ORS 182.360 Costs and payment of cash awards and administrative expenses

The costs arising out of the employee suggestion awards under ORS 182.310 to 182.360 shall be paid in the following manner:

For awards to employees not eligible for cash awards, the cost shall be added to and collected with the expenses and costs of operating the Personnel Division of the Oregon Department of Administrative Services collected under ORS 240.165.

For any cash award for a suggestion having multiagency effect, as determined by the Employee Suggestion Awards Commission, and for which the commission cannot identify the cost savings realized or to be realized by the agencies as a result of implementation of the suggestion, the cost shall be added to and collected with the expenses and costs of operating the Personnel Division collected under ORS 240.165.

If the commission is able to identify the agency or agencies that have realized or will realize cash savings as a result of implementation of a suggestion, the cost of any cash award shall be paid by the affected agency or agencies from savings realized or to be realized by implementation of the suggestion. For suggestions with multiagency effect, the commission shall determine the portion of the award total to be contributed by each agency.

For administrative expenses of the Personnel Division incurred in administering ORS 182.310 to 182.400, the expenses shall be added to and collected with the expenses and costs of operating the Personnel Division collected under ORS 240.165.

Vouchers for awards described in subsection (1)(a) and (b) of this section and administrative expenses described in subsection

of this section shall be prepared by the Administrator of the Personnel Division payable from the Oregon Department of Administrative Services Operating Fund. Vouchers for awards described in subsection

of this section shall be drawn by the appropriate agency. All vouchers shall be drawn upon certification of the chairperson or secretary of the commission of the amount or cost of the award and the person to whom the award has been made or the amount of the administrative expenses.