ORS 246.590
Loans from State Treasurer for purchase of voting equipment or computers

  • Voting Machine Account

(1)

The State Treasurer, in the capacity of investment officer for the Oregon Investment Council, may lend moneys in the investment funds as provided in ORS 293.701 (Definitions for ORS 293.701 to 293.857) to 293.857 (Separate accounts for each local government) for the acquisition of:

(a)

The voting machines or vote tally systems that the Secretary of State has contracted to sell to a county.

(b)

Computers or computer systems for the purpose of maintaining and updating elector registration files or for establishing cross-county elector registration files, including those that the Secretary of State has contracted to sell to a county.

(2)

The Voting Machine Account is established in the General Fund. The account consists of moneys lent to the Secretary of State under this section and payments collected from counties under ORS 246.600 (Deposits in Voting Machine Account). Moneys in the account are continuously appropriated to the secretary for:

(a)

The purchase of voting machines or vote tally systems or computers or computer systems described in subsection (1) of this section; and

(b)

Repayment of moneys lent under this section, plus interest.

(3)

Moneys lent under this section shall be repaid within five years together with interest at a rate agreed upon by the State Treasurer and the Secretary of State. [Formerly 258.425; 1993 c.713 §62; 1995 c.144 §17; 2005 c.755 §6]

Source: Section 246.590 — Loans from State Treasurer for purchase of voting equipment or computers; Voting Machine Account, https://www.­oregonlegislature.­gov/bills_laws/ors/ors246.­html.

246.012
Definitions 246.021
Time within which election documents must be received by elections officer 246.025
Use of signature stamp by person with disability 246.046
Secretary of State and county clerks to seek out evidence of violations 246.110
Secretary of State as chief elections officer 246.120
Directives, instructions and assistance to county clerks 246.140
Election law conferences for county clerks 246.150
Rules 246.160
Compilations and digests of election laws 246.170
Deposit of moneys received under ORS 246.160 in Secretary of State Miscellaneous Receipts Account 246.179
Reimbursement of county clerk for special elections for United States Senator or Representative and for recall elections involving state office 246.185
Elections Fund 246.190
Help America Vote Act complaint procedures 246.200
County clerk to conduct elections 246.210
County clerk to supervise local elections officials 246.245
Notification to county clerk when city boundary changed 246.250
Personnel 246.270
Office hours of county clerk on election days 246.410
Directives for fixing precinct and other electoral district boundaries 246.520
Applicable laws 246.530
Adoption, purchase or procurement of equipment 246.540
Joint purchase, maintenance and use 246.550
Examination and approval of equipment by Secretary of State 246.560
Requirements for approval of equipment 246.565
Audit of computerized voting system by Secretary of State 246.570
Sale of vote recording systems to counties 246.580
Content of vote recording system sale agreement 246.590
Loans from State Treasurer for purchase of voting equipment or computers 246.600
Deposits in Voting Machine Account 246.710
Declaring county elections emergency 246.820
Order to compel county clerk, city elections officer or elections official to comply with interpretation, rule, directive or instruction 246.910
Appeal from Secretary of State, county clerk or other elections official to courts
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Current through early 2024

§ 246.590’s source at oregon​.gov