Chapter 896 Oregon Laws 1999

Session Law

 

AN ACT

 

HB 5047

 

Relating to the financial administration of the Department of Land Conservation and Development; appropriating money; limiting expenditures; and declaring an emergency.

 

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

 

      SECTION 1. There is appropriated to the Department of Land Conservation and Development, for the biennium beginning July 1, 1999, out of the General Fund, amounts for the following purposes:

 

      (1)     Operations............................................... $           6,117,947

      (2)     Grant Programs...................................... $           2,371,575

      (3)     Landowner Notification......................... $              500,000

 

      SECTION 2. Notwithstanding any other law, the following amounts are established for the biennium beginning July 1, 1999, as the maximum limits for payment of expenses from fees, moneys or other revenues, including Miscellaneous Receipts, but excluding lottery funds and federal funds, collected or received by the Department of Land Conservation and Development for the following purposes:

 

      (1)     Operations............................................... $           2,708,008

      (2)     Grant Programs...................................... $                91,376

 

      SECTION 3. Notwithstanding any other law, the following amounts are established for the biennium beginning July 1, 1999, as the maximum limits for the payment of expenses from federal funds collected or received by the Department of Land Conservation and Development, for the following purposes:

 

      (1)     Operations............................................... $           3,803,679

      (2)     Grant Programs...................................... $              485,716

 

      SECTION 4. (1) In addition to and not in lieu of any other appropriation, there is appropriated to the Emergency Board, for the biennium beginning July 1, 1999, out of the General Fund, the sum of $450,000 for allocation only to the Department of Land Conservation and Development for grant programs as described in subsection (2) of this section.

      (2) Allocations under this section shall be reserved for the following purposes:

      (a) $250,000 for technical assistance and periodic review grants.

      (b) $200,000 for regional problem solving grants, including but not limited to farmland mapping projects.

      (3) If any of the moneys referred to in subsection (1) of this section are not allocated by the Emergency Board prior to November 1, 2000, the remaining moneys on that date become available for any other purpose for which the Emergency Board lawfully may allocate funds.

      SECTION 5. The appropriations made from the General Fund under chapter 667, Oregon Laws 1997, as modified by the Emergency Board, for the biennium ending June 30, 1999, to the Department of Land Conservation and Development for landowner notification programs are reduced by $495,000.

      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 on its passage.

 

Approved by the Governor July 30, 1999

 

Filed in the office of Secretary of State July 30, 1999

 

Effective date July 30, 1999

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