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Legislators advance OLCC budget including distillery IT, headquarters move and fee corrections
Summary
The Joint Committee on Ways and Means forwarded House Bill 5,019, the Oregon Liquor and Cannabis Commission budget bill, recommending amendments that fund IT modernization, a headquarters and distribution move, and address a duplicated marijuana fee entry; the measure was reported out due pass as amended.
Representative Maxine Gomberg, co-presenting the measure, told the committee that House Bill 5,019 is the budget bill for the Oregon Liquor and Cannabis Commission and outlined major program and capital items.
The nut graf: The Transportation and Economic Development Subcommittee recommended a budget for the OLCC that funds IT modernization and a distilled spirits supply chain system, pays to relocate the agency’s headquarters and distribution operations, and removes a duplicated $3.5 million recreational marijuana fee entry that had appeared in both the agency's and the governor’s budgets. The full committee reported the bill out due pass as amended.
Representative Maxine Gomberg, Representative (presenter), summarized the recommendation: "House Bill 5,019 is the…
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