71st OREGON LEGISLATIVE ASSEMBLY--2001 Regular Session
 
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amended section is new. Matter within  { -  braces and minus
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LC 2521
 
                           B-Engrossed
 
                         House Bill 2656
                  Ordered by the Senate May 22
 Including House Amendments dated March 16 and Senate Amendments
                          dated May 22
 
Sponsored by Representative KRUSE
 
 
                             SUMMARY
 
The following summary is not prepared by the sponsors of the
measure and is not a part of the body thereof subject to
consideration by the Legislative Assembly. It is an editor's
brief statement of the essential features of the measure.
 
  Requires state agency to report to appropriate legislative
committee when agency makes substantive changes in programs after
Legislative Assembly has approved budget for agency. Establishes
procedure for reporting. Provides exceptions.
 
                        A BILL FOR AN ACT
Relating to state agency budgets.
Be It Enacted by the People of the State of Oregon:
  SECTION 1.  { + Section 2 of this 2001 Act is added to and made
a part of ORS 291.371 to 291.385. + }
  SECTION 2.  { + (1) As used in this section, 'state agency' has
the meaning given that term in ORS 291.002.
  (2) A state agency shall report, as provided in this section,
to the appropriate committee of the Legislative Assembly if the
agency makes substantive changes in programs after the agency's
budget is approved by the Legislative Assembly.
  (3) The Oregon Department of Administrative Services shall
adopt rules defining what constitutes a substantive program
change for purposes of this section. When an agency has made a
substantive program change as defined by the department, the
agency shall notify the department of the change. The department
shall notify the Speaker of the House of Representatives and the
President of the Senate of substantive program changes made by
state agencies.
  (4) Based upon information submitted by the Oregon Department
of Administrative Services under subsection (3) of this section,
the Speaker of the House of Representatives and the President of
the Senate shall determine which committee is appropriate for
each report that is to be made under subsection (2) of this
section.
  (5) A committee to which a report is to be made under
subsection (2) of this section may request that the report be
made orally or in writing.
  (6) An agency need not report to a committee under subsection
(2) of this section on any matter that the agency is required by
ORS 291.371, 291.375 and 291.385 to report or present to the
Emergency Board or to the Joint Committee on Ways and Means. + }
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