Chapter 754
AN ACT
HB 5024
Relating to financial administration of the State Forestry Department;
appropriating money; limiting expenditures; and declaring an emergency.
Be It Enacted by the People of
the State of
SECTION 1. There are appropriated to the State Forestry
Department, for the biennium beginning July 1, 2007, out of the General Fund,
the following amounts for the following purposes:
(1) Agency administration............... $ 2,432,736
(2) Protection from fire.................... $ 23,889,347
(3) Private forests............................. $ 11,271,100
(4) Debt service................................. $ 2,495,634
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 including federal
funds from the United States Forest Service for fire protection and for
research projects, but excluding lottery funds and federal funds not described in this section, collected or received by the
State Forestry Department, for the following purposes:
(1) Agency administration............... $ 21,126,850
(2) Protection from fire.................... $ 59,614,958
(3) State-owned forest lands............ $ 63,731,249
(4) Private forests............................. $ 9,122,495
(5) Urban forests.............................. $ 256,958
(6) Capital improvement.................. $ 10,402,814
(7) Debt service................................. $ 1,790,223
(8) Forest nursery............................. $ 4,497,643
(9) Equipment pool.......................... $ 13,798,979
(10) Facilities maintenance
and
development......................... $ 3,297,956
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 State Forestry Department for the following purposes:
(1) Agency administration............... $ 774,170
(2) Protection from fire.................... $ 17,678,581
(3) State-owned forest lands............ $ 145,102
(4) Private forests............................. $ 7,101,212
(5) Urban forests.............................. $ 794,654
SECTION 4. For the biennium beginning July 1, 2007,
expenditures by the State Forestry Department for the equalization of emergency
fire suppression costs from the Oregon Forest Land Protection Fund, for the
purchase of insurance referred to in ORS 477.775 and for fire cost claims are
not limited.
SECTION 5. (1) In addition to and not in lieu of any
other appropriation, there is appropriated to the Emergency Board, for the
biennium beginning July 1, 2007, out of the General Fund, the amount of
$4,979,654, to be allocated to the State Forestry Department for fire
protection expenses.
(2) If any of the moneys
appropriated by subsection (1) of this section are not allocated by the
Emergency Board prior to December 1, 2008, the moneys remaining on that date
become available for any purpose for which the Emergency Board lawfully may
allocate funds.
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 July 12, 2007
Filed in the office of Secretary of State July 16, 2007
Effective date July 12, 2007
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