71st OREGON LEGISLATIVE ASSEMBLY--2001 Regular Session
 
Note: For budget, see 2001-03 Biennial Budget, Pages E-17, E-18
NOTE:  Matter within  { +  braces and plus signs + } in an
amended section is new. Matter within  { -  braces and minus
signs - } is existing law to be omitted. New sections are within
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LC 9004
 
                         House Bill 5004
 
Ordered printed by the Speaker pursuant to House Rule 12.00A (5).
  Presession filed (at the request of Budget and Management
  Division, Oregon Department of Administrative Services)
 
 
                             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.
 
  Appropriates moneys from General Fund to Department of
Veterans' Affairs for biennial expenses.
  Excludes debt service and certain property-related costs from
expenditure limitations.
  Subjects agency to Oregon Department of Administrative Services
allotment process.
  Declares emergency, effective July 1, 2001.
 
                        A BILL FOR AN ACT
Relating to the financial administration of the Department of
  Veterans' Affairs; appropriating money; limiting expenditures;
  and declaring an emergency.
Be It Enacted by the People of the State of Oregon:
  SECTION 1.  { + There is appropriated to the Department of
Veterans' Affairs, for the biennium beginning July 1, 2001, out
of the General Fund, the amount of $2,531,848 for payment of
expenses for services to veterans. + }
  SECTION 2.  { + Notwithstanding any other law, the amount of
$39,256,908 is established for the biennium beginning July 1,
2001, as the maximum limit for payment of expenses for
administration, grants and services supplied to veterans from the
Oregon War Veterans' Bond Sinking Account and the Miscellaneous
Receipts Account of the Department of Veterans' Affairs. + }
  SECTION 3.  { + Section 2 of this 2001 Act does not limit,
affect or apply to expenditures for debt service and for loans to
veterans, nor to payments for property taxes, city liens, fire
insurance, mortgage cancellation insurance, professional services
and related costs associated directly with bond sales, and
repairs and miscellaneous charges to borrower-owned property,
which are charged to the loan account and repaid along with the
payment of loan interest and principal. + }
  SECTION 4.  { + 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 5.  { + 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. + }
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