1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
11
12
13
14
15
16
17
18
19
20
21
22
23
24
25
83rd OREGON LEGISLATIVE ASSEMBLY--2025 Regular Session
House Bill 5012
Introduced and printed pursuant to House Rule 12.00. Presession filed (at the request of Oregon Department of
AdministrativeServices)
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 creates an agency budget. (Flesch Readability Score: 73.8).
Appropriates moneys from the General Fund to the Judicial Department for certain biennial
expenses.
Limits certain biennial expenditures from fees, moneys or other revenues, including Miscella-
neous Receipts and reimbursements from federal service agreements, but excluding lottery funds and
other federal funds, collected or received by the department.
Limits biennial expenditures by the department from federal funds.
Appropriates moneys from the General Fund to the department for the Oregon Law Commission,
the Council on Court Procedures, conciliation and mediation services in circuit courts, law libraries
and the Legal Services Program.
Declares an emergency, effective July 1, 2025.
A BILL FOR AN ACT
Relating to the financial administration of the Judicial Department; and declaring an emergency.
Be It Enacted by the People of the State of Oregon:
SECTION 1. There are appropriated to the Judicial Department, for the biennium begin-
ning July 1, 2025, out of the General Fund, the following amounts, for the following purposes:
(1)Judicialcompensation...............$126,209,444
(2)Operations.................................$581,881,931
(3)Mandatedpayments..................$21,577,612
(4)State court technology
systems.....................................$11,636,636
(5)Debt service..............................$51,607,494
(6)Third-party debt
collection...................................$18,106,042
SECTION 2.Notwithstanding any other law limiting expenditures, the following amounts
are established for the biennium beginning July 1, 2025, as the maximum limits for payment
of expenses from fees, moneys or other revenues, including Miscellaneous Receipts and in-
cluding reimbursements from federal service agreements, but excluding lottery funds and
federal funds not described in this section, collected or received by the Judicial Department
for the following purposes:
(1)Operations.................................$16,158,218
(2)Mandated payments ..................$ 797,955
(3)State Court Facilities and
Security Account......................$10,455,282
SECTION 3. Notwithstanding any other law limiting expenditures, the amount of
$5,408,623 is established for the biennium beginning July 1, 2025, as the maximum limit for
Note: For budget, see 2025-2027 Biennial Budget
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 9012 HB5012
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
11
12
13
14
15
16
17
18
19
20
21
22
23
24
25
26
27
28
29
30
31
32
33
34
payment of expenses from federal funds other than those described in section 2 of this 2025
Act collected or received by the Judicial Department.
SECTION 4. In addition to and not in lieu of any other appropriation, there is appropri-
ated to the Judicial Department, for the biennium beginning July 1, 2025, out of the General
Fund, the amount of $389,786 for payment of expenses of the Oregon Law Commission.
SECTION 5. In addition to and not in lieu of any other appropriation, there is appropri-
ated to the Judicial Department, for the biennium beginning July 1, 2025, out of the General
Fund, the amount of $61,242 for payment of expenses of the Council on Court Procedures.
SECTION 6. (1) In addition to and not in lieu of any other appropriation, there is appro-
priated to the Judicial Department, for the biennium beginning July 1, 2025, out of the Gen-
eral Fund, the amount of $8,735,212 for the purpose of providing conciliation and mediation
services in circuit courts.
(2) The Chief Justice of the Supreme Court shall distribute the moneys appropriated un-
der this section to the counties of this state to fund conciliation and mediation services in
circuit courts. The Chief Justice shall consult with the presiding judges of the circuit courts
before making the distributions.
SECTION 7.(1) In addition to and not in lieu of any other appropriation, there is appro-
priated to the Judicial Department, for the biennium beginning July 1, 2025, out of the Gen-
eral Fund, the amount of $8,735,211 for the purpose of operating law libraries or providing
law library services.
(2) The Chief Justice of the Supreme Court shall distribute the moneys appropriated un-
der this section to the counties of this state based on revenues received from filing fees
collected during the biennium ending June 30, 2025, in civil actions commenced in the circuit
court for the county.
SECTION 8.(1) In addition to and not in lieu of any other appropriation, there is appro-
priated to the Judicial Department, for the biennium beginning July 1, 2025, out of the Gen-
eral Fund, the amount of $14,902,860 for the purpose of funding the Legal Services Program
described in ORS 9.572.
(2) The Chief Justice of the Supreme Court shall distribute all moneys appropriated under
this section to the Oregon State Bar in eight quarterly installments of equal amount.
SECTION 9.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
July 1, 2025.
[2]