Bill Text: OR SB736 | 2013 | Regular Session | Introduced

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

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)

Status: (Failed) 2013-07-08 - In committee upon adjournment. [SB736 Detail]

Download: Oregon-2013-SB736-Introduced.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 1213

                         Senate Bill 736

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 as
introduced.

  Establishes Federal Ocean Resources Fund. Continuously
appropriates moneys in fund to Department of Land Conservation
and Development. Specifies uses of moneys.
  Requires that certain moneys received from federal government
must be deposited in Federal Ocean Resources Fund.
  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:
  SECTION 1. { +  Subject to and consistent with federal law, any
moneys received by the State of Oregon from the federal
government that are related to the lease, development or use of
ocean resources in the area that underlies, or that extends
beyond, the boundary of the State of Oregon's territorial sea as
defined in ORS 196.405 must be deposited in the Federal Ocean
Resources Fund established by section 2 of this 2013 Act. + }
  SECTION 2.  { + (1) The Federal Ocean Resources Fund is
established in the State Treasury, separate and distinct from the
General Fund. Interest earned by the Federal Ocean Resources Fund
shall be credited to the fund. Moneys in the fund are
continuously appropriated to the Department of Land Conservation
and Development to pay all costs incurred by the department in:
  (a) Implementing programs and providing technical assistance
related to the stewardship of ocean resources.
  (b) Conducting scientific research and monitoring related to
the socioeconomic and natural resource impacts of the development
of renewable resources on ocean resources.
  (2) The department may accept grants, donations, contributions
or gifts from any source for deposit in the Federal Ocean
Resources Fund.
  (3) The Federal Ocean Resources Fund consists of:
  (a) Moneys accepted by the department pursuant to subsection
(2) of this section.
  (b) Moneys received by the State of Oregon from the federal
government as described in section 1 of this 2013 Act.
  (c) Interest earned on moneys in the fund.
  (4)(a) The department shall submit a report to the Legislative
Assembly, in the manner provided by ORS 192.245, by March 31 of
each calendar year listing the moneys received in the previous
calendar year by the State of Oregon under section 1 of this
2013, the use of the moneys and the results of any programs,
technical assistance or scientific research and monitoring
provided or supported with the moneys.
  (b) The department shall post the report described in paragraph
(a) of this subsection on the department's website for public
access. + }
  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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