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(1) The following definitions apply to sections 2.993 to 2.998:

(a) “Measure” means both city measures and school district measures.

(b) “City measure” means a proposed city ordinance, charter revision, charter amendment, or a proposition, question or advisory measure placed on the ballot by the council, including a measure referred on the recommendation of the Eugene Water & Electric Board. “City measure” also includes municipal legislation, charter revisions and charter amendments placed on the ballot by initiative or referendum petition.

(c) “School district measure” means a measure placed on the ballot by the school district.

(d) “School district” means Eugene School District 4J or Bethel School District 52.

(e) School district elector means a resident of the school district qualified to vote under the Oregon Constitution, Article II, section 2.

(2) The city manager shall publish and distribute a local voters’ pamphlet for each election in which a city measure is on the ballot.

(3) The city manager shall include in a voters’ pamphlet published pursuant to subsection (2) of this section statements from candidates in races for city offices (council, mayor, or Eugene Water & Electric Board member) if such statements are submitted by the candidates, together with a fee in the amount of $100.00.

(4) If a candidate for city office wishes to publish a statement in the city voters’ pamphlet for an election at which no city measure is submitted for a vote, the city manager shall publish a voters pamphlet containing candidate statements submitted pursuant to subsection (3) of this section, unless the city council waives the requirement. Candidate statements to be published pursuant to this subsection shall be submitted to the city recorder not less than 70 days prior to the date of the election for which the voters’ pamphlet is published. If the city recorder does not receive a candidate statement by the 70th day prior to the election, the city manager shall not publish a voters’ pamphlet pursuant to this subsection.

(5) Prior to the inclusion of a statement from a candidate for the Eugene Water & Electric Board in a voters’ pamphlet published pursuant to subsection 2.993(4), the Eugene Water & Electric Board shall agree to pay to the city the cost of the Eugene Water & Electric Board’s portion, as determined by the city recorder, for the printing, advertising, mailing and personnel expenses associated with publishing the voters’ pamphlet and distributing it within the city limits. Nothing in this subsection shall relieve Eugene Water & Electric Board candidates of the obligation to pay the fee required by subsection (3) of this section.

(6) A voters’ pamphlet published by the city manager pursuant to subsection (3) of this section shall be distributed as provided in section 2.997 of this code.

(7) Any time a voters’ pamphlet is produced under this section, the city manager shall include in the voters’ pamphlet any school district measure and any candidate statement for a school board position for which timely notice and payment is received. The contents of a school district measure shall comply with subsection 2.994(1)(a) of this code; the contents of a candidate’s statement shall comply with subsection 2.994(2) of this code.

(a) Timely notice.

1. For notice of a school district measure to be timely, the school district must submit the text of the measure to the city recorder not later than the second business day following the 61st day before the date of the election.

2. For notice of a school board candidate’s statement to be timely, the candidate for a school board position must submit the statement to the city recorder not less than 56 days prior to the date of the election.

(b) Payment.

1. Prior to the inclusion of a school district measure in the voters’ pamphlet, the school district shall agree to pay to the city the cost of the school district’s portion, as determined by the city recorder, of the printing, advertising, mailing, and personnel expenses associated with publishing the voters’ pamphlet and distributing it within the city limits. The school district shall agree to pay to the city the full cost of the expenses associated with the distribution of voters’ pamphlets outside the city limits.

2. Candidates for school board positions shall pay to the city a fee in the amount of $100 at the time they submit their statements to the city recorder.

(c) Submission of arguments for or against school district measure.

1. Written arguments in favor of or in opposition to a school district measure may be submitted by following the procedure described in subsections 2.996(1) and (1)(b) of this code, except that one or more school board members voting in favor of the measure shall be substituted for the city councilors.

2. Additional arguments in favor of or in opposition to a school district measure may be submitted by following the procedure described in subsection 2.996(4) of this code, except that the required petition signatures shall be those of school district electors.

(Section 2.993 added by Ordinance No. 19533, enacted February 8, 1988; amended by Ordinance No. 20030, enacted December 4, 1995, effective January 3, 1996; Ordinance No. 20190, enacted February 28, effective March 29, 2000; and Ordinance No. 20405, enacted March 19, 2008, effective April 19, 2008.)