Chapter 260 Oregon Laws 1999
Session Law
AN ACT
SB 5510
Relating to the financial
administration of Department of Justice; appropriating money; and declaring an
emergency.
Be It Enacted by the People of the State of Oregon:
SECTION 1. There is appropriated to the Department of
Justice, for the biennium beginning July 1, 1999, out of the General Fund, the
amount of $6,143,264 which may be expended only for paying the expenses of the
district attorneys.
SECTION 2. (1) There is appropriated to the Department
of Justice, for the biennium beginning July 1, 1999, out of the General Fund,
the amount of $1,857,311 which may be expended only for special payments to
counties for deputy district attorneys actually employed by the county and
whose salaries are not paid entirely by federal funds.
(2) Each county shall
certify to the Department of Justice, not later than the fifth day of the
quarter, the number of eligible deputies employed for which compensation is
requested for the quarter. Eligible deputy positions for which counties may
claim compensation are those filled by an incumbent on the first day of the
quarter and the salary for which is not paid entirely from federal funds. A
quarterly installment payment claimed by a county under this section for an eligible
deputy district attorney shall be reduced by the amount of the salary of that
deputy district attorney which is paid in the quarter from federal funds.
(3) Commencing July 1, 1999,
from the appropriation made by subsection (1) of this section, each county
shall receive quarterly the sum of $1,375 per deputy district attorney, for up
to the first three deputies certified by a county under subsection (2) of this
section. The remainder of the appropriation made by subsection (1) of this
section shall be paid in quarterly installments, in each quarter of the
biennium, to the various counties, in amounts which evenly divide the remainder
of one-eighth of the appropriation in direct proportion to the number of
deputies certified under subsection (2) of this section, reduced by the number
of deputies compensated by the minimum quarterly payment under this subsection.
(4) The Department of
Justice may revise the quarterly rate set forth in subsection (3) of this
section to fully expend but not exceed the appropriation made by this section.
SECTION 3. (1) There is appropriated to the Department
of Justice, for the biennium beginning July 1, 1999, out of the General Fund,
the amount of $569,888 for the purpose of making payments to counties for
witness fees.
(2) From the appropriation
made by subsection (1) of this section, each county shall receive annually the
sum of the following:
(a) $990.50; and
(b) A proportion of the
remainder based on the ratio that the number of deputy district attorneys
certified for the county under section 2 (2) of this 1999 Act bears to all
deputy district attorneys so certified for all counties.
(3) The Department of
Justice may revise the amounts set forth in subsection (2) of this section to
fully expend but not exceed the appropriation made by this section.
(4) Notwithstanding
subsection (2) of this section, if a county does not spend all of the amount
received for witness fees under subsection (2) of this section for any fiscal
year, the amount the county receives for the following fiscal year shall be
reduced by the unexpended amount.
SECTION 4. In addition to and not in lieu of any other
appropriation, there is appropriated to the Department of Justice, for the
biennium beginning July 1, 1999, out of the General Fund, the amount of
$599,012 for the expenses incurred in administering this 1999 Act.
SECTION 5. Notwithstanding any other law, all sections
of this 1999 Act are subject to Oregon Department of Administrative Services
rules related to allotting, controlling, and encumbering funds.
SECTION 6. This 1999 Act being necessary for the
immediate preservation of the public peace, health and safety, an emergency is
declared to exist, and this 1999 Act takes effect July 1, 1999.
Approved by the Governor
June 16, 1999
Filed in the office of
Secretary of State June 16, 1999
Effective date July 1, 1999
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