Section 291.258 – Approval of department required for establishment of new personnel position or classification.
A new personnel position or classification, not provided in the budget of an agency upon which appropriations have been based, may not be established without prior approval of the Oregon Department of Administrative Services. The department shall notify the Legislative Fiscal Office of establishment of any new personnel position or classification. [Amended by 2016 c.117 […]
Section 291.260 – Approving, modifying or disapproving requests and budgets to be submitted to the federal government.
(1) At the request of the Oregon Department of Administrative Services, before a state agency makes requests or prepares budgets to be submitted to the federal government for funds, equipment, material or services, other than for highway purposes, the agency shall submit the request or budget to the department. (2) The department may approve, disapprove, […]
Section 291.261 – Reducing allotment to prevent deficit; exception.
(1) Notwithstanding the legislative policy and intent declared in ORS 291.232, if the Oregon Department of Administrative Services declares at any time during a biennium that there is a projected deficit in that biennium, the department may, with the approval of the Governor and in order to prevent the deficit, reduce the amount allotted to […]
Section 291.263 – Vacant positions; information to Oregon Department of Administrative Services; report to Legislative Fiscal Officer.
(1) As used in this section, “state agency” includes any state officer, department, board, commission or court, the Legislative Assembly, its committees, officers and employees. (2) A state agency shall inform the Oregon Department of Administrative Services of any position that has remained vacant for a continuous period of six months by including a report […]
Section 291.232 – Declaration of policy.
(1) It is declared to be the policy and intent of the Legislative Assembly that: (a) The legislatively adopted or approved budget for a state agency constitutes a determination by the Legislative Assembly of the amount needed by the agency for the biennium to meet the responsibilities imposed on the agency through the budget and […]
Section 291.234 – Department to make allotments to state officers and agencies of appropriations and funds; allotment period; exemptions.
(1) The Oregon Department of Administrative Services shall make allotments to state officers and agencies of appropriations and funds pursuant to the allotment system provided for in ORS 291.234 to 291.260. (2) For the purposes of the allotment system, each fiscal year shall be divided into four quarterly allotment periods, beginning, respectively, on the first […]
Section 291.236 – Application of allotment system; controlling expenditures and encumbering of emergency, contingent, revolving and trust funds.
(1) The provisions of ORS 291.234 to 291.260 relating to the allotment system shall apply to all appropriations for state officers and agencies. For this purpose “appropriation” includes standing, continuing and annual appropriations, and dedicated funds. In those cases where periodical allotments are impracticable, the Oregon Department of Administrative Services may dispense therewith and prescribe […]
Section 291.238 – Expenditures without allotment prohibited; expenditures from dedicated, revolving and trust funds.
(1) Except as expressly authorized in this section or ORS 291.236, no person shall incur, or order or vote to incur, any obligation against the state in excess of, or make or order or vote to make any expenditure not authorized by, an allotment. Any such obligation so incurred shall not be binding against the […]
Section 291.242 – Allotment required before expenditure of appropriation; submitting estimates; notice to Legislative Fiscal Office.
(1) An appropriation to which the allotment system is applicable does not become available to any state agency for expenditure during any allotment period until: (a) The agency submits to the Oregon Department of Administrative Services an estimate, in such form as the department prescribes, for the allotment period, of the amount required for each […]
Section 291.244 – Department action on estimates.
The Oregon Department of Administrative Services shall act promptly upon all estimates required by ORS 291.242. If the estimate is within the terms of the appropriation as to amount and purposes, having due regard for the probable further needs of the agency for the remainder of the term for which the appropriation was made, and […]