(1) There is created in the General Fund of the State Treasury a State Capitol Operating Account. Moneys credited to the account are appropriated continuously to the Legislative Administration Committee to pay the expenses of operating, maintaining, protecting and insuring the State Capitol and to reimburse the State Parks and Recreation Department for a share of the expenses of ground maintenance, utilities and other necessary expenses.
(2) There is established the Oregon State Capitol Foundation Fund in the State Capitol Operating Account of the General Fund established under subsection (1) of this section. All moneys received by the Legislative Administration Committee allocated to the Oregon State Capitol Foundation shall be credited to the Oregon State Capitol Foundation Fund. All moneys credited to the Oregon State Capitol Foundation Fund are continuously appropriated to the foundation for the purposes of ORS 173.500.
(3) The Legislative Administration Committee may on behalf of the State of Oregon solicit and accept gifts, grants and donations from public and private sources for the purposes set out in ORS 276.002. Such gifts, grants and donations shall be deposited by the committee in separate, appropriate trust accounts until such time as required to meet the obligations for which the gifts, grants or donations were intended. When so required, the committee shall deposit the amounts in the Oregon State Capitol Foundation Fund, subject to any limitations imposed by the donors.
(4) A gift or donation to the Legislative Administration Committee or to the Oregon State Capitol Foundation is a gift or donation to the State of Oregon. [1977 c.116 §5; 1981 c.132 §3; 1997 c.817 §3; 2001 c.118 §3; 2007 c.892 §1]
Note: 276.003 was enacted into law by the Legislative Assembly but was not added to or made a part of ORS chapter 276 or any series therein by legislative action. See Preface to Oregon Revised Statutes for further explanation.
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