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About Oregon daily emerald. (Eugene, Or.) 1920-2012 | View Entire Issue (Feb. 22, 1983)
State seeks new revenue SALEM (AP) — Although they don’t ap pear to be in a particular hurry, lawmakers here know that the most pressing issue they face is how to raise enough money to keep Oregon government open for business The state’s high unemployment — which set an annual average high last year at 11.3 percent — is to blame for causing the most havoc in the state’s economy and budget. Fewer people working means less income tax revenue for the state. Last year, lawmakers had to meet a record three times in special accrual basis accounting system, which means the expenses were accounted for in the same budget period they were incurred Those cuts combined with the revenue increases or transfers wiped out the projected deficit and gave the state a $20 million ' cu shion” against other deficits The final revenue forecast is due March 1, and no further deficit is expected. Many of Oregon's unemployed lost their jobs in the decimated timber and construction industries. There were 1,056,000 people em jtvjonji i iu uaiai i^/C me <0c.u billion budget when revenues fell an estimated $575 million for the two-year period that ends June 30. For the first time in many years, legislators are ponder ing several sales tax plans for the state — one of five in the nation witiout a such a tax The lawmakers last year slimmed down already trim state agency budgets by $132 million, cut $29 million from state public school spending and sliced $59 million off the property tax relief program Income tax collections were speeded up to the tune of $135 million, and "temporary" Beginning Wednesday, the Emerald will run a three-part series ex amining various reven ue options available to state legislators. The Hendriksen / Hosticka Tax Plan, a sales tax and a state lottery will all be analyzed as means of funding Gov. Vic Atiyeh’s $3.3 billion budget proposal. piuyea in non-agricunurai joos in the state in 1979 and the estimate for 1983 is 964,000 workers — a projected loss of 92,000 jobs since 1979. The January unemployment figure, seasonally adjusted, was 11.8 percent. For the coming biennium, 1983-85, no action has been taken on Gov. Vic Atiyeh’s proposed $3.3 billion state budget, which is about $550 million more than current revenue forecasts for the per iod. Atiyeh is proposing a 1 percent income tax increase on personal adjusted gross income and on net corporate personal income tax nixes ana cigarette tax hikes amounting to $89 million were imposed The Legislature also transferred $81 mil lion from a quasi-public workers' compensa tion trust fund to state coffers. The State Accident Insurance Fund Corp claims that action was illegal, however, and is challenging the maneuver in the courts. The state also gained $30 million by changing its accounting procedure for certain budget items. Those items were put on an income, dui no lawmakers have spoken in support of his plan. A 4 percent sales tax to pay for schools and offset property taxes has been proposed by two legislators. Oregon has never had a sales tax and voters have repeatedly turned down such a tax by large margins. Two other legislators want to raise income tax rates on the high end of the income scale and lower rates on the low end Lawmakers are also pondering several proposals for a statewide lottery. Play explores problems with alcohol A humorous but thoughtful play about drinking and society will be performed twice this week in University dormitories. Titled “The Funniest Joke in the World," the work is a series of vignettes showing how al cohol affects the lives of differ ent people and how society en courages drinking The play, which is open to the public, will be performed tonight r in the University Inn lounge and Thursday in the Bean West conference room. 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