Chapter 732 Oregon Laws 2007
AN ACT
SB 5542
Relating to financial administration of the Oregon Watershed
Enhancement Board; limiting expenditures; and declaring an emergency.
Be It Enacted by the People of
the State of Oregon:
SECTION 1. Of
the moneys deposited into the Watershed Improvement Operating Fund established
under ORS 541.379, the Oregon Watershed Enhancement Board shall allocate
$6,137,202 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
$6,335,629 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
$5,140,403 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
$4,937,728 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 $17,180,073 is established
for the biennium beginning July 1, 2007, 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 $5,000,000
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
$996,405 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
$5,274,890 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 Watershed Improvement Grant Fund established
under ORS 541.397, the Oregon Watershed Enhancement Board shall allocate
$250,000 to the Department of Environmental Quality for expenses of
implementing section 4 (10), Article XV of the Oregon Constitution.
SECTION 10. Of
the moneys deposited into the Restoration and Protection Research Fund
established under ORS 541.378, the Oregon Watershed Enhancement Board shall
allocate $1,500,000 to the State Department of Geology and Mineral Industries
for expenses of implementing section 4 (10), Article XV of the Oregon
Constitution.
SECTION 11. Notwithstanding
any other law limiting expenditures, the amount of $7,993,398 is established
for the biennium beginning July 1, 2007, 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 established
under ORS 541.378.
SECTION 12. Notwithstanding
any other law limiting expenditures, the amount of $21,948,668 is established
for the biennium beginning July 1, 2007, 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 13. Notwithstanding
any other law limiting expenditures, the amount of $2,094,862 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,
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 14. (1)
The Oregon Watershed Enhancement Board shall establish by rule a process for
allocating on a quarterly basis available moneys in the Restoration and
Protection Subaccount of the Parks and Natural Resources Fund, established
under ORS 541.377, to fulfill the biennial allocations made in this 2007 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, the allocations shall be
reduced proportionately by amounts sufficient to accommodate the revenue
shortfall.
SECTION 15. 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 June 28, 2007
Filed in the office of Secretary of State July 2, 2007
Effective date July 1, 2007
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