74th OREGON LEGISLATIVE ASSEMBLY--2007 Regular Session
 
SA to SB 5548
 
LC 9548/SB 5548-2
 
                      SENATE AMENDMENTS TO
                        SENATE BILL 5548
 
              By JOINT COMMITTEE ON WAYS AND MEANS
 
                             June 24
 
  In line 2 of the printed bill, delete 'limiting expenditures;'.
  Delete lines 5 through 18 and insert:
  '  { +  SECTION 1. + }  { + As used in sections 1 to 4 of this
2007 Act, ' state agency' means every state officer, board,
commission, department, institution, branch or agency of the
state government, the costs of which are paid wholly or in part
from funds held in the State Treasury. + }
  '  { +  SECTION 2. + }  { + (1) Notwithstanding ORS 291.230 to
291.260, and subject to any rule that may be adopted by the
Oregon Department of Administrative Services, any obligations
incurred by a state agency on or after July 1, 2007, that do not
exceed the level of expenditures authorized under ORS 291.230 to
291.260 or otherwise authorized for the last quarter of the
2005-2007 biennium are hereby authorized, and necessary funds are
appropriated therefor, unless the Oregon Department of
Administrative Services determines that the state agency's
expenditure level should be modified, based on pending
legislation.
  ' (2) The Oregon Department of Administrative Services by rule
shall specify the means whereby funds expended pursuant to
subsection (1) of this section are reconciled and charged to the
state agency's 2007-2009 legislatively approved budget during the
2007-2009 biennium.
  ' (3) All payments for debt service, certificates of
participation and other financing agreements are hereby
authorized during the period commencing July 1, 2007. + }
  '  { +  SECTION 3. + }  { + Sections 1 to 4 of this 2007 Act
apply to a state agency for which no budget has become law on or
before July 1, 2007. + }
  '  { +  SECTION 4. + }  { + (1) If there is no 2007-2009
legislatively adopted budget upon final adjournment of the
regular session of the Seventy-fourth Legislative Assembly
against which any expenditure authorized by section 2 (1) of this
2007 Act can be applied, the expenditure shall be considered to
have been made from funds appropriated to the Oregon Department
of Administrative Services. For the purpose of paying the
incurred expenses of state agencies, there is appropriated to the
Oregon Department of Administrative Services any cash or other
funds remaining in the accounts of the state agency for which no
budget has been adopted and for which no expenditure authority
exists when the Legislative Assembly adjourns sine die. The
Oregon Department of Administrative Services may apply for
reimbursement from the Emergency Board of any expenditure made
under this subsection during the 2007-2009 biennium.
  ' (2) If, after final adjournment of the regular session of the
Seventy-fourth Legislative Assembly, the Governor vetoes a
legislatively adopted budget against which any expenditure
authorized by section 2 (1) of this 2007 Act can be applied, the
expenditure shall be considered to have been made from funds
appropriated to the Oregon Department of Administrative Services.
For the purpose of paying the incurred expenses of state
agencies, there is appropriated to the Oregon Department of
Administrative Services any cash or other funds remaining in the
accounts of the state agency for which a legislatively adopted
budget has been vetoed and for which no expenditure authority
exists when the Governor vetoes the budget. The Oregon Department
of Administrative Services may apply for reimbursement from the
Emergency Board of any expenditure made under this subsection
during the 2007-2009 biennium. + }
  '  { +  SECTION 5. + }  { + Sections 1 to 4 of this 2007 Act
are repealed on July 31, 2007. + }
  '  { +  SECTION 6. + }  { + 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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