Oregon Revised Statutes
The salaries of the Governor, Secretary of State, State Treasurer, Attorney General, judges of the Supreme and circuit courts, district attorneys, and all other state officers, and all persons employed by the state whose salary or compensation is payable by law out of the State Treasury, shall be paid monthly or on a biweekly basis.
As used in ORS 292.014 to 292.036: “Authorized employee deductions” includes all authorized deductions made from the salary and wages of an officer or employee of a state agency. “Salaries and wages” means payments to officers and employees of a state agency for services rendered other than on a fee basis.
The salaries and wages of the officers and employees of any state agency whose salaries and wages are payable out of the State Treasury shall be paid through the medium of payrolls as provided in ORS 292.014 to 292.036.
The chief administrative officer of any state agency electing to use the procedure provided by ORS 292.014 to 292.036 shall designate the Oregon Department of Administrative Services as an agent to act for the chief administrative officer under ORS 292.014 to 292.036. The designation shall be in writing signed by the chief administrative officer of the state…
The chief administrative officer of the state agency using the procedure provided in ORS 292.014 to 292.036 shall cause to be prepared payrolls in the form prescribed by the Oregon Department of Administrative Services. The payroll shall be certified as correct by the chief administrative officer of the state agency or by the officer designated pursuant to …
The Oregon Department of Administrative Services shall, as it determines and may at any time redetermine, either draw a warrant for or transfer the aggregate amount allowed of a payroll transmitted under ORS 292.022 plus additional amounts specified in subsection (2) of this section. The aggregate amounts allowed shall be deposited with the State Treasurer, …
After preparation of the payroll, the aggregate amount as prescribed by ORS 292.024 shall be deposited in the Joint Payroll Account. The Oregon Department of Administrative Services may issue payment in the proper amount even though reimbursement funds payable to the Joint Payroll Account are not available on the date of issuance. The payments shall be drawn…
Records of payments issued under ORS 292.026, after the payments have been paid, shall be filed with the chief administrative officer of the state agency. Payments not transferred to the person entitled to receive the payment shall be treated as unpresented checks under ORS 293.450 to 293.460.
As used in this section: “Regular salary advance” means any portion of the accrued salary or wages payable to an officer or employee who has filed a written request for the approval of such advance with the administrative head of the state agency by which the employee is employed. “State agency” means a state agency using the procedure provided in ORS 292.…
A state agency using the procedure provided by ORS 292.014 to 292.036 shall pay for the expense of the services (including labor), facilities and materials furnished by the Oregon Department of Administrative Services under ORS 292.014 to 292.036. All moneys received by the department under the provisions of this section shall be deposited in the State Trea…
The Oregon Department of Administrative Services may prescribe such rules and regulations as are necessary to carry out the provisions of ORS 292.014 to 292.036.
The payment of the salary or compensation of the employees of the Department of Transportation and the officers and employees of any state agency, as defined in ORS 291.002, if such agency is authorized by the Director of the Oregon Department of Administrative Services, where such salary or compensation is payable out of the State Treasury and is fixed by l…
Before the superintendent, president or other officer of an institution, board or commission listed in ORS 292.039, forwards a payroll or receives from the Oregon Department of Administrative Services a warrant issued thereon, the superintendent, president or other officer shall file with the department a bond running to the State of Oregon, for the benefit …
Notwithstanding the provisions of ORS 292.039 or any other law, any state official authorized to disburse funds in payment of salaries or wages of state officers or employees is authorized, upon written request of state officers or employees to whom salaries and wages are to be paid, and may pay the same to any financial institution designated by the officer…
As used in this section: “Foundation” means: A tax exempt organization designated by a rule adopted by a state agency; or A tax exempt organization designated by the governing board of a public university listed in ORS 352.002 to solicit contributions for the support of the public university. “Salary and wages” has the meaning given that term in ORS 292.…
As used in this section: “Employee” means officers, faculty, teachers, instructors and other employees of a public university listed in ORS 352.002. “Nonprofit organization” means an organization described in section 501(c)(3) of the Internal Revenue Code that is exempt from income tax under section 501(a) of the Internal Revenue Code. The governing board…
As used in this section, “annual charitable fund drive program” means the single, annual, consolidated effort conducted by the charitable fund drive committee appointed under subsection (2) of this section to secure funds from state officers or employees for distribution to organizations engaged in charitable, public health, public welfare or service or simi…
Any state official authorized to disburse funds in payment of salaries or wages of state officers or employees is authorized, upon written request of the officer or employee, to deduct each month from the salary or wages of the officer or employee the amount of moneys designated by the officer or employee for payment to the Oregon State Capitol Foundation un…
Except as authority over contracts for health benefit plans described in ORS 243.135 is vested in the Public Employees’ Benefit Board, upon receipt of the request in writing of an officer or employee so to do, the state official authorized to disburse funds in payment of the salary or wages of the officer or employee may deduct from the salary or wages of th…
Any state official authorized to disburse funds in payment of salaries or wages of state officers or employees is authorized, upon written request of the officer or employee, to deduct each month from the salary or wages of the officer or employee the amount of money designated by the officer or employee for payment to the Oregon Veterans’ Home Account creat…
Any state official authorized to disburse funds in payment of salaries or wages of state officers or employees is authorized, upon written request of the state officer or employee, to deduct each pay period from the salary or wages of the officer or employee the amount of money designated by the officer or employee for the purpose of paying delinquent taxes,…
As used in this section, unless the context requires otherwise: “Department” means the Oregon Department of Administrative Services. “State agency” means any elected or appointed officer, board, commission, department, institution, branch or other agency of the state government. “State officer or employee” means every person, including a minor, who receiv…
Upon receipt of the request in writing of a state officer or employee to do so, the state officer authorized to disburse funds in payment of the salary or wages of such state officer or employee each month shall deduct from the salary or wages of such officer or employee the amount of money indicated in such request, for payment thereof to any designated fin…
As used in ORS 292.070 to 292.110: “Compensation” means salaries and wages. “State employees” means state officers and employees, including minors. The Oregon Department of Administrative Services, pursuant to such rules as it may adopt, is authorized, with the approval of state employees, to withhold from their compensation sums with which to purchase fo…
The Oregon Department of Administrative Services shall maintain a record of all deductions made from the compensation of employees under authority of ORS 292.070. When sufficient funds have accumulated to the credit of an employee to permit the issuance of a United States Savings Bond or other federal obligation of the kind and in the denomination desired by…
Balances to the credit of the Employes’ Bond Savings Account may be used for the purchase in advance, from the federal government or from any federal reserve bank or other authorized federal agency, of savings bonds or other obligations of the federal government, either in blank or in inscribed form, in convenient denominations to meet the requirements of th…
The Oregon Department of Administrative Services may make refunds from the Employes’ Bond Savings Account, of the uninvested amounts therein, of employees’ salary deductions.
If a state employee dies having moneys to the credit of the state employee in the Employes’ Bond Savings Account, the moneys shall be paid to the co-owner or beneficiary named in the employee’s payroll allotment authorization for the purchase of such bonds or obligations. If no co-owner or beneficiary is designated therein, then, if the employee is married, …
The State Treasurer is authorized, under such rules as the treasurer shall promulgate, to make cash advances in payment of mileage allowances of members of the Legislative Assembly, and in payment of earned wages and salaries of clerks and employees thereof, and of state employees during sessions of the Legislative Assembly and in emergency cases, pursuant t…
The amounts advanced by the State Treasurer under ORS 292.150 shall be repaid to the State Treasurer through warrants issued by the Oregon Department of Administrative Services in payment of properly approved vouchers. The State Treasurer, as assignee of the parties to whom such advances have been made, is authorized to: Verify the vouchers. Indorse, as a…
If a state employee leaves state employment after having received payment of salary or wages in an amount greater than the employee’s entitlement, the amount of overpayment shall be considered a delinquent account and shall be subject to collection by the Collections Unit in the Department of Revenue under ORS 293.250.
The Oregon Department of Administrative Services may render a monthly or quarterly invoice to all state agencies utilizing or intending to utilize the joint payroll system in the future. This monthly or quarterly invoice shall be equal to demonstrated savings of Workers’ Compensation workday tax costs which are a direct result of the savings from payment of …
SUBSISTENCE AND MILEAGE ALLOWANCES FOR TRAVEL BY STATE OFFICERS AND EMPLOYEES
As used in ORS 292.210 to 292.230, unless the context otherwise requires: “State agency” has the same meaning as provided in ORS 291.002. “State officer” means any elected or appointed state officer, including members of boards and commissions.
The amounts and nature of subsistence allowances for travel, and the rate of mileage allowance for travel by private automobile, payable by state agencies, shall be adopted and regulated by the Oregon Department of Administrative Services within any limits that may be prescribed by statute. The department shall prescribe by rule the conditions under which al…
It is the policy of the state that all out-of-state travel by state agency personnel shall be allowed only when the travel is essential to the normal discharge of the agency’s responsibilities. Out-of-state travel shall be conducted in the most efficient and cost-effective manner resulting in the best value to the state. The travel must comply with requireme…
A person may not be reimbursed by a state agency for the use on official or state related business of a privately owned motor vehicle at a rate to exceed the rates established and regulated by the Oregon Department of Administrative Services. Reimbursement shall be paid only for distances actually traveled and trips made in the performance of official or sta…
Notwithstanding ORS chapters 291, 292 and 293, any officer or employee of any state agency may receive an advance for approved necessary expenses of travel and subsistence arising out of official duties or employment, in the manner provided in ORS 292.286 and 292.288.
Any officer or employee of a state agency who desires a cash advance for the expenses of travel and subsistence arising out of official duties or employment shall file a written request for the approval of such advance with the administrative head of the state agency by which the officer or employee is employed. The administrative head of the state agency b…
The state shall have a prior claim against and a right to withhold any and all funds payable, or to become payable, by the state to any officer or employee up to the amount of such advance.
SALARIES AND EXPENSES OF STATE OFFICERS
The incumbents of each of the following offices shall be paid an annual salary on a monthly basis, as follows: Governor, $98,600 for the year beginning January 1, 2014, and for each year thereafter. The Governor shall also be paid $1,000 per month regularly for expenses necessarily incurred but not otherwise provided for. Secretary of State, $77,000 for th…
All fees and commissions of any kind, name or nature collected by the Governor, Secretary of State, State Treasurer or Attorney General for any service performed by the Governor, Secretary of State, State Treasurer or Attorney General by virtue of office or collected by the Governor, Secretary of State, State Treasurer or Attorney General by virtue of office…
The annual salary of the Chief Judge of the Court of Appeals shall be $154,040 for the period beginning on January 1, 2019, and ending on June 30, 2020. On July 1, 2020, the annual salary of the Chief Judge of the Court of Appeals, as adjusted under ORS 292.428, shall be increased by $5,000. On July 1, 2025, the annual salary of the Chief Judge of the Cour…
The annual salary of the Chief Justice of the Supreme Court shall be $157,076 for the period beginning on January 1, 2019, and ending on June 30, 2020. On July 1, 2020, the annual salary of the Chief Justice of the Supreme Court, as adjusted under ORS 292.428, shall be increased by $5,000. On July 1, 2025, the annual salary of the Chief Justice of the Supr…
The annual salary of each judge of a circuit court shall be $142,136 for the period beginning on January 1, 2019, and ending on June 30, 2020. On July 1, 2020, the annual salary of each judge of a circuit court, as adjusted under ORS 292.428, shall be increased by $5,000. On July 1, 2025, the annual salary of each judge of a circuit court shall be $204,060…
The annual salary of the judge of the Oregon Tax Court shall be $146,048 for the period beginning on January 1, 2019, and ending on June 30, 2020. On July 1, 2020, the annual salary of the judge of the Oregon Tax Court, as adjusted under ORS 292.428, shall be increased by $5,000. On July 1, 2025, the annual salary of the judge of the Oregon Tax Court shall…
Annual salaries of judges of the Supreme Court, the Court of Appeals, circuit courts and the Oregon Tax Court established under ORS 292.406, 292.411, 292.416 and 292.426 shall be adjusted to reflect the same percentage amount of any positive cost of living adjustment granted to employees in the management service in the executive department. The adjustment …
In addition to the annual salaries established as provided in ORS 292.930, the Oregon Department of Administrative Services may “pick-up,” assume and pay to the Public Employees Retirement Fund any employee contributions, otherwise required by ORS 238.200, for the Governor, Secretary of State, State Treasurer, Attorney General, Commissioner of the Bureau of …
Subject to the availability of funds therefor in the budget of the state board or commission, and except as otherwise provided by law, any member of a state board or commission, other than a member who is employed in full-time public service, who is authorized by law to receive compensation for time spent in performance of official duties, shall receive a pa…
As used in this section, “council” means the Oregon Council on Developmental Disabilities that receives federal financial support under the Developmental Disabilities Assistance and Bill of Rights Act (42 U.S.C. 6000 et seq.). Each member of the Oregon Council on Developmental Disabilities is entitled to compensation as provided in ORS 292.495 (1). Subject…
Each of the following elective officers shall be paid an annual salary on a monthly basis as determined by the Legislative Assembly each biennium: Governor. Secretary of State. State Treasurer. Attorney General. Commissioner of the Bureau of Labor and Industries. Chief Judge of the Court of Appeals. Court of Appeals Judge. Chief Justice of the Suprem…
COMPARABLE VALUE OF WORK
As used in ORS 240.190 and 292.951 to 292.971: “Comparability of the value of work” means the value of the work measured by the needs of the employer and the knowledge, composite skill, effort, responsibility and working conditions required in the performance of the work. “Compensation” means wages or salary. “Compensation plan” means the ranges of compen…
For purposes of analyzing the state’s classification and compensation system to assess progress in achieving policies stated in ORS 240.190, and for the purpose of determining undervalued jobs in need of wage adjustments, the Oregon Department of Administrative Services, the Chief Justice of the Supreme Court and the Legislative Administration Committee shal…
There is created a Pay Equity Adjustment Fund. Any moneys appropriated for pay equity adjustment purposes shall be applied as a first priority to compensation adjustments for the most undervalued jobs in the lowest salary ranges. For the biennium beginning July 1, 1987, the pay equity adjustment priority described in this section shall include all classes a…
The appropriate authority within each branch of government shall establish procedures for creation of Job Evaluation Teams, consisting of state employees, including representatives of management, bargaining unit employees and unrepresented employees who possess occupational experience and other characteristics of the workforce, to advise the authority on the…
PENALTIES
If any of the officers mentioned in ORS 292.316 fails to pay over to the State Treasurer any and all moneys collected by virtue of office, the officer shall be deemed guilty of theft and shall be punished accordingly. _______________