Bill Text: OR HB2680 | 2013 | Regular Session | Engrossed

Oregon House Bill 2680 (Prior Session Legislation)

Bill Title: Relating to Oregon Veterans' Homes; appropriating money; declaring an emergency.

Spectrum: Slight Partisan Bill (Republican 4-2)

Status: (Failed) 2013-07-08 - In committee upon adjournment. [HB2680 Detail]

Download: Oregon-2013-HB2680-Engrossed.html



     77th OREGON LEGISLATIVE ASSEMBLY--2013 Regular Session

NOTE:  Matter within  { +  braces and plus signs + } in an
amended section is new. Matter within  { -  braces and minus
signs - } is existing law to be omitted. New sections are within
 { +  braces and plus signs + } .

LC 1378

                           A-Engrossed

                         House Bill 2680
                Ordered by the House February 19
          Including House Amendments dated February 19

Sponsored by Representative BARNHART, Senator CLOSE,
  Representatives GELSER, OLSON, 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.

    { - Directs Director of Veterans' Affairs to establish fourth
Oregon Veterans' Home in Lebanon. Authorizes director to seek
federal grant funds for purpose of establishing home in
Lebanon. - }
  Establishes Lebanon Veterans' Home Construction Fund.
  Continuously appropriates moneys in fund to Department of
Veterans' Affairs to acquire, develop, construct and equip
Lebanon Veterans' Home.
   { +  Modifies authorized uses of $10.5 million of proceeds of
lottery bonds authorized to be issued for biennium beginning July
1, 2011. Directs that $6.5 million be deposited in Roseburg
Veterans' Home Construction Fund and that $4 million be deposited
in Lebanon Veterans' Home Construction Fund. + }
  Declares emergency, effective on passage.

                        A BILL FOR AN ACT
Relating to Oregon Veterans' Homes; creating new provisions;
  amending section 18, chapter 624, Oregon Laws 2011;
  appropriating money; and declaring an emergency.
Be It Enacted by the People of the State of Oregon:
  SECTION 1.  { + The Lebanon Veterans' Home Construction Fund is
established in the State Treasury, separate and distinct from the
General Fund. Interest earned on moneys in the Lebanon Veterans'
Home Construction Fund shall be credited to the fund. The Lebanon
Veterans' Home Construction Fund consists of moneys deposited in
the fund under section 18, chapter 624, Oregon Laws 2011, and may
include fees, revenues or other income deposited into the fund by
the Legislative Assembly for payment of costs incurred to
acquire, develop, construct and equip the Lebanon Veterans' Home.
Moneys in the fund are continuously appropriated to the
Department of Veterans' Affairs for the purpose of acquiring,
developing, constructing and equipping the Lebanon Veterans'
Home. + }
  SECTION 2. Section 18, chapter 624, Oregon Laws 2011, is
amended to read:

   { +  Sec. 18. + } (1) For the biennium beginning July 1, 2011,
at the request of the Oregon Department of Administrative
Services, after the department consults with the Department of
Veterans' Affairs, the State Treasurer is authorized to issue
lottery bonds pursuant to ORS 286A.560 to 286A.585 in an amount
not to exceed net proceeds of $10.5 million for the purpose
described in subsection (2) of this section, plus an additional
amount estimated by the State Treasurer to be necessary to pay
bond-related costs.
    { - (2) Net proceeds of lottery bonds issued under this
section in an amount sufficient to provide $10.5 million in net
proceeds and interest earnings must be transferred to the
Department of Veterans' Affairs and deposited in the Roseburg
Veterans' Home Construction Fund established in section 19 of
this 2011 Act for the purpose of acquiring, developing,
constructing and equipping the Roseburg Veterans' Home. - }
   { +  (2) Net proceeds of lottery bonds issued under this
section in an amount sufficient to provide $10.5 million in net
proceeds and interest earnings must be transferred to the
Department of Veterans' Affairs of which:
  (a) $6.5 million shall be deposited in the Roseburg Veterans'
Home Construction Fund established in section 19, chapter 624,
Oregon Laws 2011, for the purpose of acquiring, developing,
constructing and equipping the Roseburg Veterans' Home; and
  (b) $4 million shall be deposited in the Lebanon Veterans' Home
Construction Fund established in section 1 of this 2013 Act for
the purpose of acquiring, developing, constructing and equipping
the Lebanon Veterans' Home. + }
  (3) The Legislative Assembly finds that the use of lottery bond
proceeds will create jobs, further economic development, finance
public education or restore and protect parks, beaches,
watersheds and native fish and wildlife, and is authorized based
on the finding that establishment of the Roseburg Veterans' Home
 { +  and the Lebanon Veterans' Home + } will create jobs in
construction and health care fields.
  SECTION 3.  { + This 2013 Act being necessary for the immediate
preservation of the public peace, health and safety, an emergency
is declared to exist, and this 2013 Act takes effect on its
passage. + }
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