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1979 REGULAR SESSION

January 8 to July 4, 1979 · 60th 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-forecast surplus 'kicker' statuteTied forecast error to automatic refunds, constraining legislative use of unanticipated revenue.
  2. 2. Local-government boundary commission frameworkChanged state oversight of annexation and service-boundary decisions.
  3. 3. Biennial budget and tax-administration restructuringMay have had broader immediate fiscal reach than the kicker.
  4. 4. Remove elected Superintendent of Public InstructionWould have changed executive accountability for education.
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60th 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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Earlier and later sessions

Came before

    Followed

    • 1984-11-06 · Fiscal constitutionalization and state-local redistributionOregon Lottery authorizedBallot and legislative choices progressively constrained forecasts, property taxation, earmarks, school finance, reserves, and refunds, shifting discretion across voters, legislature, state, and local governments.
    • 1990-11-06 · Fiscal constitutionalization and state-local redistributionMeasure 5 property-tax limitsBallot and legislative choices progressively constrained forecasts, property taxation, earmarks, school finance, reserves, and refunds, shifting discretion across voters, legislature, state, and local governments.
    • 1991-07-01 · Fiscal constitutionalization and state-local redistributionState school-distribution formula after Measure 5Ballot and legislative choices progressively constrained forecasts, property taxation, earmarks, school finance, reserves, and refunds, shifting discretion across voters, legislature, state, and local governments.
    • 1997-05-20 · Fiscal constitutionalization and state-local redistributionMeasure 50 assessed-value systemBallot and legislative choices progressively constrained forecasts, property taxation, earmarks, school finance, reserves, and refunds, shifting discretion across voters, legislature, state, and local governments.

    These edges locate a decision in a researched governance chain. They do not by themselves prove that the source caused the target.

    Sources and evidence

    Claim-level citations in the research ledger

    • MacPherson v. DAS — checksum snapshotPrimary · 340 Or 141; PDF p. 27original
    • Oregon Public Finance: Basic FactsOfficial secondary · 1979 act; chapter crosswalk pending; May 20, 1980 ballotoriginal
    • Initiative, Referendum and RecallOfficial secondary · election entries associated with session referralsoriginal
    • 1979 REGULAR SESSION comparative section tablePrimary · 1979original
    • Initiative, Referendum and RecallOfficial secondary · election entries associated with session referralsoriginal
    • Oregon Public Finance: Basic FactsOfficial secondary · 1979 act; chapter crosswalk pending; May 20, 1980 ballotoriginal
    • 1979 REGULAR SESSION comparative section tablePrimary · 1979original
    • Chronological List of Oregon's LegislaturesOfficial secondary · PDF pages [441, 443]original
    • Oregon Public Finance: Basic FactsOfficial secondary · 1979 act; chapter crosswalk pending; May 20, 1980 ballotoriginal
    • Initiative, Referendum and RecallOfficial secondary · election entries associated with session referralsoriginal
    • 1979 REGULAR SESSION comparative section tablePrimary · 1979original
    • Constitution of Oregon, effective after the 2024 electionPrimary · source notes and current textoriginal
    • Oregon Constitution (2024 annotated edition)Primary · source notes and current textoriginal
    • Oregon Public Finance: Basic FactsOfficial secondary · 1979 act; chapter crosswalk pending; May 20, 1980 ballotoriginal
    • 1979 REGULAR SESSION comparative section tablePrimary · 1979original
    • Initiative, Referendum and RecallOfficial secondary · election entries associated with session referralsoriginal
    Featured documents linked to this session (12)
    • 1979 REGULAR 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
    • 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
    • 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, “1979 REGULAR SESSION,” edition September 2026 (historical cutoff 2026-08-31), https://oregon.portlandciviclab.org/sessions/or-leg-1979-state-regular-01.

    BibTeX
    @misc{atlas-or-leg-1979-state-regular-01,
  title = {1979 REGULAR SESSION},
  howpublished = {Oregon Governance Atlas, edition September 2026},
  note = {Historical cutoff 2026-08-31},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://oregon.portlandciviclab.org/sessions/or-leg-1979-state-regular-01}
}
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