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Oregon Measure 27, Legislative Power to Change Administrative Rules Amendment (1996)
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| Topic Administration of government and State legislatures measures |
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| Type Legislatively referred constitutional amendment |
Origin |
Oregon Measure 27 was on the ballot as a legislatively referred constitutional amendment in Oregon on November 5, 1996. It was defeated.
A "yes" vote supported granting the legislature the authority to change and create state agency rules and requiring such agencies to file with a new legislative committee to seek new rules or rule changes. |
A "no" vote opposed granting the legislature the authority to change and create state agency rules and requiring such agencies to file with a new legislative committee to seek new rules or rule changes. |
Election results
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Oregon Measure 27 |
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| Yes | 349,050 | 27.10% | ||
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938,819 | 72.90% | ||
Text of measure
Ballot title
The ballot title for Measure 27 was as follows:
| “ | AMENDS CONSTITUTION: GRANTS LEGISLATURE NEW POWER OVER BOTH NEW, EXISTING ADMINISTRATIVE RULES RESULT OF “YES" VOTE: With “yes” vote, new administrative rules expire unless legislature approves; committee may veto existing rules. RESULT OF “NO” VOTE: “No” vote retains current system, allowing administrative rules to stay in effect without legislative approval. SUMMARY: Amends constitution. State agency rules now may be adopted and stay in effect without legislative approval. Legislature may require agency to change rules by adopting new statutes, subject to governor’s veto. Measure would require agencies to file new rules with legislative committee. Rules would expire after legislature adjourns unless legislature approves rule by joint resolution. Upon qualified request, committee may review any new or existing rule and, upon review, must take public testimony. If committee rejects rule, rule expires unless legislature approves by joint resolution. ESTIMATE OF FINANCIAL IMPACT: Start up costs are estimated at $584,000. Based on the last six years experience, for each 10% of rule changes adopted by agencies that are reviewed under this measure, annual operating costs are estimated at $823,000. | ” |
Full Text
The full text of this measure is available here.
Path to the ballot
- See also: Amending the Oregon Constitution
A simple majority vote is required during one legislative session for the Oregon State Legislature to place a constitutional amendment on the ballot. That amounts to a minimum of 31 votes in the Oregon House of Representatives and 16 votes in the Oregon State Senate, assuming no vacancies. Amendments do not require the governor's signature to be referred to the ballot.
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Footnotes
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