As amended through June 11, 2024
Rule 12.34 - ESTIMATE OF FINANCIAL IMPACT REVIEW(1) Any person entitled to petition under ORS 250.131 for review of an estimate of financial impact may file with the Administrator a petition to review the estimate. The petition must be filed not later than 85 calendar days before the election at which the measure is to be voted on. The petition shall not concern the amount of the estimate or whether an estimate should be prepared.(2) The provisions of ORAP 12.30(2), (3), (4), (5), (7), (8), and (9) shall apply, except that: (a) The officials named in ORS 250.125(9) shall be designated "Respondents," the Attorney General shall not be designated as a respondent, and the title of the proceeding shall be "Petition to Review Estimate of Financial Impact"; and (b) The petition shall show proof of service on each official named in ORS 250.125(9) and the Attorney General.(3) The petition shall inform the court of the petitioner's interest in the matter, the full text of the estimate of financial impact as filed by the Secretary of State, and the reasons the estimate was prepared, filed or certified in violation of the procedures specified in ORS 250.125 or ORS 250.127.(4) The answering memorandum shall set forth concisely the reasons why the estimate challenged was prepared, filed or certified in compliance with the procedures specified in ORS 250.125 or ORS 250.127. An answering memorandum shall include the complete estimate as filed with the Secretary of State or as revised under ORS 250.127, if the respondent claims that the estimate as contained in the petition is in error.(5) The Administrator will issue the appellate judgment on the next judicial day after the filing date of the Supreme Court's dispositional decision.Amended November 15, 2018, effective 1/1/2019; amended December 6, 2023, effective 12/11/2023