Chapter 624 Oregon Laws 2003

AN ACT

SB 5516

Relating to the financial administration of the Department of Justice; appropriating money; and declaring an emergency.

Be It Enacted by the People of the State of Oregon:

SECTION 1. There is appropriated to the Department of Justice, for the biennium beginning July 1, 2003, out of the General Fund, the amount of $10,331,558, to be expended for:

(1) Paying the expenses of the district attorneys, as provided in section 2 of this 2003 Act;

(2) Special payments to counties for deputy district attorneys, as provided in section 3 of this 2003 Act; and

(3) Paying the expenses incurred in administering this 2003 Act, as provided in section 4 of this 2003 Act.

SECTION 2. The Department of Justice, for the biennium beginning July 1, 2003, may allocate from the appropriation made by section 1 of this 2003 Act moneys for the payment of expenses of district attorneys.

SECTION 3. (1) The Department of Justice, for the biennium beginning July 1, 2003, may allocate from the appropriation made by section 1 of this 2003 Act moneys for special payments to counties for deputy district attorneys actually employed by the county and whose salaries are not paid entirely by federal funds.

(2) Each county shall certify to the Department of Justice, not later than the fifth day of the quarter, the number of eligible deputy district attorneys employed for which compensation is requested for the quarter. Eligible deputy district attorney positions for which counties may claim compensation are those filled by an incumbent on the first day of the quarter, the salaries for which are not paid entirely from federal funds. A quarterly installment payment claimed by a county under this section for an eligible deputy district attorney shall be reduced by the amount of the salary of that deputy district attorney that is paid in the quarter from federal funds.

(3) Commencing July 1, 2003, from the allocation made by subsection (1) of this section, each county shall receive quarterly the amount of $1,375 per deputy district attorney for up to the first three deputy district attorneys certified by a county under subsection (2) of this section. The remainder of the allocation made by subsection (1) of this section shall be paid in quarterly installments, in each quarter of the biennium, to the various counties, in amounts which evenly divide the remainder of one-eighth of the allocation in direct proportion to the number of deputy district attorneys certified under subsection (2) of this section, reduced by the number of deputy district attorneys compensated by the minimum quarterly payment under this subsection.

SECTION 4. The Department of Justice, for the biennium beginning July 1, 2003, may allocate from the appropriation made by section 1 of this 2003 Act moneys for the payment of expenses incurred in administering this 2003 Act.

SECTION 5. This 2003 Act being necessary for the immediate preservation of the public peace, health and safety, an emergency is declared to exist, and this 2003 Act takes effect July 1, 2003.

Approved by the Governor July 29, 2003

Filed in the office of Secretary of State July 29, 2003

Effective date July 29, 2003

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