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 9556
 
                           A-Engrossed
 
                        Senate Bill 5556
                  Ordered by the Senate June 25
            Including Senate Amendments dated June 25
 
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 _______ for
biennial expenses. - }
    { - 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. - }
   { +  Authorizes continued expenditures by state agencies on
and after July 1, 2001, at rate established for final quarter of
1999-2001 biennium if there is no legislatively approved budget
for 2001-2003 biennium.
  Repeals continued expenditure authorization on July 31,
2001. + }
  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.  { + As used in sections 1 to 4 of this 2001 Act, '
state agency' means every state officer, board, commission,
department, institution, branch or agency of the state
government, the costs of which are paid wholly or in part from
funds held in the State Treasury. + }
  SECTION 2.  { + (1) Notwithstanding ORS 291.232 to 291.260, and
subject to any rule that may be adopted by the Oregon Department
of Administrative Services, any obligations incurred by a state
agency on or after July 1, 2001, that do not exceed the level of
expenditures authorized under ORS 291.232 to 291.260 or otherwise
authorized for the last quarter of the 1999-2001 biennium are
hereby authorized, and necessary funds are appropriated therefor,
unless the Oregon Department of Administrative Services
determines that the state agency's expenditure level should be
modified, based on pending legislation.
  (2) The Oregon Department of Administrative Services by rule
shall specify the means whereby funds expended pursuant to
subsection (1) of this section are reconciled and charged to the
state agency's 2001-2003 legislatively approved budget during the
2001-2003 biennium.
  (3) All payments for debt service, certificates of
participation and other financing agreements are hereby
authorized during the period commencing July 1, 2001. + }
  SECTION 3.  { + Sections 1 to 4 of this 2001 Act apply to state
agencies for which no legislatively approved budget has been
enacted on or before July 1, 2001. + }
  SECTION 4.  { + If there is no 2001-2003 legislatively approved
budget upon final adjournment of the regular session of the
Seventy-first Legislative Assembly against which any expenditure
authorized by section 2 (1) of this 2001 Act can be applied, the
expenditure shall be considered to have been made from funds
appropriated to the Oregon Department of Administrative Services.
For the purpose of paying the incurred expenses of state
agencies, there is appropriated to the Oregon Department of
Administrative Services any cash or other funds remaining in the
accounts of the state agency for which no budget has been
approved and for which no expenditure authority exists when the
Legislative Assembly adjourns sine die. The Oregon Department of
Administrative Services may apply for reimbursement of any
expenditure from the Emergency Board during the 2001-2003
biennium. + }
  SECTION 5.  { + Sections 1 to 4 of this 2001 Act are repealed
on July 31, 2001. + }
  SECTION 6.  { + 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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