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OR Rev Stat § 180.070 (2021)
2021 Oregon Revised Statutes|Volume : 05 - State Government, Government Procedures, Land Use|Chapter 180 - Attorney General; Department of Justice|Section 180.070 - Power of Attorney General to conduct investigations and prosecutions; duties of district attorneys unaffected.

(1) The Attorney General may, when directed to do so by the Governor, take full charge of any investigation or prosecution of violation of law in which the circuit court has jurisdiction. (2) When acting under this section, the Attorney General shall have all the powers of a district attorney, including the power to issue or cause to be issued subpoenas or other process. The Attorney General may, when the Attorney General considers the public interest requires, with or without the concurrence of the district attorney, direct the county grand jury to convene for the investigation and consideration of such matters of a criminal nature as the Attorney General desires to submit to it. The Attorney General may take full charge of the presentation of such matters to the grand jury, issue subpoenas, prepare indictments, and do all other things incident thereto to the same extent as the district attorney may do. (3) All costs, fees and other expense shall be paid by the county in which the investigation takes place, to the same extent as if conducted by the district attorney of that county. (4) The power conferred by this section, ORS 180.060, 180.220 or 180.240 does not deprive the district attorneys of any of their authority, or relieve them from any of their duties to prosecute criminal violations of law and advise the officers of the counties composing their districts.
OR Rev Stat § 180.073 (2021)
2021 Oregon Revised Statutes|Volume : 05 - State Government, Government Procedures, Land Use|Chapter 180 - Attorney General; Department of Justice|Section 180.073 - Subpoena authority in criminal investigation.

(1) In any criminal investigation conducted by the Attorney General, the Attorney General may execute in writing and serve a subpoena or subpoena duces tecum upon any person the Attorney General believes to have information or material relevant to the investigation. A subpoena may require that the person appear at a reasonable time and place stated in the subpoena and give oral testimony under oath concerning matters relevant to the investigation. A subpoena duces tecum may require, in addition to or in lieu of giving testimony, that the person produce designated books, papers, documents or tangible items that constitute or contain materials relevant to the investigation for examination, copying or reproduction. A subpoena duces tecum that only requires the production of materials must inform the person subpoenaed if the person must personally appear at the time and place designated in the subpoena. (2) A resident of this state may be required by subpoena to personally appear only in the county in which the person resides, is employed or personally transacts business. A person who is not a resident of this state may be required by subpoena to personally appear only: (a) In a county of this state in which the person is served with the subpoena; or (b) In the state, territory, insular possession subject to the dominion of the United States or foreign country in which the person resides. Any circuit court may issue a letter rogatory for the examination as provided in ORCP 38 B. (3) A person subpoenaed under this section may move to quash or modify the subpoena if it is oppressive or unreasonable. The motion must be made before the time specified in the subpoena for appearance or production of materials. The motion may be made in: (a) The circuit court for the county in which the person is required to appear or produce materials; (b) The circuit court for the county in which the subpoenaed person resides or has a principal office; or (c) The circuit court for the county in which materials to be produced under a subpoena duces tecum are located. (4) A person who is subpoenaed under this section and who fails to appear or produce materials as required by the subpoena, or who refuses to be sworn or give testimony, may be found to be in contempt of court. Proceedings to hold a person in contempt under this subsection may be brought in any county where the person could be required to personally appear under subsection (2) of this section. (5) ORS 136.585 to 136.600 apply to any subpoena issued pursuant to this section. [1993 c.473 §2] Note: 180.073 and 180.075 were added to and made a part of ORS chapter 180 by legislative action but were not added to any smaller series therein. See Preface to Oregon Revised Statutes for further explanation.
OR Rev Stat § 180.075 (2021)
2021 Oregon Revised Statutes|Volume : 05 - State Government, Government Procedures, Land Use|Chapter 180 - Attorney General; Department of Justice|Section 180.075 - Disclosure of information obtained under subpoena.

Except as provided in this section, the Attorney General may not disclose any testimony or materials obtained under the provisions of ORS 180.073. The Attorney General may disclose testimony or materials only if: (1) The disclosure is to a federal, state or local law enforcement agency or prosecutor and the purpose of the disclosure is to facilitate a criminal investigation or prosecution; (2) The disclosure is to a state or federal grand jury; or (3) A circuit court concludes upon application and affidavit by the Attorney General that there is a particularized need for disclosure of the testimony or materials in a civil, administrative, disciplinary or personnel investigation or proceeding. [1993 c.473 §3] Note: See note under 180.073.
OR Rev Stat § 180.080 (2021)
2021 Oregon Revised Statutes|Volume : 05 - State Government, Government Procedures, Land Use|Chapter 180 - Attorney General; Department of Justice|Section 180.080 - Attorney General to manage criminal proceedings in court or before grand jury at request of Governor.

When directed by the Governor, the Attorney General shall attend in person, or by one of the assistants of the Attorney General, in any court, or appear before the grand jury in any county, for the purpose of managing and conducting in such court, or before such jury, the criminal action or proceeding specified in the requirement. The Attorney General, or the assistant of the Attorney General so attending, shall exercise all the powers and perform all the duties in respect of the action or proceeding which the district attorney would otherwise be authorized to exercise or perform. The district attorney shall only exercise such powers and perform such duties in the action or proceeding as are required of the district attorney by the Attorney General, or the assistant of the Attorney General so attending. [Amended by 2015 c.212 §17]
OR Rev Stat § 180.090 (2021)
2021 Oregon Revised Statutes|Volume : 05 - State Government, Government Procedures, Land Use|Chapter 180 - Attorney General; Department of Justice|Section 180.090 - Investigations and special prosecutions; calling on other departments and officers for assistance; employing special investigators.

In making investigations of and conducting special prosecutions for violations or alleged violations of the criminal laws of the state, the Attorney General may call upon the Department of State Police or any other peace officer or department for assistance in making such investigations or, in the discretion of the Attorney General, may employ special investigators for such purpose.
OR Rev Stat § 180.096 (2021)
2021 Oregon Revised Statutes|Volume : 05 - State Government, Government Procedures, Land Use|Chapter 180 - Attorney General; Department of Justice|Section 180.096 - Use of Countrywide Financial Corporation settlement proceeds.

(1) Notwithstanding the purposes set forth in ORS 180.095, and except as provided in subsection (2) of this section, the Department of Justice shall use the proceeds of the State of Oregon’s settlement with Countrywide Financial Corporation that are deposited into the Department of Justice Protection and Education Revolving Account to make grants, in consultation with the Housing and Community Services Department, to nonprofit entities to provide foreclosure relief services. (2) The Department of Justice need not use the proceeds identified in subsection (1) of this section if sufficient funding for the purposes identified in subsection (1) of this section is available from another source. [2009 c.864 §7; 2011 c.9 §10] Note: 180.096 was enacted into law by the Legislative Assembly but was not added to or made a part of ORS chapter 180 or any series therein by legislative action. See Preface to Oregon Revised Statutes for further explanation.
OR Rev Stat § 180.100 (2021)
2021 Oregon Revised Statutes|Volume : 05 - State Government, Government Procedures, Land Use|Chapter 180 - Attorney General; Department of Justice|Section 180.100 - Legislative bills; preparation on request.

The Attorney General shall, upon request of any member of or of any person elected to either branch of the Legislative Assembly of the State of Oregon, prepare all bills requested by any such member or person within a reasonable length of time prior to the commencement of any session of the legislature, and furnish the bills to such member or person for introduction on or before the first day of the session. The Attorney General shall during the sessions of the legislature prepare bills at the request of any member of the legislature as expeditiously as the number of deputies in the office of the Attorney General will permit.
OR Rev Stat § 180.110 (2021)
2021 Oregon Revised Statutes|Volume : 05 - State Government, Government Procedures, Land Use|Chapter 180 - Attorney General; Department of Justice|Section 180.110 - Keeping copies of opinions and records of cases; biennial report; printing and binding opinions.

The Attorney General shall keep copies of all the opinions of the Attorney General and a record of all cases, in any of the courts and tribunals, prosecuted or defended by the Attorney General or in which the Attorney General appears. The Attorney General shall make a biennial report to the legislature of all the official business transacted by the Attorney General for the biennial period ending December 31 prior to the meeting of the legislature. The Attorney General may have printed and bound all opinions rendered by the Attorney General during the period, for distribution to the various state officers, public libraries and others entitled to receive them. [Amended by 1971 c.418 §2; 2005 c.659 §6]
OR Rev Stat § 180.120 (2021)
2021 Oregon Revised Statutes|Volume : 05 - State Government, Government Procedures, Land Use|Chapter 180 - Attorney General; Department of Justice|Section 180.120 - Defending in criminal proceedings for Oregon State Police or member thereof; conducting prosecutions.

(1) The Attorney General shall: (a) Defend all criminal actions and proceedings in which the Department of State Police or any member thereof is concerned as a party, which require the services of an attorney or counsel in order to protect the interests of the state and are necessary for the purposes of the Department of State Police or the members thereof. (b) Conduct such prosecutions as shall be directed by the Superintendent of State Police with the approval of the Governor. (2) The Attorney General may appoint an attorney for the purpose of such defense or prosecution and certify the expenses thereof to the Department of State Police for payment from the moneys appropriated for the Department of State Police. [Amended by 1971 c.418 §3]
OR Rev Stat § 180.125 (2021)
2021 Oregon Revised Statutes|Volume : 05 - State Government, Government Procedures, Land Use|Chapter 180 - Attorney General; Department of Justice|Section 180.125 - Intergovernmental road maintenance agreements.

If the Attorney General advises the Department of Transportation under ORS 180.060 about a matter related to an intergovernmental road maintenance agreement described in ORS 366.574 or represents the department in an action related to the agreement, the Attorney General shall: (1) Recognize that the agreement is a cooperative effort between the department and the counties, entered into for the overall benefit to the public and the mutual benefit of the state and the counties; and (2) Prefer and encourage, when possible, mutually agreeable resolution of legal issues through further cooperation or alternative dispute resolution to achieve an overall benefit to the public. [2001 c.565 §2] Note: 180.125 was enacted into law by the Legislative Assembly but was not added to or made a part of ORS chapter 180 or any series therein by legislative action. See Preface to Oregon Revised Statutes for further explanation.
OR Rev Stat § 180.130 (2021)
2021 Oregon Revised Statutes|Volume : 05 - State Government, Government Procedures, Land Use|Chapter 180 - Attorney General; Department of Justice|Section 180.130 - Deputy Attorney General.

The Attorney General shall appoint a Deputy Attorney General, who shall qualify as required by law, and who may do and perform, in the absence of the Attorney General, all the acts and duties that may be authorized and required to be performed by the Attorney General. The Attorney General shall be responsible for all the acts of the deputy of the Attorney General.
OR Rev Stat § 180.140 (2021)
2021 Oregon Revised Statutes|Volume : 05 - State Government, Government Procedures, Land Use|Chapter 180 - Attorney General; Department of Justice|Section 180.140 - Other assistants; salaries; representation of indigent clients.

(1) The Attorney General shall appoint the other assistants the Attorney General deems necessary to transact the business of the office, each to serve at the pleasure of the Attorney General and perform such duties as the Attorney General may designate and for whose acts the Attorney General shall be responsible. Each assistant shall have full authority under the direction of the Attorney General to perform any duty required by law to be performed by the Attorney General. (2) Each assistant so appointed shall be a person admitted to the practice of law by the Supreme Court of this state and shall qualify by taking the usual oath of office, conditioned upon the faithful performance of duties. (3) The Attorney General may appoint temporary assistants for a period not to exceed 15 months. Such temporary assistants shall be legally trained but are not required to be admitted to the practice of law by the Supreme Court of this state. (4) Each assistant shall receive the salary fixed by the Attorney General, payable as other state salaries are paid. Each assistant so appointed shall devote the full time of the assistant to the business of the state, unless employment on a part-time basis is otherwise fixed by the Attorney General. (5) Special legal assistants or private counsel may be employed by the Attorney General, under the direction and control of the Attorney General, in particular cases or proceedings, whenever the Attorney General deems it appropriate to protect the interests of the state. The cost of such special assistants or counsel shall be charged to the appropriate officer or agency pursuant to ORS 180.160. (6) None of the provisions of this chapter prohibit the Attorney General or any of the Attorney General’s full-time deputies or assistants from voluntarily representing, without compensation or expenditure of state resources, indigent clients referred by a nonprofit civil legal aid office or pro bono program. [Amended by 1969 c.543 §2; 1971 c.418 §4; 1991 c.782 §1]
OR Rev Stat § 180.150 (2021)
2021 Oregon Revised Statutes|Volume : 05 - State Government, Government Procedures, Land Use|Chapter 180 - Attorney General; Department of Justice|Section 180.150 - Clerks.

Subject to any applicable provisions of the State Personnel Relations Law, the Attorney General shall employ the necessary clerical aid required for the discharge of the duties imposed upon the Attorney General by law, and fix compensation therefor, to be paid as other salaries are paid.
OR Rev Stat § 180.160 (2021)
2021 Oregon Revised Statutes|Volume : 05 - State Government, Government Procedures, Land Use|Chapter 180 - Attorney General; Department of Justice|Section 180.160 - Charges for services to public agencies; rules.

(1) Subject to rules prescribed by the Attorney General, in rendering assistance to the respective officers, departments, boards and commissions of state government, and other public bodies, the Department of Justice may charge such officers, agencies and public bodies (including, when appropriate, the Department of Justice itself) separately for the cost of such assistance, said cost including, but not limited to salaries of assistants and administrative and clerical salaries, investigative services, and capital outlay; and shall also charge such officers, departments, boards, commissions or public bodies for other costs incurred and disbursements made pursuant to request or authorization in connection with such assistance, and not paid directly out of moneys appropriated or otherwise available for expenditure by such officers, agencies or public bodies. (2) The Department of Justice may not impose charges under subsection (1) of this section at rates greater than the rates established for the biennium through the legislative budgeting process in the preceding odd-numbered year regular session of the Legislative Assembly unless the department first notifies the Joint Committee on Ways and Means, the Joint Interim Committee on Ways and Means or the Emergency Board. [1969 c.543 §1; 1971 c.85 §4; 2019 c.643 §22]
OR Rev Stat § 180.170 (2021)
2021 Oregon Revised Statutes|Volume : 05 - State Government, Government Procedures, Land Use|Chapter 180 - Attorney General; Department of Justice|Section 180.170 - Billing for services to public agencies.

The Department of Justice shall estimate in advance the expenses that it will incur during the biennium under ORS 180.160 and 180.340, and shall render to officers, departments, boards and commissions of state government and other public bodies an invoice for their share of such expenses for periods within the biennium and in sufficient amounts to provide reasonable cash operating requirements for the Legal Division of the Department of Justice within the biennial period. Each officer, department, board or commission or other public body shall pay to the credit of the Department of Justice Operating Account such invoice as an administrative expense from funds or appropriations available to it in the same manner as other claims against the state or public body are paid. If the estimated expenses for any officer, department, board, commission or public body are more or less than actual expenses for the period covered by the invoice, the difference shall be reflected in the next following estimate of expenses. [1971 c.85 §3; 1973 c.775 §5]
OR Rev Stat § 180.180 (2021)
2021 Oregon Revised Statutes|Volume : 05 - State Government, Government Procedures, Land Use|Chapter 180 - Attorney General; Department of Justice|Section 180.180 - Department of Justice Operating Account.

(1) The Department of Justice Operating Account is created in the General Fund. Moneys credited to the account are continuously appropriated to the Department of Justice for the purpose of paying expenses incurred by the department, including those incurred by the Division of Child Support, but not including expenses described in ORS 180.095, that are reimbursable from the Department of Justice Protection and Education Revolving Account. (2) All moneys received by the Department of Justice pursuant to its activities, except those received and creditable to the Department of Justice Protection and Education Revolving Account, shall be deposited in the State Treasury to the credit of the Department of Justice Operating Account. (3)(a) Subject to paragraph (b) of this subsection, subaccounts may be used in the Department of Justice Operating Account whenever the Department of Justice determines that operating needs of the department so require. (b) The department shall deposit moneys received by the department from officers, departments, boards and commissions of state government under ORS 180.160 and 180.170 into a subaccount in the Department of Justice Operating Account. (4) In order to facilitate financing the operating expenses of the Department of Justice described in subsection (1) of this section, with the approval of the Director of the Oregon Department of Administrative Services, the Department of Justice may at any time during the biennium transfer to the Department of Justice Operating Account any funds the department considers necessary, not to exceed $800,000, from funds appropriated to the department for a biennial period. Funds transferred under this subsection shall be retransferred from the Department of Justice Operating Account to the appropriation from which the original transfer was made. The retransfers shall be accomplished prior to the last day of each biennial period. (5) With the approval of the Director of the Oregon Department of Administrative Services, the Department of Justice may at any time during the biennium transfer from the subaccount described in subsection (3)(b) of this section to the General Fund any amounts the department determines will not be needed to meet the responsibilities imposed on the department under the current biennial budget or under any laws governing the department. [1971 c.85 §2; 1981 c.657 §4; 2009 c.820 §2; 2011 c.182 §1]
OR Rev Stat § 180.190 (2021)
2021 Oregon Revised Statutes|Volume : 05 - State Government, Government Procedures, Land Use|Chapter 180 - Attorney General; Department of Justice|Section 180.190 - Department of Justice Current Expense Account; Department of Justice Portland Legal Office Petty Cash Account.

(1) The Oregon Department of Administrative Services is hereby authorized to draw a warrant in the amount of $50,000 payable to the Department of Justice from the Department of Justice Operating Account which shall then be deposited by the Department of Justice in the State Treasury in an account to be known as the Department of Justice Current Expense Account. Disbursements made from this account shall require the approval of the disbursing officer of the Department of Justice who shall be designated by the Attorney General. (2) The Oregon Department of Administrative Services is hereby authorized to draw a warrant in the amount of $1,000 payable to the Department of Justice Operating Account which shall then be deposited by the Department of Justice in the State Treasury in an account known as the Department of Justice Portland Legal Office Petty Cash Account. Disbursements from the account shall require the approval of the chief financial officer of the Department of Justice Portland Legal Office who shall be designated by the Attorney General. (3) The moneys so deposited in subsections (1) and (2) of this section are continuously appropriated for the purposes of this section and ORS 128.670, 180.170 and 294.695. Disbursements may be made for any lawful purpose within the limits of the funds available and to the extent that immediate cash payments are necessary or beneficial to the operations of the department. The accounts shall be reimbursed at intervals not exceeding 30 days from any legislatively authorized appropriation or expenditure limitation in existence at that time for the department by the drawing of a claim in payment of the expenses advanced from the Department of Justice Current Expense Account and the Department of Justice Portland Legal Office Petty Cash Account. [1973 c.775 §§1,2,3; 1977 c.498 §4; 1985 c.504 §1; 1987 c.229 §6; 1989 c.823 §6]