(1) As used in this section: (a) Biennium means a two-year period beginning on July 1 of an odd-numbered year. (b) Borrowing agency means the State Forestry Department or the Department of the State Fire Marshal. (c) Borrowing fund has the meaning given that term in ORS 293.205. (d) Lending fund has the meaning given that term in ORS 293.205. (e) Repayment amounts means amounts transferred under subsection (2) of this section, plus any interest or borrowing costs. (2)(a) Notwithstanding the provisions of ORS 293.210 that limit when the State Treasurer may transfer moneys between funds of the State Treasury, the State Treasurer shall, at the written request of a borrowing agency, and subject to paragraph (b) of this subsection, transfer moneys under ORS 293.205 to 293.225 to a fund or funds under the administration of the borrowing agency for the purpose of enabling the agency to pay for noncapital wildfire suppression costs. (b) Before a transfer is made under this subsection, the State Treasurer and the borrowing agency shall report to the Emergency Board: (A) The amount requested to be transferred; (B) The amount of wildfire suppression costs above the borrowing agencys available resources; and (C) The balance of moneys projected to be available to repay the amount advanced. (3) If the State Treasurer transfers moneys under subsection (2) of this section, the borrowing agency, no later than the second May 15 of the biennium in which the transfer is made, and in collaboration with the Oregon Department of Administrative Services, shall certify to the State Treasurer whether the balance of moneys available to the borrowing agency as of the second June 15 of the same biennium will be sufficient to repay the repayment amounts. (4) If the borrowing agency certifies that the balance of moneys is insufficient to repay the repayment amounts: (a) The borrowing agency shall, as soon as practicable, transfer all moneys available for repayment to the State Treasurer, to be credited to the lending fund; and (b) There is appropriated to the borrowing agency, for the biennium in which the transfer was made, out of the General Fund, an amount equal to the difference between the repayment amounts and the amounts transferred under paragraph (a) of this subsection, for deposit in the borrowing fund for the purpose of repaying the repayment amounts. Note: 293.200 was enacted into law by the Legislative Assembly but was not added to or made a part of ORS chapter 293 or any series therein by legislative action. See Preface to Oregon Revised Statutes for further explanation. (Generally)
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