Bill Text: OR HB5043 | 2013 | Regular Session | Engrossed

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Bill Title: Relating to the financial administration of the Public Utility Commission; and declaring an emergency.

Spectrum: Unknown

Status: (Passed) 2013-06-04 - Chapter 291, (2013 Laws): Effective date June 4, 2013. [HB5043 Detail]

Download: Oregon-2013-HB5043-Engrossed.html

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     77th OREGON LEGISLATIVE ASSEMBLY--2013 Regular Session

Note: For budget, see 2013-2015 Biennial Budget
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 9043

                           A-Engrossed

                         House Bill 5043
                   Ordered by the House May 14
             Including House Amendments dated May 14

Introduced and printed pursuant to House Rule 12.00. Presession
  filed (at the request of Oregon Department of Administrative
  Services)

                             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.

  Limits certain biennial expenditures from fees, moneys or other
revenues, including Miscellaneous Receipts, but excluding lottery
funds and federal funds, collected or received by Public Utility
Commission.
  Limits biennial expenditures by commission from federal funds.
  Authorizes specified nonlimited expenditures.
   { +  Increases, for biennium beginning July 1, 2011, specified
limitation on expenditures from fees, moneys or other revenues
including Miscellaneous Receipts, but excluding lottery funds and
federal funds, collected or received by Public Utility
Commission. + }
  Declares emergency, effective   { - July 1, 2013 - }  { +  on
passage + }.

                        A BILL FOR AN ACT
Relating to the financial administration of the Public Utility
  Commission; limiting expenditures; and declaring an emergency.
Be It Enacted by the People of the State of Oregon:
  SECTION 1.  { + Notwithstanding any other law limiting
expenditures, the following amounts are established for the
biennium beginning July 1, 2013, as the maximum limits for
payment of expenses from fees, moneys or other revenues,
including Miscellaneous Receipts, but excluding lottery funds and
federal funds, collected or received by the Public Utility
Commission of Oregon, for the following purposes: + }

____NOTE_TO_WEB_CUSTOMERS:__________________________________
THE FOLLOWING TABULAR TEXT MAY BE IRREGULAR.
FOR COMPLETE INFORMATION PLEASE SEE THE PRINTED MEASURE.
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   { +
(1)Utility program....................$16,043,988
  (2) Residential Service
      Protection Fund......$10,859,611
  (3) Administration.......$12,650,111
  (4) Oregon Board of Maritime
      Pilots...............$338,596 + }
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END OF POSSIBLE IRREGULAR TABULAR TEXT
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  SECTION 2.  { + Notwithstanding any other law limiting
expenditures, the amount of $2,444,367 is established for the
biennium beginning July 1, 2013, as the maximum limit for payment
of expenses from federal funds collected or received by the
Public Utility Commission of Oregon. + }
  SECTION 3.  { + For the biennium beginning July 1, 2013,
expenditures by the Public Utility Commission of Oregon from the
universal service fund established under ORS 759.425 are not
limited. + }
  SECTION 4.  { + Notwithstanding any other law limiting
expenditures, the limitation on expenditures established by
section 1 (4), chapter 185, Oregon Laws 2011, for the biennium
beginning July 1, 2011, as the maximum limit for payment of
expenses from fees, moneys or other revenues, including
Miscellaneous Receipts, but excluding lottery funds and federal
funds, collected or received by the Public Utility Commission of
Oregon, is increased by $30,000 for investigations, rate cases
and legal expenses of the Oregon Board of Maritime Pilots. + }
  SECTION 5.  { + 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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