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(c) The survey required by paragraph (a) of this subsection shall be developed by a research
department within Oregon State University, in consultation with the State Marine Board and the
Department of Transportation. The Oregon Department of Administrative Services shall contract for
the development and conduct of the survey, and the costs shall be paid by the Department of
Transportation. Costs paid by the Department of Transportation may be deducted from the amount
transferred to the State Marine Board and to the Oregon Business Development Department
under subsection (3) of this section.
(3) The Oregon Department of Administrative Services shall certify the amount of the estimate
made under subsection (1) of this section, as reduced by refunds, to the Department of Transporta-
tion, to the State Marine Board , to the Oregon Business Development Department and to the
State Treasurer. Thereupon, that amount shall be transferred from the Department of Transporta-
tion Driver and Motor Vehicle Suspense Account to the :
(a) Boating Safety, Law Enforcement and Facility Account created under ORS 830.140, and is
continuously appropriated to the State Marine Board for the purposes for which the moneys in the
Boating Safety, Law Enforcement and Facility Account are appropriated[ .]; and
(b) Marine Navigation Improvement Fund established under ORS 777.267, and is contin-
uously appropriated to the Oregon Business Development Department for the Oregon
Infrastructure Finance Authority for the purposes of paying for portions of the cost of
maintenance dredging projects undertaken with equipment owned by the State of Oregon at
publicly owned ports and marinas.
(4) Of the amounts transferred under subsection (3) of this section, two cents per gallon
of fuel shall first be transferred to the Marine Navigation Improvement Fund and the re-
maining amounts shall be transferred to the Boating Safety, Law Enforcement and Facility
Account.
SECTION 87.
ORS 777.267 is amended to read:
777.267. (1) The Marine Navigation Improvement Fund is established in the State Treasury,
separate and distinct from the General Fund. Interest earned by the Marine Navigation Improve-
ment Fund shall be credited to the fund. The moneys in the fund and interest earnings on the
moneys in the fund are continuously appropriated to the Oregon Business Development Department
for the Oregon Infrastructure Finance Authority for the purposes of:
(a) Paying a portion of the construction costs of dredging activities that constitute new federally
authorized navigation improvement projects and are carried out in the harbors and channels on the
Oregon coast and along the Columbia River when federal law or regulation requires a portion of the
costs to be paid by nonfederal interests;
(b) Paying the study and construction costs of other new navigation improvement projects that
directly support, or provide access to, a federally authorized navigation improvement project; [ and]
(c) Paying the study and construction costs of maintenance projects related to existing federally
authorized navigation improvement projects[ .]; and
(d) Paying for portions of the cost of maintenance dredging projects undertaken with
equipment owned by the State of Oregon at publicly owned ports and marinas.
(2) The Marine Navigation Improvement Fund established by this section consists of :
(a) Moneys appropriated or otherwise deposited into [ to] the fund by the Legislative
Assembly[,];
(b) Repayment of loans made with moneys in the fund ; and
(c) Bond proceeds deposited in the fund.
(3) Moneys in the fund shall be used primarily to make loans to ports for eligible projects. The
authority may award a grant or provide other assistance from moneys in the fund to a port for an
eligible project only if a loan is not feasible due to the financial hardship of the port or other special
circumstances, as set forth in rules adopted by the department.
(4) Eligibility for assistance from the Marine Navigation Improvement Fund shall be limited to
and funded, subject to the availability of funds, in the following order of priority:
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