(2) All necessary expenditures of the commission incurred in carrying out the purposes required of the commission by law, including the salaries of its employees, purchases made by the commission and such sums necessary to reimburse the $250,000 revolving fund, shall be audited and paid from the Oregon Liquor Control Commission Account in the General Fund, upon warrants drawn by the Oregon Department of Administrative Services, pursuant to claims duly approved by the commission.

(3) Moneys from the retail sale of distilled liquor that are being held by an agent appointed under ORS 471.750 or by a distillery retail outlet agent appointed under ORS 471.230 are not subject to ORS 295.001 to 295.108 if the agent has on deposit with the commission an amount equaling or exceeding an amount the commission, in its discretion, deems to be reasonable and sufficient and to be not less than the average daily gross receipts from retail sales of distilled liquor by the agent. The commission shall remit moneys deposited with the commission under this subsection to the State Treasurer for deposit to a separate reserve account of the commission. Moneys in the reserve account are not revenue of the commission for purposes of ORS 221.770. The commission shall return the deposit, and any interest earned on the deposit, if the appointment of the agent terminates and the agent has forwarded to the commission all moneys owed the commission from retail sales of distilled liquor by the agent. [Amended by 1955 c.26 §1; 1967 c.577 §4; 1975 c.424 §2; 1979 c.367 §3; 1995 c.301 §46; 1999 c.351 §64; 2005 c.755 §45; 2017 c.533 §17]