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83rd OREGON LEGISLATIVE ASSEMBLY--2025 Regular Session
House Joint Resolution 6
Sponsored by Representative EVANS (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 measure asks voters to impose a tax on property to pay for projects to reduce risks
from disasters. The tax would end after 20 years. The measure asks voters to say yes or no at the
next general election. (Flesch Readability Score: 72.7).
Proposes an amendment to the Oregon Constitution imposing a tax on property, providing that
the tax is not subject to specified other constitutional limits on property taxes, providing that re-
venues from the tax must be deposited in an emergency resilience fund, providing that moneys in
the fund may be used only for emergency resilience projects, and repealing these provisions on June
30,2046.
Refers the proposed amendment to the people for their approval or rejection at the next regular
general election.
JOINT RESOLUTION
Be It Resolved by the Legislative Assembly of the State of Oregon:
PARAGRAPH 1. The Constitution of the State of Oregon is amended by creating a new section
16 to be added to and made part of Article XI, such section to read:
SECTION 16.(1) There is imposed a tax on each unit of property in this state at a rate
of $1 per $1,000 of the property’s real market value.
(2) The tax imposed by this section is not subject to section 11 or 11b of this Article.
(3) The Legislative Assembly shall determine by law the manner of administration of the
tax.
(4) The Legislative Assembly may, by law, exempt property from taxation under this
section.
(5) Revenues from the tax imposed by this section must be deposited in an emergency
resilience fund created by the Legislative Assembly. Earnings on moneys in the fund must
be deposited in the fund. The Legislative Assembly may deposit other moneys or revenues
in the fund. The Legislative Assembly shall by law develop and implement a program for the
award of grants or loans from the fund. Moneys in the fund may be used only for emergency
resilience projects.
(6) At least once per biennium, the state agency or agencies charged with administration
of the emergency resilience fund shall report to the Legislative Assembly on the amounts
and purposes of expenditures from the fund.
(7) As used in this section, “emergency resilience projects”:
(a) Means projects performed to anticipate or reduce risks to property and health re-
sulting from disasters including but not limited to earthquakes, landslides, avalanches,
volcanic eruptions, floods or other hydrological disasters, storms or other meteorological
disasters, wildfires and attack.
(b) Includes, without limitation:
NOTE:Matter in boldfaced type in an amended section is new; matter [italic and bracketed] is existing law to be omitted.
New sections are in boldfaced type.
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(A) Construction, rehabilitation and maintenance of facilities or public spaces for disaster
planning, preparedness, mitigation, response and recovery; and
(B) Support for essential support function missions coordinated or recognized by a fed-
eral agency.
(c) Does not include projects required to meet minimum standards imposed by applicable
building codes or other applicable law.
(8) The prohibition on declarations of emergency under section 1a, Article IX of this
Constitution, does not apply to acts required or authorized under this section.
(9) This section is repealed June 30, 2046. Any moneys remaining in the emergency
resilience fund on the date of repeal of this section, and all moneys that would have been
deposited in the fund had this section stayed in effect, shall be transferred to and deposited
in the General Fund to be available for general governmental purposes.
PARAGRAPH 2. The amendment proposed by this resolution shall be submitted to the
people for their approval or rejection at the next regular general election held throughout
thisstate.
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