Oregon Statutes 294.346 – Reserve fund established without vote; review of need for reserve fund; unexpended balances; application to system development charges
(1) Any municipal corporation, by ordinance or resolution of its governing body, may establish one or more reserve funds to hold moneys to be accumulated and expended for the purposes specified in ORS § 280.050, without submitting the question of establishing the reserve fund to a vote of the electors. The municipal corporation may cause to be credited to any reserve fund all or any portion of the revenues derived from taxes levied under ORS § 280.060 and any other taxes, charges or revenues as the governing body may determine. The municipal corporation may also limit the crediting of such taxes, charges or revenues to a reserve fund to a specific period of time designated by the governing body.
Terms Used In Oregon Statutes 294.346
- Corporation: A legal entity owned by the holders of shares of stock that have been issued, and that can own, receive, and transfer property, and carry on business in its own name.
- Fiscal year: The fiscal year is the accounting period for the government. For the federal government, this begins on October 1 and ends on September 30. The fiscal year is designated by the calendar year in which it ends; for example, fiscal year 2006 begins on October 1, 2005 and ends on September 30, 2006.
(2) Not less frequently than every 10th anniversary of the date upon which a reserve fund is established under subsection (1) of this section, the governing body of the municipal corporation shall review the reserve fund and determine whether the fund will be continued or abolished. When the governing body determines, by resolution, that it is no longer necessary to maintain such a reserve fund:
(a) Commencing with the next succeeding fiscal year, the political subdivision shall discontinue the levy of any taxes under ORS § 280.060 that would otherwise be required to be credited to such fund; and
(b) There shall be transferred to the general fund or any other fund of the political subdivision that the governing body determines is appropriate:
(A) Any unexpended balance in the fund to be abolished that is not required to be held for subsequent expenditure for the purposes for which the fund was established; and
(B) Any subsequent receipts from tax levies that are otherwise required to be credited to such fund, together with any penalties and interest thereon.
(3) This section does not apply to system development charges imposed under ORS § 223.297 to 223.316, and no system development charges shall be credited to any reserve fund established under this section. [Formerly 294.525]
[1953 c.715 § 3; repealed by 1963 c.576 § 44]
[1957 c.673 § 2; repealed by 1963 c.576 § 44]
[Amended by 1953 c.715 § 2; 1957 c.673 § 4; repealed by 1963 c.576 § 44]
[1963 c.576 § 8; 1965 c.451 § 3; 1971 c.516 § 1; 1979 c.310 § 3; repealed by 1979 c.686 § 2 (294.352 enacted in lieu of 294.351)]
[1979 c.686 § 3 (enacted in lieu of 294.351); 2001 c.135 § 6; 2011 c.473 § 2; renumbered 294.388 in 2011]