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Oregon Powers of Metropolitan Service District Initiative (2016)
| Powers of Metropolitan Service District Initiative | |
|---|---|
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| Type | Statute |
| Origin | Citizens |
| Topic | County and municipal governance |
| Status | Not on the ballot |
An Oregon Powers of Metropolitan Service District Initiative (Petition #8) did not appear on the November 8, 2016, ballot in Oregon as an initiated state statute. The measure, upon voter approval, would have eliminated the Metropolitan Service District's (MSD) authority to designate urban and rural reserves, adopt and enforce regional land use, air quality, and water quality rules, coordinate land use planning, manage urban growth, and establish urban growth boundaries.[1]
Text of measure
Ballot title
The official ballot title would have been as follows:[1]
| “ | Eliminates metropolitan service district’s authority to adopt, coordinate, enforce land use, air/water quality plans.
Result of “Yes” Vote: “Yes” vote eliminates metropolitan service district’s authority to: manage urban growth; coordinate land use; establish urban growth boundary, urban/rural reserves; protect air/water quality. Result of “No” Vote: “No” vote retains metropolitan service district’s authority to: manage urban growth; coordinate land use; establish urban growth boundary, urban/rural reserves; protect air/water quality.[2] |
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Path to the ballot
A petition for the initiative was submitted to the Oregon Secretary of State by Eugene Schoenheit and Lauri Hein on May 12, 2014. Proponents needed to collect 1,000 signatures to get the secretary of state's office to draft a ballot title. They collected 1,191 signatures. Petitioners disagreed with how the title was written and appealed to the Oregon Supreme Court. The court approved the attorney general's title on March 20, 2015.[3]
A total of 88,184 valid signatures were required in order for the issue to land on the 2016 ballot. The petition was withdrawn on February 9, 2016.[3]
See also
Footnotes
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Oregon Secretary of State, "An Act to Return Land Use Authority to the Counties and Cities in Oregon," accessed May 18, 2015
- ↑ Note: This text is quoted verbatim from the original source. Any inconsistencies are attributable to the original source.
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 Oregon Secretary of State, "An Act to Return Land Use Authority to the Counties and Cities in Oregon History," accessed June 3, 2016
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