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KINSEY REPORTS by Represen
tative Lloyd C. Kinsey - M ult
nomah County
Much history was made this
week when the Senate, on a 25-3
count, passed out House B ills
1631 and 2115, which are the
b ills changing the basic school
form ula and the appropriation
of $24.9 m illio n to retain the
present level of state support
at 22%. What made this so note
worthy was that it was the fir s t
tim e in many decades that the
m atter of distribution and ap
propriation relating to basic
school support have been settled
before the session was half over
and this w ill, of course, le of
tremendous assistance to local
school d is tric ts in assessing
their needs in their upcoming
budget elections.
Another fir s t is that the state
moneys w ill be going ’ ’ where
the students a re ", and notdis-
tributed on some unrealistic eq
ualization
b a s is
that was
contrived 30 o r more years ago,
at a tim e when school financing
was
entirely different. Both
b ills
have now gone to the
Governor’ s desk, and he has in
dicated that he w ill sign them.
I understand from those who
have been on the Capitol scene
fo r a long time that this p a iticu -
la r Legislature is more sensi
tive to the problems of our State.
And is responding to these pro
blems in a meaningful way, as is
evidenced by the speedy passage
of the extended unemployment
compensation benefits, the study
of the Welfare situation, and the
speed with which these school
b ills werepassed.
The House Revenue Com
m ittee this week tabled HB 1109
by one vote (7-6), which was
apparently a reflection of the
tremendous public reaction to
taxing the property of churches,
lodges, hospital and charitable
organizations. The word is out
here that the measure may be
resurrected again, but oil the
basis of separating the various
properties. The most educated
guess at the moment is that
churches may be eliminated
from
any proposed taxation
which of course would leave lod
ges hospital, and charities to
bear a share of the property
taxes.
A precedent setting peice of
legislation, and one which was
passed out of the House w i t h
sprprlslng ease, was the no
fault divorce law, which was
approved on Wednesday with
a strong religious background
was of the opinion that the child
ren of divorced couples (who al
ways seem to bear the brunt of
the deprivation of mo.iey and
fam ily life ) need more protec
tion tlian they are getting under
present divorce laws. This b ill
elim inates the need for false or
trumped up charges in order to
establish the guilt of one or the
other of the patners as grounds
in our present divorce system,
which has created messy court
proceedings and a great ileal of
unnecessary acrimony on each
side. It was argued that this
b ill provides a le tte r climate
fo r these children— and also per
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Robert McKinney 83 years old
says this is a great country.He
is proud of Black progress thru
the years but thinks things should
be better.
haps for the possibility of a fut
ure reconciliation of tie parents
by a reduction in the bitterness
of the divorce proceedings. Ib is
1 believe, was the reason that
the legislation passed so easily
in tie House.
Another extremely im portant
piece of legislation. Senate B ill
48 which pertains to the welfare
of children, was endorsed by the
House Republicans this week.
The measure, of which 1 am a
co-sponsor,
is
designed to
The Oregon
Environmental
eliminate the current problem
Council reports that Senate B ill
areas in Oregon’ s adoption pro
cedure, and is in response to a (SB) 4, which would give citizens!
groups and individual citizens
situation which developed when
standing in court to sue polluters
the Oregon Supreme Court ruled
that a mother has the right to has apparently died in the Senate
revoke her consent to the adop
Judiciary Committee, chaired by
tion of a child placed by her in a Anthony Y tu rri.
private child-care agency. The
Several members of the House
have written a House version of
b ill would cut of the natural
the Citizens Standing BUI.
It
mother’ s right to revoke her
consent after the child has been is House B ill (HB) 1753, spcsor-
ed by Rep. Nancy Fadeley.
placed by an agency in an adop
If passed, HB 1753 would grant
tive home, and would be retroa-
citizens
the rig h t to seek re lie f
tive to a l l surrenders and
from
alleged
polluters of the a ir
waivers executed p rio r to the ef
and water through court action.
fective date of the act. It is de
Presently, no one can file for a
signed, in other words, to e-
limlnate the possibility of an declaratory judgment or an in
adopted child being removed junction suit against an alleged
from t h e home of ist adoptive polluter unless that p la in tiff can
parents once consent has been show ’ ’ direct harm ” from the
pollution.
This excludes from
given, and passage seems assur
ed when it readies the House. the court those citizens who are
concerned about the general wel
During this coming w e e k
House committees are scheduled fare and safety of the environ
to hear testimony on some 175 ment.
The big is in the House En
House b ills . It becomes lite ra lly
unpossible to summarize the ac vironmental A ffa irs Committee
tion taken on all the various which is chaired by Irv in Mann.
p i e c e s of legislation before Other members of the comminee
them, but 1 have tried to high are Keith Skelton, W illia m Gwinn
are Keith Skelton, WUliam
light some that I think might be
Gwinn,
Hugh M cG ilvra,
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of particular interest to you. 1
McKenzie, Allen Pynn, Less
am told that constituent m ail is
AuCoin,
running heavier than ever before
and I’ m all for this. Legislator
constituent contact is very im
portant, and I hope you w ill
w rite , call or v is it me on any
i s s u e in which you have an
interest.
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