Title 28, Public Financial Administration

(1) As used in this section: (a) “Foundation” means: (A) A tax exempt organization designated by a rule adopted by a state agency; or (B) A tax exempt organization designated by the governing board of a public university listed in ORS 352.002 to solicit contributions for the supp…

(1) As used in this section: (a) “Employee” means officers, faculty, teachers, instructors and other employees of a public university listed in ORS 352.002. (b) “Nonprofit organization” means an organization described in section 501(c)(3) of the Internal Revenue Code that is exem…

(1) As used in this section, “annual charitable fund drive program” means the single, annual, consolidated effort conducted by the charitable fund drive committee appointed under subsection (2) of this section to secure funds from state officers or employees for distribution to o…

Any state official authorized to disburse funds in payment of salaries or wages of state officers or employees is authorized, upon written request of the officer or employee, to deduct each month from the salary or wages of the officer or employee the amount of moneys designated …

(1) Except as authority over contracts for health benefit plans described in ORS 243.135 is vested in the Public Employees’ Benefit Board, upon receipt of the request in writing of an officer or employee so to do, the state official authorized to disburse funds in payment of the …

Any state official authorized to disburse funds in payment of salaries or wages of state officers or employees is authorized, upon written request of the officer or employee, to deduct each month from the salary or wages of the officer or employee the amount of money designated b…

(1) Any state official authorized to disburse funds in payment of salaries or wages of state officers or employees is authorized, upon written request of the state officer or employee, to deduct each pay period from the salary or wages of the officer or employee the amount of mon…

(1) As used in this section, unless the context requires otherwise: (a) “Department” means the Oregon Department of Administrative Services. (b) “State agency” means any elected or appointed officer, board, commission, department, institution, branch or other agency of the state …

(1) Upon receipt of the request in writing of a state officer or employee to do so, the state officer authorized to disburse funds in payment of the salary or wages of such state officer or employee each month shall deduct from the salary or wages of such officer or employee the …

(1) As used in ORS 292.070 to 292.110: (a) “Compensation” means salaries and wages. (b) “State employees” means state officers and employees, including minors. (2) The Oregon Department of Administrative Services, pursuant to such rules as it may adopt, is authorized, with the ap…

(1) The Oregon Department of Administrative Services shall maintain a record of all deductions made from the compensation of employees under authority of ORS 292.070. When sufficient funds have accumulated to the credit of an employee to permit the issuance of a United States Sav…

Balances to the credit of the Employes’ Bond Savings Account may be used for the purchase in advance, from the federal government or from any federal reserve bank or other authorized federal agency, of savings bonds or other obligations of the federal government, either in blank …

The Oregon Department of Administrative Services may make refunds from the Employes’ Bond Savings Account, of the uninvested amounts therein, of employees’ salary deductions. [Amended by 1981 c.567 §6]

(1) If a state employee dies having moneys to the credit of the state employee in the Employes’ Bond Savings Account, the moneys shall be paid to the co-owner or beneficiary named in the employee’s payroll allotment authorization for the purchase of such bonds or obligations. If …

(1) The State Treasurer is authorized, under such rules as the treasurer shall promulgate, to make cash advances in payment of mileage allowances of members of the Legislative Assembly, and in payment of earned wages and salaries of clerks and employees thereof, and of state empl…

(1) The amounts advanced by the State Treasurer under ORS 292.150 shall be repaid to the State Treasurer through warrants issued by the Oregon Department of Administrative Services in payment of properly approved vouchers. (2) The State Treasurer, as assignee of the parties to wh…

If a state employee leaves state employment after having received payment of salary or wages in an amount greater than the employee’s entitlement, the amount of overpayment shall be considered a delinquent account and shall be subject to collection by the Collections Unit in the …

(1) The Oregon Department of Administrative Services may render a monthly or quarterly invoice to all state agencies utilizing or intending to utilize the joint payroll system in the future. This monthly or quarterly invoice shall be equal to demonstrated savings of Workers’ Comp…

As used in ORS 292.210 to 292.230, unless the context otherwise requires: (1) “State agency” has the same meaning as provided in ORS 291.002. (2) “State officer” means any elected or appointed state officer, including members of boards and commissions. [Amended by 1953 c.623 §3; …

The amounts and nature of subsistence allowances for travel, and the rate of mileage allowance for travel by private automobile, payable by state agencies, shall be adopted and regulated by the Oregon Department of Administrative Services within any limits that may be prescribed …

(1) It is the policy of the state that all out-of-state travel by state agency personnel shall be allowed only when the travel is essential to the normal discharge of the agency’s responsibilities. Out-of-state travel shall be conducted in the most efficient and cost-effective ma…

(1) A person may not be reimbursed by a state agency for the use on official or state related business of a privately owned motor vehicle at a rate to exceed the rates established and regulated by the Oregon Department of Administrative Services. Reimbursement shall be paid only …

Notwithstanding ORS chapters 291, 292 and 293, any officer or employee of any state agency may receive an advance for approved necessary expenses of travel and subsistence arising out of official duties or employment, in the manner provided in ORS 292.286 and 292.288. [1955 c.765…

(1) Any officer or employee of a state agency who desires a cash advance for the expenses of travel and subsistence arising out of official duties or employment shall file a written request for the approval of such advance with the administrative head of the state agency by which…

The state shall have a prior claim against and a right to withhold any and all funds payable, or to become payable, by the state to any officer or employee up to the amount of such advance. [1971 c.244 §5]

The incumbents of each of the following offices shall be paid an annual salary on a monthly basis, as follows: (1) Governor, $98,600 for the year beginning January 1, 2014, and for each year thereafter. The Governor shall also be paid $1,000 per month regularly for expenses neces…

All fees and commissions of any kind, name or nature collected by the Governor, Secretary of State, State Treasurer or Attorney General for any service performed by the Governor, Secretary of State, State Treasurer or Attorney General by virtue of office or collected by the Gover…

(1)(a) The annual salary of the Chief Judge of the Court of Appeals shall be $154,040 for the period beginning on January 1, 2019, and ending on June 30, 2020. (b) On July 1, 2020, the annual salary of the Chief Judge of the Court of Appeals, as adjusted under ORS 292.428, shall …

(1)(a) The annual salary of the Chief Justice of the Supreme Court shall be $157,076 for the period beginning on January 1, 2019, and ending on June 30, 2020. (b) On July 1, 2020, the annual salary of the Chief Justice of the Supreme Court, as adjusted under ORS 292.428, shall be…

(1) The annual salary of each judge of a circuit court shall be $142,136 for the period beginning on January 1, 2019, and ending on June 30, 2020. (2) On July 1, 2020, the annual salary of each judge of a circuit court, as adjusted under ORS 292.428, shall be increased by $5,000.…

(1) The annual salary of the judge of the Oregon Tax Court shall be $146,048 for the period beginning on January 1, 2019, and ending on June 30, 2020. (2) On July 1, 2020, the annual salary of the judge of the Oregon Tax Court, as adjusted under ORS 292.428, shall be increased by…

(1) Annual salaries of judges of the Supreme Court, the Court of Appeals, circuit courts and the Oregon Tax Court established under ORS 292.406, 292.411, 292.416 and 292.426 shall be adjusted to reflect the same percentage amount of any positive cost of living adjustment granted …

(1) In addition to the annual salaries established as provided in ORS 292.930, the Oregon Department of Administrative Services may “pick-up,” assume and pay to the Public Employees Retirement Fund any employee contributions, otherwise required by ORS 238.200, for the Governor, S…

(1) Subject to the availability of funds therefor in the budget of the state board or commission, and except as otherwise provided by law, any member of a state board or commission, other than a member who is employed in full-time public service, who is authorized by law to recei…

(1) As used in this section, “council” means the Oregon Council on Developmental Disabilities that receives federal financial support under the Developmental Disabilities Assistance and Bill of Rights Act (42 U.S.C. 6000 et seq.). (2) Each member of the Oregon Council on Developm…

Each of the following elective officers shall be paid an annual salary on a monthly basis as determined by the Legislative Assembly each biennium: (1) Governor. (2) Secretary of State. (3) State Treasurer. (4) Attorney General. (5) Commissioner of the Bureau of Labor and Industri…

As used in ORS 240.190 and 292.951 to 292.971: (1) “Comparability of the value of work” means the value of the work measured by the needs of the employer and the knowledge, composite skill, effort, responsibility and working conditions required in the performance of the work. (2)…

For purposes of analyzing the state’s classification and compensation system to assess progress in achieving policies stated in ORS 240.190, and for the purpose of determining undervalued jobs in need of wage adjustments, the Oregon Department of Administrative Services, the Chie…

(1) There is created a Pay Equity Adjustment Fund. Any moneys appropriated for pay equity adjustment purposes shall be applied as a first priority to compensation adjustments for the most undervalued jobs in the lowest salary ranges. (2) For the biennium beginning July 1, 1987, t…

The appropriate authority within each branch of government shall establish procedures for creation of Job Evaluation Teams, consisting of state employees, including representatives of management, bargaining unit employees and unrepresented employees who possess occupational exper…

If any of the officers mentioned in ORS 292.316 fails to pay over to the State Treasurer any and all moneys collected by virtue of office, the officer shall be deemed guilty of theft and shall be punished accordingly. [Amended by 1971 c.743 §352; 1997 c.249 §90; 2003 c.794 §247; …

The Oregon Department of Administrative Services may adopt rules and regulations defining “encumbrances” as used in ORS chapters 291, 292 and 293 and the manner in which they are to be charged to appropriations and expenditure limitations. [1971 c.341 §2] GIFTS, DEVISES AND BEQUE…

All property given, devised or bequeathed to the State of Oregon or to any state agency as defined in ORS 293.235 shall belong to the state and shall be devoted to the agency or purpose specified in the terms of the gift, devise or bequest. A grant to a particular agency, not oth…

The state may abolish agencies, change or transfer agency functions or rename any state agency. Notwithstanding any such action, property acquired by the state through gift, devise or bequest, when the purpose of the grant is stated or implied as provided in ORS 293.090, shall co…

Subject to ORS 293.115, the following moneys shall be placed by the State Treasurer to the credit of and shall constitute the General Fund of the State of Oregon: (1) All moneys arising from direct taxation and paid into the State Treasury by the several counties of the state. (2…

(1) All payments of money into the State Treasury by virtue of any statute providing for, creating, authorizing or continuing any of the funds and accounts enumerated in subsection (2) of this section shall be paid into and become a part of the General Fund. (2) The following fun…

The following moneys shall be separate and distinct from the General Fund: (1) Moneys paid into the State Treasury for fiduciary purposes and moneys that are in trust funds, as defined in ORS 291.002. (2) Moneys by law directed and required to be placed by the State Treasurer to …

(1) Moneys in a trust fund that are not otherwise appropriated by law are continuously appropriated to the agency that administers the trust in order to carry out the purposes of the trust. (2) As used in this section, “trust fund” has the meaning given that term in ORS 291.002. …

The Oregon Department of Administrative Services shall, by appropriate entries made at monthly periods, credit the several objects with the amounts which may be received respectively from the several sources and charge against the same any claims incurred in pursuance of authorit…

The State Treasurer shall enter upon all records created by the State Treasurer for moneys paid into the State Treasury such necessary information as shall: (1) Enable the Oregon Department of Administrative Services to credit the moneys to a fund or account in such amounts as ar…