74th OREGON LEGISLATIVE ASSEMBLY--2007 Regular Session
Note: For budget, see 2007-2009 Biennial Budget
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amended section is new. Matter within { - braces and minus
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LC 9542
A-Engrossed
Senate Bill 5542
Ordered by the Senate June 6
Including Senate Amendments dated June 6
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 Budget and Management
Division, Oregon Department of Administrative Services)
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.
Directs Oregon Watershed Enhancement Board to allocate moneys
deposited into Watershed Improvement Operating Fund { + , + }
{ - and - } Watershed Improvement Grant Fund { + and
Restoration and Protection Research Fund + } to various state
agencies to implement section 4 (10), Article XV of Oregon
Constitution.
Limits biennial expenditures of board from federal funds and
certain lottery funds.
Limits biennial expenditures from fees, moneys or other
revenues, including Miscellaneous Receipts, but excluding lottery
funds and federal funds, collected or received by board for
agency operations related to Oregon Plan.
Directs board to establish by rule process for allocating
available moneys in Restoration and Protection Subaccount of
Parks and Natural Resources Fund.
Declares emergency, effective July 1, 2007.
A BILL FOR AN ACT
Relating to financial administration of the Oregon Watershed
Enhancement Board; limiting expenditures; and declaring an
emergency.
Be It Enacted by the People of the State of Oregon:
SECTION 1. { + Of the moneys deposited into the Watershed
Improvement Operating Fund established under ORS 541.379, the
Oregon Watershed Enhancement Board shall allocate $6,137,202 to
the Department of State Police for fish and wildlife activities
to implement section 4 (10), Article XV of the Oregon
Constitution. + }
SECTION 2. { + Of the moneys deposited into the Watershed
Improvement Operating Fund established under ORS 541.379, the
Oregon Watershed Enhancement Board shall allocate $6,335,629 to
the State Department of Fish and Wildlife for activities and
projects to implement section 4 (10), Article XV of the Oregon
Constitution. + }
SECTION 3. { + Of the moneys deposited into the Watershed
Improvement Operating Fund established under ORS 541.379, the
Oregon Watershed Enhancement Board shall allocate $5,140,403 to
the State Department of Agriculture for activities and projects
to implement section 4 (10), Article XV of the Oregon
Constitution. + }
SECTION 4. { + Of the moneys deposited into the Watershed
Improvement Operating Fund established under ORS 541.379, the
Oregon Watershed Enhancement Board shall allocate $4,937,728 to
the Department of Environmental Quality for activities and
projects to implement section 4 (10), Article XV of the Oregon
Constitution. + }
SECTION 5. { + Notwithstanding any other law limiting
expenditures, the amount of $17,180,073 is established for the
biennium beginning July 1, 2007, as the maximum limit for payment
of expenses by the Oregon Watershed Enhancement Board from
lottery moneys deposited into the Watershed Improvement Operating
Fund established under ORS 541.379, for operating expenses,
activities and projects to implement section 4 (10), Article XV
of the Oregon Constitution. + }
SECTION 6. { + Of the moneys deposited into the Watershed
Improvement Grant Fund established under ORS 541.397, the Oregon
Watershed Enhancement Board shall allocate $5,000,000 to the
State Department of Fish and Wildlife for expenses of
implementing section 4 (10), Article XV of the Oregon
Constitution. + }
SECTION 7. { + Of the moneys deposited into the Watershed
Improvement Grant Fund established under ORS 541.397, the Oregon
Watershed Enhancement Board shall allocate $996,405 to the
Department of State Police for expenses of implementing section 4
(10), Article XV of the Oregon Constitution. + }
SECTION 8. { + Of the moneys deposited into the Watershed
Improvement Grant Fund established under ORS 541.397, the Oregon
Watershed Enhancement Board shall allocate $5,274,890 to the
State Department of Agriculture for activities and projects to
implement section 4 (10), Article XV of the Oregon
Constitution. + }
SECTION 9. { + Of the moneys deposited into the Watershed
Improvement Grant Fund established under ORS 541.397, the Oregon
Watershed Enhancement Board shall allocate $250,000 to the
Department of Environmental Quality for expenses of implementing
section 4 (10), Article XV of the Oregon Constitution. + }
SECTION 10. { + Of the moneys deposited into the Restoration
and Protection Research Fund established under ORS 541.378, the
Oregon Watershed Enhancement Board shall allocate $1,500,000 to
the State Department of Geology and Mineral Industries for
expenses of implementing section 4 (10), Article XV of the Oregon
Constitution. + }
SECTION 11. { + Notwithstanding any other law limiting
expenditures, the amount of $7,993,398 is established for the
biennium beginning July 1, 2007, as the maximum limit for payment
of expenses from lottery funds collected or received by the
Oregon Watershed Enhancement Board from the Restoration and
Protection Research Fund established under ORS 541.378. + }
SECTION 12. { + Notwithstanding any other law limiting
expenditures, the amount of $21,948,668 is established for the
biennium beginning July 1, 2007, as the maximum limit for payment
of expenses for agency operations related to Oregon Plan
activities from federal funds collected or received by the Oregon
Watershed Enhancement Board. + }
SECTION 13. { + Notwithstanding any other law limiting
expenditures, the amount of $2,094,862 is established for the
biennium beginning July 1, 2007, as the maximum limit for payment
of expenses from fees, moneys or other revenues, including
Miscellaneous Receipts, but excluding lottery funds and federal
funds, collected or received by the Oregon Watershed Enhancement
Board for agency operations related to Oregon Plan
activities. + }
SECTION 14. { + (1) The Oregon Watershed Enhancement Board
shall establish by rule a process for allocating on a quarterly
basis available moneys in the Restoration and Protection
Subaccount of the Parks and Natural Resources Fund, established
under ORS 541.377, to fulfill the biennial allocations made in
this 2007 Act. Except as provided in subsection (2) of this
section, all quarterly allocations shall be set at one-eighth of
the biennial allocations.
(2) If, in any quarter, the moneys transferred from the State
Lottery Fund to the Parks and Natural Resources Fund are
insufficient to pay for the quarterly allocations established
under subsection (1) of this section, the allocations shall be
reduced proportionately by amounts sufficient to accommodate the
revenue shortfall. + }
SECTION 15. { + 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. + }
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