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 564
 
                         Senate Bill 232
 
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 State Department of Energy)
 
 
                             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 as
introduced.
 
  Allows state agencies to construct and operate facilities for
generation of electricity. Conditions sale of electricity
generated.
  Provides that revenues from sale of electricity are
continuously appropriated to agency that sells electricity.
 
                        A BILL FOR AN ACT
Relating to electricity generated by agencies; and appropriating
  money.
Be It Enacted by the People of the State of Oregon:
  SECTION 1.  { + (1) An agency, as defined in ORS 183.310, may
construct and operate facilities for the generation of
electricity using renewable energy resources or cogeneration
facilities if the agency has received specific approval to expend
moneys for that purpose and has received land use or other state
and local government siting approval. Facilities may be
constructed and operated under this section on land or buildings
that are:
  (a) Owned or leased by the state; and
  (b) Situated in the state.
  (2) An agency, as defined in ORS 183.310, that generates
electricity may sell the electricity. The electricity may not be
sold directly to a retail customer of a publicly owned or
investor-owned utility.
  (3) Revenues from the sale of electricity by an agency, as
defined in ORS 183.310, shall be deposited in the State Treasury
and are continuously appropriated to the agency that sells the
electricity. + }
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