Chapter 906 Oregon Laws 1999
Session Law
AN ACT
SB 5549
Relating to state financial
administration; creating new provisions; amending section 5, chapter 231,
Oregon Laws 1999 (Enrolled House Bill 5043); appropriating money; limiting
expenditures; and declaring an emergency.
Be It Enacted by the People of the State of Oregon:
SECTION 1. Of the moneys deposited into the Watershed
Improvement Operating Fund established under section 7b, chapter 1026,
Oregon Laws 1999 (Enrolled House Bill 3225), the Oregon Watershed Enhancement
Board shall allocate $2,799,354 to the Department of State Police for fish and
wildlife activities to implement section 4 (5), Article XV of the Oregon
Constitution.
SECTION 2.
Section 5, chapter 231, Oregon Laws 1999 (Enrolled House Bill 5043), is amended
to read:
Sec. 5.
Notwithstanding any other law, the amount of [$2,559,704] $3,303,064
is established for the biennium beginning July 1, 1999, as the maximum limit
for payment of fish and wildlife activities and operations expenses [from moneys or other revenues allocated to
the Oregon Department of Administrative Services Operating Fund] from
lottery funds [made available under] allocated from the Parks and Natural
Resources Fund to the Department of State Police to implement section 4
(5), Article XV of the Oregon Constitution.
SECTION 3. Of the moneys deposited into the Watershed
Improvement Operating Fund established under section 7b, chapter 1026,
Oregon Laws 1999 (Enrolled House Bill 3225), the Oregon Watershed Enhancement
Board shall allocate $3,747,295 to the State Department of Fish and Wildlife
for activities and projects to implement section 4 (5), Article XV of the
Oregon Constitution.
SECTION 4. Of the moneys deposited into the Watershed
Improvement Operating Fund established under section 7b, chapter 1026,
Oregon Laws 1999 (Enrolled House Bill 3225), the Oregon Watershed Enhancement
Board shall allocate $2,754,677 to the State Department of Agriculture for
activities and projects to implement section 4 (5), Article XV of the Oregon
Constitution.
SECTION 5. Of the moneys deposited into the Watershed
Improvement Operating Fund established under section 7b, chapter 1026,
Oregon Laws 1999 (Enrolled House Bill 3225), the Oregon Watershed Enhancement
Board shall allocate $379,427 to the State Forestry Department for activities
and projects to implement section 4 (5), Article XV of the Oregon Constitution.
SECTION 6. Notwithstanding any other law, the amount
of $379,427 is established for the biennium beginning July 1, 1999, as the
maximum limit for the payment of expenses from lottery moneys allocated from
the Parks and Natural Resources Fund to the State Forestry Department for
activities and projects to implement section 4 (5), Article XV of the Oregon
Constitution.
SECTION 7. Notwithstanding any other law, the amount
of $252,951 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, excluding lottery funds, collected or
received by the State Forestry Department for implementing activities under the
Oregon Plan.
SECTION 8. Of the moneys deposited into the Watershed
Improvement Operating Fund established under section 7b, chapter 1026,
Oregon Laws 1999 (Enrolled House Bill 3225), the Oregon Watershed Enhancement
Board shall allocate $403,765 to the Department of Environmental Quality for
activities and projects to implement section 4 (5), Article XV of the Oregon
Constitution.
SECTION 9. Notwithstanding any other law, the amount
of $31,716,449 is established for the biennium beginning July 1, 1999, as the
maximum limit for the payment of expenses from lottery moneys from the Parks
and Natural Resources Fund to the Oregon Watershed Enhancement Board for
operating expenses, activities and projects to implement section 4 (5), Article
XV of the Oregon Constitution.
SECTION 10. Of the moneys deposited into the Watershed
Improvement Grant Fund established under ORS 541.397, the Oregon Watershed
Enhancement Board shall allocate $503,710 to the Department of State Police for
expenses of implementing section 4 (5), Article XV of the Oregon Constitution.
SECTION 11. Of the moneys deposited into the Watershed
Improvement Grant Fund established under ORS 541.397, the Oregon Watershed
Enhancement Board shall allocate $1,145,323 to the State Department of
Agriculture for activities and projects to implement section 4 (5), Article XV
of the Oregon Constitution.
SECTION 12. Notwithstanding any other law, the amount
of $1 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, excluding federal funds, collected or received by the
Oregon Watershed Enhancement Board from the Restoration and Protection Research
Fund.
SECTION 13. Notwithstanding any other law, the amount
of $1,500,000 is established for the biennium beginning July 1, 1999, as the
maximum limit for payment of expenses for agency operations related to Oregon
Plan activities from federal funds collected or received by the Oregon
Watershed Enhancement Board.
SECTION 14. (1) The appropriations made from the
General Fund under chapter 6, Oregon Laws 1997, as modified by the Emergency
Board, for the biennium ending June 30, 1999, to the Governor's Watershed
Enhancement Board for watershed improvement grants during the 1997-1999
biennium are available continuously until expended for the purposes specified
in chapter 6, Oregon Laws 1997.
(2) Not later than the 60th
day after completion of all projects described in subsection (1) of this
section, the executive director of the Oregon Watershed Enhancement Board shall
certify to the Oregon Department of Administrative Services the completion of
the projects and the amount of any unobligated balance of the appropriation
made by chapter 6, Oregon Laws 1997. Upon certification, the unobligated
balance reverts to the General Fund.
SECTION 15. The appropriations made from the General
Fund under chapter 6, Oregon Laws 1997, as modified by the Emergency Board, for
the biennium ending June 30, 1999, to the Governor's Watershed Enhancement
Board for a grant to the Grants Pass Irrigation District for activities related
to the Savage Rapids Dam are reduced by $450,000.
SECTION 16. Notwithstanding any other law, the amount
of $1,982,170 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, excluding lottery funds, in the Watershed
Improvement Grant Fund carried over from the 1997-1999 biennium for the Oregon
Watershed Enhancement Board.
SECTION 17. Notwithstanding any other law, the amount
of $485,424 is established for the biennium beginning July 1, 1999, as the
maximum limit for payment of expenses from lottery funds carried over from the
1997-1999 biennium for the Water Resources Department.
SECTION 18. (1) The Oregon Watershed Enhancement Board
shall establish by rule a process for allocating available moneys in the
Restoration and Protection Subaccount of the Parks and Natural Resources Fund
on a quarterly basis to fulfill the biennial allocations made in this 1999 Act.
Except as provided in subsection (2) of this section, all quarterly allocations
shall be set at one-eighth of the biennial allocations.
(2) If, in any quarter, the
moneys transferred from the State Lottery Fund to the Parks and Natural
Resources Fund are insufficient to pay for the quarterly allocations
established under this 1999 Act, these allocations shall be reduced
proportionately in sufficient amounts to accommodate the revenue shortfall.
SECTION 19. 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 20. If House Bill 3225 does not become law,
this 1999 Act is repealed.
SECTION 21. 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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