Oregon Statutes - Chapter 294 - County and Municipal Financial Administration - Section 294.435 - Governing body to adopt budget, make appropriations, declare and categorize property tax amount or rate; greater tax, encumbrance or expenditure limited; exception.

(1) After the public hearing provided for in ORS 294.430 (1) has been held, the governing body shall enact the proper ordinances or resolutions to adopt the budget, to make the appropriations, to determine, make and declare the ad valorem property tax amount or rate to be certified to the assessor for either the ensuing year or each of the years of the ensuing budget period and to itemize and categorize the ad valorem property tax amount or rate as provided in ORS 310.060. Consideration shall be given to matters discussed at the public hearing. The budget estimates and proposed ad valorem property tax amount or rate as shown in the budget document may be amended prior to adoption and may also be amended by the governing body following adoption if such amendments are adopted prior to the commencement of the fiscal year or budget period to which the budget relates. However, the amount of estimated expenditures for each fund in an annual budget may not be increased by more than $5,000 or 10 percent of the estimated expenditures, whichever is greater, and the amount of estimated expenditures for each fund in a biennial budget may not be increased by more than $10,000 or 10 percent of the estimated expenditures, whichever is greater, and the amount or rate of the total ad valorem property taxes to be certified by the municipal corporation to the assessor may not exceed the amount approved by the budget committee:

(a) Unless the amended budget document is republished as provided by ORS 294.416 or 294.418 and 294.421 for the original budget and another public hearing is held as provided by ORS 294.430 (1); or

(b) Except to the extent ad valorem property taxes may be increased pursuant to ORS 294.437.

(2) After the public hearing provided for in ORS 294.430 (2) or (3) has been held and the certification of the tax supervising and conservation commission received, if such certification is required, the governing body shall enact the proper ordinances or resolutions to adopt the budget, to make the appropriations, to determine, make and declare the ad valorem property tax amount or rate for either the ensuing fiscal year or each of the fiscal years of the ensuing budget period and to itemize and categorize the ad valorem property tax amount or rate as provided in ORS 310.060. Consideration shall be given any orders, recommendations or objections made by the tax supervising and conservation commission in accordance with law. The action taken on each order, recommendation or objection after such consideration by the governing body, with the reasons for such action, shall be included in the ordinance or resolution adopting the budget. A certified copy of the ordinance or resolution shall be sent to the commission within 15 days after the date the ordinance or resolution is adopted. The budget estimates, appropriations and ad valorem property tax amount or rate as shown in the budget document may be amended prior to adoption and may also be amended by the governing body following adoption if such amendments are adopted prior to the commencement of the fiscal year or budget period to which the budget relates. However, the amount of estimated expenditures for each fund may not be increased by more than $5,000 or 10 percent of the estimated expenditures, whichever is greater, the amount of estimated expenditures for each fund in a biennial budget may not be increased by more than $10,000 or 10 percent of the estimated expenditures, whichever is greater, and the amount or rate of the total ad valorem property taxes to be certified by the municipal corporation to the assessor may not exceed the amount shown in the budget document at the time of the budget hearing:

(a) Unless the amended budget document is resubmitted to the tax supervising and conservation commission for another public hearing, and for recommendations or objections of that body; or

(b) Except to the extent ad valorem property taxes may be increased pursuant to ORS 294.437.

(3) The appropriations required by subsections (1) and (2) of this section shall, as a minimum, contain one amount for each organizational unit or program of each fund. In addition, separate amounts shall be appropriated in each fund for debt service, special payments, interfund revenue transfers, capital outlay, operating expenses which cannot be allocated to an organizational unit or program and operating contingencies. If the governing body so desires, it may appropriate separate amounts for activities within an organizational unit or program. For those municipal corporations where the term “organizational unit” has no application, the appropriations shall contain separate amounts for personal services, materials and services, capital outlay, debt service, special payments, interfund revenue transfers and operating contingency for each fund.

(4) Thereafter no greater expenditure, or encumbrance if encumbrance accounting is used, of public money shall be made for any specific purpose other than the amount appropriated therefor except as provided in ORS 294.326, 294.440, 294.450 and 294.480.

(5) The determination of the amount or rate of ad valorem property taxes to be certified shall be entered in the proper records of the governing body. Except as provided in ORS 294.437, no greater tax than that so entered upon the record shall be certified by the municipal corporation proposing the tax for the purpose or purposes indicated.

(6) Nothing contained in this section shall preclude a governing body during the fiscal year or budget period by appropriate ordinance or resolution, after public hearing, from adjusting budgeted resources and reducing appropriations to reflect a decrease in available resources.

(7)(a) The governing body shall determine, make and declare ad valorem property taxes under subsections (1) and (2) of this section as a rate per $1,000 of assessed value if the taxes are operating taxes or rate-based local option taxes as a rate per $1,000 of assessed value.

(b) The governing body shall determine, make and declare ad valorem property taxes under subsections (1) and (2) of this section as an amount if the taxes are being certified as amount-based local option taxes, to pay principal and interest on exempt bonded indebtedness or to pay other government obligations described in section 11 (5), Article XI of the Oregon Constitution. [1963 c.576 §25; 1965 c.451 §9; 1969 c.682 §1; 1971 c.516 §7; 1977 c.305 §2; 1979 c.310 §5; 1979 c.686 §8a; 1993 c.270 §3; 1997 c.308 §22; 1997 c.541 §332; 1999 c.632 §11; 2001 c.135 §18; 2001 c.753 §5; 2003 c.14 §145]

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