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Effective Dates of Oregon Legislation

"In 1999, the Legislative Assembly adopted ORS 171.022, which reads, "Except as otherwise provided in the Act, an Act of the Legislative Assembly takes effect on January 1 of the year after passage of the Act."

Some bills contain a clause which specify a particular effective date. Still others may have emergency, sunset, or referendum clauses attached."

See also previous OLR Blog post on effective dates of legislation.

Full post as published by Oregon Legal Research on June 23, 2009 (boomark / email).