House Bill No. 3453
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77th OREGON LEGISLATIVE ASSEMBLY--2013 Regular Session
House
Bill 3453
Sponsored by COMMITTEE ON RULES
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.
Provides that Governor may proclaim, in affected counties, public safety
fiscal emergency, with unanimous agreement of President and Minority Leader
of Senate and Speaker and Minority Leader of House of Representatives.
Allows for consolidation or merger of units of local government and for intergovernmental agreements
for purpose of providing services. Allows for imposition of income tax assessment on
residents of affected counties, with maximum rate to be specified in proclamation
and with approval of county governing body.
Declares
emergency, effective on passage.
Below is the SUMMARY statement from
HB 3453 as introduced March 2013
The bill as approved resembles that of an Orwellian authoritarian state.
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A third public hearing (Workshop) on this bill was held June 27. Amendment HB 3453-17 was proposed and adopted.
The measure went to the Joint Committee On Ways and Means along with hundreds of other bills. No public hearings or
workshops were scheduled. None that is until Sunday evening July 7, 2013 when the bill was referred to the Capital
Construction Committee. There it was amended and approved.
A dictator in ancient Rome is defined as:
"a person invested with supreme authority during a crisis".
HB 3453 empowers the Governor alone to proclaim a public safety fiscal emergency in two or fewer counties. If a majority of the governing body (county commissioners) of an affected county agrees with the proclamation, they (commissioners) are empowered to impose an “income tax” on citizens of that county in an amount which they determine is necessary to satisfy the county’s funding obligations to eliminate the fiscal emergency. This is unprecedented in Oregon and all without a vote of the people.
A dictatorship is defined as:
"a form of government in which the ruler is an absolute dictator not restricted by a constitution or laws or opposition."
Monday, July 8, 2013 the final Enrolled version of HB 3453 was approved by members of the Oregon Legislative Assembly.
In a Newsletter July 8, Senator Kruse (District 1) went into some detail about the legislative system in Oregon and, what had occurred
Sunday, July 7 stating "They (Capital Construction Committee) passed a series of bills with no discussion and no input from anyone,
even committee members. To make it even worse they passed some of the bills with 'conceptual amendments.'"
Oregon Legislature ignores Constitution in dramatic move toward tyranny.
ARTICLE I - BILL OF RIGHTS
Section 32. Taxes and duties; uniformity of taxation. No tax or duty shall be imposed without the consent
of the people or their representatives in the Legislative Assembly; and all taxation shall be uniform on the same class of subjects
within the territorial limits of the authority levying the tax. [Constitution of 1859; Amendment proposed by H.J.R. 16, 1917, and
adopted by the people June 4, 1917]
ARTICLE IV - LEGISLATIVE BRANCH
Section 25. Majority necessary to pass bills and resolutions;
special requirements for bills raising revenue; signatures of presiding officers required.
(1) Except
as otherwise provided in subsection (2) of this section, a majority of all the members elected to each House shall be necessary to
pass every bill or Joint resolution.
(2) Three-fifths of all members elected to each House shall be
necessary to pass bills for raising revenue.
(3) All bills, and Joint resolutions passed, shall be signed
by the presiding officers of the respective houses. [Constitution of 1859; Amendment proposed by H.J.R. 14, 1995, and adopted by the
people May 21, 1996]
ARTICLE IX - FINANCE
Section 1a. Poll or head tax; declaration of emergency in tax laws. No poll or head tax shall be levied or collected
in Oregon. The Legislative Assembly shall not declare an emergency in any act regulating taxation or exemption. [Created through initiative
petition filed June 23, 1910, and adopted by the people Nov. 8, 1910; Amendment proposed by S.J.R. 10, 1911, and adopted by the
people Nov. 5, 1912]
Articles of the Oregon Constitution
pertaining to revenue and taxation
HB 3453 Q & A:
Citizen Questions
to Oregon District 1 Representatives:
Citizen email Sept. 12, 2013
I called
both Krieger and Kruse with no satisfaction (I had to talk to Krieger's wife as he was "working"). Do you know what their reply
was? "Well, it was going to pass anyway."
Citizen email Sept. 18, 2013
Response received from Rep. Krieger's Legislative Assistant
- Mrs. Krieger.
"You asked if Representative Krieger has read the bill. Yes.
Have you?"
Much of the response
was taken directly from the text of HB 3453.
Citizen email Sept. 18, 2013
"I was under the impression that we voted for you to represent
the people in your district." "...give me some rational reasons for your support of this bill and why specific Articles in the
Oregon Constitution are being ignored regarding revenue and taxation."
HB 3453 Passage Over the Holiday
• Did you read the bill?
• Why did you vote in favor on the bill?
• Please explain what authority you have
to disregard the Oregon Constitution?
• Why are specific Articles being ignored
regarding revenue and taxation?
Senator Kruse Response:
• Well, it was going to pass anyway.
• You won't like the answer. The majority party
had the votes and could do what they like.
• We never wanted to go down this road but when the train is leaving the station and you
cannot change the carriages, you have to be on board.
Representative Krieger Response:
• Well, it was going to pass anyway.
• You asked if Representative Krieger has read the bill. Yes. Have you?
• Did you just take the word of someone who wrote in the paper?
Some calls from citizens have not been
returned nor written questions
answered. Neither representative has
responded to a single question related
to the Oregon Constitution.
The Dirty Little Secret
that Commissioners don't want you to know about House Bill 3453
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Citizens may by a petition signed by approximately 410 qualified voters order that an election be held allowing the
people to approve or reject the implementation of
House Bill 3453
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