Bill Text: OR SB856 | 2013 | Regular Session | Introduced

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Bill Title: Relating to local finance; declaring an emergency.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 2-0)

Status: (Failed) 2013-07-08 - In committee upon adjournment. [SB856 Detail]

Download: Oregon-2013-SB856-Introduced.html

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     77th OREGON LEGISLATIVE ASSEMBLY--2013 Regular Session

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amended section is new. Matter within  { -  braces and minus
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LC 4028

                         Senate Bill 856

Sponsored by Senator FERRIOLI, Representative BENTZ  (at the
  request of Judge Grasty)

                             SUMMARY

The following summary is not prepared by the sponsors of the
measure and is not a part of the body thereof subject to
consideration by the Legislative Assembly. It is an editor's
brief statement of the essential features of the measure as
introduced.

  Directs Oregon Department of Administrative Services to sell
Timms Hamby Computer Archive Center to Harney County for
consideration of $1. Requires Harney County to transfer annually
to State Treasurer 50 percent of profits attributable to center
until amount transferred equals $50,000, or, if earlier, January
1, 2024.
  Declares emergency, effective on passage.

                        A BILL FOR AN ACT
Relating to local finance; and declaring an emergency.
Be It Enacted by the People of the State of Oregon:
  SECTION 1.  { + The Legislative Assembly finds that:
  (1) The Timms Hamby Computer Archive Center located in Burns,
Oregon, is underutilized.
  (2) The purchase and commercial exploitation of the center by
Harney County will better enable the county to finance the
operations of the county government. + }
  SECTION 2.  { + (1) The Oregon Department of Administrative
Services shall sell the Timms Hamby Computer Archive Center
located in Burns, Oregon, to Harney County for the consideration
of $1.
  (2) The sale and transfer of the center must be completed on or
before the date that is 90 days after the effective date of this
2013 Act. + }
  SECTION 3.  { + Sections 1 and 2 of this 2013 Act are repealed
on January 2, 2015. + }
  SECTION 4.  { + (1) Not later than one month after the end of
each fiscal year, the governing body of Harney County shall
transfer an amount equal to 50 percent of the profits
attributable to the Timms Hamby Computer Archive Center during
the fiscal year just ended to the State Treasurer to help repay
certificates of participation issued with respect to the center.
  (2) The county's obligation to make the transfers required
under this section shall continue until:
  (a) The total amount transferred equals $50,000; or
  (b) January 1, 2024, if the total amount transferred does not
equal $50,000 by that date.
  (3) For purposes of this section, 'profits' means income minus
costs paid by the county. + }

  SECTION 5.  { + (1) Section 4 of this 2013 Act becomes
operative on the date on which the sale and transfer of the Timms
Hamby Computer Archive Center to Harney County pursuant to
section 2 of this 2013 Act is completed.
  (2)(a) If section 4 of this 2013 Act becomes operative pursuant
to subsection (1) of this section, section 4 of this 2013 Act is
repealed on January 2, 2026.
  (b) If section 4 of this 2013 Act does not become operative
pursuant to subsection (1) of this section, section 4 of this
2013 Act is repealed on January 2, 2015. + }
  SECTION 6.  { + This 2013 Act being necessary for the immediate
preservation of the public peace, health and safety, an emergency
is declared to exist, and this 2013 Act takes effect on its
passage. + }
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