ORS 295.097: State agency agreements with third parties; State Treasurer approval; rules.

With the written approval of the State Treasurer, a state agency may enter into an agreement with a third party under which the third party facilitates the receipt, collection, transfer, disbursement or payment of public funds and temporarily holds or deposits public funds. A state agency may use alternative methods to those set forth in this chapter to secure public funds that are collected, deposited or transferred by a third party, if the methods collateralize the public funds at 100 percent and the State Treasurer approves the methods by rule or policy that sets forth how the methods are intended to protect public funds from loss by the third party and by any financial institution used by the third party. The State Treasurer may establish rules, procedures, standards and related requirements that the State Treasurer considers necessary to implement this section.