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83rd OREGON LEGISLATIVE ASSEMBLY--2025 Regular Session
House Bill 3750
Sponsored by Representative GRAYBER
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.The statement includes a measure digest written in compliance with applicable readability
standards.
Digest: The Act would let the duty-related costs of the head of BOLI be paid out of the Workers’
Benefit Fund. (Flesch Readability Score: 68.0).
Authorizes the payment out of the Workers’ Benefit Fund of the expenses of the Commissioner
of the Bureau of Labor and Industries in carrying out the commissioner’s statutory duties.
Declares an emergency, effective on passage.
A BILL FOR AN ACT
Relating to funding the operations of the Bureau of Labor and Industries; amending ORS 656.605;
and declaring an emergency.
Be It Enacted by the People of the State of Oregon:
SECTION 1. ORS 656.605 is amended to read:
656.605. (1) The Workers’ Benefit Fund is created in the State Treasury, separate and distinct
from the General Fund.Moneys in the fund shall be invested in the same manner as other state
moneys and investment earnings shall be credited to the fund. The fund shall consist of the follow-
ing:
(a) Moneys received pursuant to ORS 656.506.
(b) Moneys recovered under ORS 656.054.
(c) Penalties recovered under ORS 656.735.
(d) All moneys received by the Director of the Department of Consumer and Business Services
pursuant to law or from any other source for purposes for which the fund may be expended.
(2) Moneys in the Workers’ Benefit Fund may be expended for the following purposes:
(a) Expenses of programs under ORS 656.445, 656.506, 656.622, 656.625, 656.628 and 656.630.
(b) Proceedings against noncomplying employers pursuant to ORS 656.054 and 656.735.
(c) Expenses of vocational assistance on claims, the cost of which was imposed pursuant to
section 15, chapter 600, Oregon Laws 1985.
(d) Payment of supplemental temporary disability benefits for workers employed in more than
one job at the time of injury and reimbursement of the costs of administering payments resulting
from elections by insurers and self-insured employers as provided by ORS 656.210 (5).
(e) Payments made to injured workers pursuant to section 6a, chapter 865, Oregon Laws 2001.
(f) Expenses of the Bureau of Labor and Industries for enforcing ORS 659A.040, 659A.043,
659A.046, 659A.049 and 659A.052, subject to an agreement between the Director of the Department
of Consumer and Business Services and the Commissioner of the Bureau of Labor and Industries.
The agreement must include, but is not limited to, the amount of funds to be transferred to the bu-
reau for enforcing ORS 659A.040, 659A.043, 659A.046, 659A.049 and 659A.052 and the information
relating to the enforcement of ORS 659A.040, 659A.043, 659A.046, 659A.049 and 659A.052 that the
NOTE:Matter in boldfaced type in an amended section is new; matter [italic and bracketed] is existing law to be omitted.
New sections are in boldfaced type.
LC 4038 HB3750
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bureau must report to the director.
(g) Reimbursement to the insurer or self-insured employer for the amount of permanent total
disability benefits paid after the date of the notice of closure that was upheld pursuant to ORS
656.206.
(h) Reimbursement of vocational benefit expenses as provided in ORS 656.313.
(i) Expenses of the Commissioner of the Bureau of Labor and Industries in carrying out
the duties set forth in ORS 651.050.
(3) Subject to the following provisions, all moneys in the fund are appropriated continuously to
the Director of the Department of Consumer and Business Services to carry out the activities for
which the fund may be expended:
(a) Moneys received pursuant to ORS 656.054 and 656.735 and transfers made pursuant to ORS
705.148 may be expended only to carry out the provisions of ORS 656.054 and 656.735 and section
15, chapter 600, Oregon Laws 1985.
(b) Moneys received pursuant to ORS 656.506 and the transfers of unexpended and unobligated
moneys in the Retroactive Reserve, Reemployment Assistance Reserve, Reopened Claims Reserve
and Handicapped Workers Reserve referred to in ORS 656.506, 656.622, 656.625 and 656.628 (All 1993
Edition) may be expended only to carry out the programs referred to in ORS 656.506, 656.622,
656.625, 656.628 and 656.630.
(4) Notwithstanding any other provision of this chapter, if the director determines at any time
that there are insufficient moneys in the Workers’ Benefit Fund to pay the expenses of programs for
which expenditure of the fund is authorized, the director may reduce the level of benefits payable
accordingly.
SECTION 2. This 2025 Act being necessary for the immediate preservation of the public
peace, health and safety, an emergency is declared to exist, and this 2025 Act takes effect
on its passage.
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