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1967 SPECIAL SESSION

October 30 to November 21, 1967 · 54th Legislative Assembly · about 1 minutes to read

Some records are in hand, but the minimum evidence for a source-bound account has not been assembled.

Principal decisions

  1. 1. Revenue-shortfall budget reductionsThe session reportedly reduced General Fund spending by roughly $31 million in response to a forecast shortfall.
  2. 2. School-finance and tax adjustmentsEducation funding and taxation were coupled to the shortfall response.
  3. 3. Flat tax or constitutional revenue limitationA structural revenue alternative remained unresolved.
Assembly
54th Legislative Assembly

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Some records are in hand, but the minimum evidence for a source-bound account has not been assembled.

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Sources and evidence

Claim-level citations in the research ledger

  • Oregon Public Finance: Basic FactsOfficial secondary · 1967 special-session laws and appropriations; item-level review pendingoriginal
  • Oregon History: 1951 to PresentOfficial secondary · 1967 special-session laws and appropriations; item-level review pendingoriginal
  • 1967 SPECIAL SESSION comparative section tablePrimary · 1967ssoriginal
  • 1967 SPECIAL SESSION comparative section tablePrimary · 1967ssoriginal
  • Oregon History: 1951 to PresentOfficial secondary · 1967 special-session laws and appropriations; item-level review pendingoriginal
  • Oregon Public Finance: Basic FactsOfficial secondary · 1967 special-session laws and appropriations; item-level review pendingoriginal
  • 1967 SPECIAL SESSION comparative section tablePrimary · 1967ssoriginal
  • Oregon Public Finance: Basic FactsOfficial secondary · 1967 special-session laws and appropriations; item-level review pendingoriginal
  • Oregon History: 1951 to PresentOfficial secondary · 1967 special-session laws and appropriations; item-level review pendingoriginal
  • Clarke v. OHSU — checksum snapshotPrimary · 343 Or 610; PDF p. 32original
  • Chronological List of Oregon's LegislaturesOfficial secondary · PDF pages [392, 394]original
  • Oregon History: 1951 to PresentOfficial secondary · 1967 special-session laws and appropriations; item-level review pendingoriginal
Featured documents linked to this session (9)
  • 1967 SPECIAL SESSION comparative section tableSession research source · Oregon Legislative Counsel · Preservedoriginal
  • Chronological List of Oregon's LegislaturesOfficial session chronology · Chronological List of Oregon's Legislatures · Preservedoriginal
  • Chronological List of Oregon's LegislaturesOfficial session chronology · Chronological List of Oregon's Legislatures · Preservedoriginal
  • Chronological List of Oregon's LegislaturesOfficial session chronology · Chronological List of Oregon's Legislatures · Preservedoriginal
  • Legislative ResearchSession research source · Oregon State Archives · Inaccessibleoriginal
  • Oregon History: 1951 to PresentGovernance source link · Oregon Secretary of State · Linkedoriginal
  • Oregon Public Finance: Basic FactsGovernance source link · Oregon Legislative Revenue Office · Linkedoriginal
  • Legislative Committee Records InventorySession research source · Oregon State Archives · Preservedoriginal
  • Oregon Laws publication and ordering pageSession research source · Oregon Legislative Counsel · Linkedoriginal

About this account

Sources being assembled. Some records are in hand, but the minimum evidence for a source-bound account has not been assembled.

Edition dated August 31, 2026. Cite as: Oregon Governance Atlas, “1967 SPECIAL SESSION,” edition September 2026 (historical cutoff 2026-08-31), https://oregon.portlandciviclab.org/sessions/or-leg-1967-state-special-01.

BibTeX
@misc{atlas-or-leg-1967-state-special-01,
  title = {1967 SPECIAL SESSION},
  howpublished = {Oregon Governance Atlas, edition September 2026},
  note = {Historical cutoff 2026-08-31},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://oregon.portlandciviclab.org/sessions/or-leg-1967-state-special-01}
}
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