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OR Rev Stat § 236.040 (2021)
2021 Oregon Revised Statutes|Volume : 06 - Local Government, Public Employees, Elections|Chapter 236 - Eligibility; Resignations, Removals and Vacancies; Discipline; Transfers|Section 236.040 - Leave of absence for Peace Corps volunteer; reinstatement.

(1) As used in this section: (a) "Public officer or employee" means any person who renders service to and is paid therefor by a public employer. (b) "Public employer" means the state or a county, city, school district or other public corporation, commission, agency, board or entity organized for a public purpose. (2) Public employers shall grant leaves of absence without pay for at least two years to any full-time salaried public officer or employee who serves, and while the public officer or employee serves, as a volunteer in the Peace Corps. Upon expiration of the leave the public officer or employee shall have the right to be reinstated to the position held before the leave was granted and at the salary rates prevailing for such positions on the date of resumption of duty, without loss of seniority or other employment rights, if any. Failure of the officer or employee to report within 90 days after termination of service shall be cause for dismissal. [1963 c.199 §§1,2]
OR Rev Stat § 236.100 (2021)
2021 Oregon Revised Statutes|Volume : 06 - Local Government, Public Employees, Elections|Chapter 236 - Eligibility; Resignations, Removals and Vacancies; Discipline; Transfers|Section 236.100 - Political affiliation of person appointed to fill vacancy in partisan elective office.

(1) Except as provided in subsection (2) of this section, whenever a vacancy occurs in any partisan elective office in this state and is to be filled by appointment, no person shall be eligible for such appointment unless the person is affiliated, as determined by the appropriate entry on the person’s official election registration card with the same political party: (a) As that by which the elected predecessor in the office was designated on the election ballot, if the name of the predecessor was printed on the election ballot. (b) As that by which the elected predecessor in the office was designated on the elector registration card of the predecessor on the date of the election at which the predecessor was elected, if the name of the predecessor was not printed on the ballot. (2) Under either of the following circumstances, a person who is otherwise eligible for appointment to fill a vacancy described in subsection (1) of this section may be appointed to fill the vacancy regardless of the person’s affiliation or lack of affiliation with a political party: (a) If the name of the elected predecessor in the office was printed on the ballot and the predecessor was not designated on the election ballot as affiliated with a political party. (b) If the name of the elected predecessor in the office was not printed on the ballot and the predecessor was not designated as affiliated with a political party on the elector registration card of the predecessor on the date of the election at which the predecessor was elected. [Formerly 236.135; 1985 c.586 §2; 1985 c.808 §74]
OR Rev Stat § 236.115 (2021)
2021 Oregon Revised Statutes|Volume : 06 - Local Government, Public Employees, Elections|Chapter 236 - Eligibility; Resignations, Removals and Vacancies; Discipline; Transfers|Section 236.115 - Diversity included in criteria for filling certain vacancies.

(1) In filling a vacancy on any new or existing appointive state board, commission, committee or council established by statute, if the vacancy is to be filled by a person who is not employed full-time and who is compensated as provided under ORS 292.495, the appointing authority shall include in the criteria for appointment, but need not limit the criteria to, the degree to which the candidate will contribute to one or more of the following: (a) Diversity of viewpoint; (b) Demographic variety reflecting the racial and gender population of the state or the region of appointment; and (c) Remediation of existing disparities between the number of qualified applicants of one race or gender and the number of members of such groups serving on the board, commission, committee or council. (2) The appointing authority for boards, commissions, committees and councils described under subsection (1) of this section shall report annually to the office of the Governor specifying the efforts taken to comply with this section and the result of those efforts. [1997 c.539 §1] Note: 236.115 was enacted into law by the Legislative Assembly but was not added to or made a part of ORS chapter 236 or any series therein by legislative action. See Preface to Oregon Revised Statutes for further explanation.
OR Rev Stat § 236.135 (2021)
2021 Oregon Revised Statutes|Volume : 06 - Local Government, Public Employees, Elections|Chapter 236 - Eligibility; Resignations, Removals and Vacancies; Discipline; Transfers|Section 236.135

[1953 c.473 §1; renumbered 236.100]
OR Rev Stat § 236.140 (2021)
2021 Oregon Revised Statutes|Volume : 06 - Local Government, Public Employees, Elections|Chapter 236 - Eligibility; Resignations, Removals and Vacancies; Discipline; Transfers|Section 236.140 - Term, removal, vacancy in appointive offices.

Any person holding an appointive office in any of the offices, departments or institutions of this state shall hold the same for an indefinite term not exceeding four years, or for the term specified for the office by law. A person holding an appointive office shall at all times serve at the pleasure of and be subject to removal by the appointive power that made the appointment unless a different standard for removal from the office is specified by law. The appointive power may in all cases appoint a successor. [Amended by 2013 c.425 §1]
OR Rev Stat § 236.145 (2021)
2021 Oregon Revised Statutes|Volume : 06 - Local Government, Public Employees, Elections|Chapter 236 - Eligibility; Resignations, Removals and Vacancies; Discipline; Transfers|Section 236.145 - Employment prohibitions for state board or commission members.

A person who has been appointed by the Governor to serve on a state board or commission may not be employed by the board or commission in a salaried position: (1) While the person is serving on the board or commission; or (2) Within one year after the person’s normal term on the board or commission expires, without regard to whether the person continues to serve on the board or commission after expiration of the person’s term. [1953 c.594 §1; 2003 c.749 §9]
OR Rev Stat § 236.147 (2021)
2021 Oregon Revised Statutes|Volume : 06 - Local Government, Public Employees, Elections|Chapter 236 - Eligibility; Resignations, Removals and Vacancies; Discipline; Transfers|Section 236.147 - Exception to ORS 236.145.

ORS 236.145 does not apply to any appointee to the position of executive director of a board who serves in that capacity as an ex officio member of the board making the appointment. [1983 c.402 §6]
OR Rev Stat § 236.210 (2021)
2021 Oregon Revised Statutes|Volume : 06 - Local Government, Public Employees, Elections|Chapter 236 - Eligibility; Resignations, Removals and Vacancies; Discipline; Transfers|Section 236.210 - Filling vacancies in county offices; qualification.

(1) When there is a vacancy in any elective county office other than the office of county judge or county commissioner, the county court or board of county commissioners shall appoint a person to perform the duties of the office until the vacancy is filled by election. (2) Except as provided in subsection (3) of this section, when a vacancy occurs in the nonpartisan office of county judge who does not exercise judicial functions or county commissioner, the remaining members of the county court or board of county commissioners shall appoint a person to perform the duties of the office until the vacancy is filled by election. (3) When a vacancy occurs in the office of county judge who exercises judicial functions, the Governor shall fill the vacancy by appointment as provided in section 16, Article V of the Oregon Constitution. (4) Before a person appointed under subsection (1) or (2) of this section takes office, the person shall qualify in the same manner as required by law of the officer in whose place the person is appointed. [Amended by 1965 c.221 §24; 1983 c.327 §6; 1985 c.17 §1; 1987 c.549 §1; 2001 c.430 §3]
OR Rev Stat § 236.215 (2021)
2021 Oregon Revised Statutes|Volume : 06 - Local Government, Public Employees, Elections|Chapter 236 - Eligibility; Resignations, Removals and Vacancies; Discipline; Transfers|Section 236.215 - Filling vacancies in partisan elective office of county judge or commissioner.

(1) When a vacancy occurs in the partisan elective office of county judge who does not exercise judicial functions or county commissioner, the remaining members of the county court or board of county commissioners of the county, pursuant to ORS 236.217, shall appoint a person qualified to hold office who is an elector of the county to perform the duties of the office until the term of office expires or the vacancy is filled by election. (2) When the provisions of ORS 236.217 apply, the appointment shall be made from a list of not fewer than three nor more than five nominees furnished by the county clerks. If fewer than three names of nominees are furnished or if no list is received by the appointing authority, the county court or board of county commissioners may consider additional qualified persons. The person so appointed must have been a member of the same major political party at least 180 days before the date the vacancy to be filled occurred. (3) The vacancy must be filled by appointment within 30 days after its occurrence. [1987 c.549 §3; 1989 c.171 §29; 2001 c.430 §4]
OR Rev Stat § 236.217 (2021)
2021 Oregon Revised Statutes|Volume : 06 - Local Government, Public Employees, Elections|Chapter 236 - Eligibility; Resignations, Removals and Vacancies; Discipline; Transfers|Section 236.217 - Nominations.

When any vacancy under ORS 236.215 exists in any partisan elective office of county judge who does not exercise judicial functions or county commissioner occupied by a member of a major political party and that vacancy is to be filled by an appointing authority as provided in ORS 236.215, the major political party pursuant to party rule shall nominate not fewer than three nor more than five qualified persons to fill the vacancy. The nominating procedure shall reflect the principle of one-person, one-vote to accord voting weight in proportion to the number of party members represented. At the request of a party making a nomination, the county clerk or chief elections officer of the county in which the vacancy exists shall assist the party in determining the number of electors registered as members of the party in the electoral district. As soon as the nominees have been appointed, but no later than 20 days after the vacancy occurs, the party shall notify the county clerk of the persons nominated. The county clerk shall notify the remaining members of the county court or board of county commissioners of the county in which the vacancy exists of the nominees. [1987 c.549 §4; 1993 c.797 §19; 2001 c.430 §5]
OR Rev Stat § 236.220 (2021)
2021 Oregon Revised Statutes|Volume : 06 - Local Government, Public Employees, Elections|Chapter 236 - Eligibility; Resignations, Removals and Vacancies; Discipline; Transfers|Section 236.220 - Deputy to fill vacancy in certain offices until person appointed qualifies.

(1) During the interval between the time when a vacancy occurs in any county office, except the office of county commissioner, and the time when the person appointed by the county court or board of county commissioners to fill the vacant office qualifies therefor, the chief deputy of the affected office shall perform all the official acts and duties of such office. (2) During the period the chief deputy serves as provided in subsection (1) of this section, the chief deputy shall be deemed to continue to occupy the position of chief deputy for the purpose of determining the status and rights of the chief deputy under the civil service law and Public Employees Retirement System, and such service shall in no respect affect the status or rights of the chief deputy under those systems. [Amended by 1963 c.161 §1]
OR Rev Stat § 236.225 (2021)
2021 Oregon Revised Statutes|Volume : 06 - Local Government, Public Employees, Elections|Chapter 236 - Eligibility; Resignations, Removals and Vacancies; Discipline; Transfers|Section 236.225 - Filling vacancies in offices of county governing body.

(1) If vacancies exist at the same time in all of the offices of members of a county governing body, two qualified persons shall be appointed by the Governor, and one by the appointees of the Governor, to perform the duties of the offices until the vacancies are filled as provided by law. If vacancies exist at the same time in all but one of such offices, the Governor shall appoint one qualified person who, with the incumbent serving in office, shall appoint another, each to perform the duties of the offices until the vacancies are filled. If county judge is one of the offices vacant, one of the appointments made by the Governor under this section shall be to the office of county judge. (2) When a county charter establishes a county governing body with more than three members, if a number of vacancies exist at the same time in the offices of members of that governing body so that all the remaining members do not constitute a quorum for the conduct of county business, the Governor shall appoint to the vacant offices the minimum number of qualified persons sufficient, with the incumbent members of the county governing body, to form a quorum. Persons appointed by the Governor under this subsection, together with the incumbent members serving in office, shall appoint qualified persons to the remaining vacant offices. All persons appointed under this subsection shall perform the duties of the office of member of the county governing body until the vacancies are filled as provided by law. (3) ORS 236.100 applies to appointments under this section. [1967 s.s. c.6 §1; 1983 c.327 §7]
OR Rev Stat § 236.240 (2021)
2021 Oregon Revised Statutes|Volume : 06 - Local Government, Public Employees, Elections|Chapter 236 - Eligibility; Resignations, Removals and Vacancies; Discipline; Transfers|Section 236.240 - Removal of county treasurer from office.

Whenever suit has been commenced on the official bond of any delinquent treasurer, the delinquent treasurer may be removed by the county court of the county.
OR Rev Stat § 236.310 (2021)
2021 Oregon Revised Statutes|Volume : 06 - Local Government, Public Employees, Elections|Chapter 236 - Eligibility; Resignations, Removals and Vacancies; Discipline; Transfers|Section 236.310 - Right of county commissioner to resign.

Any person who receives a certificate of election as a commissioner of the county court is at liberty to resign the office, though the person may not have entered upon the execution of its duties or taken the requisite oath of office. [Amended by 1965 c.221 §25; 1981 c.517 §25]
OR Rev Stat § 236.320 (2021)
2021 Oregon Revised Statutes|Volume : 06 - Local Government, Public Employees, Elections|Chapter 236 - Eligibility; Resignations, Removals and Vacancies; Discipline; Transfers|Section 236.320 - Recipient of resignation.

(1) Resignation shall be made as follows: (a) By the Secretary of State, State Treasurer and all officers elected by the legislature, to the Governor. (b) By all officers who hold their offices by election, to the officer authorized by law to order a special election to fill the resulting vacancy. (c) By all other officers holding their offices by appointment, to the body, board or officer that appointed them. (2) Resignations described in this section must be made in writing. [Amended by 2007 c.155 §1]
OR Rev Stat § 236.325 (2021)
2021 Oregon Revised Statutes|Volume : 06 - Local Government, Public Employees, Elections|Chapter 236 - Eligibility; Resignations, Removals and Vacancies; Discipline; Transfers|Section 236.325 - Resignation of office effective at future date; selection of successor; exception.

Notwithstanding any other provision of law: (1) The holder of a public office may resign the office effective at a future date that is prior to the expiration of the term of the office. (2) Any person who receives a certificate of election as a holder of a public office, even though the person may not have entered upon the execution of its duties or taken the requisite oath of office, may resign the office effective at a future date that is: (a) Prior to the beginning of the term of the office; or (b) After the beginning of the term of the office. (3) Except where an election is required by law, if the holder of a public office or a person who receives a certificate of election as a holder of a public office resigns the office effective at a future date, the appointing authority required by law to fill a vacancy in the public office may begin the process to fill the vacancy and may select a successor prior to the effective date of any resignation under this section. (4) The appointing authority may appoint a successor to fill a vacancy in the public office at any time after the effective date of a resignation described in this section. This subsection does not apply where a person who receives a certificate of election as a holder of a public office resigns prior to the beginning of the term of office and an incumbent still holds the public office. (5) A resignation is binding unless withdrawn in writing by the end of the third business day after the resignation is made. (6) Where the effective date of a resignation is 21 or more calendar days before the deadline for filing a nominating petition, declaration of candidacy or certificate of nomination necessary to fill the office at the general election next following the effective date of the resignation, and the deadline for withdrawing the resignation has passed, the filing officer for the office shall accept filings of nominating petitions, declarations of candidacy and certificates of nomination and the vacancy shall be filled at the general election next following the effective date of the vacancy. (7) This section does not apply to the office of Governor. [1991 c.719 §39; 1995 c.607 §68; 2005 c.797 §30] Note: 236.325 was enacted into law by the Legislative Assembly but was not added to or made a part of ORS chapter 236 or any series therein by legislative action. See Preface to Oregon Revised Statutes for further explanation.
OR Rev Stat § 236.350 (2021)
2021 Oregon Revised Statutes|Volume : 06 - Local Government, Public Employees, Elections|Chapter 236 - Eligibility; Resignations, Removals and Vacancies; Discipline; Transfers|Section 236.350 - Definitions for ORS 236.350 to 236.370.

As used in ORS 236.350 to 236.370: (1) "Disciplinary action" means action taken against a public safety officer by an employer to punish the officer, including dismissal, demotion, suspension without pay, reduction in salary, written reprimand and transfer. (2) "Just cause" means a cause reasonably related to the public safety officer’s ability to perform required work. The term includes a willful violation of reasonable work rules, regulations or written policies. (3) "Public safety officer" means: (a) A member of a law enforcement unit who is employed full-time as a peace officer commissioned by a city, university that has established a police department under ORS 352.121 or 353.125, port, school district, mass transit district, county, Indian reservation, the Criminal Justice Division of the Department of Justice, the Oregon State Lottery Commission or the Governor and who is responsible for enforcing the criminal laws of this state or laws or ordinances relating to airport security. (b) A corrections officer, a parole and probation officer or a youth correction officer as those terms are defined in ORS 181A.355. [1979 c.618 §2; 1991 c.742 §14; 1993 c.594 §6; 1993 c.623 §3; 2007 c.71 §74; 2009 c.716 §1; 2011 c.506 §31; 2013 c.180 §35]
OR Rev Stat § 236.370 (2021)
2021 Oregon Revised Statutes|Volume : 06 - Local Government, Public Employees, Elections|Chapter 236 - Eligibility; Resignations, Removals and Vacancies; Discipline; Transfers|Section 236.370 - ORS 236.350 to 236.370 not applicable to certain public safety officers.

ORS 236.350 to 236.370 do not apply to disciplinary action taken against public safety officers who are: (1) In an initial probationary period of employment that does not exceed 12 months or in a probationary period under a collective bargaining agreement which is in excess of 12 months; (2) Under a county civil service system adopted pursuant to ORS 241.002 to 241.009; (3) Under a county or municipal civil service system which provides public safety officers with disciplinary action protections at least equivalent to those provided under ORS 236.350 and 236.360; (4) The chief executive officers of law enforcement units, as defined in ORS 181A.355; (5) Supervisory employees, as defined under ORS 243.650, where a collective bargaining agreement is in effect with their public employer; or (6) Represented in a collective bargaining unit if the collective bargaining agreement or the established policies of the law enforcement unit that employs the public safety officers provide for procedures and safeguards of the sort provided for in ORS 236.350 to 236.370. [1979 c.618 §4; 1991 c.742 §15; 1993 c.185 §22; 1993 c.623 §4; 1995 c.286 §19; 2009 c.716 §3; 2011 c.202 §1]
OR Rev Stat § 236.605 (2021)
2021 Oregon Revised Statutes|Volume : 06 - Local Government, Public Employees, Elections|Chapter 236 - Eligibility; Resignations, Removals and Vacancies; Discipline; Transfers|Section 236.605 - Definitions for ORS 236.605 to 236.640.

As used in ORS 236.605 to 236.640: (1) "Public employee" means an employee whose compensation is paid from public funds. (2) "Public employer" includes any of the following entities that has accepted the transfer of a public program from a public employer in this state for maintenance and operation: (a) The state; (b) Cities; (c) Counties; (d) School districts; (e) Special districts; (f) Education service districts; and (g) Oregon nonprofit corporations. (3) "Transfer" does not include the transfer of an employee from a nonprofit corporation to a nonprofit corporation. [1991 c.918 §2; 1995 c.286 §20; 2013 c.533 §1; 2015 c.314 §1]