Removes the requirement that the amount of net proceeds from the Oregon State Lottery allocated to the County Fair Account not exceed $1.53 million annually and adjusts the percentage of net lottery proceeds allocated to the County Fair Account.

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83rd OREGON LEGISLATIVE ASSEMBLY--2025 Regular Session
A-Engrossed
House Bill 2145
Ordered by the House April 7
Including House Amendments dated April 7
Sponsored by Representative SCHARF; Representatives BOICE, DIEHL, HELFRICH, OWENS, SKARLATOS (Pre-
session filed.)
SUMMARY
The following summary is not prepared by the sponsors of the measure and is not a part of the body thereof subject
to consideration by the Legislative Assembly. It is an editor’s brief statement of the essential features of the
measure. The statement includes a measure digest written in compliance with applicable readability standards.
Digest: The Act removes a limit on lottery proceeds allocated to the County Fair Account
and adjusts the portion of lottery money going to the account. The Act starts when it is
signed. (Flesch Readability Score: 63.6).
[Digest: The Act removes a limit on lottery proceeds allocated to the County Fair Account. The
Act tells an agency to create a master plan for building on county fairgrounds. The Act gives money
for related services. (Flesch Readability Score: 63.0).]
Removes the requirement that the amount of net proceeds from the Oregon State Lottery allo-
cated to the County Fair Account not exceed $1.53 million annually and adjusts the percentage
of net lottery proceeds allocated to the County Fair Account .
[Requires the Oregon Business Development Department to prepare and report a master plan for
county fairground capital construction. Specifies content and procedural requirements for the report. ]
[Appropriates moneys to the department out of the General Fund for consultant services related to
the report. ]
Declares an emergency, effective on passage.
A BILL FOR AN ACT
Relating to county fairs; amending ORS 565.447; and declaring an emergency.
Be It Enacted by the People of the State of Oregon:
SECTION 1.
ORS 565.447 is amended to read:
565.447. (1) Subject only to the availability of unobligated net lottery proceeds, there is allocated
from the Administrative Services Economic Development Fund to the County Fair Account created
under ORS 565.445 an amount equal to nine-tenths of one percent of the net proceeds from the
Oregon State Lottery[ , but not to exceed $1.53 million annually, adjusted biennially pursuant to an
inflation factor determined by dividing the Consumer Price Index for All Urban Consumers, West Re-
gion (All Items), as published by the Bureau of Labor Statistics of the United States Department of
Labor, for January 1 immediately preceding commencement of the biennium, by the Consumer Price
Index for All Urban Consumers of the Portland, Oregon, Standard Metropolitan Statistical Area, as
compiled by the United States Department of Labor, Bureau of Labor Statistics, for January 1, 2001 ].
(2) The allocation of moneys from the Administrative Services Economic Development Fund un-
der this section is subject to the requirements in section 4, Article XV of the Oregon Constitution,
for deposit of specified amounts of the net proceeds from the Oregon State Lottery into the Educa-
tion Stability Fund and into the Parks and Natural Resources Fund and shall be made only after
satisfaction or payment of:
(a) Amounts allocated to Westside lottery bonds issued under ORS 391.140 or to the reserves
or any refunding related to the Westside lottery bonds in accordance with the priority for allocation
NOTE: Matter in boldfaced type in an amended section is new; matter [ italic and bracketed] is existing law to be omitted.
New sections are in boldfaced type.
LC 1439
A-Eng. HB 2145
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and disbursement established by ORS 391.130;
(b) All liens, pledges or other obligations relating to lottery bonds or refunding lottery bonds
due or payable during the year for which an allocation is to be made; and
(c) Amounts required by any other pledges of, or liens on, net proceeds from the Oregon State
Lottery.
SECTION 2.
This 2025 Act being necessary for the immediate preservation of the public
peace, health and safety, an emergency is declared to exist, and this 2025 Act takes effect
on its passage.
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