Chapter 839 Oregon Laws 1999

Session Law

AN ACT

HB 2236

Relating to state agency name change; creating new provisions; and amending ORS 180.340.

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

SECTION 1. ORS 180.340, as amended by section 48, chapter 704, Oregon Laws 1997, is amended to read:

180.340. (1) There is established the [Support Enforcement] Division of Child Support of the Department of Justice to be maintained, operated and controlled under the supervision of the Attorney General. The Attorney General may employ attorneys, investigators and other personnel necessary to carry out the duties and functions of the division and fix their compensation, subject to any applicable provision of the State Personnel Relations Law.

(2) The Department of Justice may adopt rules specific to the functions contracted solely to the [Support Enforcement] Division of Child Support provided the rules do not conflict with rules adopted by the Department of Human Resources or with federal or state law.

SECTION 2. Any business or legal proceedings of the Division of Child Support may be conducted in the name of the Support Enforcement Division until the Attorney General determines that the cost of conducting business and legal proceedings in the name of the Division of Child Support is no longer material to the Department of Justice.

SECTION 3. (1) The amendments to ORS 180.340 by section 1 of this 1999 Act are intended to change the name of the Support Enforcement Division of the Department of Justice to the Division of Child Support.

(2) For the purpose of harmonizing and clarifying statute sections printed in Oregon Revised Statutes, the Legislative Counsel may substitute for words designating the Support Enforcement Division, wherever they occur in Oregon Revised Statutes, other words designating the Division of Child Support.

Approved by the Governor July 22, 1999

Filed in the office of Secretary of State July 22, 1999

Effective date October 23, 1999

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