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1981 FIRST SPECIAL SESSION

October 24 to October 24, 1981 · 61th 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. Court reorganization and state-court financing packageRevisited the vetoed transfer and financing of court functions in a one-day sitting.
  2. 2. Court filing-fee financingSupplied the revenue mechanism for judicial administration.
  3. 3. Governor's veto of the regular-session packageThe veto framed the interbranch dispute the special session resolved.
Assembly
61th Legislative Assembly

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Sources and evidence

Claim-level citations in the research ledger

  • Oregon Special Sessions, 1971-2006: Purpose, Length and Legislative StatisticsOfficial secondary · 1981original
  • About Oregon's State Court SystemOfficial secondary · 1981 special-session HB 2696/HB 2733 successor measures; exact chapters pendingoriginal
  • 1981 FIRST SPECIAL SESSION comparative section tablePrimary · 1981ssoriginal
  • Chronological List of Oregon's LegislaturesOfficial secondary · PDF pages [457, 459]original
  • About Oregon's State Court SystemOfficial secondary · 1981 special-session HB 2696/HB 2733 successor measures; exact chapters pendingoriginal
  • Oregon Special Sessions, 1971-2006: Purpose, Length and Legislative StatisticsOfficial secondary · 1981original
  • 1981 FIRST SPECIAL SESSION comparative section tablePrimary · 1981ssoriginal
  • Oregon Special Sessions, 1971-2006: Purpose, Length and Legislative StatisticsOfficial secondary · 1981original
  • About Oregon's State Court SystemOfficial secondary · 1981 special-session HB 2696/HB 2733 successor measures; exact chapters pendingoriginal
  • 1981 FIRST SPECIAL SESSION comparative section tablePrimary · 1981ssoriginal
Featured documents linked to this session (10)
  • 1981 FIRST SPECIAL SESSION comparative section tableSession research source · Oregon Legislative Counsel · Preservedoriginal
  • About Oregon's State Court SystemGovernance source link · Oregon Judicial Department · 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
  • Legislative ResearchSession research source · Oregon State Archives · Inaccessibleoriginal
  • 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, “1981 FIRST SPECIAL SESSION,” edition September 2026 (historical cutoff 2026-08-31), https://oregon.portlandciviclab.org/sessions/or-leg-1981-state-special-01.

BibTeX
@misc{atlas-or-leg-1981-state-special-01,
  title = {1981 FIRST 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-1981-state-special-01}
}
Research tasks for this session

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