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Package bill would fund county fair capital plans and prepare Oregon State Fairgrounds as regional evacuee center
Summary
House Committee members heard testimony on House Bill 2304, which would fund a statewide county fair capital plan, remove the lottery cap on fairs funding, allocate a portion of lottery proceeds to the Oregon State Fair and authorize bonds to upgrade the State Fairgrounds for regional emergency use.
House Committee on Economic Development, Small Business, and Trade members heard testimony Wednesday on House Bill 2304, a package measure that would expand funding for county fair capital projects, route a share of lottery proceeds to the Oregon State Fair and authorize bonding to make the State Fairgrounds usable as a regional emergency and evacuee center.
The bill would adjust the lottery allocation to the county fair account from 1% to 0.9% of net lottery proceeds and allocate 0.1% of net proceeds to the State Fair Council. It would remove the current annual cap of $1,530,000 on the county fair account, appropriate $250,000 from the General Fund for Business Oregon to develop a county fair capital construction master plan,…
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