Chapter 75 Oregon Laws 2007

 

AN ACT

 

SB 5510

 

Relating to financial administration of the Employment Department; 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 Employment Department, for the biennium beginning July 1, 2007, out of the General Fund, the amount of $3,891,934.

 

          SECTION 2. Notwithstanding any other law limiting expenditures, the following amounts are established for the biennium beginning July 1, 2007, as the maximum limits for payment of expenses from fees, moneys or other revenues, including Miscellaneous Receipts and moneys appropriated to the Employment Department by section 3 of this 2007 Act, but excluding lottery funds and federal funds other than those described in section 3 of this 2007 Act, collected or received by the Employment Department:

 

      (1)    Operating budget                      $ 118,093,393

      (2)    Debt service                               $    374,383

 

          SECTION 3. There is appropriated to the Employment Department, for the biennium beginning July 1, 2007, out of the funds made available to this state on March 13, 2002, under section 903(d) of the Social Security Act (42 U.S.C. 1103(d)), as amended, the amount of $20,000,000 to be used under the direction of the Employment Department for the purposes of administering unemployment compensation law and public employment offices.

 

          SECTION 4. Notwithstanding any other law limiting expenditures, the amount of $243,709,505 is established for the biennium beginning July 1, 2007, as the maximum limit for payment of expenses from federal funds other than those described in section 3 of this 2007 Act collected or received by the Employment Department.

 

          SECTION 5. For the biennium beginning July 1, 2007, expenditures by the Employment Department for unemployment insurance claims and for purposes of carrying out the federal Trade Act are not limited.

 

          SECTION 6. This 2007 Act being necessary for the immediate preservation of the public peace, health and safety, an emergency is declared to exist, and this 2007 Act takes effect July 1, 2007.

 

Approved by the Governor May 7, 2007

 

Filed in the office of Secretary of State May 7, 2007

 

Effective date July 1, 2007

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