Gov. Kotek wants lawmakers to invalidate House Bill 3991. The opinion says they cannot do that.
By Nigel Jaquiss
Oregon Journalism Project
A 90-year-old legal opinion could jeopardize Gov. Tina Kotek’s desire to repeal House Bill 3991, the controversial Oregon Department of Transportation funding package she backed and lawmakers passed in a September special session.
The opinion, dated Nov. 13, 1935, is about a bill lawmakers passed that year related to student fees at Oregon…