74th OREGON LEGISLATIVE ASSEMBLY--2007 Regular Session
 
 
                            Enrolled
 
                         House Bill 2143
 
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)
 
 
                     CHAPTER ................
 
 
                             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.  { + If the Department of Justice
determines during a biennium that it needs funds for purposes
described in this subsection in addition to the amount approved
by the Oregon Department of Administrative Services, the
Department of Justice may request transfer of additional moneys
from the Tobacco Settlement Funds Account and the additional
amount approved by the Oregon Department of Administrative
Services shall be transferred to the Tobacco Enforcement
Fund. + }
  (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.  { + Notwithstanding ORS 293.537, 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
 
 
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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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Passed by House June 21, 2007
 
 
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                                             Chief Clerk of House
 
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                                                 Speaker of House
 
Passed by Senate June 25, 2007
 
 
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                                              President of Senate
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
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Received by Governor:
 
......M.,............., 2007
 
Approved:
 
......M.,............., 2007
 
 
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                                                         Governor
 
Filed in Office of Secretary of State:
 
......M.,............., 2007
 
 
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                                               Secretary of State
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
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