§ 295.195 — Deposit of funds in foreign country; effect on collateral; report to Legislative Assembly

Oregon § 295.195

• Jurisdiction: Oregon
• Vol.: 7
• Title 28: Public Financial Administration
• Ch. 295: Depositories of Public Funds and Securities

Text

(1) Notwithstanding any other provision of this chapter, to the extent estimated to be necessary to fund operations or activities for one biennium of the State of Oregon in a foreign country, the State Treasurer may deposit funds in a financial institution in a foreign country.
(2) When funds are deposited in a financial institution in a foreign country pursuant to subsection (1) of this section, the institution shall not be required to maintain collateral as provided in ORS 295.015. Reasonable and prudent measures to protect the public funds from loss shall be exercised to the extent permitted under the laws of the foreign country.
(3) The State Treasurer shall report to the Legislative Assembly biennially on the amounts of deposits in foreign countries, and the operation and activities funded by such deposits. The report shall be submitted to the offices of the President of the Senate and the Speaker of the House of Representatives and shall be referred by each of them to appropriate standing committees other than committees concerned with budgets of the State Treasurer or the activity or operation so funded.

Legislative History

1983 c.374 §§1,2; 1989 c.399 §1; 2009 c.762 §56; 2015 c.767 §13