Bill Text: OR SB5547 | 2011 | Regular Session | Enrolled

Oregon Senate Bill 5547 (Prior Session Legislation)

Bill Title: Relating to the financial administration of the Oregon Watershed Enhancement Board; and declaring an emergency.

Spectrum: Unknown

Status: (Passed) 2011-06-30 - Effective date, July 1, 2011. [SB5547 Detail]

Download: Oregon-2011-SB5547-Enrolled.html



     76th OREGON LEGISLATIVE ASSEMBLY--2011 Regular Session

                            Enrolled

                        Senate Bill 5547

Printed pursuant to Senate Interim Rule 213.28 by order of the
  President of the Senate in conformance with presession filing
  rules, indicating neither advocacy nor opposition on the part
  of the President (at the request of Budget and Management
  Division, Oregon Department of Administrative Services)

                     CHAPTER ................

                             AN ACT

Relating to the financial administration of the Oregon Watershed
  Enhancement Board; 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 ORS 541.379, the
Oregon Watershed Enhancement Board shall allocate $5,965,774 to
the Department of State Police for fish and wildlife activities
to implement section 4 (8), Article XV of the Oregon
Constitution. + }
  SECTION 2.  { + Of the moneys deposited into the Watershed
Improvement Operating Fund established under ORS 541.379, the
Oregon Watershed Enhancement Board shall allocate $5,824,398 to
the State Department of Fish and Wildlife for activities and
projects to implement section 4 (8), Article XV of the Oregon
Constitution. + }
  SECTION 3.  { + Of the moneys deposited into the Watershed
Improvement Operating Fund established under ORS 541.379, the
Oregon Watershed Enhancement Board shall allocate $6,335,856 to
the State Department of Agriculture for activities and projects
to implement section 4 (8), Article XV of the Oregon
Constitution. + }
  SECTION 4.  { + Of the moneys deposited into the Watershed
Improvement Operating Fund established under ORS 541.379, the
Oregon Watershed Enhancement Board shall allocate $4,503,053 to
the Department of Environmental Quality for activities and
projects to implement section 4 (8), Article XV of the Oregon
Constitution. + }
  SECTION 5.  { + Notwithstanding any other law limiting
expenditures, the amount of $9,784,507 is established for the
biennium beginning July 1, 2011, as the maximum limit for payment
of expenses by the Oregon Watershed Enhancement Board from
lottery moneys deposited into the Watershed Improvement Operating
Fund established under ORS 541.379, for operating expenses,
activities and projects to implement section 4 (8), Article XV of
the Oregon Constitution. + }
  SECTION 6.  { + Notwithstanding any other law limiting
expenditures, the amount of $45,479,409 is established for the

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biennium beginning July 1, 2011, as the maximum limit for payment
of expenses from federal funds collected or received by the
Oregon Watershed Enhancement Board. + }
  SECTION 7.  { + Notwithstanding any other law limiting
expenditures, the amount of $1,773,549 is established for the
biennium beginning July 1, 2011, as the maximum limit for payment
of expenses for operations related to Oregon Plan activities from
fees, moneys or other revenues, including Miscellaneous Receipts,
but excluding lottery funds and federal funds, collected or
received by the Oregon Watershed Enhancement Board. + }
  SECTION 8.  { + (1) The Oregon Watershed Enhancement Board
shall establish by rule a process for allocating on a quarterly
basis available moneys in the Natural Resources Subaccount of the
Parks and Natural Resources Fund, established under ORS 541.351
to 541.415, to fulfill the biennial allocations made in this 2011
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 Oregon
State Lottery Fund to the Parks and Natural Resources Fund are
insufficient to pay for the quarterly allocations established
under subsection (1) of this section, the allocations shall be
reduced proportionately by amounts sufficient to accommodate the
revenue shortfall. + }
  SECTION 9.  { + This 2011 Act being necessary for the immediate
preservation of the public peace, health and safety, an emergency
is declared to exist, and this 2011 Act takes effect July 1,
2011. + }
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Passed by Senate June 9, 2011

    .............................................................
                               Robert Taylor, Secretary of Senate

    .............................................................
                              Peter Courtney, President of Senate

Passed by House June 16, 2011

    .............................................................
                                    Bruce Hanna, Speaker of House

    .............................................................
                                   Arnie Roblan, Speaker of House

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Received by Governor:

......M.,............., 2011

Approved:

......M.,............., 2011

    .............................................................
                                         John Kitzhaber, Governor

Filed in Office of Secretary of State:

......M.,............., 2011

    .............................................................
                                   Kate Brown, Secretary of State

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