Oregon · Through 2025 Edition

ORS 196.640: Oregon Removal-Fill Mitigation Fund; rules.

(1) The Oregon Removal-Fill Mitigation Fund is established, separate and distinct from the General Fund. All moneys received under ORS 196.645 shall be paid into the State Treasury and credited to the Oregon Removal-Fill Mitigation Fund. All moneys in the fund are appropriated continuously to the Department of State Lands to be used by the department as set forth in ORS 196.650. The moneys in the fund may be invested and reinvested as provided in ORS 293.701 to 293.857. Interest earned by the fund shall be credited to the fund.
      (2) The department shall keep a record of all moneys deposited in the fund. The record shall indicate by separate cumulative accounts the source from which the moneys are derived and the individual activity or program against which each withdrawal is charged.
      (3) The department shall publish annually the record of moneys deposited in and removed from the fund.
      (4) The department may adopt rules for prioritizing expenditures from the fund for the purposes specified in ORS 196.650.

Where this section sits in the code

05 - State Government, Government Procedures, Land Use
19. Miscellaneous Matters Related to Government and Public Affairs
Chapter 196 — State Waters and Ocean Resources; Wetlands; Removal and Fill

(2) The department shall keep a record of all moneys deposited in the fund. The record shall indicate by separate cumulative accounts the source from which the moneys are derived and the individual activity or program against which each withdrawal is charged.

(3) The department shall publish annually the record of moneys deposited in and removed from the fund.

(4) The department may adopt rules for prioritizing expenditures from the fund for the purposes specified in ORS 196.650.

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