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1978 SPECIAL SESSION

September 5 to September 9, 1978 · 59th 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. Legislative property-tax relief alternativeOffered a legislative alternative amid a campaign for a constitutional 1.5 percent property-tax limit.
  2. 2. State tax-policy and appropriation adjustmentsChanged the immediate fiscal response.
  3. 3. Ballot Measure 6 property-tax limitationThe competing constitutional model would have imposed a much harder local fiscal constraint.
Assembly
59th 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 · 1978 special-session tax measures; 2 Senate and 9 House bills passed per LFOoriginal
  • 1978 SPECIAL SESSION comparative section tablePrimary · 1978ssoriginal
  • Oregon Special Sessions, 1971-2006: Purpose, Length and Legislative StatisticsOfficial secondary · 1978original
  • Oregon Public Finance: Basic FactsOfficial secondary · 1978 special-session tax measures; 2 Senate and 9 House bills passed per LFOoriginal
  • Oregon Special Sessions, 1971-2006: Purpose, Length and Legislative StatisticsOfficial secondary · 1978original
  • Oregon Constitution (2024 annotated edition)Primary · source notes and current textoriginal
  • 1978 SPECIAL SESSION comparative section tablePrimary · 1978ssoriginal
  • Constitution of Oregon, effective after the 2024 electionPrimary · source notes and current textoriginal
  • Initiative, Referendum and RecallOfficial secondary · election entries associated with session referralsoriginal
  • 1978 SPECIAL SESSION comparative section tablePrimary · 1978ssoriginal
  • Oregon Special Sessions, 1971-2006: Purpose, Length and Legislative StatisticsOfficial secondary · 1978original
  • Oregon Public Finance: Basic FactsOfficial secondary · 1978 special-session tax measures; 2 Senate and 9 House bills passed per LFOoriginal
  • Chronological List of Oregon's LegislaturesOfficial secondary · PDF pages [435, 437]original
Featured documents linked to this session (13)
  • 1978 SPECIAL SESSION comparative section tableSession research source · Oregon Legislative Counsel · Preservedoriginal
  • Constitution of Oregon, effective after the 2024 electionConstitutional text · Constitution of Oregon · Preservedoriginal
  • Oregon Constitution (2024 annotated edition)Governance source link · Oregon Legislative Assembly · Linkedoriginal
  • 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
  • Initiative, Referendum and RecallOfficial ballot inventory · Initiative, Referendum and Recall Itemized Listings · Preservedoriginal
  • Legislative ResearchSession research source · Oregon State Archives · Inaccessibleoriginal
  • Oregon Public Finance: Basic FactsGovernance source link · Oregon Legislative Revenue Office · Linkedoriginal
  • Oregon Special Sessions, 1971-2006: Purpose, Length and Legislative StatisticsSession research source · Oregon Legislative Assembly, Legislative Fiscal Office · Preservedoriginal
  • Oregon Special Sessions, 1971-2006: Purpose, Length and Legislative StatisticsSession research source · Oregon Legislative Assembly, Legislative Fiscal Office · Preservedoriginal
  • 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, “1978 SPECIAL SESSION,” edition September 2026 (historical cutoff 2026-08-31), https://oregon.portlandciviclab.org/sessions/or-leg-1978-state-special-01.

BibTeX
@misc{atlas-or-leg-1978-state-special-01,
  title = {1978 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-1978-state-special-01}
}
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