Chapter 643 Oregon Laws 2001

AN ACT

SB 5545

Relating to the financial administration of the Department of Transportation; appropriating money; limiting expenditures; and declaring an emergency.

Be It Enacted by the People of the State of Oregon:

SECTION 1. There are appropriated to the Department of Transportation, for the biennium beginning July 1, 2001, out of the General Fund, the following amounts for the following purposes:

(1) Transportation program

development.................................... $ 220,346

(2) Driver and motor vehicle

services............................................. $ 152,882

(3) Rail................................................... $ 9,373,597

(4) Public transit................................... $ 8,332,000

(5) Motor carrier transportation......... $ 116,568

SECTION 2. Notwithstanding any other law, the following amounts are established for the biennium beginning July 1, 2001, as the maximum limits for payment of expenses from fees, moneys or other revenues, including Miscellaneous Receipts and federal funds received as reimbursement from the United States Department of Transportation and the Federal Highway Administration under the Transportation Equity Act for the 21st Century, collected or received by the Department of Transportation, to be expended for the following purposes:

(1) Maintenance and emergency

relief programs............................... $ 284,186,764

(2) Preservation program.................... $ 284,237,175

(3) Bridge program.............................. $ 128,997,381

(4) Highway safety program............... $ 44,199,583

(5) Operations program....................... $ 56,685,879

(6) Modernization program................. $ 169,483,421

(7) Utility permits, inspections

and engineering on highway

rights-of-way................................... $ 4,600,000

(8) Special programs............................ $ 170,390,051

(9) Local government program........... $ 161,861,218

(10) Driver and motor vehicle

services............................................. $ 118,244,940

(11) DMV debt service........................... $ 66,576

(12) Motor carrier transportation......... $ 35,551,846

(13) Transportation program

development.................................... $ 56,894,072

(14) Public transit................................... $ 9,644,413

(15) Rail................................................... $ 7,479,755

(16) Transportation safety..................... $ 9,238,071

(17) Oregon Board of Maritime

Pilots................................................ $ 249,757

(18) Capital improvement...................... $ 2,529,970

(19) Central services............................... $ 114,181,343

SECTION 3. Notwithstanding any other law, the following amounts are established for the biennium beginning July 1, 2001, as the maximum limits for payment of expenses from federal funds collected or received by the Department of Transportation, other than those funds received as reimbursement from the United States Department of Transportation and the Federal Highway Administration under the Transportation Equity Act for the 21st Century, to be expended for the following purposes:

(1) Transportation program

development.................................... $ 169,476

(2) Motor carrier transportation......... $ 6,156,557

(3) Central services............................... $ 116,016

(4) Public transit................................... $ 26,995,470

(5) Rail................................................... $ 22,862,239

(6) Transportation safety..................... $ 13,253,274

SECTION 4. Notwithstanding any other law, the amount of $19,994,850 is established for the biennium beginning July 1, 2001, as the maximum limit for payment of expenses from lottery moneys allocated from the Administrative Services Economic Development Fund to the Department of Transportation for Westside Light Rail debt service.

SECTION 5. Section 2 of this 2001 Act does not limit, affect or apply to expenditures for debt service, internally reimbursed expenditures, or costs related to rate setting hearings conducted by the Oregon Board of Maritime Pilots.

SECTION 6. Notwithstanding any other law, all sections of this 2001 Act are subject to Oregon Department of Administrative Services rules related to allotting, controlling, and encumbering funds.

SECTION 7. This 2001 Act being necessary for the immediate preservation of the public peace, health and safety, an emergency is declared to exist, and this 2001 Act takes effect July 1, 2001.

Approved by the Governor June 27, 2001

Filed in the office of Secretary of State June 27, 2001

Effective date July 1, 2001

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