77th OREGON LEGISLATIVE ASSEMBLY--2013 Regular Session
 
NOTE:  Matter within  { +  braces and plus signs + } in an
amended section is new. Matter within  { -  braces and minus
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LC 581
 
                           A-Engrossed
 
                         House Bill 2249
                  Ordered by the House April 4
            Including House Amendments dated April 4
 
Introduced and printed pursuant to House Rule 12.00. Presession
  filed (at the request of Governor John A. Kitzhaber, M.D., for
  State Department of Fish and Wildlife)
 
 
                             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.
 
  Establishes Willamette River Basin Bonneville Power
Administration Stewardship Fund. Continuously appropriates moneys
in fund to State Department of Fish and Wildlife. Specifies uses
of moneys in fund.
  Declares emergency, effective on passage.
 
                        A BILL FOR AN ACT
Relating to the Willamette River Basin Bonneville Power
  Administration Stewardship Fund; appropriating money; and
  declaring an emergency.
Be It Enacted by the People of the State of Oregon:
  SECTION 1.  { + (1) The Willamette River Basin Bonneville Power
Administration Stewardship Fund is established in the State
Treasury, separate and distinct from the General Fund. Interest
earned by the Willamette River Basin Bonneville Power
Administration Stewardship Fund shall be credited to the
fund. Moneys in the fund are continuously appropriated to the
State Department of Fish and Wildlife for long-term operation,
maintenance and protection activities that preserve or advance
the conservation values of properties purchased under the
Willamette River Basin Memorandum of Agreement Regarding Wildlife
Habitat Protection and Enhancement between the State of Oregon
and the Bonneville Power Administration, dated October 22, 2010.
Moneys in the fund may not be used to purchase property or
easements.
  (2) The Willamette River Basin Bonneville Power Administration
Stewardship Fund shall consist of moneys accepted by this state
pursuant to the Willamette River Basin Memorandum of Agreement
Regarding Wildlife Habitat Protection and Enhancement between the
State of Oregon and the Bonneville Power Administration, dated
October 22, 2010.
  (3) Moneys in the Willamette River Basin Bonneville Power
Administration Stewardship Fund may, with the approval of the
State Treasurer, be invested as provided by ORS 293.701 to
293.820, and the earnings from such investment shall be credited
 
to the Willamette River Basin Bonneville Power Administration
Stewardship Fund. + }
  SECTION 2.  { + This 2013 Act being necessary for the immediate
preservation of the public peace, health and safety, an emergency
is declared to exist, and this 2013 Act takes effect on its
passage. + }
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