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County staff summarizes multiple bills, seeks commissioner sign-off on support letters and in-person testimony
Summary
County staff reviewed several legislative priorities including TLT, assessor funding, fair funding, public land survey corner fee changes and public health modernization funding; staff requested commissioner feedback and approvals for letters and urged timely review of emailed materials with several imminent testimony deadlines.
County Manager Don Boone and county legislative staff briefed the Clatsop County Board of Commissioners on several bills and asked the board to review and approve letters of support and consider in-person testimony.
Staff highlighted H.B. 3556, a transient lodging tax (TLT) bill the League of Oregon Cities and other local groups have pursued; staff said the bill is tentatively scheduled for a public hearing and work session in mid‑March and that the board may want to send a commissioner or provide testimony. "That's HB 3,556," Amanda (staff member) said when reviewing the county's priority list.
Amanda also described the bill led by…
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