Chapter 208
AN ACT
HB 2630
Relating to Oregon Veterans’ Home Account; creating new provisions; and
amending ORS 408.368.
Be It Enacted by the People of
the State of
SECTION 1. Any state official authorized to disburse
funds in payment of salaries or wages of state officers or employees is
authorized, upon written request of the officer or employee, to deduct each
month from the salary or wages of the officer or employee the amount of money
designated by the officer or employee for payment to the Oregon Veterans’ Home
Account created under ORS 408.368. The moneys deducted from the salaries or
wages shall be paid over promptly to the
SECTION 2. ORS 408.368 is amended to read:
408.368. (1) There is created in the State Treasury, separate and
distinct from the General Fund, the Oregon Veterans’ Home Account. Moneys
credited to the account are appropriated continuously to the Director of
Veterans’ Affairs to pay expenses that the director determines are appropriate for developing, operating and maintaining each
Oregon Veterans’ Home including, but not limited to, providing care and
services to the residents of each home and the costs of administration incurred
by the director.
(2) The account shall
consist of moneys received by the director that relate to the development,
operation or maintenance of each Oregon Veterans’ Home, including but not
limited to residents’ fees and charges, per diem payments received from the
United States Department of Veterans Affairs, [and] Medicare payments and moneys received under section 1 of
this 2007 Act. The director may transfer moneys to the account from the
Oregon War Veterans’ Fund and from other funds and accounts administered by the
director.
(3) Earnings on moneys
in the account shall be credited to the account.
(4) Disbursements from
the account may be made by the director for the purposes set forth in
subsection (1) of this section. The director may also transfer moneys from the
account to the Oregon War Veterans’ Fund.
Approved by the Governor May 30, 2007
Filed in the office of Secretary of State May 31, 2007
Effective date January 1, 2008
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