Oregon Statutes 293.195 – Retention of appropriation balances
(1) Any difference between the amount appropriated from the General Fund for a biennium to the judicial department as defined in ORS § 174.113, including amounts appropriated to any agency of the judicial department, and the amount of the appropriation actually expended on or before the end of the biennium, is appropriated to the judicial department, out of the General Fund, for payment of expenses of the judicial department for the next biennium.
Terms Used In Oregon Statutes 293.195
- Appropriation: The provision of funds, through an annual appropriations act or a permanent law, for federal agencies to make payments out of the Treasury for specified purposes. The formal federal spending process consists of two sequential steps: authorization
- judicial department: means the Supreme Court, the Court of Appeals, the Oregon Tax Court, the circuit courts and all administrative divisions of those courts, whether denominated as boards, commissions, committees or departments or by any other designation. See Oregon Statutes 174.113
- legislative department: means the Legislative Assembly, the committees of the Legislative Assembly and all administrative divisions of the Legislative Assembly and its committees, whether denominated as boards, commissions or departments or by any other designation. See Oregon Statutes 174.114
(2) Any difference between the amount appropriated from the General Fund for a biennium to the legislative department as defined in ORS § 174.114, including amounts appropriated to any agency of the legislative department, and the amount of the appropriation actually expended on or before the end of the biennium, is appropriated to the legislative department, out of the General Fund, for payment of expenses of the legislative department for the next biennium.
(3) The appropriations made by subsections (1) and (2) of this section are subject to adjustment by the Legislative Assembly. The Legislative Assembly shall reflect the appropriations, including any adjustments thereto, in an appropriation measure during each biennium. [2012 c.107 § 56; 2020 s.s.2 c.10 § 20]
293.195 was enacted into law by the Legislative Assembly but was not added to or made a part of ORS Chapter 293 or any series therein by legislative action. See Preface to Oregon Revised Statutes for further explanation.
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