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Sen. Dallas Heard of Roseburg and Sen. Dennis Linthicum of Klamath Falls currently serve as the chair and treasurer, respectively, of the Oregon Republican Party as well as representing districts 1 and 28 in the Oregon Senate.
Senate Bill 865, introduced Wednesday by two Republican senators, would make them choose which office they want to hold.
The two-page bill would disallow a person from simultaneously holding an elected position in state government and serving as an officer in a state political party.
Violators would face a fine of $250 per calendar day. The bill has an emergency clause, meaning it would go into effect upon passage, and would begin to apply to violators seven days later.