Oregon daily emerald., May 31, 1973, Page 4, Image 4

Committee adopts tax exemption
bill for sororities, fraternities
SALEM (Special) — A bill
which would exempt fraternities,
sororities and “co-operative
housing for students’’ from
paying 90 per cent of school
support property taxes was
adopted Tuesday night by the
House Revenue Committee.
The committee had tabled the
bill (HB 2378) shortly after it was
introduced at the beginning of the
legislative session, but took the
measure from the table Tuesday
and sent it to the House floor with
a “do pass” recommendation.
Committee members reported
Wednesday that they have
received “a lot of pressure” to
pass the bill. Rep. Paul Waldon
(R-Hood River) said that the
By member-elect
Co-op change opposed
Andy Gill, member-elect to the
Co-op board of directors, is
against the Co-op becoming a
non-profit corporation He is not
opposed to the Co-op changing its
status from a co-operative to a
non-profit corporation as such,
but he is opposed to it doing so
this late in the year.
In an Emerald interview, Gill
contended that the proposed
change would come at a bad time
so late in the year. The final vote
of the Co-op members on the
proposed change is scheduled for
June 6, Wednesday of finals
week.
He also charged that the
change of status for the Co-op is
being poorly planned. He feels
that he and the other members
elect will have to defend, upon
taking office in late June,
whatever changes occur now.
He complained that so far the
proposed change appears to be a
“railroading proposal.” He said
that the letters sent out to the Co
op members May 16 did not
adequately represent all the
ramifications of the proposed
change. A major omission, Gill
feels, has been that the board of
directors have not even outlined
any by-laws in the letter.
Gill contends “that I am not
saying the board will write in
unfair by-laws,” but the open
mandate they are asking for in
the letter leaves them open to
criticism.
Gill also says that the proposed
change has not been researched
enough. He feels that a study
should be done on the possible
effects of the reorganization. He
says also that the paid manager
of the Co-op himself has not been
consulted on the proposed
change.
Gill feels that the board of
directors should also do com
parison studies with other such
changes that have occurred
nationally, where a co-op has
gone corporation or vice versa.
pressure came in the form ol
“lots of letters from students and
parents and personal contacts.”
He said he and Rep. Gordon
Macpherson (R-Waldport)
decided Tuesday “that it was
about time to get this bill off the
table and pass it.”
He continued, “Gordon and I
both feel that young people have
a tough enough time trying to get
bucks together to go to school and
we want to do anything to help.”
Grant Nelson, administrative
assistant for the committee,
explained Wednesday that a
property tax exemption for
fraternities, sororities and co
operatives would mean that taxes
on all other property in school
districts which contain student
group living organizations would
have to be raised to make up the
lost revenue. He said that studies
will be conducted to determine
how much other citizens’
property taxes will need to be
raised if the bill passes the
legislature.
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students, faculty and staff will be
considered members.
This raises the problem of
notifying members of meetings.
Nearly 20,000 persons will have to
be notified instead of the present
4,500 members.
Mike Doran, vice president of
the Co-op, says a system is being
worked out with the University to
include meeting notices with
Cape purchase advised
SALEM (Special) — Co-chairers of the Joint Ways and
Means Committee, which refused all proposed state ex
penditures and makes recommendations to the legislature,
announced Tuesday that they will recommend that the state of
Oregon purchase Cape Kiwanda in Tillamook County.
Sen. William Holmstrom (D-Gearhart) and Rep. Phil Lang
(D-Portland) reported they have conducted negotiations about
the possible purchase with Cape owner B.A. McPhillips, who
announced last year that he was putting the Cape and
surrounding property up for sale because of high property taxes.
Under the agreement reached between McPhillips and the
legislators, the state would buy one mile of beach adjacent to the
Cape for $793,000 and McPhillips would donate another mile of
beach and the Cape.
Holmstrom and Lang said that they will propose the pur
chase to the Ways and Means Committee which would have to
approve any expenditure of state funds for the Cape. Ex
penditure of state funds would also have to be approved by the
whole legislature and Governor Tom McCall.
Holmstrom and Lang indicated, however, that federal
money from the U.S. Bureau of Recreation is reportedly
available to buy the Cape and little or no state finds would be
needed for the purchase.
The question of the state acquiring Cape Kiwanda arose last
year when Portland General Electric Company (PGE) an
nounced it had acquired an option on the land to build a nuclear
power plant.
PGE recently announced that it would not use that option.
students’ registration packets.
Oregon corporation law calls for
all notices to be delivered in
person or by U.S. Mail.
Doran doesn’t see any great
influx of bargain-conscious
consumers invading the store
after the price cuts go into effect.
“We still can’t compete with any
of the big companies like Bi
Mart,” he said.
Doran did say that the low
prices might cause other stores
near the University to lower their
prices.
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