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OR Rev Stat § 192.415 (2021)
2021 Oregon Revised Statutes|Volume : 05 - State Government, Government Procedures, Land Use|Chapter 192 - Records; Public Reports and Meetings|Section 192.415 - Procedure to review denial of right to inspect other public records; effect of disclosure.

(1) ORS 192.401 and 192.411 apply to the case of a person denied the right to inspect or to receive a copy of any public record of a public body other than a state agency, except that: (a) The district attorney of the county in which the public body is located, or if it is located in more than one county the district attorney of the county in which the administrative offices of the public body are located, shall carry out the functions of the Attorney General; (b) Any suit filed must be filed in the circuit court for the county described in paragraph (a) of this subsection; and (c) The district attorney may not serve as counsel for the public body, in the cases permitted under ORS 192.411 (3), unless the district attorney ordinarily serves as counsel for the public body. (2) Disclosure of a record to the district attorney in compliance with subsection (1) of this section does not waive any privilege or claim of privilege regarding the record or its contents. (3) Disclosure of a record or part of a record as ordered by the district attorney is a compelled disclosure for purposes of ORS 40.285. [Formerly 192.460]
OR Rev Stat § 192.418 (2021)
2021 Oregon Revised Statutes|Volume : 05 - State Government, Government Procedures, Land Use|Chapter 192 - Records; Public Reports and Meetings|Section 192.418 - Effect of failure of Attorney General, district attorney or elected official to take timely action on inspection petition.

(1) The failure of the Attorney General or district attorney to issue an order under ORS 192.401, 192.411 or 192.415 denying, granting, or denying in part and granting in part a petition to require disclosure within seven days from the day of receipt of the petition shall be treated as an order denying the petition for the purpose of determining whether a person may institute proceedings for injunctive or declaratory relief under ORS 192.401, 192.411 or 192.415. (2) The failure of an elected official to deny, grant, or deny in part and grant in part a request to inspect or receive a copy of a public record within seven days from the day of receipt of the request shall be treated as a denial of the request for the purpose of determining whether a person may institute proceedings for injunctive or declaratory relief under ORS 192.401, 192.411 or 192.415. [Formerly 192.465]
OR Rev Stat § 192.420 (2021)
2021 Oregon Revised Statutes|Volume : 05 - State Government, Government Procedures, Land Use|Chapter 192 - Records; Public Reports and Meetings|Section 192.420

[1973 c.794 §3; 1999 c.574 §1; 2003 c.403 §1; renumbered 192.314 in 2017]
OR Rev Stat § 192.422 (2021)
2021 Oregon Revised Statutes|Volume : 05 - State Government, Government Procedures, Land Use|Chapter 192 - Records; Public Reports and Meetings|Section 192.422 - Petition form; procedure when petition received.

(1) A petition to the Attorney General or district attorney requesting the Attorney General or district attorney to order a public record to be made available for inspection or to be produced shall be in substantially the following form, or in a form containing the same information: ______________________________________________________________________________ ______ I (we), ____________ (name(s)), the undersigned, request the Attorney General (or District Attorney of ______ County) to order ______ (name of governmental body) and its employees to (make available for inspection) (produce a copy or copies of) the following records: 1. ____________________ 2. ____________________ I (we) asked to inspect and/or copy these records on ______ (date) at ______ (address). The request was denied by the following person(s): 1. ____________________ (Name of public officer or employee; title or position, if known) 2. ____________________ (Name of public officer or employee; title or position, if known) ______________________ ______________________________________________________________________________ This form should be delivered or mailed to the Attorney General’s office in Salem, or the district attorney’s office in the county courthouse. (2) Promptly upon receipt of such a petition, the Attorney General or district attorney shall notify the public body involved. The public body shall thereupon transmit the public record disclosure of which is sought, or a copy, to the Attorney General, together with a statement of its reasons for believing that the public record should not be disclosed. In an appropriate case, with the consent of the Attorney General, the public body may instead disclose the nature or substance of the public record to the Attorney General. [Formerly 192.470]
OR Rev Stat § 192.423 (2021)
2021 Oregon Revised Statutes|Volume : 05 - State Government, Government Procedures, Land Use|Chapter 192 - Records; Public Reports and Meetings|Section 192.423

[2007 c.513 §2; renumbered 192.360 in 2017]
OR Rev Stat § 192.427 (2021)
2021 Oregon Revised Statutes|Volume : 05 - State Government, Government Procedures, Land Use|Chapter 192 - Records; Public Reports and Meetings|Section 192.427 - Procedure to review denial by elected official of right to inspect public records.

In any case in which a person is denied the right to inspect or to receive a copy of a public record in the custody of an elected official, or in the custody of any other person but as to which an elected official claims the right to withhold disclosure, no petition to require disclosure may be filed with the Attorney General or district attorney, or if a petition is filed it shall not be considered by the Attorney General or district attorney after a claim of right to withhold disclosure by an elected official. In such case a person denied the right to inspect or to receive a copy of a public record may institute proceedings for injunctive or declaratory relief in the appropriate circuit court, as specified in ORS 192.401, 192.411 or 192.415, and the Attorney General or district attorney may upon request serve or decline to serve, in the discretion of the Attorney General or district attorney, as counsel in such suit for an elected official for which the Attorney General or district attorney ordinarily serves as counsel. Nothing in this section shall preclude an elected official from requesting advice from the Attorney General or a district attorney as to whether a public record should be disclosed. [Formerly 192.480]
OR Rev Stat § 192.430 (2021)
2021 Oregon Revised Statutes|Volume : 05 - State Government, Government Procedures, Land Use|Chapter 192 - Records; Public Reports and Meetings|Section 192.430

[1973 c.794 §4; 1989 c.546 §1; renumbered 192.318 in 2017]
OR Rev Stat § 192.431 (2021)
2021 Oregon Revised Statutes|Volume : 05 - State Government, Government Procedures, Land Use|Chapter 192 - Records; Public Reports and Meetings|Section 192.431 - Court authority in reviewing action denying right to inspect public records; docketing; costs and attorney fees.

(1) In any suit filed under ORS 192.401, 192.411, 192.415, 192.422 or 192.427, the court has jurisdiction to enjoin the public body from withholding records and to order the production of any records improperly withheld from the person seeking disclosure. The court shall determine the matter de novo and the burden is on the public body to sustain its action. The court, on its own motion, may view the documents in controversy in camera before reaching a decision. Any noncompliance with the order of the court may be punished as contempt of court. (2) Except as to causes the court considers of greater importance, proceedings arising under ORS 192.401, 192.411, 192.415, 192.422 or 192.427 take precedence on the docket over all other causes and shall be assigned for hearing and trial at the earliest practicable date and expedited in every way. (3) If a person seeking the right to inspect or to receive a copy of a public record prevails in the suit, the person shall be awarded costs and disbursements and reasonable attorney fees at trial and on appeal. If the person prevails in part, the court may in its discretion award the person costs and disbursements and reasonable attorney fees at trial and on appeal, or an appropriate portion thereof. If the state agency failed to comply with the Attorney General’s order in full and did not issue a notice of intention to institute proceedings pursuant to ORS 192.411 (2) within seven days after issuance of the order, or did not institute the proceedings within seven days after issuance of the notice, the petitioner shall be awarded costs of suit at the trial level and reasonable attorney fees regardless of which party instituted the suit and regardless of which party prevailed therein. [Formerly 192.490]
OR Rev Stat § 192.435 (2021)
2021 Oregon Revised Statutes|Volume : 05 - State Government, Government Procedures, Land Use|Chapter 192 - Records; Public Reports and Meetings|Section 192.435

[2015 c.26 §3; 2015 c.805 §2; renumbered 192.365 in 2017]
OR Rev Stat § 192.437 (2021)
2021 Oregon Revised Statutes|Volume : 05 - State Government, Government Procedures, Land Use|Chapter 192 - Records; Public Reports and Meetings|Section 192.437

[2015 c.805 §3; renumbered 192.363 in 2017]
OR Rev Stat § 192.440 (2021)
2021 Oregon Revised Statutes|Volume : 05 - State Government, Government Procedures, Land Use|Chapter 192 - Records; Public Reports and Meetings|Section 192.440

[1973 c.794 §5; 1979 c.548 §4; 1989 c.111 §12; 1989 c.377 §2; 1989 c.546 §2; 1999 c.824 §5; 2001 c.445 §168; 2005 c.272 §1; 2007 c.467 §1; 2017 c.456 §3; renumbered 192.324 in 2017]
OR Rev Stat § 192.445 (2021)
2021 Oregon Revised Statutes|Volume : 05 - State Government, Government Procedures, Land Use|Chapter 192 - Records; Public Reports and Meetings|Section 192.445

[1993 c.787 §5; 1995 c.742 §12; 2003 c.807 §1; renumbered 192.368 in 2017]
OR Rev Stat § 192.447 (2021)
2021 Oregon Revised Statutes|Volume : 05 - State Government, Government Procedures, Land Use|Chapter 192 - Records; Public Reports and Meetings|Section 192.447

[2003 c.282 §1; renumbered 192.371 in 2017]
OR Rev Stat § 192.448 (2021)
2021 Oregon Revised Statutes|Volume : 05 - State Government, Government Procedures, Land Use|Chapter 192 - Records; Public Reports and Meetings|Section 192.448

[2012 c.93 §2; 2012 c.93 §5; renumbered 192.374 in 2017]
OR Rev Stat § 192.450 (2021)
2021 Oregon Revised Statutes|Volume : 05 - State Government, Government Procedures, Land Use|Chapter 192 - Records; Public Reports and Meetings|Section 192.450

[1973 c.794 §6; 1975 c.308 §2; 1997 c.791 §8; 1999 c.751 §4; 2017 c.101 §4; subsections (1) to (3) renumbered 192.411 and subsections (4) to (7) renumbered 192.401 in 2017]
OR Rev Stat § 192.460 (2021)
2021 Oregon Revised Statutes|Volume : 05 - State Government, Government Procedures, Land Use|Chapter 192 - Records; Public Reports and Meetings|Section 192.460

[1973 c.794 §7; 2007 c.513 §4; renumbered 192.415 in 2017]
OR Rev Stat § 192.461 (2021)
2021 Oregon Revised Statutes|Volume : 05 - State Government, Government Procedures, Land Use|Chapter 192 - Records; Public Reports and Meetings|Section 192.461 - Public Records Advocate.

(1) The office of the Public Records Advocate is created as an independent office within the executive department, separate and distinct from any other state agency. (2) The Public Records Advocate shall be appointed by the Public Records Advisory Council under ORS 192.481. (3) The Public Records Advocate shall be a member in good standing of the Oregon State Bar. (4) The term of office of the Public Records Advocate shall be four years, except that the advocate may be removed for cause by the Public Records Advisory Council. A determination to remove for cause may be appealed as a contested case proceeding under ORS chapter 183. (5) The advocate may be reappointed to consecutive terms. (6) The Public Records Advocate is in the exempt service. (7)(a) The Public Records Advocate shall select, appoint and fix the compensation of a Deputy Public Records Advocate. The Deputy Public Records Advocate shall be a member in good standing of the Oregon State Bar. (b) The Public Records Advocate may delegate to the Deputy Public Records Advocate any authority, power or duty to act possessed by the Public Records Advocate except the power to delegate set forth in this paragraph. (c) If the position of the Public Records Advocate becomes vacant, the Deputy Public Records Advocate shall serve as the acting Public Records Advocate until a new Public Records Advocate has been appointed. (8)(a) The Public Records Advocate may hire and fix the compensation of other professional staff to assist in performing the duties assigned to the Public Records Advocate. (b) Officers and employees of the office of the Public Records Advocate are in the exempt service. (9) The Public Records Advocate may seek out office facilities and administrative support from other state agencies or local public bodies. State agencies shall assist the advocate. Local public bodies may assist the advocate. [2017 c.728 §1; 2017 c.728 §16; 2019 c.107 §1; 2021 c.582 §1]
OR Rev Stat § 192.465 (2021)
2021 Oregon Revised Statutes|Volume : 05 - State Government, Government Procedures, Land Use|Chapter 192 - Records; Public Reports and Meetings|Section 192.465

[1975 c.308 §5; renumbered 192.418 in 2017]
OR Rev Stat § 192.468 (2021)
2021 Oregon Revised Statutes|Volume : 05 - State Government, Government Procedures, Land Use|Chapter 192 - Records; Public Reports and Meetings|Section 192.468 - Discretion of Public Records Advocate in dispute resolution services.

Consistent with ORS 192.464 and rules adopted thereunder, the Public Records Advocate possesses sole discretion over the conduct of facilitated dispute resolution sessions. [2017 c.728 §3]
OR Rev Stat § 192.470 (2021)
2021 Oregon Revised Statutes|Volume : 05 - State Government, Government Procedures, Land Use|Chapter 192 - Records; Public Reports and Meetings|Section 192.470

[1973 c.794 §10; renumbered 192.422 in 2017]
OR Rev Stat § 192.472 (2021)
2021 Oregon Revised Statutes|Volume : 05 - State Government, Government Procedures, Land Use|Chapter 192 - Records; Public Reports and Meetings|Section 192.472 - Confidentiality of Public Records Advocate records.

Written records, documents, notes or statements of any kind prepared for or submitted to the Public Records Advocate, prepared by the advocate or exchanged between parties seeking a facilitated dispute resolution are subject to ORS 36.220 to 36.238. The Public Records Advocate may claim any exemption from disclosure under ORS 192.311 to 192.478 that a public body that is a party to the facilitated dispute resolution may claim with respect to a request for public records described in this section. [2017 c.728 §4]
OR Rev Stat § 192.475 (2021)
2021 Oregon Revised Statutes|Volume : 05 - State Government, Government Procedures, Land Use|Chapter 192 - Records; Public Reports and Meetings|Section 192.475 - Public records request training.

(1) The Public Records Advocate shall provide training for state agencies and local governments on the requirements and best practices for processing and responding to public records requests. (2) The Public Records Advocate shall perform training sessions throughout this state. (3) Upon the written request of a state agency or local government, the Public Records Advocate may provide guidance and advice on matters pertaining to public records request processing and the disclosure and applicability of exemptions from disclosure of public records. (4) Guidance and advice provided pursuant to subsection (3) of this section is purely advisory and must cease when the particular advice sought relates to a matter that is referred to facilitated dispute resolution under ORS 192.464. [2017 c.728 §5]
OR Rev Stat § 192.477 (2021)
2021 Oregon Revised Statutes|Volume : 05 - State Government, Government Procedures, Land Use|Chapter 192 - Records; Public Reports and Meetings|Section 192.477 - Public Records Advocate Fund.

(1) The Public Records Advocate Fund is established in the State Treasury, separate and distinct from the General Fund. Interest earned by the Public Records Advocate Fund shall be credited to the Public Records Advocate Fund. (2) The Public Records Advocate Fund shall consist of moneys appropriated or otherwise transferred to the fund by the Legislative Assembly and interest earnings of the fund. (3) Moneys in the Public Records Advocate Fund are continuously appropriated to the Public Records Advocate for the purpose of funding the operations of the office of the Public Records Advocate and the Public Records Advisory Council. [2021 c.582 §4] Note: 192.477 was enacted into law by the Legislative Assembly but was not added to or made a part of ORS chapter 192 or any series therein by legislative action. See Preface to Oregon Revised Statutes for further explanation.
OR Rev Stat § 192.478 (2021)
2021 Oregon Revised Statutes|Volume : 05 - State Government, Government Procedures, Land Use|Chapter 192 - Records; Public Reports and Meetings|Section 192.478 - Exemption for Judicial Department.

The Judicial Department is not subject to ORS 192.464 and 192.475. [2017 c.728 §6]
OR Rev Stat § 192.480 (2021)
2021 Oregon Revised Statutes|Volume : 05 - State Government, Government Procedures, Land Use|Chapter 192 - Records; Public Reports and Meetings|Section 192.480

[1973 c.794 §8; renumbered 192.427 in 2017]
OR Rev Stat § 192.483 (2021)
2021 Oregon Revised Statutes|Volume : 05 - State Government, Government Procedures, Land Use|Chapter 192 - Records; Public Reports and Meetings|Section 192.483 - Duties of Public Records Advisory Council; rules.

(1) The Public Records Advisory Council created under ORS 192.481 shall periodically perform all of the following: (a) Survey state agency and other public body practices and procedures for: (A) Receiving public records requests, identifying the existence of records responsive to the requests and gathering and disclosing responsive records; (B) Determining fee estimates and imposing or waiving fees under ORS 192.324; and (C) Determining and applying exemptions from required disclosure of public records. (b) Examine practices similar to those described in paragraph (a) of this subsection in other jurisdictions. (c) Identify inefficiencies and inconsistencies in application of the public records law that impede transparency in public process and government. (d) Make recommendations on changes in law, policy or practice that could enhance transparency in public process and government, and facilitate rapid dissemination of public records to requesters. (e) Make recommendations on the role of the Public Records Advocate as facilitator in disputes between custodians of public records and public record requesters. (2) No later than December 1 of each even-numbered year, the council shall submit to the Governor, and to the Legislative Assembly in the manner provided by ORS 192.245, a report that describes the findings of the council since the council’s last report. The report may include recommendations for legislation. (3) The council or the Public Records Advocate may prepare reports and studies more frequently than required under subsection (2) of this section. (4) The council may adopt rules governing the operations of the office of the Public Records Advocate, including but not limited to rules establishing procedures for the conduct of facilitated dispute resolution under ORS 192.464. The council shall consider efficiencies and the preference for a policy of transparency and openness in government in this state in adopting rules under this subsection. (5) The Public Records Advocate shall serve as the custodian of all council records. [2017 c.728 §10; 2021 c.582 §3]
OR Rev Stat § 192.485 (2021)
2021 Oregon Revised Statutes|Volume : 05 - State Government, Government Procedures, Land Use|Chapter 192 - Records; Public Reports and Meetings|Section 192.485 - Definitions for ORS 192.485 to 192.513.

As used in ORS 192.485 to 192.513, "public record" has the meaning given that term in ORS 192.311. [2017 c.654 §1] Note: 192.485 to 192.513 were enacted into law by the Legislative Assembly but were not added to or made a part of ORS chapter 192 or any series therein by legislative action. See Preface to Oregon Revised Statutes for further explanation.
OR Rev Stat § 192.488 (2021)
2021 Oregon Revised Statutes|Volume : 05 - State Government, Government Procedures, Land Use|Chapter 192 - Records; Public Reports and Meetings|Section 192.488 - Open government impact statement.

(1) The Legislative Counsel shall prepare an open government impact statement for each measure reported out of a committee of the Legislative Assembly if the measure affects the disclosure, or exemption from disclosure, of a public record. (2) An open government impact statement must: (a) State whether the measure conforms to any standards adopted by the Legislative Counsel for drafting measures that establish exemptions from disclosure of public records; and (b) Describe how the measure would alter existing standards regarding the disclosure or exemption from disclosure of public records and how the measure would impact public interests in disclosure that would be served if the public record were subject to mandatory disclosure. [2017 c.654 §2] Note: See note under 192.485.
OR Rev Stat § 192.490 (2021)
2021 Oregon Revised Statutes|Volume : 05 - State Government, Government Procedures, Land Use|Chapter 192 - Records; Public Reports and Meetings|Section 192.490

[1973 c.794 §9; 1975 c.308 §3; 1981 c.897 §40; renumbered 192.431 in 2017]
OR Rev Stat § 192.492 (2021)
2021 Oregon Revised Statutes|Volume : 05 - State Government, Government Procedures, Land Use|Chapter 192 - Records; Public Reports and Meetings|Section 192.492 - Notification of change to public records laws.

The Legislative Counsel shall notify the Legislative Counsel Committee, or its designee, and the Oregon Sunshine Committee if a measure that changes an exemption from disclosure for public records or existing standards of disclosure for public records is introduced. [2017 c.654 §3] Note: See note under 192.485.
OR Rev Stat § 192.493 (2021)
2021 Oregon Revised Statutes|Volume : 05 - State Government, Government Procedures, Land Use|Chapter 192 - Records; Public Reports and Meetings|Section 192.493

[2003 c.803 §27; 2011 c.602 §33; 2015 c.792 §3; renumbered 192.395 in 2017]
OR Rev Stat § 192.495 (2021)
2021 Oregon Revised Statutes|Volume : 05 - State Government, Government Procedures, Land Use|Chapter 192 - Records; Public Reports and Meetings|Section 192.495

[1979 c.301 §2; renumbered 192.390 in 2017]
OR Rev Stat § 192.496 (2021)
2021 Oregon Revised Statutes|Volume : 05 - State Government, Government Procedures, Land Use|Chapter 192 - Records; Public Reports and Meetings|Section 192.496

[1979 c.301 §3; renumbered 192.398 in 2017]
OR Rev Stat § 192.497 (2021)
2021 Oregon Revised Statutes|Volume : 05 - State Government, Government Procedures, Land Use|Chapter 192 - Records; Public Reports and Meetings|Section 192.497

[2015 c.805 §4; renumbered 192.380 in 2017]