Shilo Inn Portland/205, LLC v. Multnomah County

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• describing that method of analysis
• when interpreting referred constitutional provision, court's task is to discern intent of voters; best evidence of voters' intent is text of provision
• when interpreting referred constitutional provision, court’s task is to discern intent of voters; best evidence of voters’ intent is text of provision
• if doubt remains as to meaning of initiated or referred constitutional provision, “the court will consider the history * * * in an effort to resolve the matter”
• “The fact that the legislature that proposed Measure 50 to the people and enacted its implementing leg- islation might have held a different view does not inform our analysis of Measure 5 and, therefore, cannot dictate deriv- atively how we interpret Measure 50.”

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