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EIGHT - Heppner Gazette-Times, Heppner, Oregon Wednesday, October 31, 1990 Stub To Be Torn Off By Board Member Measures SAMPLE GENERAL ELECTION BALLOT STATE M EA SU R ES AT THE GENERAL ELECTION TO BE HELD Tuesday, November 6, 1990 from 7:00 a.m. to 8:00 p.m. Mark a CROSS (X) or a CHECK MARK (✓ ) in the voting square before the word "YES" or the word "NO". STATE MEASURES REFERRED TO THE PEOPLE BY THE LEGISLATIVE ASSEMBLY Measure No. 1 GRANTS METROPOLITAN SERVICE DISTRICT ELECTORS RIGHT TO SELF-GOVERNANCE QUESTION: Shall state constitution give metropolitan service district voters the right of self-governance, over metropolitan matters, through d istrict c h a rte r? SUMMARY: Adds provision to Oregon Constitution. Requires legislature to pass laws giving metropolitan service district electors power to adopt, amend, revise, repeal district charter by majority vote. Requires district charter to prescribe government organization and provide for number, election or appointment, qualifi cations, tenure, compensation, powers and duties of officers. Provides for exercise of powers by ordinance. Gives district jurisdiction over metropolitan matters as denned by charter. Gives district electors initiative and referendum powers regarding district charter and legislation, to be exercised as county powers are exercised. □ □ Measure No. 7 SIX-COUNTY WORK IN LIEU OF WELFARE BENEFITS PILOT PROGRAM QUESTION: Shall Oregon law establish program o f work bv public assis tance recipients for government-funded w ages in lieu o f welfare benefits? SUMMARY: Requires work for pay in lieu of food stamp, unemployment or AFDC benefits in six counties selected for three-year pilot program. Program is subject to federal approval. Program workers paid 90 percent of Oregon minimum wage, more for special skills requested by employers, limited to 40 hours per week. Private and public employers provide jobs. Except for special skills, workers' wages funded by unemployment taxes, available federal assistance funds at no additional cost to employers. Authorizes regulations, county advisory boards. Employment Division administers program. □ □ YES NO Measure No. 8 AMENDS OREGON CONSTITUTION TO PROHIBIT ABORTION WITH THREE EXCEPTIONS YES NO Measure No. 2 CONSTITUTIONAL AMENDMENT ALLOWS MERGED SCHOOL DISTRICTS TO COMBINE TAX BASES QUESTION: Shall constitution allow school district created by merger a tax base equal to sum o f tax bases o f merged districts? Shall state constitution prohibit abortions except to p revent eath of pregnant woman and in reported cases o f rape or incest? I UESTION: SUMMARY: Adds new provision to Oregon Constitution. The new provision would prohibit abortion with three exceptions. The exceptions, in which abortion would not be prohibited, are to prevent the death of the pregnant woman and in reported cases of rape or incest. SUMMARY: Amends state constitution. Removes school districts from Article XI, section 11(4). That section requires, when school districts merge, new district's tax base, in next fiscal year, to equal sum of prior year's tax base amounts of all merged districts, plus six percent. Measure would require, when districts merge, new district's tax base to equal only the sum of tax base amounts of all merged districts. Retains voters' ability to increase tax base of merged district by election. Effective fiscal years 1991 and after. □ □ □ □ QUESTION: Shall law, effective December 7,1990, require safety belt use by motor vehicle drivers and passengers over 16? YES NO REFERENDUM ORDER BY PETITION OF THE PEOPLE Measure No. 3 REPEALS TAX EXEMPTION, GRANTS ADDITIONAL BENEFIT PAYMENTS FOR PERS RETIREES QUESTION: Shall tax exemption for PERS pensions be repealed, and amount equaling taxes plus 11 percent interest returned to PERS retirees? SUMMARY: Removes state income tax exemption for benefits paid to Public Employees' Retirement System members (state, local public retirees). Requires annual, publicly funded payments to PERS retirees th at equal previous year's taxes paid on PERS benefits, plus eleven percent interest. Allows limited $5,000 tax exclusion for benefits paid to PERS and federal government retirees. Establishes Public Employes' Tax Account; appropriates $18 million to make annual payments in 1989-91 period. Annual payments to PERS retirees authorized until 1991. Creates Task Force to report to legislature. □ □ YES NO PROPOSED BY INITIATIVE PETITION Measure No. 4 PROHIBITS TROJAN OPERATION UNTIL NUCLEAR WASTE, COST, EARTHQUAKE STANDARDS MET Shall nuclear power plant (Trojan) be allowed to operate only state regulatory agency finds that certain conditions are met? 3 UESTION: SUMMARY: Enacts new law. Suspends electric power generation at Trojan plant. Provides that no nuclear power plant, specifically Trojan, shall operate in Oregon unless the Energy Facility Siting Council finds, after a hearing, that: (1) a permanent radioactive waste repository has been federally licensed andis accepting waste; (2) the plant is then cost-effective; and (3) the plant can withstand m qor earthquakes without harm to the public. On legislative declaration of electric power emergency and referral of the question, voters may suspend or repeal this law. □ □ YES NO Measure No. 5 STATE CONSTITUTIONAL LIMIT ON PROPERTY TAXES FOR SCHOOLS, GOVERNMENT OPERATIONS QUESTION: Shall constitution set lim its on property taxes, and dedicate tnem to fund public schools and non-school government operations? SUMMARY: Amends constitution. Limits 1991-1992 property taxes for public schools to $15, and property taxes for non-school government operations to $10 per $1000 of market value. Schools limit gradually decreases to $5 per $1000 in 1995- 1996 and after. Government operations limit remains same. Limits do not apply to vemment assessments, service charges, taxes to pay certain government bonds. sessments, service charges shall not exceed cost of making improvements, provid ing services. General Fund to replace, until 1996, school funds lost due to school limits. E □ □ YES NO Measure No. 6 PRODUCT PACKAGING MUST MEET RECYCLING STANDARDS OR RECEIVE HARDSHIP WAIVER QUESTION: BY 1993, SHALL PACKAGING USED IN OREGON MEET CERTAIN RECYCLING GOALS, UNLESS A HARDSHIP WAIVER IS OB TAINED? SUMMARY: Law would govern packaging of products sold retail or wholesale in state. By 1993 such packaging must be: reusable five times for like uses, made of 50% recycled materials, recycled at 15% rate or made of material recycled at 15% rate. Rates for last two goals rise in steps to 60% by 2002. Allows hardship waivers. Retailers must post data on their packaging standards. Creates dvil fines. State, dtizens may enforce law. Forms advisory panel. Local governments may use stricter standards. □ □ YES NO YES NO Measure No. 9 REQUIRES THE USE OF SAFETY BELTS SUMMARY: Approval enacts law requiring motor vehicle drivers to wear safety belts and to secure passengers under 16 with safety belts, harnesses or small child safety systems. Passengers 16 and over must secure themselves. Requires vehicle ners to keep seatbelts in working order. Driver, owner, passenger violations are 199 D traffic infractions. Provides exemptions. Law takes effect December 7,1990. Voter rejection means prior law, requiring safety restraints only for passengers under116, remains in effect. S 0 □ YES NO Measure No. 10 DOCTOR MUST GIVE PARENT NOTICE BEFORE MINOR S ABORTION QUESTION: Shall state law require doctor to give notice to parent or custodian at least two days before minor's abortion? SUMMARY: Doctor must give notice at least two days before minor's abortion. Notice goes to parent picked by minor or parent with custody. If no parent, notice goes to adult or agency caring for minor. Doctor may delay notice if doctor believes minor will die or suffer meyor physical harm. Notice excused if minor is victim of reported abuse at home or reported rape causing pregnancy. Minor and parent may sue doctor for inadequate notice. Doctors cannot insure against this lawsuit. Doctor may have license suspended. □ □ YES NO Measure No. 11 SCHOOL CHOICE SYSTEM, TAX CREDIT FOR EDUCATION OUTSIDE PUBLIC SCHOOLS QUESTION: Should C onstitution provide choice o f public schools, tax credit for education outside public schools, voter approval o f certain education laws? SUMMARY: Amends Oregon Constitution. Requires open enrollment plan allow ing students to attend public schools outside their districts, with legislative stan dards for financing, and acceptance and rejection of applications. Provides state income tax credit tor expenses of educating students outside public schools. Credit equally available for secular, religious, institutional, home basic education. Estab lishes Educational Choice Fund, funded by school districts and state, which may cover costs of tax credit, impact aid to districts, tax relief. Requires voter approval of new, more restrictive laws on nongovernment basic education. □ □ YES NO COUNTY MEASURE Measure No. 25-1 TAX BASE FOR OPERATING MORROW COUNTY PROGRAMS QUESTION: Shall Morrow County's tax base be increased to $4,767,189 from the current tax base of $659,012? SUMMARY: The purpose of this measure is to establish a realistic tax base for County operations. The current tax base was established prior to 1952. The current tax base for the County is $659,012 and represents 15% of the total taxes needed to fund the County budget. The remaining 85% of taxes needed must be levied outside the tax base for County operations. This proposed tax base measure does not levy a tax, instead it establishes a new tax base. If this measure is approved, the County would be subject to the 6% constitu tional limitation and could not exceed this limit without voter approval. □ □ YES NO
