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OR Rev Stat § 238.615 (2021)
2021 Oregon Revised Statutes|Volume : 06 - Local Government, Public Employees, Elections|Chapter 238 - Public Employees Retirement System|Section 238.615 - Revolving fund for payment of administrative expenses.

(1) On request from the Public Employees Retirement System, the Oregon Department of Administrative Services shall draw warrants on amounts authorized for payment of the administrative expenses of the system for use by the system as a revolving fund. The revolving fund shall not exceed the aggregate sum of $5,000 including unreimbursed advances. The revolving fund shall be deposited with the State Treasurer to be held in a special account against which the system may draw checks. (2) The revolving fund may be used by the system to pay travel expenses for employees of the system and for any consultants or advisors for whom payment of travel expenses is authorized by law, or advances therefor, or for salary advances or payment to terminating employees, or for receipt and disbursement of funds made available to the system through vocational rehabilitation training programs. (3) All claims for reimbursement of amounts paid from the revolving fund shall be approved by the system and by the department. When such claims have been approved, a warrant covering them shall be drawn in favor of the system and charged against the appropriate fund or account and shall be used to reimburse the revolving fund. [Formerly 237.293]
OR Rev Stat § 238.618 (2021)
2021 Oregon Revised Statutes|Volume : 06 - Local Government, Public Employees, Elections|Chapter 238 - Public Employees Retirement System|Section 238.618 - Exclusion of employer or employee from system to maintain tax qualification.

Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the Public Employees Retirement Board may deny or terminate participation by an employer in the Public Employees Retirement System, and may deny or terminate membership in the system for any employee, if the board determines that allowing participation by the employer or membership for the employee would cause the system or the Public Employees Retirement Fund to lose qualification as a qualified governmental retirement plan and trust under the Internal Revenue Code and under regulations adopted pursuant to the Internal Revenue Code. [1999 c.317 §3]
OR Rev Stat § 238.622 (2021)
2021 Oregon Revised Statutes|Volume : 06 - Local Government, Public Employees, Elections|Chapter 238 - Public Employees Retirement System|Section 238.622 - Report on changes to actuarial methods and assumptions.

At least 30 days before the Public Employees Retirement Board adopts changes to actuarial methods and assumptions used for purposes of the Public Employees Retirement System, the board shall submit a report to the Joint Committee on Ways and Means or the Joint Interim Committee on Ways and Means detailing the proposed changes and the associated, actuarially determined impact to the total liability of the system, the accrued liability of the system and employer contribution rates. [2019 c.355 §57]
OR Rev Stat § 238.635 (2021)
2021 Oregon Revised Statutes|Volume : 06 - Local Government, Public Employees, Elections|Chapter 238 - Public Employees Retirement System|Section 238.635 - Board consideration of system goals and objectives.

The Public Employees Retirement Board shall include a study of accounting, reporting and related subjects when considering the goals and objectives of the Public Employees Retirement System. [Formerly 237.253]
OR Rev Stat § 238.645 (2021)
2021 Oregon Revised Statutes|Volume : 06 - Local Government, Public Employees, Elections|Chapter 238 - Public Employees Retirement System|Section 238.645 - Director and staff.

The system shall be administered, subject to the limitations of this chapter, ORS chapter 238A and the budget prescribed by the board, by the director provided for by ORS 238.630 and by a staff which the board authorizes and which the director appoints. The director shall hold that position during the discretion of the board and the members of the staff shall hold their respective positions during the discretion of the director. No member of the staff may be removed from it, however, in a manner contrary to the laws of the state regarding civil service. The director shall furnish such bond as is required by the board. [Formerly 237.259; 2003 c.733 §58]
OR Rev Stat § 238.646 (2021)
2021 Oregon Revised Statutes|Volume : 06 - Local Government, Public Employees, Elections|Chapter 238 - Public Employees Retirement System|Section 238.646 - Authority of Director of Public Employees Retirement System to require fingerprints.

For the purpose of requesting a state or nationwide criminal records check under ORS 181A.195, the Director of the Public Employees Retirement System may require the fingerprints of a person who: (1)(a) Is employed or applying for employment by the system; or (b) Provides services or seeks to provide services to the system as a contractor, vendor or volunteer; and (2) Is, or will be, working or providing services in a position: (a) In which the person is providing information technology services and has control over, or access to, information technology systems that would allow the person to harm the information technology systems or the information contained in the systems; (b) In which the person has access to information, the disclosure of which is prohibited by state or federal laws, rules or regulations or information that is defined as confidential under state or federal laws, rules or regulations; (c) That has payroll functions or in which the person has responsibility for receiving, receipting or depositing money or negotiable instruments, for billing, collections or other financial transactions or for purchasing or selling property; (d) That has mailroom duties as the primary duty or job function of the position; (e) In which the person has access to personal information about employees or members of the public including Social Security numbers, dates of birth, driver license numbers, personal financial information or criminal background information; (f) In which the person provides security, design or construction services for government buildings, grounds or facilities; or (g) In which the person has responsibility for auditing within the system. [2005 c.730 §76] Note: 238.646 was enacted into law by the Legislative Assembly but was not added to or made a part of ORS chapter 238 or any series therein by legislative action. See Preface to Oregon Revised Statutes for further explanation.
OR Rev Stat § 238.650 (2021)
2021 Oregon Revised Statutes|Volume : 06 - Local Government, Public Employees, Elections|Chapter 238 - Public Employees Retirement System|Section 238.650 - Rules of board; written plan document.

(1) Subject to the limitations of this chapter and ORS chapter 238A, the Public Employees Retirement Board shall, from time to time, establish rules for transacting its business and administering the system in accordance with the requirements of ORS chapter 183. (2) All rules adopted by the board become part of the written plan document of the Public Employees Retirement System for the purpose of the status of the system and the Public Employees Retirement Fund as a qualified governmental retirement plan and trust under the Internal Revenue Code and under regulations adopted pursuant to the Internal Revenue Code. [Formerly 237.263; 1999 c.317 §1; 2003 c.733 §59]
OR Rev Stat § 238.655 (2021)
2021 Oregon Revised Statutes|Volume : 06 - Local Government, Public Employees, Elections|Chapter 238 - Public Employees Retirement System|Section 238.655 - Procedure for board hearings.

In order to determine any facts necessary to the administration of the retirement system, the board may conduct hearings, subpoena and examine witnesses and require any person having custody thereof to bring before the board any book, record, document, certificate, writing, article or thing necessary to a determination of facts. The chairperson or member of the board acting in such capacity shall have authority to administer oaths. The procedure in such hearings shall be informal. Fees shall not be paid to witnesses who are public officers or employees, whether or not their employer is participating in the system. No public employer shall make deduction from the compensation of public officers or employees because of absence from their respective positions in order to be examined as witnesses before the board. The fees of other witnesses and mileage of any witness shall be as allowed by law to witnesses in ORS 44.415 (2). Fees and mileage and all other necessary disbursements in connection with a hearing shall be paid by the public employer whose failure or refusal to supply any facts requested of it by the board made necessary such hearing. [Formerly 237.315]
OR Rev Stat § 238.657 (2021)
2021 Oregon Revised Statutes|Volume : 06 - Local Government, Public Employees, Elections|Chapter 238 - Public Employees Retirement System|Section 238.657 - Board counsel.

The Attorney General shall consult with the Governor on appointment of separate counsel pursuant to ORS 180.235 to represent the Public Employees Retirement Board in any matter or in any class of matters in which the benefits payable under the Public Employees Retirement System are at issue, including but not limited to defending the provisions of chapter 67, Oregon Laws 2003. [2003 c.67 §14a; 2005 c.22 §180] Note: Legislative Counsel has substituted "chapter 67, Oregon Laws 2003," for the words "this 2003 Act" in section 14a, chapter 67, Oregon Laws 2003, compiled as 238.657. Specific ORS references have not been substituted, pursuant to 173.160. The sections for which substitution otherwise would be made may be determined by referring to the 2003 Comparative Section Table located in Volume 22 of ORS.
OR Rev Stat § 238.661 (2021)
2021 Oregon Revised Statutes|Volume : 06 - Local Government, Public Employees, Elections|Chapter 238 - Public Employees Retirement System|Section 238.661 - Moneys in fund appropriated to board.

Moneys in the Public Employees Retirement Fund are continuously appropriated to the Public Employees Retirement Board to carry out the purposes of this chapter and ORS chapter 238A. [2001 c.716 §10; 2003 c.733 §61]
OR Rev Stat § 238.665 (2021)
2021 Oregon Revised Statutes|Volume : 06 - Local Government, Public Employees, Elections|Chapter 238 - Public Employees Retirement System|Section 238.665 - Contributions and interest not included in board’s budget.

Contributions required by this chapter or ORS chapter 238A to be placed in the retirement fund, and interest required to be allocated to the member accounts of members of the retirement system and to participating employers, shall not be included in the biennial departmental budget of the board. [Formerly 237.279; 2001 c.945 §64; 2003 c.733 §62]
OR Rev Stat § 238.671 (2021)
2021 Oregon Revised Statutes|Volume : 06 - Local Government, Public Employees, Elections|Chapter 238 - Public Employees Retirement System|Section 238.671 - Proposal to legislative review agency for crediting of interest or income.

At least 30 days before crediting any interest or other income received through investment of moneys to any fund or account, the Public Employees Retirement Board shall submit a preliminary proposal for crediting to the appropriate legislative review agency, as defined in ORS 291.371, for its review and comment. The proposal shall identify gross earnings, investment expenses and administrative expenses, by fund or account, related to the crediting of the interest or other income. [2020 s.s.2 c.10 §13]
OR Rev Stat § 238.672 (2021)
2021 Oregon Revised Statutes|Volume : 06 - Local Government, Public Employees, Elections|Chapter 238 - Public Employees Retirement System|Section 238.672 - Crediting of earnings to employer upon death or retirement of member.

Upon the death or retirement of a member of the Public Employees Retirement System, the Public Employees Retirement Board shall credit earnings to the participating public employer or employers that employed the member. The board shall credit earnings to the amounts charged to each employer by reason of the death or retirement. The earnings rate used by the board shall be the same rate that the board uses for crediting member accounts at the time the charge is made. [2001 c.945 §21]
OR Rev Stat § 238.675 (2021)
2021 Oregon Revised Statutes|Volume : 06 - Local Government, Public Employees, Elections|Chapter 238 - Public Employees Retirement System|Section 238.675 - Transfer of unclaimed death benefit or account balance to other account or reserve.

(1)(a) Any benefit payment that is payable as the result of the death of a member may be transferred by the Public Employees Retirement Board to another account or reserve in the fund if: (A) The total benefit payable to the beneficiaries designated by the deceased member is less than $250 in amount; (B) Ten years have passed since the death of the member; and (C) No claim has been made for the benefit payment. (b) Amounts transferred under this section shall be credited to accounts or reserves in the fund designated by the board in its discretion. (c) The board shall establish procedures for the filing of a delayed claim by a beneficiary of a deceased member who would otherwise be entitled to receive a benefit payment. Delayed claims may be filed after the 10-year period provided for in paragraph (a) of this subsection. (2)(a) The Public Employees Retirement Board may transfer the amount credited to the member account of a former member to another account or reserve in the fund if: (A) The total amount credited to the member account of the former member is less than $250; (B) The membership of the person in the system has been terminated under the provisions of ORS 238.095 (2) or the membership of the person in the pension program or individual account program has been terminated under ORS 238A.110 or 238A.310; and (C) Ten years have passed since the former member ceased to be a member of the system and no claim has been made for payment of the amount credited to the member account of the former member. (b) Amounts transferred under this section shall be credited to reserves or accounts in the fund designated by the board in its discretion. (c) The board shall establish procedures for the filing of a delayed claim by a former member of the system who would otherwise be entitled to receive amounts credited to the member account of the former member. Delayed claims may be filed after the 10-year period provided for in paragraph (a) of this subsection. [Formerly 237.295; 2001 c.945 §65; 2003 c.733 §63]
OR Rev Stat § 238.690 (2021)
2021 Oregon Revised Statutes|Volume : 06 - Local Government, Public Employees, Elections|Chapter 238 - Public Employees Retirement System|Section 238.690 - Integration of retirement plan of mass transit district.

(1) A retirement plan that has been adopted by a mass transit district organized under ORS 267.010 to 267.394 situated in a metropolitan statistical area with a population exceeding 400,000 may be integrated with, or the district may become a participant in, the Public Employees Retirement System in the manner prescribed in subsection (2) of this section. (2)(a) A proposed form of contract setting forth all the terms, conditions and provisions of the integration or participation shall be a mandatory subject of bargaining subject to the provisions of ORS 243.650 to 243.809. (b) The proposed contract shall be submitted to a vote of the employees of the mass transit district, or the members of the affected bargaining unit of the applicable labor organization, and the board of directors of the mass transit district. In submitting a proposed contract to its members, the labor organization shall follow the procedure provided in its bylaws for the promulgation and adoption of bylaws. (c) Adoption by the employees or members of the affected bargaining unit of the applicable labor organization of the proposed contract of integration or participation shall be by an affirmative vote of not less than two-thirds of the affected employees or active members of the affected bargaining unit of the applicable labor organization at the time of the election. (d) The proposed contract so formulated, approved and adopted shall be submitted to the Public Employees Retirement Board. The board may exercise its authority to negotiate and enter into a contract with the mass transit district that would accomplish the integration or participation without adversely affecting the current operational and capital requirements of the mass transit district. The board may not enter into any contract that prevents those adverse effects by adjusting the level of benefits received by any of the employees of the mass transit district. (e) A contract of prospective participation does not in any way alter, impair or adversely affect any rights, benefits or privileges that have vested under the provisions of law or collective bargaining agreement in an employee of a mass transit district by virtue of retirement, either on account of disability or on account of having attained the retirement age, prior to the effective date of the contract of integration or participation. (f) When a public employer enters into a contract with the board under this section, the public employer shall agree to eventually extend coverage under this chapter to all eligible employees of the employer through subsequent contracts with the board. (3) For the purposes of this section, "metropolitan statistical area" has the meaning given that term in ORS 267.010. [Formerly 237.037; 2009 c.11 §20]
OR Rev Stat § 238.692 (2021)
2021 Oregon Revised Statutes|Volume : 06 - Local Government, Public Employees, Elections|Chapter 238 - Public Employees Retirement System|Section 238.692 - Definitions for ORS 238.692 to 238.698.

As used in ORS 238.692 to 238.698: (1) "Pension liability" means: (a) Monetary obligations of a participating public employer for which the employer is or will be required to transmit amounts to the Public Employees Retirement Board under the provisions of ORS 238.225, including any obligations arising out of an integration contract under ORS 238.680, or any other liability of a public body that is attributable to an obligation to pay pensions or other retirement benefits to officers or employees of the public body, whether active or retired; and (b) Monetary obligations of a public employer arising out of an integration contract under ORS 238.680 for which the employer is required to transmit amounts to the Public Employees Retirement Board. (2) "Public body" has the meaning given that term in ORS 287A.001. (3) "State agency" means any officer, board, commission, department, division or institution in the administrative branch of state government. [2001 c.945 §23; 2007 c.783 §77]
OR Rev Stat § 238.694 (2021)
2021 Oregon Revised Statutes|Volume : 06 - Local Government, Public Employees, Elections|Chapter 238 - Public Employees Retirement System|Section 238.694 - Certain public bodies authorized to issue bonds to finance pension liabilities; revenue bonds.

(1) The Legislative Assembly finds that authorizing issuance of revenue bonds to finance pension liabilities may reduce the cost of public pensions to taxpayers and that the reduction of those costs to taxpayers is a matter of statewide concern. (2) Notwithstanding the limitation on indebtedness in ORS 287A.105 or any other limitation on indebtedness or borrowing under state or local law, for the purpose of obtaining funds to pay the pension liability of a public body, the governing body of a public body may authorize and cause the issuance of revenue bonds under ORS chapter 287A, subject to ORS 238.697. (3) The governing body of a public body may pledge the full faith and credit and taxing power of the public body to the payment of the principal and interest on bonds issued under ORS 238.692 to 238.698, and any premium on those bonds. (4) Unless the charter of a county provides a lower limit, a county may issue revenue bonds to finance pension liabilities in an amount that does not exceed five percent of the real market value of the taxable property within the boundaries of the county. (5) Revenue bonds authorized under this section need not comply with the procedure specified in ORS 287A.150. (6) A public body that issues revenue bonds under this section may also issue revenue bonds for the purpose of refunding the bonds. (7) A public body may enter into indentures or other agreements with trustees or escrow agents for the issuance, administration or payment of bonds authorized under this section. [2001 c.945 §24; 2003 c.746 §8; 2005 c.443 §2; 2007 c.783 §78; 2019 c.355 §24]
OR Rev Stat § 238.695 (2021)
2021 Oregon Revised Statutes|Volume : 06 - Local Government, Public Employees, Elections|Chapter 238 - Public Employees Retirement System|Section 238.695 - Intergovernmental agreements for collective issuance, administration or payment of bonds.

(1) Public bodies may enter into intergovernmental agreements for the collective issuance, administration or payment of bonds authorized under ORS 238.694. An agreement for collective issuance, administration or payment of bonds under this subsection may provide for the contribution and pooling of the assets of the public bodies as security for the bonds, and may make provisions for such other matters as the public bodies determine convenient. Notwithstanding ORS 190.080, any intergovernmental entity created by public bodies under this section shall have the power to issue bonds as described in ORS 238.694, subject to ORS 238.697. The bonds may be issued and sold as parity bonds, issued and sold individually or issued and sold in such combinations or forms as determined to be appropriate by the public bodies. (2) Proceeds of bonds sold under an intergovernmental agreement entered into under this section, and any other funds or assets of a public body, together with interest or earnings on the proceeds, funds and assets, may be consolidated into one or more funds or accounts and may be pledged to the holders of the bonds. (3) Public bodies may enter into indentures or other agreements with trustees or escrow agents for the issuance, administration or payment of bonds pursuant to an intergovernmental agreement entered into under this section. (4) The State Treasurer may cooperate with, assist and provide recommendations to public bodies, and any intergovernmental entity created by public bodies under this section, relating to all matters involved in the issuance, administration and payment of bonds. Any expenses incurred by the State Treasurer in providing assistance to public bodies under this section may be paid as an administrative expense of the public body from the proceeds of the bonds issued with the assistance of the State Treasurer. [2001 c.945 §25; 2007 c.783 §79; 2019 c.355 §25]
OR Rev Stat § 238.696 (2021)
2021 Oregon Revised Statutes|Volume : 06 - Local Government, Public Employees, Elections|Chapter 238 - Public Employees Retirement System|Section 238.696 - Debt service trust fund.

(1) A public body, or a group of public bodies that enter into an intergovernmental agreement under ORS 238.695, may establish a debt service trust fund for the purpose of paying the principal and interest on bonds issued under ORS 238.692 to 238.698. The trustee of the debt service trust fund shall hold the moneys paid into the trust fund solely for the purpose of paying the principal and interest on bonds issued under ORS 238.692 to 238.698 and for paying the administrative costs of the trust fund. (2) Moneys held in a debt service trust fund are subject to the limitations on investment imposed by ORS 294.033 and 294.035. (3) A public body, or a group of public bodies that enter into an intergovernmental agreement under ORS 238.695, that has established a debt service trust fund under this section may not divert or pledge any moneys paid into the trust fund for any purpose other than the purpose specified in subsection (1) of this section until the total amount of principal and interest on bonds issued by the public body or under the intergovernmental agreement, and any premium on those bonds, is paid. [2001 c.945 §26; 2007 c.783 §80]