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I know for a fact it goes to the state's general fund. The FICS unit purely works as a pass-through for the $10 fee. FICS gets funded out of OSP's budget.The information about "FICS" on the Oregon government website states that the $10 background check goes to fund the "Firearms Unit." The real question is what are the specifics involved with the funding of the Firearms Unit. Does the state of Oregon pay salaries and other overhead costs from the general fund, or does the Firearms Unit have its own financial account from where it draws its funds.
The legislature may claim that the costs involved with the Firearms Unit are covered because of the $10 fee, but that different from the money going directly from the gun dealer into a separate financial account controlled by the Firearms Unit.
In other words, I think you're right, Norm0931. SB941 is supposedly generating revenue in order to fund the Firearms Unit--but that $10 (in all likelihood) goes directly into the general fund, from which the Firearms Unit obtains its needed monies.
I wish we could get a lawyer to chime in.