§ ORS § 250.175Preparation of ballot titles for certain county measures; correction of clerical errors; notice

(1) When a prospective petition for a county measure to be referred is filed
with the county clerk, the clerk shall authorize the circulation of the
petition containing the title of the measure as enacted by the county governing
body or, if there is no title, the title supplied by the petitioner filing the
prospective petition. The county clerk immediately shall send one copy of the
prospective petition to the district attorney.

(2) Not later
than the sixth business day after a prospective petition for a county measure
to be initiated is filed with the county clerk, the clerk shall send one copy
of it to the district attorney if the measure to be initiated has been
determined to be in compliance with section 1 (2)(d), Article IV, and section
10, Article VI of the Oregon Constitution, as provided in ORS 250.168.

(3)(a) Not later
than the fifth business day after receiving the copy of the prospective
petition, and notwithstanding ORS 203.145 (3), the district attorney shall
prepare a ballot title for the county measure to be initiated or referred and
certify the ballot title to the county clerk.

(b) If the
district attorney determines that a ballot title certified under this
subsection contains a clerical error, the district attorney may correct the
error and certify to the county clerk a corrected ballot title not later than
the 10th business day after the date the ballot title was certified.

(c) A copy of the
ballot title shall be furnished to the chief petitioner.

(4) Unless the
circuit court certifies a different ballot title, the latest ballot title
certified by the district attorney under subsection (3) of this section is the
title to be printed on the ballot.

(5)(a) The county
clerk, upon receiving a ballot title for a county measure to be referred or
initiated from the district attorney or the county governing body, shall
publish in the next available edition of a newspaper of general circulation in
the county a notice of receipt of the ballot title including notice that an
elector may file a petition for review of the ballot title not later than the
date referred to in ORS 250.195.

(b) In addition
to publishing a notice as described in paragraph (a) of this subsection, the
county clerk may publish a notice on the county’s website for a minimum of
seven days.

(6) As used in
this section, “clerical error” means a typographical, arithmetical or
grammatical error or omission that is evident from the text of the certified
ballot title or by comparison of the text of the ballot title with a written
explanation that was provided by the district attorney and issued concurrently
with the certified ballot title. [1979 c.190 §155; 1983 c.567 §12; 1985 c.808 §26;
1987 c.707 §8; 1991 c.719 §21; 2005 c.797 §41; 2011 c.607 §6; 2013 c.519 §3;
2017 c.749 §18]



250.180 [Repealed by 1957 c.608 §231]