Title 28, Public Financial Administration

(1) Whenever a court is required to hold funds in trust for the benefit of any party, all such funds shall be deposited with the State Treasurer in an account separate and distinct from the General Fund. Interest on such funds shall be credited to the General Fund. (2) Notwithsta…

A claim for payment from any moneys in the State Treasury may not be paid unless: (1) The claim is supported by the approval of the state agency that incurred the obligation or made the expenditure on which the claim is based; (2) Provision for payment of the claim is made by law…

Except for claims based on obligations incurred or expenditures made by the Legislative Assembly and its officers and committees, the courts and their officers and committees and the Secretary of State and State Treasurer in the performance of the functions of their constitutiona…

(1) The Oregon Department of Administrative Services may prescribe forms and procedures consistent with law for claims subject to disapproval by the department under ORS 293.300 and for the presentment, processing, approval and disapproval by state agencies and the department and…

(1) The Oregon Department of Administrative Services may require any person to answer orally or in writing, under oath or affirmation, as to any facts relating to a claim subject to disapproval by the department under ORS 293.300. (2) The state agency that incurred the obligation…

Any person aggrieved by the disallowance of a claim for payment of any moneys in the State Treasury, if the claim is subject to disapproval by the Oregon Department of Administrative Services under ORS 293.300, or by the state agency that incurred the obligation or made the expen…

(1) A person having a claim against the state shall present the claim, with the evidence in support thereof, to the Oregon Department of Administrative Services or the state agency that incurred the obligation or made the expenditure on which the claim is based within two years a…

In an action or suit brought in behalf of the state, a claim may not be allowed against the state as a setoff unless: (1) The claim was presented to the Oregon Department of Administrative Services or the state agency that incurred the obligation or made the expenditure on which …

All boards, commissions, officers and heads of departments of the state authorized to approve disbursements for indebtedness or expenses may designate the secretary, or some officer of each board or commission, or some representative or deputy of such officer or head of departmen…

A statutory, standing, special or interim committee of the Legislative Assembly or either house thereof may designate one or more individuals to approve disbursements for which the indebtedness or expense has been theretofore authorized by the committee. The committee shall file …

Notwithstanding any other provision of law: (1) Any reference in any general or specific statute to voucher claims for indebtedness or expenses authorized by any state agency and to approval of those voucher claims is intended to be and shall be considered a reference to disburse…

Warrants shall be drawn in payment of claims for payment from any moneys in the State Treasury. All warrants shall be drawn by the Oregon Department of Administrative Services, and ORS 291.015 (2) does not apply to the drawing of warrants by the department. [1967 c.454 §20; 1971 …

The Oregon Department of Administrative Services may charge state agencies for the drawing of warrants and processing of receipts and transfers. The amount so charged shall be billed to state agencies at least quarterly, and the proceeds from such charges shall be deposited in th…

(1) As payment for expenses of processing banking-related transactions, the State Treasurer may charge each state agency having such transactions involving the State Treasury. The amount so charged shall be determined by the number of transactions processed by the State Treasurer…

(1) The Oregon Department of Administrative Services may cause any warrant drawn by it, and any other state agency authorized by law to draw warrants may cause any warrant drawn by the state agency, to be signed by facsimile signature affixed by any mechanical equipment or device…

(1) When authorized to use facsimile signatures by the administrative head of any state agency, any person authorized to sign any check, warrant or other instrument on behalf of the state agency may, in the discretion of the person, sign the check, warrant or other instrument by …

(1) The State Treasurer shall pay on demand all items presented to the State Treasurer for payment if there are appropriate and sufficient funds in the State Treasury, as provided by law, to make the payments. If a law requires that an item be paid from a particular fund, the Sta…

(1) As used in ORS 293.445 to 293.460, “agency” means any state officer, department, commission or institution. (2) When any agency determines that moneys have been received by it in excess of the amount legally due and payable to the agency or that it has received moneys to whic…

(1) With the consent of and in accordance with rules prescribed by the State Treasurer, agencies may establish accounts with the State Treasurer for purposes other than those described in ORS 293.445 (3). These accounts may be established when required by federal law or regulatio…

(1) Before October 1 of each year, an agency that maintains an account pursuant to ORS 293.445 shall prepare a report pursuant to ORS 98.352 of all checks or orders drawn by it that have been outstanding for a period of more than two years prior to July 1, and that have not been …

(1) After October 1, the State Treasurer may refuse payment of the unpresented checks or orders included in the report referred to in ORS 293.450. The State Treasurer shall: (a) Transfer and credit the amounts of the unpresented checks or orders dedicated for general funding to t…

The lawful owner of any check or order included in the report referred to in ORS 293.450 and not paid may file a claim with the State Treasurer in the manner provided by ORS 98.392 and 98.396. [Formerly 291.514; 1967 c.454 §65; 1981 c.188 §2; 1993 c.500 §63; 1993 c.694 §32; 2019 …

(1) It is the policy of the State of Oregon to pay any overdue account charges incurred by state agencies which do not promptly pay for goods and services provided by private businesses. (2) The overdue account charges to be paid under this section shall be the same as the usual …

(1) As used in ORS 293.465 to 293.485: (a) “Instrument” means a warrant, check or order issued by the state, or by any board, department, commission or officer of the state, or an electronic image or record of such a warrant, check or order. (b) “Subdivision” means any county, mu…

(1) An instrument may be paid without presentment if the person claiming to be the lawful owner of the instrument satisfies the officer by whom payment is to be made that the instrument has been lost, stolen or destroyed prior to the claimant’s having received value for the instr…

(1) Upon satisfactory showing by the lawful owner of an instrument of the loss, destruction or theft of the instrument, the proper officer, board, department or commission that issued the original instrument, or the issuer’s duly authorized legal successor, may issue a duplicate …

State officers, boards, departments or commissions lawfully issuing instruments upon the State Treasurer may adopt the uniform procedure of issuing and delivering to all parties entitled thereto duplicate instruments to replace those lost, stolen or destroyed, in accordance with …

When any instrument is paid, other than as authorized by ORS 293.465 to 293.480, such wrongful payment shall not relieve the political body issuing the instrument from liability to the true and lawful owner thereof; but the officer or person making such wrongful payment and the s…

(1) Except for property described under ORS 98.302 to 98.436, and as otherwise directed by law, upon the death of any person entitled to payment of money in the State Treasury or on deposit with a state agency or officer, if the estate is not to be administered in a court having …

(1) Payment authorized by ORS 293.490 may be made only upon receipt by the State Treasurer or other state officer authorized to disburse moneys due the decedent of an affidavit from one of the survivors in a group of survivors listed in ORS 293.490 (3), that: (a) The decedent die…

It shall not be necessary to institute probate proceedings to establish the right of any of the surviving parties named in ORS 293.490 to collect the amounts due the decedent under ORS 293.490 and 293.495; but if, after payment of such amounts, the estate of the decedent is proba…

(1) The performance of functions as provided by law by the Oregon Department of Administrative Services or any other state agency in the processing, approval and disapproval of claims for payment from any moneys in the State Treasury and in the drawing of warrants in payment ther…

Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the presentment of claims for payment from any moneys in the State Treasury to the Secretary of State as Auditor of Public Accounts and the audit, allowance or other approval of those claims by the Secretary of State as Auditor of Publi…

(1) In the discharge of the constitutional duties of Auditor of Public Accounts, the Secretary of State may certify to the Governor the failure of any state official or state employee: (a) To settle accounts or render such statements as may be required with respect to the custody…

(1) Upon consultation with the State Treasurer’s office, a state agency by rule may: (a) Require that payments to the agency above designated amounts be made by electronic funds transfer. All electronic funds transfer entries through an automated clearinghouse shall follow standa…

(1) The Tobacco Settlement Funds Account is established as an account in the General Fund. Except as provided in section 2, chapter 11, Oregon Laws 2003, the account shall consist of all moneys paid to this state under the Master Settlement Agreement of 1998. (2) Before July 1 of…

(1) There is established in the State Treasury, separate and distinct from the General Fund, the Health Care Trust Fund. The Health Care Trust Fund shall consist of moneys, in amounts directed by the Legislative Assembly, paid to this state by United States tobacco products manuf…

(1) The Governor may apply for, accept and receive, or authorize any state agency to apply for, accept and receive, financial assistance and grants from the United States or any of its agencies, subject to the terms and conditions thereof, for financing the cost of any federally …

The State Treasurer shall receive any moneys that may be paid to the state by the United States, or any agency thereof, in lieu of ad valorem property taxes, and shall retain or transfer to the respective county treasurers the moneys so received in compliance with the annual appo…

(1) Except for a distribution charge that shall be deducted to meet expenses incurred by the Oregon Department of Administrative Services in administering this section, all sums received by the state from the United States Government as its distributive share of the amounts colle…

(1) Except for a distribution charge that shall be deducted to meet expenses incurred by the Oregon Department of Administrative Services in administering this section, all funds received from the United States Government by the State of Oregon as its distributive share of the am…

(1) All funds received from the United States Government by the State of Oregon as its distributive share of the amounts collected under the federal Flood Control Act and Acts amendatory thereof and supplemental thereto, shall upon receipt by the State Treasurer be credited to a …

(1) Except for a distribution charge that shall be deducted to meet expenses incurred by the Oregon Department of Administrative Services in administering this section, all funds received from the United States Government as a distributive share of the amounts collected by the Un…

(1) The Oregon Department of Administrative Services shall direct and control the accounting for all the fiscal affairs of the state government and agencies thereof, and shall provide for the maintenance of accounting records, including accounts stated in summary or in detail, fo…

The Oregon Department of Administrative Services shall control and supervise the acquisition, installation and use of all electronic or automatic data processing equipment to be used primarily for the purposes of the accounting records and system referred to in ORS 293.590. The a…

(1) As used in this section, “state agency” means every state officer, board, commission, department, institution, branch or agency of state government whose costs are paid wholly or in part from funds held in the State Treasury. (2) The Oregon Department of Administrative Servic…

(1) The fiscal year of this state shall commence on July 1 and close on June 30 of each year. All the accounts of the Oregon Department of Administrative Services, Secretary of State and State Treasurer shall be kept and all duties of the department and those officers shall be pe…

The Secretary of State shall cause to be maintained accounts and records the Secretary of State considers necessary in the performance of constitutional functions as Auditor of Public Accounts. [1967 c.454 §72]

The State Treasurer shall cause to be maintained accounts and records of all moneys received and disbursed by the State Treasurer. [1967 c.454 §73]

All persons, state institutions, commissions, commissioners, departments, boards, and state officers or agents, handling or having the custody or control of any property belonging to the state or to any state institution, board, commission, or department, shall account for and pa…