Chapter 266 Oregon Laws 1999
Session Law
AN ACT
SB 5516
Relating to the financial
administration of the State Department of Geology and Mineral Industries;
appropriating money; limiting expenditures; and declaring an emergency.
Be It Enacted by the People of the State of Oregon:
SECTION 1. (1) There is appropriated to the State
Department of Geology and Mineral Industries, for the biennium beginning July
1, 1999, out of the General Fund, the amount of $2,878,763 for operations.
(2) Of the amount
appropriated in subsection (1) of this section, up to $100,000 may be
transferred to the Geology and Mineral Industries Account and used for
necessary and reimbursed or reimbursable federal program expenditures.
(3) Transfers made under
subsection (2) of this section shall be retransferred to the General Fund no
later than September 30, 1999, and shall be available for the purpose
authorized in subsection (1) of this section.
SECTION 2. Notwithstanding any other law, the amount
of $2,472,420 is established for the biennium beginning July 1, 1999, as the
maximum limit for payment of expenses from fees, moneys or other revenues,
including Miscellaneous Receipts and federal funds, but excluding lottery
funds, collected or received by the State Department of Geology and Mineral
Industries.
SECTION 3. Section 2 of this 1999 Act does not affect,
limit or apply to purchases of essential services to clean up lands following
default of performance bonds or alternative securities for mined lands and deep
oil, gas and geothermal wells, or to expenditures from the Geology and Mineral
Industries Account resulting from deposits authorized under section 1 of this
1999 Act.
SECTION 4.
Notwithstanding any other law, the amount of $1,545,198 is established for the
biennium beginning July 1, 1999, as the maximum limit for payment of expenses
from federal funds, collected or received by the State Department of Geology
and Mineral Industries.
SECTION 5. (1) In addition to and not in lieu of any
other appropriation, there are appropriated to the Emergency Board, for the
biennium beginning July 1, 1999, out of the General Fund, the sum of $50,000
for allocation only to the State Department of Geology and Mineral Industries
for professional services and the sum of $15,185 for allocation only to the
State Department of Geology and Mineral Industries for publicity and
publications. The Emergency Board may authorize expenditures of any or all of
the amounts appropriated by this section upon submission of a plan by the State
Department of Geology and Mineral Industries.
(2) If all of the moneys
referred to in subsection (1) of this section are not allocated by the
Emergency Board prior to November 1, 2000, such moneys on that date become
available for any other purpose for which the Emergency Board lawfully may
allocate funds.
SECTION 6. 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 7. 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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