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83rd OREGON LEGISLATIVE ASSEMBLY--2025 Regular Session
A-Engrossed
Senate Bill 200
Ordered by the Senate April 7
Including Senate Amendments dated April 7
Printed pursuant to Senate Interim Rule 213.28 by order of the President of the Senate in conformance with pre-
session filing rules, indicating neither advocacy nor opposition on the part of the President (at the request
of Senate Interim Committee on Judiciary)
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. The statement includes a measure digest written in compliance with applicable readability standards.
Digest: The Act gets rid of the State Court Technology Fund. The Act says that fees for
use of state court electronic applications and systems will go in the General Fund. (Flesch
Readability Score: 73.1).
[Digest: The Act tells the State Court Administrator to look at courts and make a report. (Flesch
Readability Score: 78.8).]
[Requires the State Court Administrator to study courts and submit findings to the interim com-
mittees of the Legislative Assembly related to the judiciary not later than September 15, 2026.]
[Sunsets on January 2, 2027.]
Abolishes the State Court Technology Fund. Provides that fees for use of state court
electronic applications and systems are to be deposited in the General Fund.
Declares an emergency, effective on passage.
A BILL FOR AN ACT
Relating to courts; creating new provisions; amending ORS 137.300; repealing ORS 1.012 and 21.006;
and declaring an emergency.
Be It Enacted by the People of the State of Oregon:
SECTION 1. (1) The State Court Technology Fund, established under ORS 1.012, is abol-
ished.
(2) Any moneys remaining in the State Court Technology Fund on the effective date of
this 2025 Act that are unexpended, unobligated and not subject to any conditions shall be
transferred to the General Fund to be used for general governmental purposes.
SECTION 2. ORS 137.300, as amended by section 58, chapter 70, Oregon Laws 2024, is amended
toread:
137.300. (1) The Criminal Fine Account is established in the General Fund. Except as otherwise
provided by law, all amounts collected in state courts as monetary obligations in criminal actions
shall be deposited by the courts in the account. All moneys in the account are continuously appro-
priated to the Department of Revenue to be distributed by the Department of Revenue as provided
in this section. The Department of Revenue shall keep a record of moneys transferred into and out
of the account.
(2) The Legislative Assembly shall first allocate moneys from the Criminal Fine Account for the
following purposes, in the following order of priority:
(a) Allocations for public safety standards, training and facilities.
(b) Allocations for criminal injuries compensation and assistance to victims of crime and chil-
dren reasonably suspected of being victims of crime.
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 3050 A-Eng. SB 200
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(c) Allocations for the forensic services provided by the Oregon State Police, including, but not
limited to, services of the Chief Medical Examiner.
(d) Allocations for the maintenance and operation of the Law Enforcement Data System.
(3) After making allocations under subsection (2) of this section, the Legislative Assembly shall
allocate moneys from the Criminal Fine Account for the following purposes:
(a) Allocations to the Law Enforcement Medical Liability Account established under ORS
414.815.
(b) Allocations to the State Court Facilities and Security Account established under ORS 1.178.
(c) Allocations to the Department of Corrections for the purpose of planning, operating and
maintaining county juvenile and adult corrections programs and facilities and drug and alcohol
programs.
(d) Allocations to the Oregon Health Authority for the purpose of grants under ORS 430.345 for
the establishment, operation and maintenance of alcohol and drug abuse prevention, early inter-
vention and treatment services provided through a county.
(e) Allocations to the Oregon State Police for the purpose of the enforcement of the laws relat-
ing to driving under the influence of intoxicants.
(f) Allocations to the Arrest and Return Account established under ORS 133.865.
(g) Allocations to the Intoxicated Driver Program Fund established under ORS 813.270.
[(h) Allocations to the State Court Technology Fund established under ORS 1.012.]
(4) It is the intent of the Legislative Assembly that allocations from the Criminal Fine Account
under subsection (3) of this section be consistent with historical funding of the entities, programs
and accounts listed in subsection (3) of this section from monetary obligations imposed in criminal
proceedings.Amounts that are allocated under subsection (3)(c) of this section shall be distributed
to counties based on the amounts that were transferred to counties by circuit courts during the
2009-2011 biennium under the provisions of ORS 137.308, as in effect January 1, 2011.
(5) Moneys in the Criminal Fine Account may not be allocated for the payment of debt service
obligations.
(6) The Department of Revenue shall deposit in the General Fund all moneys remaining in the
Criminal Fine Account after the distributions listed in subsections (2) and (3) of this section have
beenmade.
(7) The Department of Revenue shall establish by rule a process for distributing moneys in the
Criminal Fine Account. The department may not distribute more than one-eighth of the total
biennial allocation to an entity during a calendar quarter.
SECTION 3. ORS 1.012 and 21.006 are repealed.
SECTION 4.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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