(1) On or before January 1 preceding the start of a biennium, the Public Records Advocate shall estimate the expenses the advocate will incur for the upcoming biennium in carrying out the provisions of ORS 192.461 to 192.477. The advocate shall report the estimate to the Oregon Department of Administrative Services and the Legislative Fiscal Officer.\n(2) The advocate shall charge an assessment to each public body in state government so as to recoup the costs estimated under subsection (1) of this section. Each public body in state government shall pay to the credit of the advocate the amount the public body was assessed under this subsection as an administrative expense from funds or appropriations available to the public body in the same manner as other claims against the public body are paid.\n(3) The advocate shall adopt rules specifying the method for allocating the expenses described in subsection (1) of this section among public bodies in state government and for collecting the assessments described in this section.\n(4) As used in this section, 'state government' has the meaning given that term in ORS 174.111. [2023 c.155 §1]
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