Oregon Revised Statutes Chapter 390 § 390.134 — State

State Parks and Recreation Department Fund; sources; uses; advisory committee; rules; subaccounts. (1) As used in this section: (a) “Camper” has the meaning given that term in ORS 801.180. (b) “County” includes a metropolitan service district organized under ORS chapter 268, but only to the extent that the district has acquired, through title transfer, and is operating a park or recreation site of a county pursuant to an intergovernmental agreement. (c) “Motor home” has the meaning given that term in ORS 801.350. (d) “Travel trailer” has the meaning given that term in ORS 801.565. (2) The State Parks and Recreation Department Fund is established separate and distinct from the General Fund. Moneys in the fund are continuously appropriated to the State Parks and Recreation Department for the purposes provided by law. The fund shall consist of the following: (a) All moneys placed in the fund as provided by law. Any interest or other income derived from the depositing or other investing of the fund must be credited to the fund. (b) All registration fees received by the Department of Transportation for campers, motor homes and travel trailers that are transferred to the fund under ORS 366.512. The funds must be deposited in a separate subaccount established under subsection (3) of this section. (c) Revenue from charges pursuant to ORS 390.124. (d) All funds received by the State Parks and Recreation Department under ORS 390.141. The funds must be deposited in a separate subaccount established under subsection (3) of this section. (3) Any moneys placed in the fund for a particular purpose may be placed in a separate subaccount within the fund. Each separate subaccount established under this subsection must be separately accounted for. Moneys placed in a subaccount must be used for the purposes for which they are deposited. (4) All of the moneys in the fund except those moneys described in subsection (3), (5), (6), (7), (8) or (9) of this section must be deposited in a separate subaccount within the fund and used by the State Parks and Recreation Department for the acquisition, development, maintenance, care and use of park and recreation sites. The moneys deposited in the subaccount under this subsection must be accounted for separately and stated separately in the State Parks and Recreation Department’s biennial budget. (5)(a) Forty-five percent of the amount transferred to the State Parks and Recreation Department under ORS 366.512 from the registration of travel trailers, campers and motor homes and under ORS 803.601 from recreational vehicle trip permits must be deposited in a separate subaccount within the fund to be distributed for the acquisition, development, maintenance, care and use of county park and recreation sites. The moneys deposited in the subaccount under this paragraph must be accounted for separately. The following apply to the distribution of moneys under this paragraph: (A) The moneys must be distributed among the several counties for the purposes described in this paragraph. The distribution shall be made at times determined by the State Parks and Recreation Department but must be made not less than once a year. (B) The sums designated under this paragraph must be remitted to the county treasurers of the several counties by warrant. (b) The department shall establish an advisory committee to advise the department in the performance of its duties under this subsection. The composition of the advisory committee under this subsection is as determined by the department by rule. In determining the composition of the advisory committee, the department shall attempt to provide reasonable representation for county officials or employees with responsibilities relating to county parks and recreation sites. (c) The department, by rule, shall establish a program to provide moneys to counties for the acquisition, development, maintenance, care and use of county park and recreation sites. The rules under this paragraph shall provide for distribution of moneys based on use and need and, as the department determines necessary, on the need for the development and maintenance of facilities to provide camping sites for campers, motor homes and travel trailers. (d) The counties may not use the moneys received under this subsection to supplant moneys otherwise made available to the counties for the acquisition, development, maintenance, care and use of county park and recreation sites. (e) On or before January 15 of each odd-numbered year regular session of the Legislative Assembly, the State Parks and Recreation Director and a representative of the directors of county park and recreation sites shall submit a report to the Joint Committee on Ways and Means created by ORS 171.555, or the Joint Interim Committee on Ways and Means, that describes the measurable biennial and cumulative results of county activities and programs financed by moneys