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
signs - } is existing law to be omitted. New sections are within
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LC 9555
 
                           A-Engrossed
 
                        Senate Bill 5555
                  Ordered by the Senate June 22
            Including Senate Amendments dated June 22
 
Printed pursuant to Senate Interim Rule 213.28 by order of the
  President of the Senate in conformance with presession filing
  rules, indicating neither advocacy nor opposition on the part
  of the President (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.
 
  Appropriates moneys from General Fund to   { -  _______ - }
 { + Water Resources Department + } for   { - biennial
expenses - }  { +  grants to districts for water supply
augmentation within federal Klamath Project and for expenses of
department in responding to inadequate water supplies in Klamath
Basin + }.
    { - Limits biennial expenditures from fees, moneys or other
revenues, including Miscellaneous Receipts, excluding lottery
funds and federal funds, collected or received by _______. - }
    { - Limits biennial expenditures of _______ from federal
funds. - }
    { - Subjects _______ to Oregon Department of Administrative
Services allotment process. - }
  Declares emergency, effective July 1, 2001.
 
                        A BILL FOR AN ACT
Relating to state financial administration; appropriating money;
  and declaring an emergency.
Be It Enacted by the People of the State of Oregon:
  SECTION 1.  { + Because widespread drought conditions,
inadequate water supplies and federal Endangered Species Act
decisions affecting the federal Klamath Project have created
severe economic and environmental impacts in the Upper Klamath
Basin, the Legislative Assembly hereby creates the Klamath Basin
Emergency Program to immediately direct Water Resources
Department staff to help water users in the basin develop
alternative water supplies for irrigation and other needs, and to
fund irrigation district development of ground water
supplies. + }
  SECTION 2.  { + In addition to and not in lieu of any other
appropriation, there is appropriated to the Water Resources
Department, for the biennium beginning July 1, 2001, out of the
General Fund, the amount of $2,000,000 for the purpose of making
grants to districts formed under ORS chapters 545, 547, 551, 552
and 553, for water supply augmentation within the federal Klamath
Project authorized under section 2, chapter 228, General Laws of
Oregon 1905. + }
  SECTION 3.  { + The Water Resources Department may grant or
loan moneys to districts described in section 2 of this 2001 Act
for the purposes described in section 2 of this 2001 Act. + }
  SECTION 4.  { + In addition to and not in lieu of any other
appropriation, there is appropriated to the Water Resources
Department, for the biennium beginning July 1, 2001, out of the
General Fund, the amount of $320,000 for the purpose of
responding to the inadequate water supplies in the Klamath
Basin. + }
  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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