Oregon Statutes 294.630 – Tax supervising and conservation commission account; additional sources of moneys
(1) There hereby is created an account to be known as the tax supervising and conservation commission account in the general fund of each county subject to ORS § 294.605 to 294.705.
Terms Used In Oregon Statutes 294.630
- 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
- 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.
- County court: includes board of county commissioners. See Oregon Statutes 174.100
- 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.
- Jurisdiction: (1) The legal authority of a court to hear and decide a case. Concurrent jurisdiction exists when two courts have simultaneous responsibility for the same case. (2) The geographic area over which the court has authority to decide cases.
(2)(a) On or before April 1 of each year, the tax supervising and conservation commission shall submit certified budgets for the ensuing fiscal year to the county court or board of county commissioners. The budget shall contain a complete and detailed estimate of the proposed expenditures of the commission for all purposes.
(b) Following the receipt of the budget, the county court or board of county commissioners shall include the budget as submitted as a part of the county budget and shall make an appropriation for the tax supervising and conservation commission account sufficient to cover the proposed expenditures, but no appropriation shall be made in any county in any year for such purpose in excess of $410,000. The maximum amount of the appropriation shall be increased by four percent each fiscal year, beginning with the fiscal year starting July 1, 2019. The county court or board of county commissioners shall not reduce the amount of the budget as presented by the tax supervising and conservation commission, within the amount stated in this section, nor shall it refuse to approve any lawful request for disbursement of money from the tax supervising and conservation commission account.
(3)(a) The tax supervising and conservation commission may:
(A) Charge for services provided by the commission to any municipal corporation that is not subject to the commission’s jurisdiction under ORS § 294.625; and
(B) Apply for and receive grants.
(b) Any moneys received pursuant to this subsection shall:
(A) Be credited to the tax supervising and conservation commission account created under this section;
(B) Be continuously appropriated to the commission for the performance of duties and for the exercise of authority assigned to the commission under ORS § 294.605 to 294.705; and
(C) Supplement, not supplant, the appropriation for the commission account made pursuant to subsection (2)(b) of this section.
(c) Costs incurred by the commission pursuant to paragraph (a) of this subsection may not be charged to municipal corporations subject to the commission’s jurisdiction under ORS § 294.625. [Amended by 1955 c.263 § 1; 1961 c.644 § 1; 1969 c.363 § 1; 1973 c.68 § 1; 1975 c.116 § 1; 1977 c.88 § 1; 1981 c.96 § 1; 1985 c.228 § 1; 1989 c.222 § 1; 1999 c.632 § 20; 2009 c.596 § 7; 2019 c.46 § 1]