Chapter 291 — Chapter 291
251 sections in this chapter.
ORS 291.308 [Repealed by 1953 c.386 §9]
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ORS 291.310 [Repealed by 1953 c.386 §9]
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EMERGENCY EXPENDITURES; EMERGENCY BOARD
ORS 291.322 Definitions for ORS 291.322 to 291.334. As used in ORS 291.322 to 291.334
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(1) “Emergency” means any catastrophe, disaster or unforeseen or unanticipated condition or circumstance, or abnormal change of conditions or circumstances, affecting the functions of a state agency and the expenditure requirements for the performance of these functions. (2) “Sta…
ORS 291.324 Emergency Board created. There hereby is created a joint committee composed of members of both houses of the Legislative Assembly, to be known as the Emergency Board. [1953 c.386 §2]
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ORS 291.326 Powers of board concerning expenditures by state agencies. (1) The Emergency Board, during the interim between sessions of the Legislative Assembly, may exercise the following powers
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(a) Where an emergency exists, to allocate to any state agency, out of any emergency fund that may be appropriated to the Emergency Board for that purpose, additional funds beyond the amount appropriated to the agency by the Legislative Assembly, or funds to carry on an activity …
ORS 291.328 Board may require presentation of evidence to support requests for action; filing of orders. (1) Before the Emergency Board makes any allocation, grants any authorization or approves any budget under ORS 291.326, the board may require a state agency to submit written evidence to justify the allocation, authorization or approval or may require the head of the agency to appear before it in support thereof
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(2) The Emergency Board may require the Director of the Oregon Department of Administrative Services to submit a written report regarding the need and justification for the allocation, authorization or approval. (3) Upon making an allocation, granting an authorization or approvin…
ORS 291.330 Members of board; confirmation. The Emergency Board shall be composed of the President of the Senate, the Speaker of the House of Representatives, the chairpersons of the Senate and House Ways and Means Committees, eight other members of the Senate, at least four of whom shall have had some previous experience on the Ways and Means Committee, to be appointed by the President of the Senate and confirmed by a majority of all the members elected to the Senate, and eight other members of the House, at least four of whom shall have had some previous experience on the Ways and Means Committee, to be appointed by the Speaker and confirmed by a majority of all the members elected to the House. [1953 c.386 §5; 1973 c.201 §1; 1979 c.324 §1; 2007 c.695 §1]
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ORS 291.332 Meetings of board; terms of members; filling vacancies on board. (1) The Emergency Board shall meet immediately upon adjournment sine die of each odd-numbered year regular session of the Legislative Assembly. The board shall meet thereafter at such times as it may determine, except that the activities of the board are suspended during the period beginning at the convening of a regular session of the Legislative Assembly and ending at the adjournment of that session
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(2)(a) The President of the Senate and the Speaker of the House of Representatives shall serve as cochairpersons of the board. (b) The President of the Senate shall appoint members of the board from among members of the Senate. The Speaker of the House of Representatives shall ap…
ORS 291.334 Assistance of Legislative Fiscal Office to board; payment of board expenses. (1) The Legislative Fiscal Office, upon request of the Emergency Board, shall furnish necessary assistance to the board
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(2) The expenses of the board, the cost of employed assistance, and other necessary expenses of the board shall be paid out of funds appropriated to the board specially for that purpose or, if no appropriation is made, out of any emergency fund that may be appropriated to the boa…
ORS 291.336 [1957 c.382 §1; repealed by 2016 c.117 §75]
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ESTIMATES OF STATE REVENUES
ORS 291.342 Annual estimation of state revenues; apportionment among counties of any state property tax levy necessary to make up deficiency; quarterly estimates. (1) By August 15 of each year, but not earlier than 90 days from the end of the regular session of the Legislative Assembly held in that calendar year, the Oregon Department of Administrative Services, with the assistance of the Department of Revenue, shall
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(a) Ascertain by computation and estimate the total amount of revenue available for state purposes for the current fiscal year; and (b) Apportion the state tax levy on property, if any, among the several counties in the manner provided in ORS 291.445. (2) In addition to the requi…
ORS 291.344 [Formerly 309.520; 1967 c.454 §97; 1981 c.804 §83; 1991 c.220 §1; renumbered 291.445 in 1991]
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ORS 291.345 Appropriation of certain excess corporate income and excise tax revenues to State School Fund. (1) For purposes of implementing Article IX, section 14 (3), of the Oregon Constitution, if revenues received by the General Fund from the corporate income and excise taxes during the biennium exceed the amount estimated to be received from such taxes for the biennium by two percent or more, the Legislative Assembly shall appropriate an amount equal to the total amount of the excess to the State School Fund established by ORS 327.008 for apportionment as provided in ORS 327.008
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(2) The amount appropriated under this section shall be in addition to the total amount of revenues the Legislative Assembly would otherwise appropriate, allocate or make available for the biennium for funding kindergarten through grade 12 public education if excess revenues desc…
ORS 291.348 Biennial estimate of General Fund and State Lottery Fund revenues; certification to Secretary of State. (1) The Oregon Department of Administrative Services, as soon as possible after June 30 of each even-numbered year, shall ascertain the total of General Fund revenues obtained from all sources during the preceding fiscal year, so far as is practicable
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(2) The Director of the Oregon Department of Administrative Services shall certify to the total of General Fund and State Lottery Fund revenues during the preceding fiscal year as determined under subsection (1) of this section. (3) As used in this section: (a) “General Fund reve…
ORS 291.349 Revenue estimate; disposition of revenue in excess of estimate. (1) As soon as practicable after adjournment sine die of the odd-numbered year regular session of the Legislative Assembly, the Oregon Department of Administrative Services shall report to the Legislative Revenue Officer and the Legislative Fiscal Officer the estimate as of July 1 of the first year of the biennium of General Fund and State Lottery Fund revenues that will be received by the state during that biennium. The Oregon Department of Administrative Services shall base its estimate on the last forecast given to the Legislative Assembly before adjournment sine die of the odd-numbered year regular session on which the printed, adopted budget prepared in the Oregon Department of Administrative Services is based, adjusted only insofar as necessary to reflect changes in laws adopted at that session. The report shall contain the estimated revenues from corporate income and excise taxes separately from the estimated revenues from other General Fund sources. The Oregon Department of Administrative Services may revise the estimate if necessary following adjournment sine die of a special session or an even-numbered year regular session of the Legislative Assembly, but any revision does not affect the basis of the computation described in subsection (3) or (4) of this section
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(2) As soon as practicable after the end of the biennium, the Oregon Department of Administrative Services shall report to the Legislative Revenue Officer and the Legislative Fiscal Officer, or the Legislative Assembly if it is in session, the amount of General Fund revenues coll…
ORS 291.350 [1965 c.615 §13; repealed by 1971 c.544 §7]
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ORS 291.351 [1995 c.815 §4; 1999 c.23 §2; 2011 c.299 §3; repealed by 2025 c.321 §6]
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ORS 291.352 [Renumbered 293.105]
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ORS 291.353 [1995 c.815 §5; repealed by 2011 c.299 §5]
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ORS 291.354 [Amended by 1959 c.273 §7; 1961 c.280 §3; 1961 c.308 §2; renumbered 293.110]
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ORS 291.355 [1979 c.241 §29; repealed by 2001 c.956 §4]
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ORS 291.356 [Amended by 1963 c.333 §2; renumbered 293.115]
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RATE OF GROWTH OF APPROPRIATIONS
ORS 291.357 Limitation on rate of growth of appropriations for general governmental purposes; exceeding limitation. (1) As used in this section, “general governmental purposes” means
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(a) Those activities defined as governmental activities under the accounting standards promulgated by the Governmental Accounting Standards Board of the Financial Accounting Foundation that are in effect on August 10, 2001; and (b) Post-secondary educational activities that are p…
ORS 291.358 [Renumbered 293.120]
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ORS 291.360 [Renumbered 293.125]
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ORS 291.362 [Renumbered 293.130]
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ORS 291.364 [Renumbered 293.135]
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ORS 291.366 [Renumbered 293.140]
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ORS 291.368 [Renumbered 293.145]
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ORS 291.370 [Renumbered 293.150]
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LEGISLATIVE REVIEW
ORS 291.371 Salary plan review by legislative review agency; approval for position reallocation; quarterly reports by state agencies. (1) As used in this section
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(a) “Legislative review agency” means the Joint Committee on Ways and Means during the period when the Legislative Assembly is in session and the Emergency Board or the Joint Interim Committee on Ways and Means during the interim period between sessions. (b) “State agency” has th…
ORS 291.372 [Renumbered 293.155]
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ORS 291.373 Reporting of substantive program changes. (1) As used in this section
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(a) “Legislatively approved budget” has the meaning given that term in ORS 291.002. (b) “Program” means an activity or a series of related activities that a state agency performs to fulfill its constitutional or statutory duties and that is identified, by name or otherwise with p…
ORS 291.374 [Amended by 1955 c.133 §1; 1955 c.672 §1; 1957 c.460 §1; 1959 c.686 §39; 1961 c.268 §13; 1961 c.485 §27; renumbered 293.160]
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ORS 291.375 Legislative review of applications for federal financial assistance; submission, approval required; exemptions. (1) Prior to the submission of any application for financial assistance or grants from the United States or any agency of the United States by or on behalf of any agency of this state, the application must be submitted for legislative review in the following manner
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(a) If the application is to be submitted to the federal government when the Legislative Assembly is in session, the application shall be submitted to the Joint Committee on Ways and Means for review. (b) If the application is to be submitted to the federal government when the Le…
ORS 291.376 [Renumbered 291.307]
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ORS 291.377 Report to legislative review agency of state position reclassifications. (1) As used in this section, “legislative review agency” has the meaning given that term in ORS 291.371
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(2) The Oregon Department of Administrative Services shall submit a report each calendar quarter for review by the legislative review agency on the reclassification of state positions, including which positions were filled at the time of the reclassification and the difference in…
ORS 291.378 [Amended by 1961 c.590 §1; renumbered 293.165]
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ORS 291.380 [Amended by 1961 c.590 §2; renumbered 293.170]
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ORS 291.385 [1977 c.85 §1; 1979 c.93 §1; 1985 c.565 §46; repealed by 2012 c.107 §100]
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ORS 291.402 [Renumbered 293.205]
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ORS 291.404 [Renumbered 293.210]
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MASS TRANSIT ASSESSMENT
ORS 291.405 Assessment of state agencies for mass transit purposes; rates. (1) This section and ORS 291.407 allow the Oregon Department of Administrative Services to assess state agencies and to provide moneys from the assessments to mass transit districts, established under ORS 267.010 to 267.394, transportation districts, established under ORS 267.510 to 267.650, and service districts, established under ORS 451.410 to 451.610 to provide public transportation services, as reimbursement for the benefit that state government receives from the districts
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(2) State agencies subject to assessment under this section include every state officer, board, commission, department, institution, branch or agency of the state whose costs are paid wholly or in part from funds held in the State Treasury, and include the Legislative Assembly, t…
ORS 291.406 [Renumbered 293.215]
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ORS 291.407 Mass Transit Assistance Account; source; distribution; assistance of Department of Transportation; exemption from parking code requirements. (1) The Mass Transit Assistance Account is established in the General Fund of the State Treasury. The account shall consist of moneys deposited in the account under ORS 291.405 and as otherwise provided by law. The moneys in the account are continuously appropriated to the Oregon Department of Administrative Services to be used as provided in this section
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(2) The Oregon Department of Administrative Services shall distribute moneys from the account established under this section to districts described in ORS 291.405 on the last day of each calendar quarter. Subject to the limitations in this section, the amount distributed to each …
ORS 291.408 [Amended by 1959 c.258 §1; renumbered 293.220]
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ORS 291.410 [Renumbered 293.225]
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ORS 291.432 [Renumbered 293.255]
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ORS 291.434 [Renumbered 293.260]
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ORS 291.436 [Renumbered 293.265]
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