BY SARAH ROSS

SALEM- The Oregon Legislature is meeting briefly this week to hear reports from passed legislation and work on legislation to be presented in the next regular session.

The body is gathering for three days of Interim House and Senate Committee hearings, starting Monday, in preparation for the upcoming session.

The practice of meeting for three days of hearings was instituted by House Speaker Dave Hunt in 2009 in order to save costs during the regular session.

“We are simply more efficient and cost effective when we bring committees together over these three day periods. It allows for joint committee hearings and greater sharing of critical information like the revenue forecast,” said Speaker Hunt in a press release sent out last week.

A new revenue forecast is set to be released by the State’s economist on Tuesday at 11 AM during a Joint Revenue Committee hearing.

More interim hearing are scheduled for September and December.