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(B) Outstanding obligations relating to employment of city employees, including pension and
other employee benefit obligations; and
(C) Other debts, obligations, liabilities and expenses requiring financial satisfaction by a
disincorporating city.
(b) As soon as practicable after making the expenditures required under paragraph (a) of this
subsection, the city shall transfer:
(A) All moneys in the city road fund to Clackamas County for deposit in a separate account in
the county road fund created for purposes of this subparagraph. Moneys in the separate account
shall be expended by the county for the purposes for which moneys in the county road fund may
be expended, solely in the territory within the corporate boundaries of the City of Damascus as they
existed on the operative date determined under section 2 , chapter 637, Oregon Laws 2015 [ of this
2015 Act ].
(B) An amount not to exceed $3 million to Clackamas County for deposit in a separate account
in the county general fund created for purposes of this subparagraph. Moneys in the separate ac-
count shall be expended by the county for expenses related to the employment of employees of the
City of Damascus by Clackamas County pursuant to ORS 236.605 to 236.640, contracted law
enforcement services within the territory of the disincorporated city and other current service ex-
penses in the budget of the City of Damascus on the operative date determined under section 2 ,
chapter 637, Oregon Laws 2015 [ of this 2015 Act ], and the administration by the county of this
subparagraph, including but not limited to the processing of expenditures under this subparagraph.
(c) The City of Damascus shall transfer all moneys in the funds of the city in excess of the
moneys required to be expended under paragraph (a) of this subsection and transferred under para-
graph (b) of this subsection to Clackamas County for deposit in a separate account in the county
general fund created for purposes of this paragraph. Excess moneys in the separate account shall
be distributed by the county as provided in subsection (3) of this section.
(3)(a) Excess moneys transferred to Clackamas County under subsection (2)(c) of this section
shall be distributed by the county on or as soon as practicable after January 1, 2018, to each person
that owned taxable property as of June 30, 2016, for which property taxes were paid in full to the
City of Damascus for the property tax year beginning on July 1, 2015, in an amount determined by
multiplying the amount of all excess moneys to be distributed under this subsection by the ratio of
the cumulative amount of ad valorem property taxes certified by the city and paid with respect to
the property owned by the person for the property tax years beginning on July 1, 2013, and ending
on June 30, 2016, to the cumulative amount of ad valorem property taxes certified by the city and
paid with respect to property owned by all persons eligible for the distribution under this subsection
for the property tax years beginning on July 1, 2013, and ending on June 30, 2016.
(b) Notwithstanding paragraph (a) of this subsection, amounts that would otherwise be distrib-
uted under paragraph (a) of this subsection to a taxpayer with respect to a homestead granted
deferral under ORS 311.666 to 311.701 shall be paid to the credit of the account maintained for the
deferred property by the Department of Revenue pursuant to ORS 311.676. The county shall notify
the taxpayer upon making a payment to the department under this paragraph.
(c) A distribution is not required under this subsection if the amount of the distribution would
be $10 or less.
(d) Before making the distributions described in this subsection, the county may retain an
amount of the excess moneys equal to the actual costs of the county in making the distributions.
(e) Excess moneys to be distributed under this subsection that remain unclaimed on January 1,
2019, shall be transferred to the general fund of Clackamas County and may be expended by the
county in the same manner as other moneys in the general fund.
(4)(a) Notwithstanding any other provision of law, in order to compensate Clackamas County for
the distribution of excess moneys under subsection (3) of this section, for the period that begins on
the 61st day following the operative date determined under section 2 , chapter 637, Oregon Laws
2015 [ of this 2015 Act ], and ending 10 years later[ ,]:
Enrolled House Bill 2017 (HB 2017-A) Page 124
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