2013 Oregon Revised Statutes
Volume : 13 - Water Resources, Agriculture and Food
Chapter 576 - Agricultural Marketing Generally
Section 576.445 - Unforeseen expenditures.

(1) Subject to ORS 576.440 (2), expenditures of moneys for a fiscal year unforeseen at the time the budget of a commodity commission is prepared may be made or incurred by order of the commission. The order must indicate the amount and purpose of the expenditure and why the expenditure was unforeseen. At least one copy of the order must be filed in the office of the commission and available for public inspection during normal business hours of the commission.

(2) The commission shall send a copy of the order to the Director of Agriculture. The director shall examine the order and the budget to which the order relates. The director shall certify the order if the director determines that the form of the order is in accordance with law, that the facts set forth in the order and the budget to which the order relates indicate that the order is in accordance with law, and that the proposed unforeseen expenditure is appropriate to accomplish the goals and needs of the commission. The director shall immediately notify the commission if the director determines that the order is defective because of a failure to comply with ORS 576.416, because the final budget or the preparation or adoption of the final budget is defective or because estimated expenditures are not in conformity with statutory requirements. The commission shall promptly take all practicable steps to remedy the defects. The director shall retain the certified copy of the order and make the copy available for public inspection during normal business hours of the State Department of Agriculture. [1959 c.596 §29; 1977 c.198 §14; 1993 c.98 §20; 2003 c.604 §48]