ORS 291.195, 291.201 and 291.203 may be cited as the Budget Accountability Act. [1995 c.746 §61] Note: 291.190 and 291.195 were enacted into law by the Legislative Assembly but were not added to or made a part of ORS chapter 291 or any series therein by legislative action. See Preface to Oregon Revised Statutes for […]
(1) The Legislative Assembly hereby declares that the ability to make fiscally sound and effective spending decisions has been enhanced by requiring agencies and programs to develop performance measures and to evaluate all General Fund, State Lottery Fund and other expenditures in accordance with these performance measures. Fiscal pressure on this state requires even greater […]
(1) It is the intent of the Legislative Assembly to require the Governor, in the preparation of the Governor’s budget, to state as precisely as possible what programs the Governor recommends be approved for funding under estimated revenues under ORS 291.342. If estimated revenues are inadequate, the Legislative Assembly intends that it be advised by […]
As used in ORS 291.201 to 291.222, “tax expenditure” means any law of the federal government or this state that exempts, in whole or in part, certain persons, income, goods, services or property from the impact of established taxes, including but not limited to tax deductions, tax exclusions, tax subtractions, tax exemptions, tax deferrals, preferential […]
(1) Except as otherwise provided in ORS 291.222, the Governor shall prepare in each even-numbered year for the biennium beginning July 1 of the following year: (a) A Governor’s budget; and (b) A tax expenditure report. (2) The Oregon Department of Administrative Services shall advise and assist the Governor in the preparation of the Governor’s […]
(1) Not later than November 10 of each even-numbered year, the Governor shall cause the tax expenditure report to be compiled and prepared for printing. (2) In the tax expenditure report, the Governor shall: (a) List each tax expenditure; (b) Identify the statutory authority for each tax expenditure; (c) Describe the purpose of each tax […]
(1) The Oregon Department of Administrative Services, by July 1 of each even-numbered year, shall furnish every state agency with: (a) Instructions for preparing for submission to the Governor the information required by the Governor in the preparation of the Governor’s budget; and (b) Instructions for preparing the proposed maximum supervisory ratio report required by […]
(1) The Governor shall prescribe rules the Governor considers necessary for the guidance of agencies in the preparation of agency request budgets. The Governor shall use the classifications of expenditures provided in ORS 291.216 (6)(a) and shall prepare and prescribe classifications of revenue for the purpose of budget-making and accounting. (2) Insofar as practicable, agency […]
Each state agency shall file with the Oregon Department of Administrative Services, before September 1 in each even-numbered year in the manner required, an agency request budget containing the information required. The department shall prepare agency request budgets for all agencies that fail to file budgets. [Amended by 2016 c.117 §16]
(1) The Oregon Department of Administrative Services and the Legislative Fiscal Officer shall prepare a tentative budget for the next biennium for which the Governor’s budget is prepared. The tentative budget shall consist of the estimated revenues under ORS 291.342 for the next biennium and a preliminary estimate of the projected costs of continuing currently […]
(1) The Governor, during the preparation of the Governor’s budget and before its submission to the Legislative Assembly, shall identify each tax expenditure that has a full or partial sunset that, if allowed to take effect, will have a fiscal impact on the state or on school districts for the next biennium, and shall prepare […]
(1) Each biennium, the Governor shall propose as part of the Governor’s recommended budget an amount for deferred maintenance and capital improvements on existing state-owned buildings and infrastructure that is equivalent to at least two percent of the current replacement value of the state-owned buildings and infrastructure. (2) As used in this section, “state-owned buildings […]
(1) The Governor’s budget shall include a budget message prepared by the Governor, including recommendations of the Governor with reference to the fiscal policy of the state government for the coming biennium, describing the important features of the budget, embracing a general budget summary setting forth the aggregate figures of the budget so as to […]
(1) As used in this section: (a) “Continuous improvement” means a set of actions designed to permanently improve state agency performance, either in a specific targeted area or across all levels of an agency, through the use of structured process analysis and problem solving. (b) “Outcomes-based budget” means a budget that allocates government resources to […]
Except when the Governor under whose supervision the Governor’s budget and the tax expenditure report have been prepared will be succeeded in office in January next following: (1) The Oregon Department of Administrative Services shall have as many copies of the Governor’s budget and the tax expenditure report printed as the Governor directs. (2) Not […]
(1) The Governor, upon request, shall furnish the Legislative Assembly any further information required concerning the Governor’s budget and the tax expenditure report. (2) The Oregon Department of Administrative Services, upon request, shall furnish a representative to assist the Legislative Assembly, the Joint Committee on Ways and Means and the Legislative Revenue Officer in the […]
If the Governor under whose supervision the Governor’s budget and tax expenditure report have been prepared will be succeeded in office in January next following: (1) The Oregon Department of Administrative Services shall make available to the Governor-elect so much as the Governor-elect requests of the information upon which the Governor’s budget and tax expenditure […]
(1) Not later than November 10 of each even-numbered year the Governor shall cause the Governor’s budget estimates to be made available to the Legislative Fiscal Officer and to the Legislative Revenue Officer. (2) Before December 1 of the year in which they were made available under subsection (1) of this section, the Legislative Fiscal […]
(1) A capital construction program containing estimated capital construction needs, irrespective of how financed, must be included with the Governor’s budget. The capital construction program must contain the estimated physical construction requirements for each biennium of a period to be determined by the Governor, which period may not be less than six years. The Oregon […]
(1)(a) As part of the development of the legislatively adopted budget, each state agency that employs more than 100 employees shall report to the Joint Committee on Ways and Means the state agency’s maximum supervisory ratio for the biennium. (b) Before submitting the report to the committee, a state agency shall provide a copy of […]
