(1) As used in this section:

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(a) ‘Camper’ has the meaning given that term in ORS § 801.180.

(b) ‘County’ includes a metropolitan service district organized under ORS Chapter 268, but only to the extent that the district has acquired, through title transfer, and is operating a park or recreation site of a county pursuant to an intergovernmental agreement.

(c) ‘Motor home’ has the meaning given that term in ORS § 801.350.

(d) ‘Travel trailer’ has the meaning given that term in ORS § 801.565.

(2) The State Parks and Recreation Department Fund is established separate and distinct from the General Fund. Moneys in the fund are continuously appropriated to the State Parks and Recreation Department for the purposes provided by law. The fund shall consist of the following:

(a) All moneys placed in the fund as provided by law. Any interest or other income derived from the depositing or other investing of the fund must be credited to the fund.

(b) All registration fees received by the Department of Transportation for campers, motor homes and travel trailers that are transferred to the fund under ORS § 366.512. The funds must be deposited in a separate subaccount established under subsection (3) of this section.

(c) Revenue from charges pursuant to ORS § 390.124.

(d) All funds received by the State Parks and Recreation Department under ORS § 390.141. The funds must be deposited in a separate subaccount established under subsection (3) of this section.

(3) Any moneys placed in the fund for a particular purpose may be placed in a separate subaccount within the fund. Each separate subaccount established under this subsection must be separately accounted for. Moneys placed in a subaccount must be used for the purposes for which they are deposited.

(4) All of the moneys in the fund except those moneys described in subsection (3), (5), (6), (7), (8) or (9) of this section must be deposited in a separate subaccount within the fund and used by the State Parks and Recreation Department for the acquisition, development, maintenance, care and use of park and recreation sites. The moneys deposited in the subaccount under this subsection must be accounted for separately and stated separately in the State Parks and Recreation Department’s biennial budget.

(5)(a) Forty-five percent of the amount transferred to the State Parks and Recreation Department under ORS § 366.512 from the registration of travel trailers, campers and motor homes and under ORS § 803.601 from recreational vehicle trip permits must be deposited in a separate subaccount within the fund to be distributed for the acquisition, development, maintenance, care and use of county park and recreation sites. The moneys deposited in the subaccount under this paragraph must be accounted for separately. The following apply to the distribution of moneys under this paragraph:

(A) The moneys must be distributed among the several counties for the purposes described in this paragraph. The distribution shall be made at times determined by the State Parks and Recreation Department but must be made not less than once a year.

(B) The sums designated under this paragraph must be remitted to the county treasurers of the several counties by warrant.

(b) The department shall establish an advisory committee to advise the department in the performance of its duties under this subsection. The composition of the advisory committee under this subsection is as determined by the department by rule. In determining the composition of the advisory committee, the department shall attempt to provide reasonable representation for county officials or employees with responsibilities relating to county parks and recreation sites.

(c) The department, by rule, shall establish a program to provide moneys to counties for the acquisition, development, maintenance, care and use of county park and recreation sites. The rules under this paragraph shall provide for distribution of moneys based on use and need and, as the department determines necessary, on the need for the development and maintenance of facilities to provide camping sites for campers, motor homes and travel trailers.

(d) The counties may not use the moneys received under this subsection to supplant moneys otherwise made available to the counties for the acquisition, development, maintenance, care and use of county park and recreation sites.

(e) On or before January 15 of each odd-numbered year regular session of the Legislative Assembly, the State Parks and Recreation Director and a representative of the directors of county park and recreation sites shall submit a report to the Joint Committee on Ways and Means created by ORS § 171.555, or the Joint Interim Committee on Ways and Means, that describes the measurable biennial and cumulative results of county activities and programs financed by moneys transferred to the counties from the registration of travel trailers, campers and motor homes and from recreational vehicle trip permits. Notwithstanding ORS § 192.230 to 192.250, the report shall be made in a manner as the committee may prescribe.

(6) The department shall create a separate City and County Subaccount within the fund to be used to reimburse cities and counties as provided in ORS § 390.290.

(7) The department shall create a separate rural Fire Protection District Subaccount to be used to provide funds for the fire protection districts as provided in ORS § 390.290.

(8) Twelve percent of the amount transferred to the State Parks and Recreation Department Fund from the Parks Subaccount shall be used only to carry out the purposes and achievements described in ORS § 390.135 (2) and (3) through the awarding of grants to regional or local government entities to acquire property for public parks, natural areas or outdoor recreation areas or to develop or improve public parks, natural areas or outdoor recreation areas. Moneys described in this subsection may not be used to pay the cost of administering grants or the cost of any Secretary of State audit required under section 4c, Article XV of the Oregon Constitution.

(9) If the amount transferred to the State Parks and Recreation Department Fund from the Parks Subaccount during a biennium is more than 150 percent of the amount that was transferred during the 2009-2011 biennium, the State Treasurer shall, during the next following biennium, deposit for use as described in subsection (8) of this section the amount required under subsection (8) of this section plus an amount equal to the difference between the amount deposited for use as described in subsection (8) of this section during the preceding biennium and 25 percent of the moneys transferred to the State Parks and Recreation Department Fund from the Parks Subaccount during the preceding biennium.

(10) Subsections (8) and (9) of this section apply only for biennia in which the Legislative Assembly does not require a greater percentage of the amount transferred to the State Parks and Recreation Department Fund from the Parks Subaccount to be used for the purposes described in subsection (8) of this section. The Legislative Assembly may not authorize the percentage of the amount transferred to the State Parks and Recreation Department Fund from the Parks Subaccount that is deposited for use as described in subsection (8) of this section in a biennium to be less than the percentage required to be deposited under subsections (8) and (9) of this section.

(11) On or before January 15 of each odd-numbered year, the director shall submit a report to the Joint Committee on Ways and Means created by ORS § 171.555, or the Joint Interim Committee on Ways and Means, that describes the measurable biennial and cumulative results of activities and programs financed by moneys transferred to the State Parks and Recreation Department Fund from the Parks Subaccount. Notwithstanding ORS § 192.230 to 192.250, the director shall make the report in a form and manner as the committee may prescribe. [1989 c.904 § 9a; 1993 c.662 § 2; 1993 c.696 § 16; 1997 c.421 § 4; 1997 c.721 § 1; subsection (7) of 2001 Edition enacted as 2001 c.110 § 2; 2003 c.14 § 166; 2003 c.655 § 74; 2005 c.22 265,266; 2005 c.755 § 29; 2005 c.777 46,47; 2007 c.792 1,2; 2009 c.11 46,47; 2011 c.643 4,5; 2012 c.107 24,25; 2013 c.299 4,5; 2013 c.492 32,33; 2014 c.111 1,2]