ORS 291.210 Preparing tentative budget; updating projected costs of currently authorized programs

The Oregon Department of Administrative Services and the Legislative Fiscal Officer shall prepare a tentative budget for the next biennium for which the Governor’s budget is prepared. The tentative budget shall consist of the estimated revenues under ORS 291.342 for the next biennium and a preliminary estimate of

the projected costs of continuing currently authorized programs for the next biennium.

The Legislative Fiscal Officer shall, during the development of the legislatively adopted budget, review and update projected costs of continuing currently authorized programs for the next biennium, including:

Position vacancy assumptions;

Standard and exceptional inflation adjustments;

Mandated caseloads; and

Other assumptions used in developing the tentative budget.