Bill Text: OR SB597 | 2013 | Regular Session | Introduced

Oregon Senate Bill 597 (Prior Session Legislation)

Bill Title: Relating to 9-1-1 emergency communications; declaring an emergency.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 6-0)

Status: (Failed) 2013-07-08 - In committee upon adjournment. [SB597 Detail]

Download: Oregon-2013-SB597-Introduced.html



     77th OREGON LEGISLATIVE ASSEMBLY--2013 Regular Session

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amended section is new. Matter within  { -  braces and minus
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LC 1370

                         Senate Bill 597

Sponsored by Senator OLSEN; Senators KNOPP, KRUSE, THOMSEN,
  WHITSETT, Representative KRIEGER

                             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.

  Requires moneys in Emergency Communications Account, including
Enhanced 9-1-1 Subaccount, to be used for purposes of 9-1-1
emergency communications unless statutory exception is made
during state of fiscal emergency. Defines 'fiscal emergency.  '
  Declares emergency, effective on passage.

                        A BILL FOR AN ACT
Relating to 9-1-1 emergency communications; creating new
  provisions; amending ORS 403.235; and declaring an emergency.
Be It Enacted by the People of the State of Oregon:
  SECTION 1. ORS 403.235 is amended to read:
  403.235. (1) The Emergency Communications Account is
established separate and distinct from the General Fund in the
State Treasury. All moneys received by the Department of Revenue
pursuant to ORS 403.200 to 403.230 and interest thereon must be
paid to the State Treasurer to be held in a suspense account
established under ORS 293.445. After payment of refunds, the
balance of the moneys received must be paid into the State
Treasury and credited to the Emergency Communications Account.
All moneys in the account are continuously appropriated to the
Office of Emergency Management and must be used for the purposes
described in ORS 403.240.
  (2) The Enhanced 9-1-1 Subaccount is established as a
subaccount of the Emergency Communications Account. Thirty-five
percent of the amount in the Emergency Communications Account on
the date of distribution must be credited to the Enhanced 9-1-1
Subaccount. All moneys in the   { - account - }
 { + subaccount + } are continuously appropriated to the Office
of Emergency Management and must be used for the purposes
described in ORS 403.240 (3), (4) and (5).
   { +  (3) Moneys in the Emergency Communications Account,
including the Enhanced 9-1-1 Subaccount, may be used only as
described in subsections (1) and (2) of this section unless this
section and ORS 403.240 are modified to allow a different use or
eliminated by amendment or repeal during a state of fiscal
emergency.
  (4) As used in this section, 'fiscal emergency' means a
projected deficit for the biennium, as most recently projected by
the Oregon Department of Administrative Services under ORS
291.261 (1), of at least 12 percent below the amounts estimated
to be received for the biennium, as estimated after adjournment
sine die of the odd-numbered year regular session of the
Legislative Assembly pursuant to ORS 291.349 (1). + }
  SECTION 2.  { + The amendments to ORS 403.235 by section 1 of
this 2013 Act apply to moneys deposited in the Emergency
Communications Account on or after the effective date of this
2013 Act. + }
  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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