Oregon Statutes - Chapter 1 - Courts and Judicial Officers Generally - Section 1.178 - State Court Facilities Security Account; expenditures; reports.

(1) The State Court Facilities Security Account is established separate and distinct from the General Fund. The account consists of moneys deposited to the credit of the account under ORS 137.309 (7). Interest earned by the State Court Facilities Security Account shall be credited to the account. Moneys in the account are continuously appropriated to the State Court Administrator for the purpose of providing security in buildings that contain or are utilized by the Supreme Court, Court of Appeals, Oregon Tax Court or office of the State Court Administrator as described under ORS 1.177.

(2) Expenditures by the State Court Administrator from the State Court Facilities Security Account shall be made only for:

(a) Developing or implementing a plan for state court security improvement, emergency preparedness and business continuity under ORS 1.177; and

(b) Statewide training on state court security.

(3) The State Court Administrator shall provide to the Chief Justice of the Supreme Court at least quarterly a financial report showing all revenues, deposits and expenditures from the State Court Facilities Security Account maintained by the State Court Administrator.

(4) It is the intent of the Legislative Assembly that any amounts in the State Court Facilities Security Account that are not needed for the purposes specified in subsection (2) of this section be used to fund plans for security improvement, emergency preparedness and business continuity in circuit courts, justice courts and municipal courts. [2005 c.804 §4]

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