Relating to state financial administration; creating new provisions; amending section 5, chapter __, Oregon Laws 2001 (Enrolled Senate Bill 5538); appropriating money; limiting expenditures; and declaring an emergency.

 
 
 
     71st OREGON LEGISLATIVE ASSEMBLY--2001 Regular Session
 
Note: For budget, see 2001-03 Biennial Budget, Pages F-36, F-37
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
 { +  braces and plus signs + } .
 
LC 9043
 
                           A-Engrossed
 
                         House Bill 5043
                  Ordered by the House June 30
            Including House Amendments dated June 30
 
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.
 
  Allocates moneys deposited into Watershed Improvement Operating
Fund to various state agencies to implement section 4 (5),
Article XV of Oregon Constitution.
  Allocates moneys deposited into Watershed Improvement Grant
Fund to various state agencies to implement section 4 (5),
Article XV of Oregon Constitution.
  Limits biennial expenditures.
   { +  Reduces appropriation from General Fund to Oregon
Watershed Enhancement Board for biennium ending June 30, 2001.
  Appropriates moneys from General Fund to Oregon Watershed
Enhancement Board for biennium beginning July 1, 2001.
  Appropriates moneys from General Fund to Emergency Board for
allocation to Oregon Watershed Enhancement Board. + }
  Directs Oregon Watershed Enhancement Board to establish by rule
process for allocating available moneys in Restoration and
Protection Subaccount of Parks and Natural Resources Fund.
  Subjects agencies receiving moneys in this 2001 Act to Oregon
Department of Administrative Services allotment process.
  Declares emergency, effective on passage.
 
                        A BILL FOR AN ACT
Relating to state financial administration; creating new
  provisions; amending section 5, chapter __, Oregon Laws 2001
  (Enrolled Senate Bill 5538); appropriating money; limiting
  expenditures; and declaring an emergency.
Be It Enacted by the People of the State of Oregon:
  SECTION 1.  { + Of the moneys deposited into the Watershed
Improvement Operating Fund established under ORS 541.379, the
Oregon Watershed Enhancement Board shall allocate $3,952,074 to
the Department of State Police for fish and wildlife activities
to implement section 4 (5), Article XV of the Oregon
Constitution. + }
  SECTION 2.  { + Of the moneys deposited into the Watershed
Improvement Operating Fund established under ORS 541.379, the
Oregon Watershed Enhancement Board shall allocate $3,942,273 to
the State Department of Fish and Wildlife for activities and
projects to implement section 4 (5), Article XV of the Oregon
Constitution. + }
  SECTION 3.  { + Of the moneys deposited into the Watershed
Improvement Operating Fund established under ORS 541.379, the
Oregon Watershed Enhancement Board shall allocate $2,400,000 to
the State Department of Agriculture for activities and projects
to implement section 4 (5), Article XV of the Oregon
Constitution. + }
  SECTION 4.  { + Of the moneys deposited into the Watershed
Improvement Operating Fund established under ORS 541.379, the
Oregon Watershed Enhancement Board shall allocate $192,000 to the
Department of Environmental Quality for activities and projects
to implement section 4 (5), Article XV of the Oregon
Constitution. + }
  SECTION 5.  { + Notwithstanding any other law, the amount of
$6,578,488 is established for the biennium beginning July 1,
2001, as the maximum limit for the payment of expenses by the
Oregon Watershed Enhancement Board from lottery moneys deposited
into the Watershed Improvement Grant Fund established under ORS
541.397 for operating expenses, activities and projects to
implement section 4 (5), Article XV of the Oregon
Constitution. + }
  SECTION 6.  { + Of the moneys deposited into the Watershed
Improvement Grant Fund established under ORS 541.397, the Oregon
Watershed Enhancement Board shall allocate $770,000 to the
Department of State Police for expenses of implementing section 4
(5), Article XV of the Oregon Constitution. + }
  SECTION 7.  { + Of the moneys deposited into the Watershed
Improvement Grant Fund established under ORS 541.397, the Oregon
Watershed Enhancement Board shall allocate $1,233,105 to the
State Department of Agriculture for activities and projects to
implement section 4 (5), Article XV of the Oregon
Constitution. + }
  SECTION 8.  { + Notwithstanding any other law, the amount of $1
is established for the biennium beginning July 1, 2001, as the
maximum limit for payment of expenses from lottery funds
collected or received by the Oregon Watershed Enhancement Board
from the Restoration and Protection Research Fund. + }
  SECTION 9.  { + Notwithstanding any other law, the amount of
$9,145,875 is established for the biennium beginning July 1,
2001, as the maximum limit for payment of expenses for agency
operations related to Oregon Plan activities from federal funds
collected or received by the Oregon Watershed Enhancement
Board. + }
  SECTION 10.  { + Notwithstanding any other law, the amount of
$8,020,000 is established for the biennium beginning July 1,
2001, as the maximum limit for payment of expenses for agency
operations related to Oregon Plan activities from federal funds
carried over from the 1999-2001 biennium for the Oregon Watershed
Enhancement Board. + }
  SECTION 11.  { + The appropriation for the biennium ending June
30, 2001, made pursuant to section 14, chapter 910, Oregon Laws
1999, from the General Fund to the Oregon Watershed Enhancement
Board for assessment and monitoring, is reduced by
$1,501,788. + }
  SECTION 12.  { + In addition to and not in lieu of any other
appropriation, there is appropriated to the Oregon Watershed
Enhancement Board, out of the General Fund, for the biennium
beginning July 1, 2001, the amount of $375,000 for assessment and
monitoring. + }
  SECTION 13.  { + Notwithstanding any other law, the amount of
$1,249,995 is established for the biennium beginning July 1,
2001, as the maximum limit for payment of expenses from fees,
moneys or other revenues, including Miscellaneous Receipts,
excluding lottery funds and federal funds, for agency operations
related to Oregon Plan activities collected or received by the
Oregon Watershed Enhancement Board. + }
  SECTION 14.  { + Notwithstanding any other law, the amount of
$1,024,944 is established for the biennium beginning July 1,
2001, as the maximum limit for payment of expenses from fees,
moneys or other revenues, including Miscellaneous Receipts,
excluding lottery funds and federal funds, carried over from the
1999-2001 biennium for the Oregon Watershed Enhancement
Board. + }
  SECTION 15.  { + In addition to and not in lieu of any other
appropriation, there is appropriated to the Emergency Board, out
of the General Fund, for the biennium beginning July 1, 2001, the
amount of $1,126,788 for allocation to the Oregon Watershed
Enhancement Board for assessment and monitoring projects
committed to during the biennium ending June 30, 2001. If any of
the moneys appropriated under this section remain unallocated by
the Emergency Board on June 30, 2002, those unallocated moneys
become available for any other purpose for which the Emergency
Board lawfully may allocate moneys. + }
  SECTION 16. If Senate Bill 5538 becomes law, section 5, chapter
___, Oregon Laws 2001 (Enrolled Senate Bill 5538), is amended to
read:
   { +  Sec. 5. + } Notwithstanding any other law, the amount of
  { - $3,410,292 - }   { + $4,722,074 + } is established for the
biennium beginning July 1, 2001, as the maximum limit for payment
of fish and wildlife activities and operations expenses from
moneys or other revenues allocated to the Parks and Natural
Resources Fund from lottery funds made available under section 4
(5), Article XV of the Oregon Constitution.
  SECTION 17.  { + (1) The Oregon Watershed Enhancement Board
shall establish by rule a process for allocating available moneys
in the Restoration and Protection Subaccount of the Parks and
Natural Resources Fund on a quarterly basis to fulfill the
biennial allocations made in this 2001 Act. Except as provided in
subsection (2) of this section, all quarterly allocations shall
be set at one-eighth of the biennial allocations.
  (2) If, in any quarter, the moneys transferred from the State
Lottery Fund to the Parks and Natural Resources Fund are
insufficient to pay for the quarterly allocations established
under this 2001 Act, these allocations shall be reduced
proportionately in sufficient amounts to accommodate the revenue
shortfall. + }
  SECTION 18.  { + 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 19.  { + 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 on
its passage. + }
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