Section 21.2 - Disbursement

As amended through June 11, 2024
Section 21.2 - Disbursement
(a) The Chief Executive Officer and the Chief Financial Officer are authorized and empowered to make disbursements of unclaimed lawyer trust account funds appropriated to the Bar to:
(1) Claimants for the payment of claims allowed pursuant to ORS Chapter 98 and these Bylaws.
(2) The Bar, for expenses incurred by the Bar in the administration of the Legal Services Program, only if the Chief Executive Officer determines such disbursements will not impair the Bar's ability to make payments for claims allowed pursuant to pursuant to ORS Chapter 98 and these Bylaws from unclaimed lawyer trust account funds.
(b) The Budget & Finance Committee, after seeking the advice of the Legal Services Committee, may recommend that the Board make disbursements of unclaimed lawyer trust account funds appropriated to the Bar to the Legal Services Program established under the Bar Act for the funding of legal services. The Board may authorize such disbursements only if the Board determines the disbursements will not impair the Bar's ability to make payments for claims allowed from unclaimed lawyer trust account funds.
As amended by 11/19/2022.