OAR 736-007-0025: Distribution of Moneys — County Park Assistance Program

(1) Each year the Department will estimate the total revenues available for use in the County Park Assistance Program for the next fiscal year. The department will use the distribution formula provided in OAR 736-007-0015 to estimate each county’s allocation, and will notify each county of the estimate. (2) By July 15 of each year, each county governing body shall certify to the department, on forms or a format designated by the department, that it will comply with the administrative rules governing the County Park Assistance Program. The certification shall include a statement of the county’s intended use of the revenues: (a) The county has budgeted its allocation for expenditure in the next fiscal year; or (b) The county will place its allocation in a dedicated parks and recreation fund for future expenditure; or (c) A combination of subsections (a) and (b); or (d) The county waives the use of its allocated revenues; (e) A county may elect to receive less than its allocated revenues in any given fiscal year. (3) The department will deem any county that does not certify by July 15 to have certified in accordance with subsection (2)(d). (4) The department will calculate the proportion of total certified allocations to total estimated revenues. The department will use this proportion in determining the amount of actual revenues to distribute to counties each month during the fiscal year. (5) The department will distribute within 45 days after the end of each month to the counties that certified acceptance of revenues. The department will determine the amount as follows: (a) Total actual revenues for month x (b) Total Certified Allocations (c) Total Estimated Revenues x (d) County Certified Allocation (e) Total Certified Allocations = Distribution (f) However, the amount distributed each month to Gilliam, Harney, Jefferson, Lake, Sherman, and Wallowa Counties shall be at least $834. The effective date for implementing this rule is to July 1, 1994. (6) Revenues allocated for the assistance program, but not distributed by this section, are available to the grant program. (7) By September 1 of each year, the department may ask each county to provide a report on the uses of the RV revenue for the prior fiscal year. The department will provide the report form, along with an explanation of the need for the report.