Secretary of State Brown Makes Her 2011 Session Debut
On Wednesday, we talked about how this session will be about continuing to implement our agency vision, which is to:
•Engage;
•Innovate for the Future; and
•Deliver even better Results for all Oregonians
As part of this effort, Secretary of State Kate Brown is getting involved in the 2011 legislative session in a big way on Monday, testifying on two elections bills before the House Rules Committee. The two bills, House Bill 2258 and House Bill 2259, aren’t really new laws. Rather, they will refine some of the landmark legislation passed during previous sessions.
In brief, HB 2258 will:
•Establish a toll free initiative hotline;
•Institute a requirement for employers to maintain more detailed payroll information; and
•extend the ban on signature gathering for fraud, forgery or identity theft.
House Bill 2259 changes reporting requirements in the last 42 days of a campaign. Under the new reporting rules: Any expenditure over $5,000 would have to be reported within 48 hours. Expenditures und $5,000 would have 14 days to be reported. Currently, campaigns have only 7 days
The Secretary strongly believes that these refinements will help the Secretary of State’s office deliver even better results for Oregonians, by further safeguarding our initiative process and focusing our precious resources on ‘alligators not mosquitoes’ when it comes to reporting.
To listen to Secretary Brown’s testimony please log onto:
https://www.oregonlegislature.gov/citizen_engagement/Pages/Legislative-Video.aspx
