74th OREGON LEGISLATIVE ASSEMBLY--2007 Regular Session
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amended section is new. Matter within { - braces and minus
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A-Engrossed
House Bill 2143
Ordered by the House February 14
Including House Amendments dated February 14
Ordered printed by the Speaker pursuant to House Rule 12.00A (5).
Presession filed (at the request of Attorney General Hardy
Myers for Department of Justice)
SUMMARY
The following summary is not prepared by the sponsors of the
measure and is not a part of the body thereof subject to
consideration by the Legislative Assembly. It is an editor's
brief statement of the essential features of the measure.
Modifies biennial transfer from Tobacco Settlement Funds
Account to Tobacco Enforcement Fund. Provides that amount
transferred each biennium be equal to Department of Justice's
estimated costs of enforcing certain tobacco-related laws.
Requires transfer on July 1 of odd-numbered year instead of June
1 of odd-numbered year.
Declares emergency, effective on passage.
A BILL FOR AN ACT
Relating to tobacco settlement funds; creating new provisions;
amending ORS 293.537; and declaring an emergency.
Be It Enacted by the People of the State of Oregon:
SECTION 1. ORS 293.537 is amended to read:
293.537. (1) The Tobacco Settlement Funds Account is
established as an account in the General Fund. Except as provided
in section 2, chapter 11, Oregon Laws 2003, the account shall
consist of all moneys paid to this state under the Master
Settlement Agreement of 1998.
(2) { + Before July 1 of each odd-numbered year, the
Department of Justice shall submit for approval to the Oregon
Department of Administrative Services the estimated costs that
will be incurred by the Department of Justice in the subsequent
biennium in enforcing the provisions of ORS 180.400 to 180.455,
323.106 and 323.806. + } On { - June - } { + July + } 1 of
each odd-numbered year, { - the sum of $700,000 - } { + a sum
equal to the amount approved by the Oregon Department of
Administrative Services + }shall be transferred from the Tobacco
Settlement Funds Account to the Tobacco Enforcement Fund
established under ORS 180.205.
(3) Except as provided in subsection (2) of this section, all
moneys in the Tobacco Settlement Funds Account are continuously
appropriated to the Oregon Department of Administrative Services
to be expended as directed by the Legislative Assembly.
(4) All moneys in the Tobacco Settlement Funds Account shall be
invested as provided in ORS 293.701 to 293.790.
SECTION 2. { + (1) Notwithstanding the amendments to ORS
293.537 by section 1 of this 2007 Act, if this 2007 Act becomes
effective before June 1, 2007, the sum of $700,000 shall be
transferred from the Tobacco Settlement Funds Account to the
Tobacco Enforcement Fund established under ORS 180.205 on June 1,
2007, as provided under ORS 293.537 as it was in effect
immediately before the effective date of this 2007 Act.
(2) Notwithstanding ORS 293.537, as amended by section 1 of
this 2007 Act, if this 2007 Act becomes effective on or after
July 1, 2007, the Department of Justice shall submit for approval
to the Oregon Department of Administrative Services as soon as
possible after the effective date of this 2007 Act the estimated
costs that will be incurred by the Department of Justice during
the 2007-2009 biennium in enforcing the provisions of ORS 180.400
to 180.455, 323.106 and 323.806. As soon as possible after the
estimate is submitted, a sum equal to the amount approved by the
Oregon Department of Administrative Services for the 2007-2009
biennium shall be transferred from the Tobacco Settlement Funds
Account to the Tobacco Enforcement Fund established under ORS
180.205. + }
SECTION 3. { + 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. + }
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