Chapter 724 Oregon Laws 2003

AN ACT

HB 5018

Relating to the financial administration of the Department of Environmental Quality; 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 Department of Environmental Quality, for the biennium beginning July 1, 2003, out of the General Fund, the following amounts for the following purposes:

(1) Air quality...................................... $ 4,167,853

(2) Water quality................................. $ 11,796,872

(3) Waste management

and cleanup.................................... $ 1,241,239

(4) Cross media................................... $ 707,389

(5) Agency management..................... $ 227,587

(6) Debt service.................................. $ 5,744,867

SECTION 2. Notwithstanding any other law limiting expenditures, the following amounts are established for the biennium beginning July 1, 2003, as the maximum limits for payment of expenses from fees, moneys or other revenues, including the proceeds of bonds for the Orphan Site Account and federal funds from the Bureau of Land Management and United States Forest Service for smoke monitoring laboratory services, collected or received by the Department of Environmental Quality, for the following purposes:

(1) Air quality...................................... $ 35,348,838

(2) Water quality................................. $ 16,923,007

(3) Waste management

and cleanup.................................... $ 42,302,982

(4) Cross media................................... $ 683,471

(5) Agency management..................... $ 19,400,862

SECTION 3. Notwithstanding any other law limiting expenditures, the amount of $3,375,000 is established for the biennium beginning July 1, 2003, as the maximum limit for payment of expenses from lottery moneys allocated from the Parks and Natural Resources Fund to the Department of Environmental Quality for activities and projects to implement section 4 (10), Article XV of the Oregon Constitution.

SECTION 4. For the biennium beginning July 1, 2003, expenditures for debt service paid from Other Funds, for loans made from the Pollution Control Fund or for loans made from the Water Pollution Control Revolving Fund are not limited.

SECTION 5. Notwithstanding any other law limiting expenditures, the following amounts are established for the biennium beginning July 1, 2003, as the maximum limits for payment of expenses from federal funds collected or received by the Department of Environmental Quality for the following purposes:

(1) Air quality...................................... $ 6,608,786

(2) Water quality................................. $ 14,726,801

(3) Waste management

and cleanup.................................... $ 16,903,800

(4) Cross media................................... $ 791,990

SECTION 6. 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 September 2, 2003

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

Effective date August 29, 2003

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