Bill Text: OR HB2503 | 2011 | Regular Session | Introduced
Bill Title: Relating to zero-based budgeting.
Sponsorship: Partisan Bill (Republican 4)
Status: (Failed) 2011-06-30 - In committee upon adjournment. [HB2503 Detail]
Download: Oregon-2011-HB2503-Introduced.html
76th OREGON LEGISLATIVE ASSEMBLY--2011 Regular Session
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LC 1078
House Bill 2503
Sponsored by Representative FREEMAN; Representatives SPRENGER,
THOMPSON (Presession filed.)
SUMMARY
The following summary is not prepared by the sponsors of the
measure and is not a part of the body thereof subject to
consideration by the Legislative Assembly. It is an editor's
brief statement of the essential features of the measure as
introduced.
Directs Oregon Department of Administrative Services and
Governor to submit budget report to Legislative Assembly that
contains zero-based budget for state agencies with cumulative
total of expenditures of at least 25 percent of General Fund
budget.
Directs department and Governor to subject each state agency to
zero-based budget review not less than once every four biennia.
A BILL FOR AN ACT
Relating to zero-based budgeting.
Be It Enacted by the People of the State of Oregon:
SECTION 1. { + Section 2 of this 2011 Act is added to and made
a part of ORS 291.201 to 291.222. + }
SECTION 2. { + (1) As used in this section:
(a) 'State agency' means every state officer, board,
commission, department, institution, branch or agency of the
state government, whose costs are paid wholly or in part from
funds held in the State Treasury.
(b) 'State government' has the meaning given that term in ORS
174.111.
(2)(a) As part of the tentative budget plan and the budget
report required under ORS 291.210 and 291.216, the Oregon
Department of Administrative Services and the Governor shall:
(A) Submit a zero-based budget for state agencies with a
cumulative total of expenditures of at least 25 percent of the
General Fund budget for the biennium; and
(B) Require state agencies selected by the department and
Governor to prepare and submit to the department and Governor a
zero-based budget plan in addition to any other information that
may be required under ORS 291.201 to 291.222.
(b) At a minimum, a zero-based budget plan submitted by a state
agency under paragraph (a)(B) of this subsection must contain the
following information:
(A) A description of those discrete activities that the agency
performs and a justification for the existence of each activity
by reference to statute or other legal authority.
(B) For each activity, a quantitative estimate of any adverse
impacts that could reasonably be expected if the activity were
discontinued, together with a full description of the methods by
which the adverse impact is estimated.
(C) For each activity, an itemized account of expenditures that
would be required to maintain the activity at the minimum level
of service required by the statutory authority, together with a
concise statement of the quantity and quality of service required
at that minimum level.
(D) For each activity, an itemized account of expenditures
required to maintain the activity at the current level of
service, together with a concise statement of the quantity and
quality of service being provided.
(E) A ranking of all activities that shows the relative
contribution of each activity to the overall goals and purposes
of the agency at the current level of service.
(3) In preparing the tentative budget plan and the budget
report required under ORS 291.210 and 291.216, the department and
the Governor shall subject the budget of each state agency to
zero-based budget review not less than once every four
biennia. + }
SECTION 3. { + Section 2 of this 2011 Act applies to tentative
budget plans and budget reports prepared for biennia beginning on
or after July 1, 2013. + }
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