(2)(a) If written comments are submitted to the secretary under subsection (1) of this section, the Attorney General shall consider the comments and certify to the secretary either the draft ballot title or a revised ballot title not later than the 10th business day after receiving the comments from the secretary.
(b) If no written comments are submitted to the secretary, the Attorney General shall certify the draft ballot title not later than the 21st business day after the secretary receives the draft title from the Attorney General. If the Attorney General determines that a draft ballot title described in this paragraph contains a clerical error, the Attorney General may correct the error before certifying the corrected draft ballot title to the secretary.
(c) If the Attorney General determines that a ballot title certified under this subsection contains a clerical error, the Attorney General may correct the error and certify to the secretary a corrected ballot title not later than the 10th business day after the date the ballot title was certified.
(d) The secretary shall furnish the chief petitioner with a copy of each ballot title certified under this subsection.
(3) Unless the Supreme Court certifies a different ballot title, the latest ballot title certified by the Attorney General under subsection (2) of this section is the title to be printed in the voters’ pamphlet and on the ballot.
(4) If a petition is filed with the Supreme Court as provided in ORS 250.085, the Secretary of State shall file with the Supreme Court a copy of the written comments received as part of the record on review of the ballot title.
(5) The secretary by rule shall specify the means for providing reasonable statewide notice for submitting comments on a draft ballot title.
(6) As used in this section, "clerical error" means a typographical, arithmetical or grammatical error or omission that is evident from the text of the draft or certified ballot title or by comparison of the text of the draft or certified ballot title with a written explanation that was provided by the Attorney General and issued concurrently with the draft or certified ballot title. [1985 c.447 §5; 1989 c.503 §5; 2001 c.802 §1; 2005 c.797 §38; 2007 c.159 §1; 2007 c.848 §10; 2017 c.749 §15]