State agencies redirect transportation funds and update financial rules

The Department of Transportation must use specified state funds for highway operations and maintenance and may use federal funds for listed transportation projects. The provisions cover transportation funds, highway projects listed by region, and projects affected by jurisdiction transfers. Some transfers are limited to stated dollar amounts and the biennium ending June 30, 2027. Remaining money may be moved to other listed projects after a project or all projects in a region are completed. The State Highway 58 project is canceled, and $6 million formerly assigned to it must be used for operations and maintenance. Several transfers occur on the act's effective date, while others occur during the biennium ending June 30, 2027, or on May 31, 2027.

The State Board of Parole and Post-Prison Supervision must classify existing registrants by sex-offender risk level. The rule covers people whose initial sex-offender reporting obligation began before January 1, 2014. The board must classify a person as level three if the person was previously designated a predatory sex offender after notice and a chance to be heard, or is a sexually violent dangerous offender. A person classified as level two or level three may seek review within 60 days after receiving notice and must receive an opportunity to be heard on factual questions. A person who refuses a required risk assessment is classified as level three unless the person later agrees to participate and is reassessed. Classifications must be completed no later than June 30, 2030, and notice must follow as soon as practicable.

The Department of Education must transfer $2 million each biennium for grants that test drinking or food-preparation water for lead and test for polychlorinated biphenyl exposure. The funding goes to the Healthy School Facilities Fund and supports eligible testing costs; the provisions also cover recipients of summer learning grants. Summer learning grants must support evidence-based learning and run for at least 80 total hours per session. Grant recipients must report student, program, staffing, assessment and budget information. The department must prepare one yearly report summarizing recipient reports and provide it to the Joint Committee on Ways and Means by January 30. The school-fund transfer applies each biennium; the annual summer-learning summary is due no later than January 30.

State employees must be paid at least once each month, and Supreme Court salaries are set at specified amounts with a later increase for justices. The pay rule covers state officers and employees whose compensation is paid from the State Treasury; the salary rule covers the Chief Justice and other Supreme Court judges. Agency payrolls must be prepared and certified for each payroll period. Beginning July 1, 2027, the Chief Justice's salary and the other Supreme Court judges' salaries are set at 110 percent of their specified July 1, 2025 amounts, adjusted under ORS 292.428. The monthly minimum applies to state pay, and the Supreme Court salary increase begins July 1, 2027.

The state must allocate one percent of Oregon Lottery net proceeds to the County Fair Account when unobligated proceeds are available. The allocation supports the County Fair Account and is made from the Administrative Services Economic Development Fund. The allocation remains subject to constitutional lottery deposits and payments for lottery bonds, liens and other obligations. The allocation may be made only after the listed prior obligations are satisfied or paid. The amendment becomes operative July 1, 2027.