Bill Text: OR SB551 | 2013 | Regular Session | Enrolled
Bill Title: Relating to state financial administration; and declaring an emergency.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 2-0)
Status: (Passed) 2013-08-08 - Effective date, August 1, 2013. [SB551 Detail]
Download: Oregon-2013-SB551-Enrolled.html
77th OREGON LEGISLATIVE ASSEMBLY--2013 Regular Session
Enrolled
Senate Bill 551
Sponsored by Senator DEVLIN, Representative BUCKLEY
CHAPTER ................
AN ACT
Relating to state financial administration; and declaring an
emergency.
Be It Enacted by the People of the State of Oregon:
SECTION 1. { + (1) The Task Force on the Capital Construction
Budget Process is established. The task force shall consist of:
(a) The cochairs of the Joint Committee on Ways and Means;
(b) One member of the Senate appointed by the President of the
Senate and who is a member of a different political party from
the Senate cochair of the joint committee;
(c) One member of the House of Representatives appointed by the
Speaker of the House of Representatives and who is a member of a
different political party from the House cochair of the joint
committee;
(d) The Legislative Fiscal Officer; and
(e) The Director of the Oregon Department of Administrative
Services or a designee of the Director of the Oregon Department
of Administrative Services.
(2) The task force shall:
(a) Create a current inventory of state-owned buildings,
including a description of the condition of each building;
(b) Review existing statutory provisions governing the process
of developing the capital construction portion of the state
budget, including but not limited to provisions in ORS chapters
291 and 293;
(c) Identify current statutory provisions relating to the
capital construction portion of the state budget that are
outdated, are unnecessary or need modification;
(d) Identify new provisions that would aid in the development
of the capital construction portion of the state budget;
(e) Identify and recommend a long-range process for determining
and implementing future capital construction needs and priorities
for the state;
(f) Identify and recommend a process for determining how
capital construction budget requests relate to overall state
budget priorities;
(g) Consider whether capital construction budgets should also
include forecasts of the costs of operating and maintaining state
buildings upon which capital construction moneys are spent; and
(h) Recommend a comprehensive package of statutory changes that
will allow the Legislative Assembly to develop budgets for
capital construction projects based on identified long-term
goals, using an incremental process that is integrated into the
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overall state budget each biennium and that provides more
transparency for the public.
(3) A majority of the members of the task force constitutes a
quorum for the transaction of business.
(4) Official action by the task force requires the approval of
a majority of the members of the task force.
(5) The cochairs of the Joint Committee on Ways and Means shall
serve as chairpersons of the task force.
(6) If there is a vacancy for any cause in a position appointed
by the President of the Senate or the Speaker of the House of
Representatives, the appointing authority shall make an
appointment to become immediately effective.
(7) The task force shall meet at times and places specified by
the call of the chairpersons or of a majority of the members of
the task force.
(8) The task force may adopt rules necessary for the operation
of the task force.
(9) Not later than October 15, 2014, the task force shall
submit a report to the Legislative Assembly in the manner
provided by ORS 192.245, and shall include recommendations for
legislation.
(10) The Legislative Administrator shall provide staff support
to the task force.
(11) Members of the task force who are not members of the
Legislative Assembly are not entitled to compensation, but may be
reimbursed for actual and necessary travel and other expenses
incurred by them in the performance of their official duties in
the manner and amounts provided for in ORS 292.495. Claims for
expenses incurred in performing functions of the task force shall
be paid out of funds appropriated to the Legislative
Administration Committee for purposes of the task force.
(12) All agencies of state government, as defined in ORS
174.111, are directed to assist the task force in the performance
of its duties and, to the extent permitted by laws relating to
confidentiality, to furnish such information and advice as the
members of the task force consider necessary to perform their
duties. + }
SECTION 2. { + Section 1 of this 2013 Act is repealed on the
date of the convening of the 2015 regular session of the
Legislative Assembly as specified in ORS 171.010. + }
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 2103 Act takes effect on its
passage. + }
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Passed by Senate July 6, 2013
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Robert Taylor, Secretary of Senate
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Peter Courtney, President of Senate
Passed by House July 7, 2013
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Tina Kotek, Speaker of House
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Received by Governor:
......M.,............., 2013
Approved:
......M.,............., 2013
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John Kitzhaber, Governor
Filed in Office of Secretary of State:
......M.,............., 2013
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Kate Brown, Secretary of State
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