Chapter 182 Oregon Laws 2011

AN ACT

SB 957

Relating to state finance; amending ORS 180.180.

Be It Enacted by the People of the State of Oregon:

SECTION 1. ORS 180.180 is amended to read:

180.180. (1) The Department of Justice Operating Account is created in the General Fund. Moneys credited to the account are continuously appropriated to the Department of Justice for the purpose of paying expenses incurred by the department [of Justice], including those incurred by the Division of Child Support, but not including expenses described in ORS 180.095, that are reimbursable from the Department of Justice Protection and Education Revolving Account.

(2) All moneys received by the Department of Justice pursuant to its activities, except those received and creditable to the Department of Justice Protection and Education Revolving Account, shall be deposited in the State Treasury to the credit of the Department of Justice Operating Account.

(3)(a) Subject to paragraph (b) of this subsection, subaccounts may be used in the Department of Justice Operating Account whenever the Department of Justice determines that operating needs of the department so require.

(b) The department shall deposit moneys received by the department from officers, departments, boards and commissions of state government under ORS 180.160 and 180.170 into a subaccount in the Department of Justice Operating Account.

(4) In order to facilitate financing the operating expenses of the Department of Justice described in subsection (1) of this section, with the approval of the Director of the Oregon Department of Administrative Services, the Department of Justice may at any time during the biennium transfer to the Department of Justice Operating Account [with the approval of the Director of the Oregon Department of Administrative Services such funds as it] any funds the department considers necessary, not to exceed $800,000, from funds [duly] appropriated to the department [of Justice] for a biennial period. [Such funds so transferred] Funds transferred under this subsection shall be retransferred from the Department of Justice Operating Account to the appropriation from which the original transfer was made. The retransfers shall be accomplished prior to the last day of each biennial period.

(5) With the approval of the Director of the Oregon Department of Administrative Services, the Department of Justice may at any time during the biennium transfer from the subaccount described in subsection (3)(b) of this section to the General Fund any amounts the department determines will not be needed to meet the responsibilities imposed on the department under the current biennial budget or under any laws governing the department.

Approved by the Governor June 1, 2011

Filed in the office of Secretary of State June 2, 2011

Effective date January 1, 2012

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