Oregon Measure 45, Raise Public Employees' Retirement Age Initiative (1996)
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| Topic Public employee retirement funds |
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| Type Initiated constitutional amendment |
Origin |
Oregon Measure 45 was on the ballot as an initiated constitutional amendment in Oregon on November 5, 1996. It was defeated.
A "yes" vote supported raising public employees’ normal retirement age (except police, firefighters), eliminating medical benefits for non-disability retirees, and limiting guaranteed benefits. |
A "no" vote opposed raising public employees’ normal retirement age (except police, firefighters), eliminating medical benefits for non-disability retirees, and limiting guaranteed benefits. |
Election results
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Oregon Measure 45 |
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| Result | Votes | Percentage | ||
| Yes | 458,238 | 34.59% | ||
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866,461 | 65.41% | ||
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- Results are officially certified.
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Text of measure
Ballot title
The ballot title for Measure 45 was as follows:
| “ | AMENDS CONSTITUTION: RAISES PUBLIC EMPLOYEES’ NORMAL RETIREMENT AGE; REDUCES BENEFITS QUESTION: Shall constitution raise public employees’ normal retirement age (except police, firefighters), bar medical benefits for non-disability retirees, limit guaranteed benefits? SUMMARY: Amends state constitution. Law now sets normal retirement age, except for police, firefighters, at 58. Measure would raise that to Social Security retirement age (now 65 to 67). Public employers could allow earlier retirement, with benefits reduced to actuarial equivalent of benefits payable at normal retirement age. Governments could not guarantee benefits over 75 percent of final salary. Law now provides medical benefits for PERS retirees. Measure bars medical benefits for non-disability retirees. Measure does not apply to benefits vested or accrued before effective date. ESTIMATE OF FINANCIAL IMPACT: Direct state expenditures to implement a one-time change required by this measure is estimated at $1.576 million. Annual reduction in direct expenditures by state government are estimated at $643,000 in 1998, rising to $5.843 million by 2001 and increasing thereafter. Annual reduction in direct expenditures by local government are estimated at $1.5 million in 1998 and $11 million by 2001 and increasing thereafter. | ” |
Full Text
The full text of this measure is available here.
Path to the ballot
An initiated constitutional amendment is a citizen-initiated ballot measure that amends a state's constitution. Eighteen (18) states allow citizens to initiate constitutional amendments.
In Oregon, the number of signatures required for an initiated constitutional amendment is equal to 8% of the votes cast in the last gubernatorial election. A simple majority vote is required for voter approval unless the initiative proposes changing vote requirements, then the initiative must be approved by the same supermajority requirement as proposed by the measure.
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Footnotes
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