71st OREGON LEGISLATIVE ASSEMBLY--2001 Regular Session
 
NOTE:  Matter within  { +  braces and plus signs + } in an
amended section is new. Matter within  { -  braces and minus
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LC 2521
 
                         House Bill 2656
 
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 as
introduced.
 
  Requires state agency to report to legislative committee when
agency makes certain changes in legislatively approved budget for
agency.
 
                        A BILL FOR AN ACT
Relating to state agency budgets; creating new provisions; and
  amending ORS 291.002.
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) A state agency shall report to the
appropriate committee of the Legislative Assembly if:
  (a) The state agency makes any changes in positions authorized
in the legislatively approved budget for the agency; or
  (b) The agency makes any changes in the ways budgeted moneys
will be spent.
  (2) The Speaker of the House of Representatives and the
President of the Senate shall determine the appropriate committee
for a report under subsection (1) of this section.
  (3) An agency need not report under subsection (1) of this
section on any matter on which the agency is required by ORS
291.371 to report or present to a legislative review agency. + }
  SECTION 3. ORS 291.002 is amended to read:
  291.002. As used in ORS 291.001 to 291.034, 291.201 to 291.222,
291.232 to 291.260, 291.307 and 291.990 { +  and section 2 of
this 2001 Act + }, unless the context requires otherwise:
  (1) 'Department' means the Oregon Department of Administrative
Services.
  (2) 'Director' means the Director of the Oregon Department of
Administrative Services.
  (3) 'Dedicated fund' means a fund in the State Treasury, or a
separate account or fund in the General Fund in the State
Treasury, that by law is dedicated, appropriated or set aside for
a limited object or purpose; but 'dedicated fund' does not
include a revolving fund or a trust fund.
  (4) 'Revolving fund' means a fund in the State Treasury,
established by law, from which is paid the cost of goods or
services furnished to or by a state agency, and which is
replenished through charges made for such goods or services or
through transfers from other accounts or funds; and specifically
includes funds derived from receipts by the State Board of Higher
Education of tuition, fees, dormitory earnings, student activity
receipts and sales of products and services incident to education
functions.
  (5) 'Trust fund' means a fund in the State Treasury in which
designated persons or classes of persons have a vested beneficial
interest or equitable ownership, or which was created or
established by a gift, grant, contribution, devise or bequest
that limits the use of the fund to designated objects or
purposes.
  (6) 'Classification of expenditures' means the major groups or
categories of expenditures for the purpose of budget-making and
accounting that are established as provided in ORS 291.206.
  (7) 'State agency' or 'agency' means every state officer,
board, commission, department, institution, branch or agency of
the state government, whose costs are paid wholly or in part from
funds held in the State Treasury, except the Legislative
Assembly, the courts and their officers and committees, and
except the Secretary of State and the State Treasurer in the
performance of the duties of their constitutional offices.
  (8) 'State officer' means any elected or appointed state
officer, including members of boards and commissions, except the
members and officers of the Legislative Assembly, the courts and
the Secretary of State and the State Treasurer in the performance
of the duties of their constitutional offices.
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