Chapter 702 Oregon Laws 2003

AN ACT

SB 5547

Relating to the financial administration of the Oregon Watershed Enhancement Board; 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 $4,926,750 to the Department of State Police for fish and wildlife activities to implement section 4 (10), 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 $276,200 to the State Department of Fish and Wildlife for activities and projects to implement section 4 (10), 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 $4,375,000 to the State Department of Agriculture for activities and projects to implement section 4 (10), 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 $3,375,000 to the Department of Environmental Quality for activities and projects to implement section 4 (10), Article XV of the Oregon Constitution.

SECTION 5. Notwithstanding any other law limiting expenditures, the amount of $5,262,013 is established for the biennium beginning July 1, 2003, as the maximum limit for payment of expenses by the Oregon Watershed Enhancement Board from lottery moneys deposited into the Watershed Improvement Operating Fund established under ORS 541.379, for operating expenses, activities and projects to implement section 4 (10), 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 $8,000,000 to the State Department of Fish and Wildlife for expenses of implementing section 4 (10), 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 $846,821 to the Department of State Police for expenses of implementing section 4 (10), Article XV of the Oregon Constitution.

SECTION 8. Of the moneys deposited into the Watershed Improvement Grant Fund established under ORS 541.397, the Oregon Watershed Enhancement Board shall allocate $3,430,327 to the State Department of Agriculture for activities and projects to implement section 4 (10), Article XV of the Oregon Constitution.

SECTION 9. Of the moneys deposited into the Restoration and Protection Research Fund established under ORS 541.378, the Oregon Watershed Enhancement Board shall allocate $1,125,000 to the State Department of Fish and Wildlife for activities and projects to implement section 4 (10), Article XV of the Oregon Constitution.

SECTION 10. Notwithstanding any other law limiting expenditures, the amount of $1,048,780 is established for the biennium beginning July 1, 2003, 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 11. Notwithstanding any other law limiting expenditures, the amount of $38,694,907 is established for the biennium beginning July 1, 2003, 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 12. Notwithstanding any other law limiting expenditures, the amount of $2,377,089 is established for the biennium beginning July 1, 2003, as the maximum limit for payment of expenses from fees, moneys or other revenues, including Miscellaneous Receipts, but excluding lottery funds and federal funds, collected or received by the Oregon Watershed Enhancement Board, for agency operations related to Oregon Plan activities.

SECTION 13. (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 2003 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 subsection (1) of this section, these allocations shall be reduced proportionately by amounts sufficient to accommodate the revenue shortfall.

SECTION 14. 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 August 22, 2003

Filed in the office of Secretary of State August 22, 2003

Effective date August 22, 2003

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