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OR SB5520
Relating to the financial administration of the Department of Environmental Quality; declaring an emergency.
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Introduced
01/13/2025
01/13/2025
In Committee
06/03/2025
06/03/2025
Crossed Over
Passed
Dead
Introduced Session
2025 Legislative Measures
Bill Summary
The statement includes a measure digest written in compliance with applicable readability standards. Digest: The Act creates an agency budget. (Flesch Readability Score: 73.8). Appropriates moneys from the General Fund to the Department of Environmental Quality for certain biennial expenses. Limits biennial expenditures from fees, moneys or other revenues, including Miscellaneous Re- ceipts, specified bond proceeds and specified federal funds, but excluding lottery funds and other federal funds, collected or received by the department. Limits biennial expenditures from lottery moneys allocated from the Parks and Natural Re- sources Fund to the department. Authorizes specified nonlimited expenditures. Limits certain biennial expenditures by the department from federal funds. Declares an emergency, effective July 1, 2025.
AI Summary
This bill provides a comprehensive financial appropriation and expenditure plan for the Oregon Department of Environmental Quality (DEQ) for the 2025-2027 biennium, establishing specific budget allocations and spending limits across multiple categories. The bill appropriates $26,566,173 from the General Fund for air quality, $47,345,738 for water quality, $2,943,780 for land quality, $2,296,337 for agency management, and $6,155,503 for debt service. Additionally, it sets maximum expenditure limits from various funding sources, including fees, miscellaneous receipts, specific federal grants, and lottery funds. The bill allows for nonlimited expenditures related to debt service and loans from the Water Pollution Control Revolving Fund and Pollution Control Fund. Notably, the bill includes spending limits from different revenue streams: $128,108,307 for air quality, $40,413,657 for water quality, $124,002,267 for land quality, and $54,370,073 for agency management from fees and other revenues, and separate limits for federal funds and lottery moneys. The bill is declared an emergency measure, taking effect on July 1, 2025, to ensure the immediate financial operations of the DEQ.
Committee Categories
Agriculture and Natural Resources, Budget and Finance
Sponsors (0)
No sponsors listed
Last Action
Third reading. Carried by Frederick. Passed. Ayes, 17; Nays, 11--Anderson, Bonham, Girod, Hayden, Linthicum, McLane, Nash, Robinson, Smith DB, Thatcher, Weber; Excused, 2--Patterson, Starr. (on 06/05/2025)
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