Item 5: Ratification of IGR Actions

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HB 3167 Relating Clause: Relating to payment of property taxes; prescribing an effective date. Title: Eliminates discounts for partial or full payment of property taxes on or before November 15. Sponsored by: By COMMITTEE ON REVENUE URL: http://www.leg.state.or.us/11reg/measpdf/hb3100.dir/hb3167.intro.pdf Contact Respondent Dept Updated Priority Recommendation Larry Hill CS-FIN 3/2/2011 Pri 1 Support Comments: Current law allows payment of 1/3 of billed property taxes by Nov. 15., 1/3 by Feb. 15 and 1/3 by May 15 without penalty. Current law also allows a discount of 2% if 2/3 of taxes due are paid by Nov. 15, and 3% if all taxes are paid by that date. This discount cost the City of Eugene $2.5 million in lost property tax revenue in FY10. HB 3167 would change the statutes to allow payment of ½ of taxes due by Nov. 15, and ½ by May 15 without penalty, and by eliminating the current discount. This would provide more tax revenue without increasing either the tax rate or the amount of taxes levied. HB 3254 Relating Clause: Relating to determinations of responsibility in connection with public contracts; declaring an emergency. Title: Requires bidder or proposer for public contract to demonstrate that bidder or proposer complied in previous contracts with applicable state and federal health and safety standards and applicable building codes. Sponsored by: By Representative WITT URL: http://www.leg.state.or.us/11reg/measpdf/hb3200.dir/hb3254.intro.pdf Contact Respondent Dept Updated Priority Recommendation Jamie Garner CS-FIN 2/15/2011 Pri 2 Oppose Oppose unless amended Comments: to provide a time limit on violations required to be reported for these purposes as well as a qualifying scale for disqualifying offenses. Paul's comments accurately reflect my concerns on the open-endedness of this bill as proposed and the potential negative impacts on competition could indirectly cause the City a significant amount of money in increased project costs. As Paul states there is a fairly broad spectrum of possible offenses and a contractor's interpretation of projects of a "similar nature" where a violation was received may be very narrow to avoid reporting to the awarding agency. In addition to possible higher project costs due to a reduced pool of responsible contractors this could involve even more legwork to determine the responsibility. 3 | Page March 16, 2011 IGR Committee Meeting