Oregon Measure 3, Creation of Citizen's Utility Board Initiative (1984)
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| Topic Utility policy |
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| Type Initiated state statute |
Origin |
Oregon Measure 3 was on the ballot as an initiated state statute in Oregon on November 6, 1984. It was approved.
A "yes" vote supported establishing the Citizens’ Utility Board, a nonprofit public corporation funded by voluntary contributions to represent the interests of utility consumers. |
A "no" vote opposed establishing the Citizens’ Utility Board, a nonprofit public corporation funded by voluntary contributions to represent the interests of utility consumers. |
Election results
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Oregon Measure 3 |
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637,968 | 53.40% | ||
| No | 556,826 | 46.60% | ||
Text of measure
Ballot title
The ballot title for Measure 3 was as follows:
| “ | CREATES CITIZEN’S UTILITY BOARD TO REPRESENT INTERESTS OF UTILITY CONSUMERS QUESTION - Should a nonprofit public corporation funded by voluntary contributions be established to represent the interests of utility consumers? EXPLANATION - Creates Citizens’ Utility Board to represent interests of electric, telephone, gas and heating utility consumers before legislative, administrative and judicial bodies, conduct research and investigations. Authorizes Oregon residents contributing $5 minimum to board to vote for members of board. Establishes eligibility requirements and limits contributions and expenditures for board candidates. Authorizes board periodically to include certain materials with utility billings, subject to limited cost reimbursement to utility. Exempts municipalities, cooperatives and people’s utility districts. | ” |
Full Text
The full text of this measure is available here.
Path to the ballot
An initiated state statute is a citizen-initiated ballot measure that amends state statute. There are 21 states that allow citizens to initiate state statutes, including 14 that provide for direct initiatives and nine (9) that provide for indirect initiatives (two provide for both). An indirect initiated state statute goes to the legislature after a successful signature drive. The legislatures in these states have the option of approving the initiative itself, rather than the initiative appearing on the ballot.
In Oregon, the number of signatures required for an initiated state statute is equal to 6% of the votes cast in the last gubernatorial election. A simple majority vote is required for voter approval.
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Footnotes
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