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Oregon Revised Statutes Chapter 294 § 294.453 — (1), or except to the extent ad valorem property taxes may be increased

Oregon Revised Statutes Chapter 294 ·
Oregon Code § 294.453 · Enacted · Last updated March 01, 2026
Statute Text
(1), or except to the extent ad valorem property taxes may be increased under ORS 294.476: (A) The amount of estimated expenditures for each fund in an annual budget may not be increased by more than $5,000 or 10 percent of the estimated expenditures, whichever is greater; (B) The amount of estimated expenditures for each fund in a biennial budget may not be increased by more than $10,000 or 10 percent of the estimated expenditures, whichever is greater; and (C) The amount or rate of the total ad valorem property taxes to be certified by the municipal corporation to the assessor may not exceed the amount approved by the budget committee. (2)(a) After a public hearing under ORS 294.453 (2) or (3), receipt of the certification of the tax supervising and conservation commission, if required, and consideration of any orders, recommendations or objections made by the tax supervising and conservation commission in accordance with law, the governing body of a municipal corporation shall enact the ordinances or resolutions necessary to adopt the budget, to make the appropriations, to determine, make and declare the ad valorem property tax amount or rate for either the ensuing fiscal year or each of the fiscal years of the ensuing budget period and to itemize and categorize the ad valorem property tax amount or rate as required under ORS 310.060. (b) The action taken by the governing body under paragraph (a) of this subsection on each order, recommendation or objection made by the commission, with the reasons for the action, must be included in the ordinance or resolution adopting the budget. (c) The governing body shall send a certified copy of the ordinance or resolution to the commission within 15 days after the date the ordinance or resolution is adopted. (d) The governing body may amend the budget estimates, appropriations and ad valorem property tax amount or rate in the budget document before adoption under paragraph (a) of this subsection and after adoption if the post-adoption amendments are adopted prior to the commencement of the fiscal year or budget period to which the budget relates. (e) Notwithstanding paragraph (d) of this subsection, unless the amended budget document is resubmitted to the tax supervising and conservation commission for another public hearing and for recommendations or objections of the commission, or except to the extent ad valorem property taxes may be increased under ORS 294.476: (A) The amount of estimated expenditures for each fund in an annual budget may not be increased by more than $5,000 or 10 percent of the estimated expenditures, whichever is greater; (B) The amount of estimated expenditures for each fund in a biennial budget may not be increased by more than $10,000 or 10 percent of the estimated expenditures, whichever is greater; and (C) The amount or rate of the total ad valorem property taxes to be certified by the municipal corporation to the assessor may not exceed the amount approved by the budget committee. (3)(a) Except as provided in subsections (4) and (5) of this section, the appropriations required under subsections (1) and (2) of this section must contain: (A) One amount for each organizational unit or program of each fund that is the total of all amounts for personnel services, materials and services and capital outlay attributable to the organizational unit or program; and (B) Separate amounts in each fund for operating expenses for personnel services, materials and services and capital outlay that cannot be allocated to a particular organizational unit or program and for debt service, special payments, interfund revenue transfers and operating contingencies. (b) Separate amounts for activities within an organizational unit or program may be appropriated separately. (c) For a municipal corporation to which the terms “organizational unit” and “program” do not apply, the appropriations must contain separate amounts for personnel services, materials and services, capital outlay, debt service, special payments, interfund revenue transfers and operating contingencies for each fund. (4) For a school district or an education service district, the appropriations required under subsections (1) and (2) of this section must contain separate amounts in each major fund for each major function, as prescribed by the Department of Education in consultation with the Department of Revenue, including instruction, support services, enterprise and community services, facilities acquisition and construction, interfund revenue transfers, debt service and operating contingencies. (5) For a community college district, the appropriations required under subsections (1) and (2) of this section must contain separate amounts in each fund for: (a) Each major function, as prescribed by the Office of Community Colleges and Workforce Development in consultation with the Department of Revenue, including instruction,
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