75th OREGON LEGISLATIVE ASSEMBLY--2009 Regular Session
Enrolled
House Bill 5049
Ordered printed by the Speaker pursuant to House Rule 12.00A (5).
Presession filed (at the request of Budget and Management
Division, Oregon Department of Administrative Services)
CHAPTER ................
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 $6,325,505 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 $927,570 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 $4,705,277 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 $5,551,244 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 $15,092,018 is established for the
biennium beginning July 1, 2009, 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 $4,403,869 to the
State Department of Fish and Wildlife for expenses of
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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 $272,563 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 $5,191,094 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 $100,000 to the Water
Resources Department for expenses of implementing section 4 (10),
Article XV of the Oregon Constitution. + }
SECTION 10. { + Notwithstanding any other law limiting
expenditures, the amount of $5,750,000 is established for the
biennium beginning July 1, 2009, 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 11. { + Of the moneys deposited into the Restoration
and Protection Research Fund established under ORS 541.378, the
Oregon Watershed Enhancement Board shall allocate $499,223 to the
State Department of Geology and Mineral Industries for expenses
of implementing section 4 (10), Article XV of the Oregon
Constitution. + }
SECTION 12. { + Notwithstanding any other law limiting
expenditures, the amount of $23,220,144 is established for the
biennium beginning July 1, 2009, 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 $2,009,705 is established for the
biennium beginning July 1, 2009, 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 2009 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 2009 Act being necessary for the
immediate preservation of the public peace, health and safety, an
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emergency is declared to exist, and this 2009 Act takes effect
July 1, 2009. + }
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Passed by House June 18, 2009
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Chief Clerk of House
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Speaker of House
Passed by Senate June 24, 2009
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President of Senate
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Received by Governor:
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Approved:
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Governor
Filed in Office of Secretary of State:
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Secretary of State
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