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83rd OREGON LEGISLATIVE ASSEMBLY--2025 Regular Session
Senate Bill 5539
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 Oregon Department of Administrative Services)
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 Department of State Lands for biennial ex-
penses.
Limits biennial expenditures from certain fees, moneys or other revenues, including Miscella-
neous Receipts, but excluding lottery funds and federal funds, collected or received by the depart-
ment for certain purposes.
Limits biennial expenditures by the department from specified continuously appropriated funds.
Limits certain biennial expenditures by the department from federal funds.
Authorizes specified nonlimited expenditures.
Declares an emergency, effective July 1, 2025.
A BILL FOR AN ACT
Relating to the financial administration of the Department of State Lands; and declaring an emer-
gency.
Be It Enacted by the People of the State of Oregon:
SECTION 1. There is appropriated to the Department of State Lands, for the biennium
beginning July 1, 2025, out of the General Fund, the amount of $442,576 for the Oregon
WetlandsProgram.
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, but ex-
cluding lottery funds, federal funds and funds described in sections 3 to 5 of this 2025 Act,
collected or received by the Department of State Lands, for the following purposes:
(1)Common School Fund
programs...................................$59,122,419
(2)South Slough National
Estuarine Research
Reserve operations....................$4,196,132
(3)Capital improvements...............$ 596,145
(4)Oregon Abandoned and
Derelict Vessel Program
and camping..............................$ 11,151,895
(5)Elliott State Research Forest...$10,000,000
SECTION 3. Notwithstanding any other law limiting expenditures, the amount of
$1,169,250 is established for the biennium beginning July 1, 2025, as the maximum limit for
payment of expenses by the Department of State Lands from the Portland Harbor Cleanup
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 9539 SB5539
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Fund established by ORS 274.064.
SECTION 4. Notwithstanding any other law limiting expenditures, the amount of $213,600
is established for the biennium beginning July 1, 2025, as the maximum limit for payment of
expenses by the Department of State Lands from the Submerged Lands Enhancement Fund
established by ORS 274.388.
SECTION 5. Notwithstanding any other law limiting expenditures, the amount of
$2,282,425 is established for the biennium beginning July 1, 2025, as the maximum limit for
payment of expenses by the Department of State Lands from the Oregon Removal-Fill Miti-
gation Fund established by ORS 196.640.
SECTION 6.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 federal funds collected or received by the Department of State Lands for
the following purposes:
(1)South Slough National
Estuarine Research
Reserve operations....................$4,325,973
(2)Elliott State Research Forest...$2,086,084
(3)Common School Fund
programs...................................$ 116,945
SECTION 7. For the biennium beginning July 1, 2025, expenditures by the Department
of State Lands for tenant-incurred utility charges and State Treasurer charges for
investment-related transactions are not limited.
SECTION 8.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.
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