This effort to gain the authority to block the initiative process is clearly unconstitutional.  The first effort to establish it by a lawsuit was thwarted when Lane County Circuit Court Judge John Carlson found the measure to be unconstitutional.  This measure, supported on the Commission primarily by Mr. Bozievich, is a second effort to block citizen-based democracy.  

The initiative, referendum and recall are all designed to protect citizens from over-reaching and over-controlling government.  They are included in both the US and the Oregon Constitutions.  Furthermore,  Oregon Revised Statute  203.035 Power of Gverning Bodies or Electors Over Matters of County Concern:  sub. 4 states: "Nothing in this section shall be construed to limit the rights of the electors of a county to propose county ordinances through exercise of the initiative power. [1973 c.282 §2; 1981 c.140 §1; 1985 c.756 §1; 1995 c.712 § 87; 2007 c.155 §12]"

The proposed measure should be DOA....