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Redden opinion lists
implications of Measure
By KEVIN HARDEN
Of the Emerald
If Oregon’s property tax limi
tation measure is approved by
voters in November, it will take a
two-thirds majority vote of qual
ified electors to levy a new tax,
according to an opinion issued by
State Attorney General Jim Red
den.
The opinion, issued last
week, is the first draft of a longer
opinion to be released later this
month. The preliminary draft con
tains 30 pages of information on
Oregon’s Measure 6. The final
draft will probably be more than
100 pages in length, Redden
says.
The opinion was issued
nearly a month after 53 questions
concerning Measure 6 were pre
sented to the attorney
general’s office by Sen. Vern
Cook, D-Gresham. Cook asked
that the questions be answered to
give the Legislature and the gen
eral public information about the
measure s effects.
Several of the questions deal
ing with the measure's constitu
tional validity were not answered,
Redden says, because the attor
ney general’s office could be in
volved in lawsuits over the meas
ure. Two other questions weren’t
answered because they didn't
deal with the legal aspects of the
measure.
On the question of bonds is
sued by cities or tax districts,
Redden says Measure 6 wouldn’t
prevent general obligation bonds
to pay for special projects or civic
services. The bonds, however,
would have to be approved by a
two-thirds majority of the qual
ified voters voting in the election.
“If approved by two-thirds of
the qualified electors of the dis
trict, tthe special tax could be
levied to pay for the bond issue,
provided that it is not an ad val
orem tax (a tax levied to pay state
operating expenses) on real
propeerty or a transaction or sales
tax on the sale of real property,’’
the opinion says.
ine aennmon OI quaimeu
electors”, Redden says, is the
electors voting on the question
during any given election.
If the state government ran
out of money to pay the interest on
existing state general obligation
bonds, those sold for a specific
project, an additional tax could be
levied to raise the money, the
opinion says. Such a tax wouldn't
be considered ad valorem and
wouldn’t be prohibited by the
measure.
But other bonds, such as
those sold to finance veterans’
benefits and to pay for services
that may cause the state to go into
debt, would be in jeopardy, the
opinion says. Because the meas
ure will roll back the “full cash
value” of property to the 1975
assessed value, some state, city
and taxing districts could lose their
bonding capacity.
Another problem pointed out
in the opinion is the loss of state
operating funds. Although the
Legislature now has the power to
levy a statewide property tax in
addition to county and city taxes,
Measure 6 would make it impos
sible for such a tax to be levied
after it goes into effect July 1,
1979.
Oregon Daily Emerald
A new state non-property tax
would not be prohibited by the
measure, however, if it received
the approval of a two-thirds major
ity of both houses of the Legisla
ture. That tax would have to be
different from taxes on real prop
erty or the sale of property, the
opinion says.
“The Legislature may, by a
simple majority vote, authorize its
political subdivisions (taxing dis
tricts, counties, etc.) to raise re
venues by means other than ad
valorem taxes. However, if the tax
is a special tax, i.e., for a special
as opposed to a general purpose,
Measure 6 would require its ap
proval by a two-thirds vote of the
the qualified electors of the dis
trict.”
Other taxes, such as the
Forest Products Harvest Tax, are
considered excise taxes on timber
and wouldn't be affected, the opin
ion says.
Although the Attorney
General’s opinion is not binding, it
will provide answers to the ques
tions sought by Senate Pres.
Jason Boe, D-Reedsport, and
several other legislators who were
concerned with Measure 6's ef
fects, Redden says.
The opinion and the effects of
the measure could change if the
California Supreme Court rules on
that state s Proposition 13, Red
den says. If that happens, how
ever, the voters may not care
about the legal aspects of the
measure.
“It seems likely that even if
the California court decides some
of the critical questions of con
struction before our November
election, the implications of such a
decision will not necessarily be
readily apparent to the voters," he
says.
“It is likely that the majority of
voters will make their individual
decisions without regard to what
the California court may hold.”
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the administration has said it in
tends to stay with its decision she
adds.
The denial of tenure for Runyan
complicated the funding picture
for UVA last year, but Runyan
says that tenure is a totally sepa
rate issue this year. “I would like to
see the program continued
whether I’m here or not,” she
says, adding that she would not
stay on as director even if the de
cision were reversed.
“Anita is great,” says Bill Uh
Ihorn, Emergency Family Housing
director, “but the program is excel
lent and it should be able to stand
by itself."
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