74th OREGON LEGISLATIVE ASSEMBLY--2007 Regular Session
 
NOTE:  Matter within  { +  braces and plus signs + } in an
amended section is new. Matter within  { -  braces and minus
signs - } is existing law to be omitted. New sections are within
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LC 660
 
                           A-Engrossed
 
                         Senate Bill 181
                 Ordered by the Senate March 21
           Including Senate Amendments dated March 21
 
Printed pursuant to Senate Interim Rule 213.28 by order of the
  President of the Senate in conformance with presession filing
  rules, indicating neither advocacy nor opposition on the part
  of the President (at the request of Governor Theodore R.
  Kulongoski for Department of Revenue)
 
 
                             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.
 
    { - Eliminates - }   { + Extends + } sunset on continuous
appropriation of cigarette tax revenues and tobacco products tax
revenues to reimburse Department of Revenue, Oregon State Police
and Department of Justice for cigarette tax administration and
enforcement and tobacco products tax administration and
enforcement.
 
                        A BILL FOR AN ACT
Relating to distribution of tobacco tax revenues; and
  appropriating money.
  Whereas it is good policy that the tobacco tax task force be
funded for at least eight years; and
  Whereas it would be beneficial for the continuation and
enhancement of the important work of the task force that the
sunset of the funding provisions of this 2007 Act be extended by
four years after each quadrennial report of the task force to the
Legislative Assembly; now, therefore,
Be It Enacted by the People of the State of Oregon:
  SECTION 1.  { + Section 2 of this 2007 Act is added to and made
a part of ORS 323.005 to 323.482. + }
  SECTION 2.  { + Notwithstanding ORS 323.455 or 323.457 or any
other provision of ORS 323.005 to 323.482, amounts necessary to
pay the expenses incurred by the Department of Revenue and to
reimburse the Oregon State Police and the Department of Justice
for the administration and enforcement of ORS 323.005 to 323.482
are continuously appropriated to the Department of Revenue from
revenues raised under ORS 323.005 to 323.482 prior to any other
appropriation or distribution of revenues raised under ORS
323.005 to 323.482. + }
  SECTION 3.  { + Section 4 of this 2007 Act is added to and made
a part of ORS 323.500 to 323.645. + }
  SECTION 4.  { + Notwithstanding ORS 323.625 or any other
provision of ORS 323.500 to 323.645, amounts necessary to pay the
expenses incurred by the Department of Revenue and to reimburse
the Oregon State Police and the Department of Justice for the
administration and enforcement of ORS 323.500 to 323.645 are
continuously appropriated to the Department of Revenue from
revenues raised under ORS 323.500 to 323.645 prior to any other
appropriation or distribution of revenues raised under ORS
323.500 to 323.645. + }
  SECTION 5.  { + Sections 2 and 4 of this 2007 Act apply to
calendar years beginning on or after January 1, 2008, and ending
before January 1, 2016. + }
  SECTION 6.  { + The Oregon State Police and the Department of
Justice shall report in the manner provided by ORS 192.245 to the
Seventy-sixth Legislative Assembly no later than February 1,
2011.  The report shall detail the performance of the agencies in
the administration and enforcement of ORS 323.005 to 323.482 and
323.500 to 323.645 in the 2007-2009 and 2009-2011 biennia. + }
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