Chapter 749 Oregon Laws 2007

AN ACT

HB 5047

Relating to financial administration of the Department of Transportation; 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 Department of Transportation, for the biennium beginning July 1, 2007, out of the General Fund, the amount of $4,504,713 for rail programs.

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 federal funds received as reimbursement from the United States Department of Transportation, but excluding lottery funds and federal funds not described in this section, collected or received by the Department of Transportation, for the following purposes:

(1) Capital improvement.................... $ 3,171,000

(2) Maintenance and emergency

relief programs............................. $ 352,445,774

(3) Preservation program.................. $ 242,114,529

(4) Bridge program............................ $ 932,400,558

(5) Highway safety program............. $ 52,034,379

(6) Operations program..................... $ 48,441,635

(7) Modernization program............... $ 396,580,357

(8) Special programs.......................... $ 201,259,011

(9) Local government program......... $ 260,703,471

(10) Connect Oregon............................ $ 95,339,800

(11) Driver and motor vehicle

services........................................... $ 146,145,120

(12) Motor carrier transportation....... $ 52,093,496

(13) Transportation program

development.................................. $ 71,858,347

(14) Public transit................................. $ 20,867,014

(15) Rail................................................. $ 19,031,202

(16) Transportation safety................... $ 13,252,747

(17) Oregon Board of Maritime

Pilots.............................................. $ 277,046

(18) Central services............................. $ 157,132,221

(19) Debt service................................... $ 185,530,273

SECTION 3. 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 federal funds other than those described in section 2 of this 2007 Act, collected or received by the Department of Transportation, for the following purposes:

(1) Motor carrier transportation....... $ 5,372,359

(2) Transportation program

development.................................. $ 208,210

(3) Public transit................................. $ 42,263,180

(4) Rail................................................. $ 15,862,746

(5) Transportation safety................... $ 13,875,548

(6) Central services............................. $ 29,959

(7) Driver and motor

vehicle services.............................. $ 1,619,219

SECTION 4. 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 lottery moneys allocated from the Administrative Services Economic Development Fund to the Department of Transportation for debt service for the following purposes:

(1) Westside Light Rail...................... $ 19,927,285

(2) Short Line Infrastructure

Assistance...................................... $ 811,248

(3) Industrial Rail Spur

Infrastructure Assistance............. $ 1,417,846

(4) South Metro Commuter Rail....... $ 4,353,319

(5) Multimodal Connect Oregon I.... $ 15,118,766

(6) Multimodal Connect Oregon II... $ 4,931,493

SECTION 5. For the biennium beginning July 1, 2007, expenditures by the Department of Transportation from the Oregon Transportation Infrastructure Fund established under ORS 367.015 for debt service and for internally reimbursed expenditures are not limited.

SECTION 6. Notwithstanding any other law limiting expenditures of the Department of Transportation for the payment of expenses from federal funds, for the biennium ending June 30, 2007, the limitation on expenditures by the department for public transit established by section 3 (3), chapter 721, Oregon Laws 2005, as modified by Emergency Board action, is increased by $2,022,471.

SECTION 7. 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 on its passage.

Approved by the Governor July 3, 2007

Filed in the office of Secretary of State July 5, 2007

Effective date July 3, 2007

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