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OR Rev Stat § 294.640 (2021)
2021 Oregon Revised Statutes|Volume : 07 - Public Facilities and Finance|Chapter 294 - County and Municipal Financial Administration|Section 294.640 - Hearing on budget.

Every levying board shall be entitled to a hearing by the commission upon the budget submitted by it. The commission shall set times and places for such hearings, which shall be open to the public. The commission shall give notice, in such form and manner as it shall prescribe, of such hearing to every levying body entitled to such hearing. The levying boards shall meet with the commission at such times and places fixed by the commission for such hearings and discuss the budget with the commission.
OR Rev Stat § 294.645 (2021)
2021 Oregon Revised Statutes|Volume : 07 - Public Facilities and Finance|Chapter 294 - County and Municipal Financial Administration|Section 294.645 - Consideration of budget by commission; certifying objections or recommendations to levying board; procedure where municipality holds hearing in place of commission.

(1) After the hearings have been held the commission shall carefully consider the proposed budgets and shall by majority vote of the members of the commission certify in writing to the levying board of any municipal corporation, on or before June 25 of each fiscal year, or on or before June 25 of the first fiscal year of a budget period, any objections which the commission may have to the adoption of the budget, or any item therein, or any recommendations which the commission may desire to make regarding the budget. If the commission does not desire to make any recommendations or objections, it shall certify that fact to the levying board. The responsibility of the commission shall be advisory only. (2) Certification of a budget for a municipal corporation holding its own hearing shall be made in the same manner as required by subsection (1) of this section, except that any recommendations or objections shall be certified to the levying board prior to the date of the hearing. [Amended by 1961 c.678 §5; 1963 c.576 §38; 1999 c.632 §17; 2001 c.135 §29]
OR Rev Stat § 294.650 (2021)
2021 Oregon Revised Statutes|Volume : 07 - Public Facilities and Finance|Chapter 294 - County and Municipal Financial Administration|Section 294.650 - Striking unauthorized items from budget; reducing total amount to within limits permitted by law and Constitution.

(1) If in the examination of any budget of any municipal corporation the commission finds that any item is an expenditure not authorized by law to be made by the municipal corporation, the commission may order the item to be stricken from the budget. The levying board of the municipal corporation thereupon shall strike the item from the budget and shall not thereafter levy any tax for the payment of the same. (2) If, after the hearing, the commission finds that the total amount of the tax levy of any municipal corporation exceeds the amount permitted by law or any provision of the Constitution of this state to be levied by the municipal corporation, the commission shall order that the total amount of the budget be reduced to within the limits permitted by law or constitutional limitation, and shall file certified copies of such order with the county assessor and county clerk. The levying board of the municipal corporation thereupon shall comply with the order of the commission by so reducing the total amount of the budget.
OR Rev Stat § 294.655 (2021)
2021 Oregon Revised Statutes|Volume : 07 - Public Facilities and Finance|Chapter 294 - County and Municipal Financial Administration|Section 294.655 - Hearing on special tax levies and bond issues proposed for elector approval.

The commission shall conduct public hearings on all special tax levies and bond issues proposed for elector approval by the levying boards. Any levying board proposing to ask elector approval of a special tax levy or of a bond issue shall notify the commission in writing of its proposal not less than 30 days prior to the filing date for the election and set forth its reasons therefor, but the commission in its discretion may permit such notification to be filed in such shorter period of time as it sees fit. Upon the receipt of the notification the commission shall fix the time and place of hearing and notify the levying board to attend the hearing and discuss the proposed special tax levy or bond issue with the commission. The hearings provided for in this section shall be in addition to the regular budget hearings provided for by ORS 294.640. [Amended by 1999 c.632 §18]
OR Rev Stat § 294.660 (2021)
2021 Oregon Revised Statutes|Volume : 07 - Public Facilities and Finance|Chapter 294 - County and Municipal Financial Administration|Section 294.660 - Compiling information as to indebtedness; including in annual report.

The commission shall compile accurate statistical and other information as to bonded or other indebtedness within the county and of all municipal corporations within the county and shall keep a permanent record thereof. The commission shall issue a statement thereof as of June 30 of each year, in the annual report of the commission. The statement shall show also the interest charges for the ensuing year on account of such indebtedness and the amount of principal to be retired in that year.
OR Rev Stat § 294.665 (2021)
2021 Oregon Revised Statutes|Volume : 07 - Public Facilities and Finance|Chapter 294 - County and Municipal Financial Administration|Section 294.665 - Levying board to submit audit report or financial statements annually.

The levying board of each municipal corporation under the jurisdiction of the commission shall annually submit a copy of the full report of its independent auditor under ORS 297.425, or a copy of the financial statements submitted to the Secretary of State under ORS 297.435, as soon as practicable after the close of each fiscal year. [Amended by 1999 c.632 §19]
OR Rev Stat § 294.670 (2021)
2021 Oregon Revised Statutes|Volume : 07 - Public Facilities and Finance|Chapter 294 - County and Municipal Financial Administration|Section 294.670 - Commission may inquire into management, books and systems; rules.

(1) The commission may inquire into the management, books of account and systems employed, of each municipal corporation, and of each department thereof within its respective county. (2) Notwithstanding ORS 294.495 (2), the commission may prescribe such rules and regulations as are considered proper to effectually carry out the purposes of ORS 294.305 to 294.705. In any case where rules adopted pursuant to this subsection conflict with rules adopted by the Department of Revenue, rules adopted by the department shall prevail. [Amended by 1975 c.669 §1]
OR Rev Stat § 294.675 (2021)
2021 Oregon Revised Statutes|Volume : 07 - Public Facilities and Finance|Chapter 294 - County and Municipal Financial Administration|Section 294.675 - Calling joint meetings of levying boards.

The commission may call joint meetings of the levying boards subject to ORS 294.605 to 294.705 and may require their attendance for the purpose of discussing problems common to two or more municipal corporations under the jurisdiction of the commission, including long range financial planning, building programs, special levies, bond issues and cooperative ventures such as joint purchasing.
OR Rev Stat § 294.680 (2021)
2021 Oregon Revised Statutes|Volume : 07 - Public Facilities and Finance|Chapter 294 - County and Municipal Financial Administration|Section 294.680 - Certifying excessive or unauthorized expenditures to district attorney; action by district attorney.

If at any time the commission finds that any municipal corporation, or public official thereof, has expended any public money in excess of the amounts or for any other or different purpose or purposes than is authorized by law, the commission shall certify to the district attorney for the county that fact, and the district attorney shall proceed for the recovery thereof as by law provided.
OR Rev Stat § 294.685 (2021)
2021 Oregon Revised Statutes|Volume : 07 - Public Facilities and Finance|Chapter 294 - County and Municipal Financial Administration|Section 294.685 - Annual report by commission.

A complete and comprehensive report of the budgets as presented by the several levying boards, as provided by ORS 294.635 to 294.650, and of any and all other information pertaining to the administration of government in the county and to the expenditures and conservation of public funds, shall be made annually by the commission and published in document form for the information of the electors and taxpayers. Copies of the report shall be filed with the Governor and with the county court.
OR Rev Stat § 294.690 (2021)
2021 Oregon Revised Statutes|Volume : 07 - Public Facilities and Finance|Chapter 294 - County and Municipal Financial Administration|Section 294.690 - Records and files of commission open to public inspection.

The public shall have access to the records and files of the commission at the office of the commission at all times during office hours.
OR Rev Stat § 294.695 (2021)
2021 Oregon Revised Statutes|Volume : 07 - Public Facilities and Finance|Chapter 294 - County and Municipal Financial Administration|Section 294.695 - Attorney General as legal advisor and counsel to commission.

The Attorney General shall be the legal advisor and counsel of the commission and shall represent it in all suits and actions and other legal proceedings in any court in this state. The Attorney General shall receive compensation for any services rendered in such capacity. [Amended by 1969 c.363 §2; 1973 c.775 §6]
OR Rev Stat § 294.700 (2021)
2021 Oregon Revised Statutes|Volume : 07 - Public Facilities and Finance|Chapter 294 - County and Municipal Financial Administration|Section 294.700 - Proceedings to collect penalties.

The penalties provided for in ORS 294.990 (2) and (3) shall be recovered by actions at law instituted in the name of the commission by the district attorney. Any proceedings against a municipal corporation shall be taken against the municipal corporation, as such, and the penalty when recovered shall be deducted from any money in the county treasury to the credit of the municipal corporation. Any proceeding against a levying board shall be taken against the individual members of the levying board who are responsible for the failure, neglect or refusal to comply. [Amended by 1971 c.267 §14]
OR Rev Stat § 294.705 (2021)
2021 Oregon Revised Statutes|Volume : 07 - Public Facilities and Finance|Chapter 294 - County and Municipal Financial Administration|Section 294.705 - Tax supervising and conservation commission fund.

There is established the tax supervising and conservation commission fund in the county treasury. The fund shall consist of any penalties recovered under ORS 294.700.
OR Rev Stat § 294.710 (2021)
2021 Oregon Revised Statutes|Volume : 07 - Public Facilities and Finance|Chapter 294 - County and Municipal Financial Administration|Section 294.710 - Procedures for establishing commission; annual appropriations.

(1) Any county with a population of less than 500,000 inhabitants, based on the most recently available data published or officially provided by the Portland State University Population Research Center, may establish, with the approval of a majority of its electors voting on the question, a tax supervising and conservation commission that substantially conforms to the provisions of ORS 294.605 to 294.705. (2) Any county with a population of 500,000 or more inhabitants, based on the most recently available data published or officially provided by the Portland State University Population Research Center, may establish a tax supervising and conservation commission that substantially conforms to the provisions of ORS 294.605 to 294.705 provided the county obtains the approval of a majority of the members of its governing body voting on the question. (3) Notwithstanding ORS 294.630, a county under this section may establish its own maximum annual appropriation to a tax supervising and conservation commission in the ordinance creating the commission. [1977 c.431 §1; 1991 c.80 §3; 2005 c.750 §5]
OR Rev Stat § 294.725 (2021)
2021 Oregon Revised Statutes|Volume : 07 - Public Facilities and Finance|Chapter 294 - County and Municipal Financial Administration|Section 294.725 - Definitions for ORS 294.725 to 294.755.

For the purposes of ORS 294.725 to 294.755: (1) "Account balance" means the amount a political subdivision has paid into the Local Government Employer Benefit Trust Fund less the amount of unemployment benefits paid by the Employment Department on behalf of the political subdivision. (2) "Account reserve ratio" means the ratio, expressed as a percent carried to four decimal places, that is equal to: (a) The account balance of the political subdivision on June 30, divided by gross wages paid by the political subdivision to individuals subject to ORS chapter 657 during the four calendar quarters ending on June 30; or (b) For purposes of a redetermination made pursuant to ORS 294.735 (2)(b), the account balance of the political subdivision on the date of the request, divided by gross wages paid by the political subdivision to individuals subject to ORS chapter 657 during the last four-calendar-quarter period ending before the date of the request. (3) "Aggregate benefit cost rate" means the total unemployment benefits paid during a cost rate period that is attributable to wages paid by all political subdivisions divided by the gross wages paid to individuals subject to ORS chapter 657 during the cost rate period by all political subdivisions. The rate shall be expressed as a percent and rounded to the nearest one-tenth of one percent. (4) "Benefit cost rate" means the total unemployment benefits paid during a cost rate period that is attributable to wages paid by a political subdivision divided by gross wages paid to individuals subject to ORS chapter 657 during the cost rate period by the political subdivision. The rate shall be expressed as a percent and carried to four decimal places. (5) "Cost rate period" means: (a) The prior three-year period ending June 30 of each year; or (b) For purposes of a redetermination made pursuant to ORS 294.735 (2)(b), the three-year period ending on the last day of the last four-calendar-quarter period that ends before the date of the request. (6) "Department" means the Employment Department. (7) "Director" means the Director of the Employment Department. (8) "Erroneous benefit payments" means any amount paid to an individual to which the individual is not entitled due to: (a) Any error, whether or not due to misrepresentation or nondisclosure of material fact by the claimant; or (b) An initial decision to pay benefits that is subsequently reversed by a decision finding the individual was not eligible for the benefits and the decision has become final. (9) "Local Government Employer Benefit Trust Fund" or "fund" means the fund created by ORS 294.730. (10) "Political subdivision" means a political subdivision as defined by ORS 657.097. (11) "Unemployment benefits" or "benefits" means regular and extended benefits paid under ORS chapter 657. [1977 c.491 §3; 1989 c.135 §1; 1993 c.344 §9; 2007 c.71 §91; 2011 c.569 §1]
OR Rev Stat § 294.740 (2021)
2021 Oregon Revised Statutes|Volume : 07 - Public Facilities and Finance|Chapter 294 - County and Municipal Financial Administration|Section 294.740 - Refund of account balances; payment of deficits; erroneous benefit payments.

(1) The Employment Department shall refund to a political subdivision electing to cancel its request as provided by ORS 657.513 any account balance remaining after the department has made all payments to the Unemployment Compensation Trust Fund required to be made on behalf of the political subdivision. (2) A political subdivision canceling a request having a negative account balance shall make such additional payments into the fund as necessary to maintain a zero account balance. (3) Erroneous benefit payments determined after June 30, 1978, and attributable to wages paid by a political subdivision making payments under ORS 294.735 shall be excluded from the account balance determination and the determination of the benefit cost rate of that political subdivision. [1977 c.491 §§6,7; 1989 c.135 §4]
OR Rev Stat § 294.745 (2021)
2021 Oregon Revised Statutes|Volume : 07 - Public Facilities and Finance|Chapter 294 - County and Municipal Financial Administration|Section 294.745 - Analysis of fund receipts and expenditures; report to Legislative Assembly.

The Employment Department shall investigate the experience of political subdivision participation in operations of the fund, including the relationship of fund receipts to fund expenditures and report the results of the investigation to the legislature at least 30 days prior to the convening of the odd-numbered year regular session of the Legislative Assembly. The report shall include any recommended changes in the provisions of ORS 293.701, 294.725 to 294.755 and 657.513. [1977 c.491 §8; 1989 c.135 §5; 2011 c.545 §39]
OR Rev Stat § 294.750 (2021)
2021 Oregon Revised Statutes|Volume : 07 - Public Facilities and Finance|Chapter 294 - County and Municipal Financial Administration|Section 294.750 - Experience and liability of successor political subdivisions; unpaid assessment.

(1) The experience and liabilities of a political subdivision that has ceased to exist shall be acquired by the successor political subdivision. (2) Notwithstanding subsection (1) of this section, all units of government who are parties to an agreement to form a political subdivision shall be liable for any unpaid assessments of that political subdivision and for such amounts as necessary to maintain the account balance of the political subdivision, if no longer in existence, at zero dollars. [1977 c.491 §9]
OR Rev Stat § 294.755 (2021)
2021 Oregon Revised Statutes|Volume : 07 - Public Facilities and Finance|Chapter 294 - County and Municipal Financial Administration|Section 294.755 - Payment on quarterly basis; remedies for collection.

Political subdivisions electing to participate in the Local Government Employer Benefit Trust Fund shall pay into the fund on a quarterly basis and are subject to all remedies for the collection of delinquent taxes provided in ORS chapter 657. [1977 c.491 §10]
OR Rev Stat § 294.805 (2021)
2021 Oregon Revised Statutes|Volume : 07 - Public Facilities and Finance|Chapter 294 - County and Municipal Financial Administration|Section 294.805 - Definitions for ORS 294.805 to 294.895.

As used in ORS 294.805 to 294.895: (1) "Board" means the Oregon Short Term Fund Board. (2) "Council" means the Oregon Investment Council created under ORS 293.706. (3) "Funds" means funds under the control or in the custody of any local government official or tribal government official by virtue of office that are not required to meet current demands. (4) "Investment officer" means the State Treasurer in capacity as investment officer for the council and the investment pool. (5) "Investment pool" means the aggregate of all funds from local government officials and tribal government officials that are placed in the custody of the investment officer for investment and reinvestment as provided under ORS 294.805 to 294.895. (6) "Local government official" means each officer or employee of any agency, political subdivision or public corporation of this state, including the Oregon State Bar, who by law is made the custodian of or has control of any funds. (7) "Oregon Indian tribe" means each of the Burns Paiute Tribe, the Confederated Tribes of Coos, Lower Umpqua and Siuslaw Indians, the Confederated Tribes of the Grand Ronde Community of Oregon, the Confederated Tribes of Siletz Indians of Oregon, the Confederated Tribes of the Umatilla Indian Reservation, the Confederated Tribes of the Warm Springs Reservation of Oregon, the Coquille Indian Tribe, the Cow Creek Band of Umpqua Tribe of Indians and the Klamath Tribes, as long as each remains a federally recognized Indian tribe. (8) "Public body" means: (a) A public body as defined in ORS 287A.001; or (b) An Oregon Indian tribe. (9) "Tribal government" means the governing body of an Oregon Indian tribe. (10) "Tribal government official" means each officer or employee of a tribal government who by law is made the custodian of or has control of any funds. [1973 c.748 §1; 1981 c.880 §14; 1987 c.381 §1; 2013 c.338 §1]
OR Rev Stat § 294.810 (2021)
2021 Oregon Revised Statutes|Volume : 07 - Public Facilities and Finance|Chapter 294 - County and Municipal Financial Administration|Section 294.810 - Local and tribal governments authorized to place limited funds in pool.

(1)(a) Subject to paragraph (b) of this subsection, with the consent of the governing body, a local government official or tribal government official may place in the aggregate up to $30 million of the funds of the local government or tribal government in the investment pool, or, if the assets of the investment pool have been transferred pursuant to ORS 294.882, for investment and reinvestment by the investment officer as provided under ORS 293.701 to 293.857 or 294.805 to 294.895, as the case may be. (b) The investment officer may require the governing body of the local government or tribal government to enter into an investment agreement as a condition of placing funds with the investment officer pursuant to this subsection. (2) The $30 million limitation in this section does not apply either to funds of a governing body that are placed in the investment pool on a pass-through basis or to funds invested on behalf of another government unit. Local governments must remove pass-through funds that result in an account balance in the pool in excess of $30 million within 10 business days. County governments and tribal governments must remove such excess funds within 20 business days. (3) The investment officer shall annually adjust the $30 million limitation in this section by multiplying $30 million by the percentage, if any, by which the monthly averaged U.S. City Average Consumer Price Index for the 12 consecutive months ending August 31 of the current calendar year exceeds the monthly averaged U.S. City Average Consumer Price Index for the 12 consecutive months ending August 31, 1995. [1973 c.748 §2; 1981 c.880 §15; 1987 c.381 §2; 1995 c.245 §10; 2009 c.11 §38; 2009 c.821 §26; 2013 c.338 §2; 2014 c.18 §2; 2015 c.33 §1]
OR Rev Stat § 294.815 (2021)
2021 Oregon Revised Statutes|Volume : 07 - Public Facilities and Finance|Chapter 294 - County and Municipal Financial Administration|Section 294.815 - Period of investments; withdrawal of funds.

Subject to the right of the unit of local government or the tribal government to specify the period in which its funds may be held in the investment pool for investment and reinvestment, the investment officer by rule shall prescribe the time periods for investments in the investment pool and the procedure for withdrawal of funds. [1973 c.748 §3; 2013 c.338 §3]
OR Rev Stat § 294.820 (2021)
2021 Oregon Revised Statutes|Volume : 07 - Public Facilities and Finance|Chapter 294 - County and Municipal Financial Administration|Section 294.820 - Establishment of investment pools by intergovernmental agreement; conditions; powers.

If the State Treasurer and the Oregon Investment Council terminate the operation of all investment pools created under ORS 293.863, public bodies may establish by written agreement under ORS chapter 190 one or more pools for the investment of proceeds for the purposes identified in ORS 293.861. In establishing one or more such pools, the participating public bodies may exercise those powers conferred on the State Treasurer and the Oregon Investment Council by ORS 293.863. [1973 c.748 §4; 1979 c.608 §1; 1995 c.245 §11; 2007 c.783 §122; 2013 c.338 §4]