Oregon Statutes 291.272 – Definitions for ORS 291.272 to 291.278
As used in ORS § 291.272 to 291.278, unless the context requires otherwise:
Terms Used In Oregon Statutes 291.272
- Joint committee: Committees including membership from both houses of teh legislature. Joint committees are usually established with narrow jurisdictions and normally lack authority to report legislation.
- state government: means the executive department, the judicial department and the legislative department. See Oregon Statutes 174.111
- State Treasury: includes those financial assets the lawful custody of which are vested in the State Treasurer and the office of the State Treasurer relating to the custody of those financial assets. See Oregon Statutes 174.100
(1) ‘Governmental service expenses’ means the expenses of state government that are attributable to the operation, maintenance, administration and support of state government generally, and includes the following:
(a) Administrative expenditures of the Oregon Department of Administrative Services supported out of the General Fund.
(b) Sixty percent of the administrative expenditures of the Legislative Assembly out of moneys appropriated from the General Fund, and all of the expenditures incurred in the administration of the duties of the Emergency Board.
(c) Sixty percent of the administrative expenditures incurred by the Legislative Fiscal Office out of moneys appropriated from the General Fund in the administration of the duties of the Joint Committee on Ways and Means and the Emergency Board.
(d) Sixty percent of the administrative expenditures incurred out of moneys appropriated from the General Fund in the administration of the duties of the Legislative Counsel Committee.
(e) Seventy-five percent of the administrative expenditures of the Office of the Governor incurred out of moneys appropriated from the General Fund.
(2) ‘State agency’ means every state officer, board, commission, department, institution, branch or agency of the state government, whose costs are paid wholly or in part from funds held in the State Treasury, and includes the Legislative Assembly, the courts and their officers and committees. [1967 c.637 § 2; 1973 c.439 § 9; 1983 c.385 § 1; 1985 c.565 § 45; 1991 c.112 § 1; 2013 c.722 § 46; 2016 c.117 § 28]