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83rd OREGON LEGISLATIVE ASSEMBLY--2025 Regular Session
SENATE AMENDMENTS TO
SENATE BILL 826
By COMMITTEE ON VETERANS, EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT, FEDERAL AND WORLD
AFFAIRS
March 13
On page 5 of the printed bill, after line 42, insert:
“FISCAL PROVISIONS
“SECTION 12. (1) On or before January 1 of each odd-numbered year, the Oregon De-
partment of Emergency Management shall estimate the expenses the department will incur
in the biennium beginning July 1 of the same year to carry out the provisions of ORS 403.450,
403.455, 403.460 and 403.465 and section 1, chapter 825, Oregon Laws 2005. The department
shall report the estimate to the Oregon Department of Administrative Services and the
Legislative Fiscal Officer.
“(2) The Oregon Department of Emergency Management shall charge an assessment to
each public body in state government so as to recoup the costs estimated under subsection
(1) of this section. Each public body in state government shall pay to the credit of the de-
partment the amount the public body was assessed under this subsection as an administra-
tive expense from funds or appropriations available to the public body in the same manner
as other claims against the public body are paid.
“(3) The department shall adopt rules specifying the method for allocating the expenses
described in subsection (1) of this section among public bodies in state government and for
collecting the assessments described in this section. The department shall deposit assess-
ments collected under this section into the Statewide Interoperability Fund established under
section 13 of this 2025 Act.
“(4) As used in this section:
“(a) ‘Public body’ has the meaning given that term in ORS 174.109.
“(b) ‘State government’ has the meaning given that term in ORS 174.111.
“SECTION 13. The Statewide Interoperability Fund is established in the State Treasury,
separate and distinct from the General Fund. Interest earned by the Statewide Interoper-
ability Fund must be credited to the fund. The fund consists of moneys deposited in the fund
under section 12 of this 2025 Act and may include moneys appropriated, allocated, deposited
or transferred to the fund by the Legislative Assembly or otherwise and interest earned on
moneys in the fund. The moneys in the fund are continuously appropriated to the Oregon
Department of Emergency Management to carry out the provisions of ORS 403.450, 403.455,
403.460 and 403.465 and section 1, chapter 825, Oregon Laws 2005.
“SECTION 14. Notwithstanding the deadline specified in section 12 (1) of this 2025 Act,
the Oregon Department of Emergency Management shall make the estimate required under
section 12 of this 2025 Act for the biennium beginning July 1, 2025, on or before July1,
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2025.”.
On page 6 , line 1, delete “12” and insert “15”.
In line 7, delete “13” and insert “16”.
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