2011 Oregon Revised Statutes
ORS Volume 10, Chapters 366 - 430
ORS Chapter 390
390.134 State Parks and Recreation Department Fund; sources; uses; advisory committee; rules; subaccounts.

(1) As used in this section:

(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 fees and charges pursuant to ORS 390.124.

(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 and for the maintenance and operation of the Oregon State Fair. The moneys 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) Thirty-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 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.

(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 State Parks and Recreation Director shall report to the Joint Committee on Ways and Means created by ORS 171.555 on the use of moneys deposited pursuant to ORS 805.256 in the fund. Notwithstanding ORS 192.230 to 192.250, the director shall make the report in a form and manner as the committee may prescribe.

(12) 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 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; 2009 c.11 46; 2011 c.643 4]