(1) There is transferred to and continuously appropriated to the Center for Research on Occupational and Environmental Toxicology of the Oregon Health and Science University, the following amounts from the following sources:
(a) The amount of revenue equivalent to one-sixteenth of one cent of the money deductible from workers’ wages pursuant to ORS 656.506 (2).
(b) An amount equal to the amount raised by paragraph (a) of this subsection from those assessments made pursuant to ORS 656.612 (2).
(2) The moneys referred to in subsection (1) of this section may only be used for paying the expenses of the Center for Research on Occupational and Environmental Toxicology. If the Director of the Department of Consumer and Business Services determines adequate funds are available and the director reduces or suspends for a period of time the assessments made pursuant to ORS 656.506 (2) and 656.612 (2), the reduction or suspension of the assessments does not terminate the transfers to the Center for Research on Occupational and Environmental Toxicology authorized in subsection (1) of this section.
(3) Annually, the Center for Research on Occupational and Environmental Toxicology shall file a report with the Oregon Health and Science University, with a copy to the Director of the Department of Consumer and Business Services, describing the activities in sufficient detail for which moneys received under this section during the year have been obligated or expended. [1993 c.760 §6; 1995 c.162 §85; 1995 c.641 §11a]
(Industrial Accident Fund and Reserves)
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