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1989-06-27 - Ballots OFFICIAL BALLOT - SPECIAL ELECTION BALLOT 1. Deschutes County, Oregon, June 27, 1989 CARD STATE OF OREGON REFERRED TO THE PEOPLE BY THE LEGISLATIVE ASSEMBLY 1. REMOVES CONSTITUTIONAL LIMITATION ON USE OF PROPERTY FORFEITED TO STATE. QUESTION: Shall Oregon Constitution be amended to permit Legislative Assembly to determine use of proceeds from property forfeited to the state? EXPLANATION: Amends Oregon Constitution. The Constitution YES 5 W* now requires that proceeds from property forfeited to the state must be placed in the Common School Fund.The existing provision also NO 6 has the effect, under current federal law, of depriving the state of potential revenue for law enforcement purposes from federal property forfeiture laws. This amendment removes the constitu- tional requirement that proceeds of property forfeited to the state be placed in the Common School Fund, ESTIMATE OF FINANCIAL EFFECT. The state currently collects $600,000 per bien- nium in drug forfeiture proceeds through a federal program.The money is now used for law enforcement. This constitutional amendment allows the state to continue receiving those federal drug forfeiture proceeds.Without this constitutional amendment,the state could not participate in the federal program. Other kinds of forfeiture proceeds are dedi- cated to the Common School Fund by statute and are not directly affected. OFFICIAL BALLOT - SPECIAL ELECTION CARD BALLOT 2. Deschutes County, Oregon, June 27, 1989 NQ. . STATE OF OREGON REFERRED TO THE PEOPLE BY THE LEGISLATIVE ASSEMBLY 2. PROHIBITS SELLING/EXPORTING TIMBER FROM STATE LANDS UNLESS OREGON PROCESSED. QUESTION: Shall Oregon Constitution be amended to prohibit sale or export of timber from state lands unless processed in Oregon? EXPLANATION: Legislative referral. Amends Oregon Constitution, YES 25 Article VIII,by adding new language.Prohibits State Land Board from authorizing sale or export of timber from state-owned lands unless that timber is processed in Oregon. Prohibits Legislative Assembly NO 26 from authorizing timber sale or export from other state lands not under State Land Board jurisdiction notwithstanding prior agreements or statutes unless processed in Oregon.Permits exception for timber declared surplus. This measure effective when Congress, a court, or Oregon's Attorney General affirms state's right to exercise this authority. ESTIMATE OF FINANCIAL EFFECT: In the 1988 calendar year,sales from state managed timber land generated$12.5 million for the Common School Fund,$10.9 million to help fund the State Department of Forestry, and $18.3 million for local governments.Should an ex- port ban be effectively enforced, these revenue flows could be reduced.This is due to an apparent price premium on currently high grade exportable logs. Recently, though, this price premium has been narrowing due to tight timber supplies. Increased jobs that result from retaining the logs for processing within the state could offset the revenue loss. The amount of revenue affected is unknown because it is difficult with confidence to sep- arate the "exportability" price component from other market forces acting on the price of logs. Further, it is unknown to what extent processing the logs within the state will result in offsetting the potential revenue lost due to lower log prices. TEXT CONTINUED PAGE 3A BALLOT OFFICIAL BALLOT - SPECIAL ELECTION CARD • 3A. Deschutes County, Oregon, June 27, 1989 N©. STATE MEASURE CONTINUED FROM PAGE 2 Whereas the Legislative Assembly and the people of the State of Oregon find that: (1) In recognition of the importance of maintaining employment in local mills,community stability and in the face of timber supply shortages,beginning in 1968 and each year there- after Congress has enacted restrictions on log exports requiring domestic processing on timber sold and harvested from federal lands in the west; (2) In recognition of the importance of maintaining employment in local mills and com- munity stability, in 1961 the Oregon Legislative Assembly passed a bill requiring all timber sold from Board of Forestry and Common School lands to be"primarily processed"in the United States. In 1963, the law was amended to authorize the Department of Forestry to issue permits allowing the export of unprocessed logs harvested from state-owned lands under certain limited circumstances. This provision was repealed in 1981; (3) Oregon's Attorneys General have questioned the constitutionality of state export bans since 1961. The state continued to restrict exports until 1984 when, following a Supreme Court decision finding a state log export ban in Alaska (South Central Timber Development,Inc. v. Wunnicke)to be unconstitutional,enforcement of Oregon's log export ban stopped; (4)Although they remain in state timber sale contracts and in Oregon statutes,Oregon's log export restrictions are not enforced. Log exports of state timber have steadily grown and in 1987 nearly 40 percent of all state timber sold was purchased by log exporting firms; (5) In 1988 Congress considered legislation to give states the right to limit exports of state-owned timber consistent with the historic Congressional direction on federal public lands. Despite strong support from western states no final action was taken; (6) In the federal budget submitted by President Reagan for fiscal year 1990, removal of log export restrictions from public lands was proposed. Impacts are estimated to be 600 million board feet of additional log exports at a cost of 2,500 direct timber industry jobs; (7)Oregon's timber supply is increasingly inadequate to meet current mill capacity;and (8)When a state exports logs instead of lumber, it is functioning similar to the developing nations of the world that rely on their unprocessed natural resources as a primary means of generating foreign exchange revenue. By exporting raw material,we lose the value added by manufacturing,the jobs involved directly in the manufacturing process,and the related spin-off jobs that also add to our economy; and Whereas in order to assure that timber harvested from state and federal public lands in Oregon is processed in Oregon, the Legislative Assembly, other state-wide officials and state agencies shall use all legal means necessary to: (1) Demand that the federal policy continue the existing Congressional prohibition of sales of unprocessed timber from federal lands for export; (2) Support and assure passage of federal legislation authorizing states to require in- state processing of timber severed from state-owned lands; and (3) Insist that the United States Secretary of the Interior and the United States Secretary of Agriculture vigorously administer and enforce the existing prohibition of sales of unpro- cessed timber from federal lands; and TEXT CONTINUED ON REVERSE SIDE BALLOT OFFICIAL BALLOT - SPECIAL ELECTION CARD 4-1. Deschutes County, Oregon, June 27, 1989 DESCHUTES COUNTY EDUCATION SERVICE DISTRICT 9-3. APPROVAL OF LEVY FOR DESCHUTES COUNTY EDUCATION SERVICE DISTRICT. QUESTION: Shall Deschutes County Education Service District levy $495,090 outside the statutory limitation to provide special YES 71 educational programs during 1989-90? EXPLANATION: This levy will provide additional necessary NO 72 behavior management services to public school students with serious emotional handicaps; a vehicle to deliver films and instructional materials to schools in Bend, Redmond and Sisters;and six school nurses to deliver health-related services to the approximately 12,000 public school students in Deschutes County. If this levy is approved,the estimated levy rate will be$.22 per$1000 of assessed valuation. The estimated cost for this measure is an ESTIMATE ONLY based on the best information available at the time of the estimate. BALLOT ARD OFFICIAL BALLOT - SPECIAL ELECTION NOO, 4-2. Deschutes County, Oregon, June 27, 1989 ADMINISTRATIVE SCHOOL DISTRICT NO. 1 9-2.ADMINISTRATIVE SCHOOL DISTRICT NO.1 ESTABLISH NEW TAX BASE. QUESTION:Shall Administrative School District No.1,Deschutes County, Oregon, increase its tax base to$23,981,364.00 for 1989- 90? YES 620* EXPLANATION: The purpose of this measure is to change the limit within which the school board may levy taxes to operate NO 63 schools. Funding for the state required district-wide kindergarten program is included within this tax base limitation.This tax base amount is$3,569,826.00 greater than the 1988-89 "safety net" levy. If this measure is approved,the tax base will be established at$23,981,364.00 for the 1989-90 school year. The tax base for the 1988-89 school year is$14,075,623.67.The Oregon Constitution allows taxes to be levied within a tax base limitation without annual ballot measures. A tax base is limited to 6 percent annual growth. DESCHUTES COUNTY EDUCATION SERVICE DISTRICT 9-3. APPROVAL OF LEVY FOR DESCHUTES COUNTY EDUCATION SERVICE DISTRICT. QUESTION: Shall Deschutes County Education Service District levy $495,090 outside the statutory limitation to provide special YES 71 educational programs during 1989-90? EXPLANATION: This levy will provide additional necessary NO 72 behavior management services to public school students with serious emotional handicaps; a vehicle to deliver films and instructional materials to schools in Bend, Redmond and Sisters;and six school nurses to deliver health-related services to the approximately 12,000 public school students in Deschutes County. If this levy is approved,the estimated levy rate will be$.22 per$1000 of assessed valuation. The estimated cost for this measure is an ESTIMATE ONLY based on the best information available at the time of the estimate. OFFICIAL BALLOT - SPECIAL ELECTION CARD BALLOT -1. Deschutes County, Oregon, June 27, 1989 NO. 5 . REDMOND SCHOOL DISTRICT 2J 9-1. TO ESTABLISH A NEW TAX BASE. QUESTION: Shall Redmond School District 2J be authorized to establish a new tax base of $9,080,114 beginning with 1989-90 YES 80 fiscal year? EXPLANATION: The proposed new tax base replaces the 1978 NO 81 tax base and "safety net" levies of 1987-89. The new tax base would restore school services including busing, athletics, maintenance, and academic programs which have been eliminated or substantially reduced over the past two "safety net" years. The new tax base would guarantee funds for district operating expenses including teachers, textbooks, supplies, libraries, building maintenance, and begin removal and containment of asbestos. The tax base would accommodate increasing enrollment, provide teachers to relieve overcrowded classrooms, and would maintain basic education for nearly 4,000 Redmond area children. The current tax base of $6,833,503 only provides 49.5% of the school budget and therefore requires that levy elections be held each year in order to fund basic education programs. Passage of the proposed tax base provides stable funding for Redmond schools and will signficantly decrease the number of levy elections.