(1) On or about January 1 of each year the
Department shall estimate the total revenues available for use in the County
Park Assistance Program for the next fiscal year. The Department shall use the
distribution formula in OAR
736-007-0015 to estimate each county's allocation,
and shall notify each county of the estimate.
(2) By July 15 of each year, each county
governing body shall certify to the Department, on forms supplied 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) of this section; 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) Any county that does not certify by July
15 shall be deemed to have certified in accordance with subsection (2)(d) of
this rule.
(4) The Department shall
calculate the proportion of total certified allocations to total estimated
revenues. This proportion will be used in determining the amount of actual
revenues to be distributed to counties each month during the fiscal
year.
(5) The distribution to
counties that certified acceptance of revenues shall be made within 45 days
after the end of each month. The amount shall be determined as follows:
Total actual revenues for month x
Total Certified
Allocations
Total Estimated Revenues x
County Certified Allocation
Total Certified Allocations = Distribution
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 shall re retroactive to July 1,
1994
(6) Revenues allocated
for the Assistance Program, but not distributed by this section, shall become
available to the Grant Program.
(7)
By September 1 of each year, the Depart-ment may ask each county to provide a
report on the uses of the RV revenue for the prior fiscal year. The report form
will be provided by the Department, along with an explanation of the need for
the report.
