HB 4023

83rd OREGON LEGISLATIVE ASSEMBLY--2026 Regular Session
  House Bill 4023
 Sponsored by Representatives MANNIX, DIEHL, Senator MANNING JR (Presession filed.)
  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. The statement includes a measure digest written in compliance with applicable readability
 standards.
  Digest: The Act limits methods of financing for some mass transit districts. (Flesch Readability
 Score: 60.7).
  Restores the restrictions on methods of financing for certain mass transit districts.
  Takes effect on the 91st day following adjournment sine die.
1A BILL FOR AN ACT
2 Relating to mass transit districts initiated by resolution; and prescribing an effective date.
3 Be It Enacted by the People of the State of Oregon:
4      SECTION 1. Section 2 of this 2026 Act is added to and made a part of ORS chapter 267.
5      SECTION 2. Restrictions on financing for districts formed under ORS 267.107. (1) As used
6 in this section, “mass transit district” means a district that was initiated by a resolution
7 pursuant to ORS 267.107.
8      (2) A mass transit district may not use any method of financing under ORS 267.300 other
9 than a method of financing authorized to be used under ORS 267.300 (1)(b) or (h) to (j)
10 without first obtaining authorization at a properly called election held for that purpose.
11      (3) If a mass transit district has adopted an ordinance under ORS 267.300 (1)(a) or (c) to
12 (g) on or after January 1, 2026, and before the effective date of this 2026 Act, the ordinance
13 is suspended until after the ordinance is approved by the electors of the mass transit district
14 at a properly called election held for that purpose.
15      SECTION 3. The section captions used in this 2026 Act are provided only for the con-
16 venience of the reader and do not become part of the statutory law of this state or express
17 any legislative intent in the enactment of this 2026 Act.
18      SECTION 4. This 2026 Act takes effect on the 91st day after the date on which the 2026
19 regular session of the Eighty-third Legislative Assembly adjourns sine die.
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 NOTE: Matter in boldfaced type in an amended section is new; matter [italic and bracketed] is existing law to be omitted.
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