Chapter 588
Oregon Laws 2011
AN ACT
SB 5547
Relating to
the 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 $5,965,774 to the
Department of State Police for fish and wildlife activities to implement
section 4 (8), 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 $5,824,398 to the State
Department of Fish and Wildlife for activities and projects to implement
section 4 (8), 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 $6,335,856 to the State
Department of Agriculture for activities and projects to implement section 4
(8), 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 $4,503,053 to the
Department of Environmental Quality for activities and projects to implement
section 4 (8), Article XV of the Oregon Constitution.
SECTION 5. Notwithstanding any
other law limiting expenditures, the amount of $9,784,507 is established for
the biennium beginning July 1, 2011, 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
(8), Article XV of the Oregon Constitution.
SECTION 6. Notwithstanding any
other law limiting expenditures, the amount of $45,479,409 is established for
the biennium beginning July 1, 2011, as the maximum limit for payment of
expenses from federal funds collected or received by the Oregon Watershed
Enhancement Board.
SECTION 7. Notwithstanding any
other law limiting expenditures, the amount of $1,773,549 is established for
the biennium beginning July 1, 2011, as the maximum limit for payment of
expenses for operations related to Oregon Plan activities 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.
SECTION 8. (1) The Oregon
Watershed Enhancement Board shall establish by rule a process for allocating on
a quarterly basis available moneys in the Natural Resources Subaccount of the
Parks and Natural Resources Fund, established under ORS 541.351 to 541.415, to
fulfill the biennial allocations made in this 2011 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 Oregon 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 9. This 2011 Act being
necessary for the immediate preservation of the public peace, health and
safety, an emergency is declared to exist, and this 2011 Act takes effect July
1, 2011.
Approved by
the Governor June 28, 2011
Filed in the
office of Secretary of State June 29, 2011
Effective date
July 1, 2011
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