Chapter 717 Oregon Laws 2003

AN ACT

SB 5523

Relating to the financial administration of the Judicial Department; creating new provisions; amending sections 1 and 2, chapter 130, Oregon Laws 2001; appropriating money; limiting expenditures; and declaring an emergency.

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

SECTION 1. There is appropriated to the Judicial Department, for the biennium beginning July 1, 2003, out of the General Fund, the following amounts to be used for payment of expenses of the Supreme Court, Court of Appeals, Oregon Tax Court, State Court Administrator and Trial Court Operations:

(1) Operations..................................... $ 247,190,807

(2) Mandated payments..................... $ 12,173,406

SECTION 2. Notwithstanding any other law limiting expenditures, the amount of $23,587,834 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 Judicial Department.

SECTION 3. For the biennium beginning July 1, 2003, expenditures from amounts waived by jurors in accordance with ORS 10.075 (3) and expenditures from the Judicial Department Collections Account established under ORS 1.204 (2) for payment of credit card fees or collection costs paid to the Department of Revenue or private collection agencies are not limited.

SECTION 4. Notwithstanding any other law limiting expenditures, the amount of $2,350,733 is established for the biennium beginning July 1, 2003, as the maximum limit for payment of expenses from federal funds collected or received by the Judicial Department.

SECTION 5. Section 1, chapter 130, Oregon Laws 2001, is amended to read:

Sec. 1. There is appropriated to the Judicial Department, for the biennium beginning July 1, 2001, out of the General Fund, the

following amounts to be used for payment of

expenses of the Supreme Court, Court of Appeals, Oregon Tax Court, the State Court Administrator and Trial Court Operations:

(1) Operations..................................... $ 220,678,727

(2) Mandated payments...................... [$ 15,868,536]

$ 13,968,536

SECTION 6. Section 2, chapter 130, Oregon Laws 2001, is amended to read:

Sec. 2. Notwithstanding any other law, there is appropriated to the Judicial Department, for the biennium beginning July 1, 2001, out of the General Fund, [$163,837,787] $165,737,787 for payment of indigent defense fees, to be allotted quarterly by the Judicial Department in a manner that causes expenditures not to exceed the appropriation made by this section. Amounts appropriated that are determined by the department to be in excess of the amounts needed to pay indigent defense costs may be transferred to the operating budget of the Judicial Department.

SECTION 7. 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 29, 2003

Filed in the office of Secretary of State September 2, 2003

Effective date August 29, 2003

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