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Public Commission on the Oregon Legislature

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The Public Commission on the Oregon Legislature (PCOL) was a group of 30 citizens in the U.S. state of Oregon charged with developing recommendations on how to improve the Oregon Legislative Assembly. The 2005 session of the legislature established the commission with Senate Bill 1084. The bill, which declared an emergency, took effect upon its passage, when it was signed by Governor Ted Kulongoski on July 29, 2005.

The PCOL submitted its final report for the consideration of the 74th legislature on November 13, 2006. The 74th legislature implemented several of the recommendations.

Reception, impact and criticism

The PCOL's recommendation to establish an "open" primary (also known as a nonpartisan blanket primary) was taken up by two former Secretaries of State, Phil Keisling and Norma Paulus, in the form of a ballot initiative. The effort narrowly missed qualifying for the 2006 general elections ballot, but a slightly modified version qualified for the 2008 general election ballot as ballot measure 65.{{cite news

The Bend Bulletin criticized the PCOL's recommendations regarding the initiative and referendum system in an editorial,{{cite news

Recommendations to renovate the Oregon State Capitol were acted upon by the 2007 session of the legislature, and were noted in advertisements in the 2008 U.S. Senate race.

Recommendations

The commission's report included recommendations on the following topics:

Fundamental reform:

Open Primary
Nonpartisan Legislature
Nonpartisan State Controller
Redistricting Commission
Funding Government Standards and Practices Commission
Initiative Reform
Campaign Finance
Legislator Compensation

Institutional reform:

Annual Sessions and Session Structure
Partisanship
Staffing Legislative Offices
Hiring Family Members
Alcohol Consumption
Public Access

Reforming legislative operations:

Committees
Bills and Amendments
Program Evaluation
Budget Notes

Improving facilities and technology:

Capitol Renovation and Comprehensive Facilities Plan
Wireless Access
Use of Technology
Oregon Channel
Audio and Video Hardware
Security

Commission members

Commission member	Title/organization	Committee assignment
Dave Barrows		Management and Human Resources Committee
Deborah Boone	State representative	The Public Institution Committee
Daniel Bernstine	President, Portland State University	Management and Human Resources Committee
Frank Brawner		Management and Human Resources Committee
Bridget Burns		Facilities Committee
Jane Cease		Management and Human Resources Committee
Kim Skerritt Duncan	Tri-Met	Process Committee
David Frohnmayer	President, University of Oregon	Process Committee
Mark Garber	The Gresham Outlook	Facilities Committee
Avel Gordly	State senator	Process Committee
Hasso Hering	Albany Democrat-Herald	Public Institution Committee
Jim Hill	former Treasurer of Oregon	Management and Human Resources Committee
Barbara Karmel		Process Committee
Wayne Krieger	State representative	Facilities Committee
Ginny Lang		Chair, Process Committee
John Lattimer		Chair, Management and Human Resources Committee
Susan M. Leeson		Management and Human Resources Committee
Hans A. Linde		Process Committee
Greg Merten		Management and Human Resources Committee
Frank Morse	State senator	Management and Human Resources Committee
Delores Pigsley		Management and Human Resources Committee
Laura Pryor	Judge, Gilliam County Court	Public Institution Committee
Raul Ramirez	Sheriff, Marion County	Facilities Committee
Gretchen Schuette	President, Chemeketa Community College	Public Institution Committee
Connie Seeley	Office of the Senate President	Chair, Management and Human Resources Committee
Kerry Tymchuk		Chair, Public Institution Committee
Gary Wilhelms		Facilities Committee
Carl Wilson		Chair, Facilities Committee
Junki Yoshida		Public Institution Committee

References

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[http://www.leg.state.or.us/ Database of bills] {{webarchive. link. (2011-01-10 from the Oregon legislature's web site. Retrieved October 6, 2008.)
[http://www.leg.state.or.us/pcol/ Official web page] {{webarchive. link. (2007-12-14 on the Oregon Legislature's web site)
[http://www.leg.state.or.us/pcol/final_report/PCOL_full_report.pdf Complete report] {{webarchive. link. (2008-10-09 of the PCOL)
[http://www.leg.state.or.us/pcol/final_report/Part8Recommendations.pdf Recommendations section] {{webarchive. link. (2010-12-06 of the PCOL report)

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