ORS 408.720: County may finance activities of veterans’ service officer; county general funds.

(1) The governing body of a county may set apart in the county treasury a special fund for the purpose of financing the employment and the activities of the service officer appointed under ORS 408.410. If an unobligated balance remains in the special fund at the end of a fiscal year, the unobligated balance may be carried forward to the next fiscal year and expended for the purposes described in this subsection. (2) If the unobligated balance in the special fund at the beginning of a fiscal year is not sufficient to finance the employment and activities of the service officer for the entire fiscal year, all expenses incurred under ORS 408.410 and 408.720 to 408.740 shall be paid from the general funds in the treasury of the county. [Amended by 1963 c.9 §24; 1991 c.459 §398; 1995 c.557 §2; 2023 c.173 §8]