72nd OREGON LEGISLATIVE ASSEMBLY--2003 Regular Session
 
SA to SB 5547
 
LC 9547/SB 5547-3
 
                      SENATE AMENDMENTS TO
                        SENATE BILL 5547
 
              By JOINT COMMITTEE ON WAYS AND MEANS
 
                            August 5
 
  On page 1 of the printed bill, line 2, delete ' appropriating'.
  In line 3, delete 'money;'.
  Delete lines 5 through 24 and delete pages 2 and 3 and insert:
  '  { +  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. + } ' .
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