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Oregon Revised Statutes Public Financial Administration § 294.187

Current as of January 01, 2023 | Updated by Findlaw Staff

(1) There is created in the county treasury of each county a fund to be known as the County Assessment and Taxation Fund. The fund shall consist of:

(a) Moneys deposited in and credited to the fund under ORS 311.508.

(b) Moneys deposited in and credited to the fund under ORS 205.323 (4)(b)(C).

(c) Moneys deposited in and credited to the fund under ORS 205.323 (4)(c).

(d) Interest earned upon moneys credited to the fund.

(2) The county treasurer shall pay over the moneys in the fund, determined as of the last day of the fiscal quarter, to the State Treasurer on or before the 10th working day of the month following the last day of the fiscal quarter as follows:

(a) Moneys collected under subsection (1)(a) and (b) of this section and interest earnings on those moneys must be paid over to the Department of Revenue for deposit in the County Assessment Function Funding Assistance Account created under ORS 294.184.

(b) Moneys collected under subsection (1)(c) of this section and interest earnings on those moneys must be paid over to the Department of Revenue for deposit in the Housing and Community Services Department accounts for housing-related programs as follows:

(A) 76 percent of the moneys must be deposited in the General Housing Account created under ORS 458.620;

(B) 10 percent of the moneys must be deposited in the Emergency Housing Account created under ORS 458.620; and

(C) 14 percent of the moneys must be deposited in the Home Ownership Assistance Account created under ORS 458.620.

(3) If the county treasurer fails to pay over moneys, as required under subsection (2) of this section, then any unpaid moneys shall be a debt due and owing by the county to the state and the county shall pay the legal rate of interest thereon from the due date until paid. Payment of interest under this section shall not relieve the county treasurer from any penalty imposed by law for failure to make the payments, and in addition, the county treasurer shall be liable under ORS 311.375 (4)(a) and (b).

(4) ORS 294.305 to 294.565 do not apply to a fund created under this section.

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