Bill Text: OR SB737 | 2013 | Regular Session | Engrossed

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Bill Title: Relating to ocean resources; appropriating money; and declaring an emergency.

Spectrum: Bipartisan Bill

Status: (Passed) 2013-08-21 - Effective date, August 14, 2013. [SB737 Detail]

Download: Oregon-2013-SB737-Engrossed.html

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     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
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LC 3668

                           A-Engrossed

                         Senate Bill 737
                 Ordered by the Senate April 23
           Including Senate Amendments dated April 23

Sponsored by Senator ROBLAN

                             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.

    { - Establishes Oregon Ocean Work Group for purpose of
adopting Nearshore Strategic Plan. Establishes Oregon Ocean
Science Trust for purpose of funding activities related to plan.
Establishes Oregon Ocean Science Fund and continuously
appropriates moneys in fund to trust for specified purposes. - }
    { - Requires Ocean Policy Advisory Council to develop marine
data management network. - }
   { +  Establishes Oregon Ocean Science Trust and specifies
duties of trust. Directs State Land Board to appoint members of
trust.  Directs Department of State Lands to provide clerical,
technical and management personnel as needed to serve trust and
directs other agencies to provide assistance to trust on priority
marine science needs of state.
  Establishes Oregon Ocean Science Fund and continuously
appropriates moneys in fund to trust for specified purposes.
Requires state's distributive share of moneys collected under
Outer Continental Shelf Lands Act to be deposited in fund.
Requires 30 percent of distributive share to be paid to coastal
counties adjacent to lands containing tracts for which
distributive share is received. Permits not more than five
percent of total moneys in fund to be used to reimburse agencies
for assistance to trust. + }
  Declares emergency, effective on passage.

                        A BILL FOR AN ACT
Relating to ocean resources; appropriating money; and declaring
  an emergency.
Be It Enacted by the People of the State of Oregon:

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OREGON OCEAN SCIENCE TRUST + }

  SECTION 1.  { + (1) The Oregon Ocean Science Trust is
established, consisting of five members appointed by the State
Land Board.
  (2) The term of office of each member is four years, but a
member serves at the pleasure of the board. Before the expiration
of the term of a member, the board shall appoint a successor
whose term begins on January 1 next following. A member is
eligible for reappointment. If there is a vacancy for any cause,
the board shall make an appointment to become immediately
effective for the unexpired term.
  (3) The members specified in subsection (1) of this section
must:
  (a) Be residents of this state who demonstrate a commitment and
interest in the stewardship of Oregon's ocean and coastal
resources; and
  (b) Have not less than five years' experience in competitive
granting, marine science, foundations or fiscal assurance.
  (4) A majority of the members of the trust constitutes a quorum
for the transaction of business.
  (5) The trust shall select one of its members to be the
executive director of the trust, for such terms and with the
duties and powers that the trust determines are necessary for the
performance of the office.
  (6) The trust shall meet at least twice each year at a place,
day and hour determined by the trust. The trust may also meet at
other times and places specified by the call of the executive
director or of a majority of the members of the trust.
  (7) The trust may adopt any rules necessary to carry out the
duties of the trust.
  (8) Members of the trust are not entitled to compensation or
reimbursement for expenses and serve as volunteers for the trust.
  (9) The Department of State Lands shall provide clerical,
technical and management personnel as needed to serve the trust.
Other agencies shall provide support as requested by the trust in
order to provide the trust with assistance on the priority marine
science needs of the state. + }

                               { +
DUTIES OF THE TRUST + }

  SECTION 2.  { + The Oregon Ocean Science Trust shall:
  (1) Promote peer-reviewed, competitive research and monitoring
that leads to increased knowledge and understanding of Oregon's
ocean and coastal resources;
  (2) Promote innovative, collaborative, community-oriented,
multi-institutional approaches to research and monitoring related
to Oregon's ocean and coastal resources;
  (3) Enhance this state's capacity for peer-reviewed scientific
ocean and coastal research; and
  (4) Subject to available funding, establish and execute a
competitive grant program to conduct research and monitoring
related to Oregon's ocean and coastal resources. + }

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OREGON OCEAN SCIENCE FUND + }

  SECTION 3.  { + (1) The Oregon Ocean Science Fund is
established in the State Treasury, separate and distinct from the
General Fund. Interest earned by the Oregon Ocean Science Fund
shall be credited to the fund. Moneys in the fund are
continuously appropriated to the Oregon Ocean Science Trust for
the purpose of carrying out the provisions of sections 1, 2, 4
and 5 of this 2013 Act.
  (2) The trust may accept grants, donations, contributions or
gifts from any source for deposit in the fund.
  (3) The fund shall consist of:
  (a) Moneys accepted by the trust pursuant to subsection (2) of
this section;
  (b) Moneys appropriated by the Legislative Assembly;
  (c) Interest earned on moneys in the fund; and
  (d) Any moneys described in subsection (4) of this section.

  (4) Subject to and consistent with federal law, any moneys
received by the State of Oregon from the federal government that
constitute the state's distributive share of the amounts
collected under the Outer Continental Shelf Lands Act, 43 U.S.C.
1331 et seq., shall be deposited in the fund.
  (5) Of the moneys in the fund that are derived from the state's
distributive share of the amounts collected under the Outer
Continental Shelf Lands Act, 43 U.S.C. 1331 et seq., the coastal
county adjacent to the lands containing tracts for which the
moneys are received by the state shall receive 30 percent of the
distributive share received by the state for those lands.  Where
the lands containing tracts for which moneys are received are
located adjacent to more than one county of this state, each
county adjacent to the lands shall receive a portion of the 30
percent allocation that is proportionate to the area of the lands
that are adjacent to the county. + }
  SECTION 4.  { + (1) Moneys deposited in the Oregon Ocean
Science Fund may be used to reimburse:
  (a) The State Treasurer for the costs of administering the fund
as provided in section 3 of this 2013 Act.
  (b) The Department of State Lands for the costs of
administering the Oregon Ocean Science Trust as provided in
section 1 (9) of this 2013 Act.
  (c) Other agencies for the costs of providing support to the
trust as requested under section 1 (9) of this 2013 Act.
  (2) The total amount of costs paid under this section may not
exceed five percent of the total amount of moneys deposited in
the fund during the biennium. + }

                               { +
REPORT TO LEGISLATIVE ASSEMBLY + }

  SECTION 5.  { + The Oregon Ocean Science Trust shall submit a
report to the Legislative Assembly, in the manner provided by ORS
192.245, by March 31 of each even-numbered year, describing the
progress of the trust in carrying out its duties specified in
section 2 of this 2013 Act. The report may include relevant
issues and trends of significance, including emerging scientific
research and public policy. + }

                               { +
MISCELLANEOUS + }

  SECTION 6.  { + Notwithstanding the term of office specified by
section 1 of this 2013 Act, of the members first appointed to the
Oregon Ocean Science Trust:
  (1) Two shall serve for a term ending December 31, 2014.
  (2) Three shall serve for a term ending December 31, 2015. + }
  SECTION 7.  { + The unit captions used in this 2013 Act are
provided only for the convenience of the reader and do not become
part of the statutory law of this state or express any
legislative intent in the enactment of this 2013 Act. + }

                               { +
EMERGENCY CLAUSE + }

  SECTION 8.  { + 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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