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 […]
Section 291.246 – Allotments to be made for purpose or classification of expenditure prescribed in appropriation measure.
Allotments shall be made according to purpose and classification of expenditures prescribed in the appropriation measure as enacted by the Legislative Assembly; provided, however, that the Oregon Department of Administrative Services may make allotments for agencies by purposes or by other classification of expenditures of amounts appropriated or authorized to be expended in appropriation measures […]
Section 291.248 – Notice of allotment.
Upon the granting of any allotment, the Oregon Department of Administrative Services shall transmit a notice of the allotment to the agency concerned.
Section 291.250 – Claims and encumbrances limited by amount and purpose of allotment.
The agency shall not create any claim or encumbrance for the future disbursement of appropriated moneys unless the proposed expenditure as estimated, together with expenses theretofore paid from or encumbered against such allotment, is within the total amount and for the purposes specified in the notice of allotment transmitted to such agency.
Section 291.252 – Modification of allotment previously made; notice to Legislative Fiscal Office.
(1) Upon application of or upon notice to the agency concerned, the Oregon Department of Administrative Services may at any time modify or amend any allotment previously made by the department. (2) A modification or amendment of an allotment made under subsection (1) of this section may not reduce an allotment below the amount required […]