Chapter 138
AN ACT
SB 5541
Relating to financial administration of the Department of Veterans’
Affairs; appropriating money; limiting expenditures; and declaring an
emergency.
Be It Enacted by the People of
the State of
SECTION 1. There is appropriated to the Department of
Veterans’ Affairs, for the biennium beginning July 1, 2007, out of the General
Fund, the following amounts for payment of expenses for services supplied to
veterans:
(1) For services provided
by
the Department of
Veterans’ Affairs $ 2,374,020
(2) For payments to national
service
organizations
pursuant
to ORS 406.310 $ 132,276
(3) For payments to counties
pursuant
to ORS 406.310 $ 690,642
(4) For payments to counties
pursuant
to ORS 406.462:
(a)
(b)
(c)
(d)
(e)
(f)
Coos County $ 82,278
(g)
(h)
(i)
(j)
(k)
(L)
(m)
(n)
(o)
(p)
(q)
(r)
(s)
(t)
(u)
(v)
(w)
(x)
(y)
(z)
(aa)
(bb)
(cc) Union County $ 42,864
(dd)
(ee)
(ff)
(gg)
(hh)
SECTION 2. (1) Notwithstanding any other law limiting
expenditures, the amount of $40,003,966 is established for the biennium
beginning July 1, 2007, as the maximum limit for payment of expenses from fees,
moneys or other revenues, including Miscellaneous Receipts and the Oregon War
Veterans’ Bond Sinking Account, but excluding lottery funds and federal funds,
collected or received by the Department of Veterans’ Affairs for
administration, grants and services supplied to veterans.
(2) This section does
not limit expenditures from the
SECTION 3. For the biennium beginning July 1, 2007,
expenditures by the Department of Veterans’ Affairs for the following purposes
are not limited:
(1) Professional
services and related costs associated directly with bond sales;
(2) Debt service;
(3) Loans to veterans;
and
(4) Payments on behalf
of borrowers for property taxes, city liens, fire insurance, mortgage
cancellation insurance and repairs to and miscellaneous charges for
borrower-owned property that are charged to the loan account and repaid along
with the payment of loan interest and principal.
SECTION 4. 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 15, 2007
Filed in the office of Secretary of State May 15, 2007
Effective date July 1, 2007
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