Chapter 985 Oregon Laws 1999
Session Law
AN ACT
SB 118
Relating to funding of
treatment programs for gambling-related behaviors; creating new provisions;
amending ORS 461.549; appropriating money; limiting expenditures; and declaring
an emergency.
Be It Enacted by the People of the State of Oregon:
SECTION 1.
ORS 461.549 is amended to read:
461.549. (1) The
Legislative Assembly finds that emotional and behavioral problems related to
gambling may impose additional costs on state government and on the state
economy, such as additional mental health expenditures, increased law
enforcement costs and lost economic output. The use of a portion of the net
receipts from video lottery games to pay the costs of preventing and treating
emotional and behavioral problems related to gambling promotes the creation of
jobs and this state's economic development by offsetting and treating the
negative economic consequences of such behavior.
(2) In each fiscal
quarter, commencing with the fiscal quarter beginning July 1, 2001, there is
allocated from the Administrative Services Economic Development Fund to the
Problem Gambling Treatment Fund established by section 2 of this 1999 Act an
amount of not less than one percent of the moneys transferred from the State
Lottery Fund to the Administrative Services Economic Development Fund during
that fiscal quarter.
SECTION 2. (1) There is established in the State
Treasury, separate and distinct from the General Fund, the Problem Gambling
Treatment Fund. All moneys in the Problem Gambling Treatment Fund are
continuously appropriated to the Department of Human Resources to be expended
for programs for the prevention and treatment of gambling addiction and other
emotional and behavioral problems related to gambling and for the administration
of the programs.
(2) The Problem Gambling
Treatment Fund shall consist of:
(a) The net proceeds from
the Oregon State Lottery allocated to the fund under ORS 461.549;
(b) Moneys appropriated to
the fund by the Legislative Assembly; and
(c) Interest earnings on
moneys in the fund.
SECTION 3. (1) The Department of Human Resources, in
collaboration with county representatives, prior to January 1, 2000, shall
develop a plan for the administration of the statewide gambling addiction
programs and delivery of program services.
(2) The Department of Human
Resources may appoint an advisory committee or designate an existing advisory
committee to make recommendations to the department concerning:
(a) Performance standards
and evaluation methodology;
(b) Fiscal reporting and
accountability;
(c) Delivery of services;
and
(d) A distribution plan for
use of available funds.
(3) The distribution plan
for the moneys available in the Problem Gambling Treatment Fund shall be based
on performance standards.
(4) The Department of Human
Resources may enter into an intergovernmental agreement or other contract for
the delivery of services related to programs for the prevention and treatment
of gambling addiction and other emotional and behavioral problems related to
gambling.
(5) Before entering into an
agreement or contract under subsection (4) of this section, the Department of
Human Resources must consider the experience, performance and program capacity
of those organizations currently providing services.
SECTION 4. For the biennium beginning July 1, 1999,
the Department of Human Resources shall continue to contract for local service
delivery with county-based gambling addiction programs that meet performance
standards and criteria described in section 3 (2)(a) and (5) of this 1999 Act.
SECTION 5. Notwithstanding any other law limiting
expenditures of the Oregon Department of Administrative Services from lottery
moneys allocated from the Administrative Services Economic Development Fund for
the biennium beginning July 1, 1999, the limitation on expenditures established
by section 4, chapter 886, Oregon Laws 1999 (Enrolled House Bill 5002), is
decreased by $5,273,048.
SECTION 6. Notwithstanding any other law, the amount
of $5,273,048 is established for the biennium beginning July 1, 1999, as the
maximum limit for the payment of expenses from lottery moneys allocated from
the Administrative Services Economic Development Fund to the Department of
Human Resources for programs for the prevention and treatment of gambling
addiction and other emotional and behavioral problems related to gambling and
for the administration of the programs.
SECTION 7. Notwithstanding section 7, chapter 908,
Oregon Laws 1999 (Enrolled House Bill 5038), the Oregon Department of
Administrative Services shall transfer moneys allocated from the Problem
Gambling Treatment Fund to the Department of Human Resources in a manner
determined by the Oregon Department of Administrative Services.
SECTION 8. Section 9 of this 1999 Act and the amendments
to ORS 461.549 by section 1 of this 1999 Act first become operative on July 1,
2001.
SECTION 9. The allocation of moneys from the
Administrative Services Economic Development Fund under ORS 461.549 is subject
to the requirements in section 4, Article XV, Oregon Constitution, for deposit
of 15 percent of the net proceeds from the Oregon State Lottery into the
Education Endowment Fund and into the parks and natural resources fund and
shall be made only after satisfaction or payment of:
(1) Amounts allocated to
Westside lottery bonds issued under ORS 391.140 or to the reserves or any
refunding related to the Westside lottery bonds in accordance with the priority
for allocation and disbursement established by ORS 391.130;
(2) All liens, pledges or
other obligations relating to lottery bonds or refunding lottery bonds that are
due or payable during the fiscal quarter for which an allocation is made; and
(3) Amounts required by any
other pledges of, or liens on, net proceeds from the Oregon State Lottery.
SECTION 10. 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
August 20, 1999
Filed in the office of
Secretary of State August 23, 1999
Effective date August 20,
1999
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