487 would impose additional costs and administrative burdens on Lane County and municipalities within the County, including the City of Eugene, although Eugene could opt-out as long as the city's population is below 200,000. The bottom line is that HB 2487 would be redundant with existing local budget law, public meeting requirements, financial reporting requirements and public transparency practices of modern municipal governments. In the early 1900s, municipal corruption occurred with a degree of frequency and compliance by local municipalities with budgeting and tax laws were difficult for the state to monitor. The 1919 legislature decided a state-controlled watchdog agency was necessary in Oregon's largest county to ensure that public hearings were held, county and municipal budgets were scrutinized, and to prevent illegal tax and budget actions by local governments. The 1919 law required Oregon's most populous county, Multnomah, to establish the Multnomah County Tax Supervising and Conservation Commission. This commission is still in existence but no others have been established since then. Modern local budget law, public meetings law, and financial reporting requirements have greatly strengthened municipal transparency and public scrutiny of municipal finances since 1919. Media technology has also increased transparency; budget proposals are now typically available on the internet and budget discussions are often broadcast. Due to these advances the tax supervising and conservation commission model has become 7