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OR Rev Stat § 171.133 (2021)
2021 Oregon Revised Statutes|Volume : 05 - State Government, Government Procedures, Land Use|Chapter 171 - State Legislature|Section 171.133 - Approval of Governor required for state agency measure introduction.

(1) A state agency shall not cause a bill or measure to be introduced before the Legislative Assembly if the bill or measure has not been approved by the Governor. (2) As used in ORS 171.130 and this section, "state agency" means every state agency whose costs are paid wholly or in part from funds held in the State Treasury, except: (a) The Legislative Assembly, the courts and their officers and committees; (b) The Public Defense Services Commission; and (c) The Secretary of State, the State Treasurer, the Attorney General and the Commissioner of the Bureau of Labor and Industries. [1979 c.237 §3; 1999 c.1074 §5; 2003 c.449 §25; 2011 c.731 §5]
OR Rev Stat § 171.134 (2021)
2021 Oregon Revised Statutes|Volume : 05 - State Government, Government Procedures, Land Use|Chapter 171 - State Legislature|Section 171.134 - Readability test for legislative digests and summaries.

Any measure digest or measure summary prepared by the Legislative Assembly shall be written in a manner that results in a score of at least 60 on the Flesch readability test or meets an equivalent standard of a comparable test. [1979 c.270 §1]
OR Rev Stat § 171.136 (2021)
2021 Oregon Revised Statutes|Volume : 05 - State Government, Government Procedures, Land Use|Chapter 171 - State Legislature|Section 171.136 - Supplies and equipment.

(1) The Legislative Administrator, subject to the policies of the Legislative Administration Committee and the rules of each house, shall furnish necessary office supplies, equipment and stationery for the use of all members, officers and employees of the Legislative Assembly, taking their receipt therefor. It is the duty of such members, officers and employees to return to the Legislative Administrator any unused stationery or supplies and all equipment at the close of each session of the Legislative Assembly unless otherwise directed by the Legislative Administrator. The Legislative Administrator is authorized to charge the cost of any unreturned nonconsumable supplies or equipment against the final payroll check of the member, officer or employee responsible therefor. (2) Unless otherwise directed by joint resolution, the Legislative Administrator shall cause to be forwarded to each member of the Legislative Assembly all materials furnished to them by statute, rule or resolution that do not remain the property of the state and that are left by the member with the Legislative Administrator to be so forwarded at the close of each regular or special session of the Legislative Assembly. The member shall designate the address to which the materials are to be forwarded. (3) The expenses incurred in carrying out the provisions of this section shall be paid out of the appropriation for the expenses of that session of the Legislative Assembly for which the services were performed or the supplies provided. [1981 c.517 §5 (enacted in lieu of 171.135 and 171.140)]
OR Rev Stat § 171.180 (2021)
2021 Oregon Revised Statutes|Volume : 05 - State Government, Government Procedures, Land Use|Chapter 171 - State Legislature|Section 171.180 - State policy governing election dates.

The Legislative Assembly finds that to limit the number of days on which elections are held in this state would consolidate separate single purpose elections, reduce the cost of elections and local government, and increase participation in the electoral process. It, therefore, finds that the number of election days in this state is a matter of statewide concern. [1979 c.316 §1]
OR Rev Stat § 171.185 (2021)
2021 Oregon Revised Statutes|Volume : 05 - State Government, Government Procedures, Land Use|Chapter 171 - State Legislature|Section 171.185 - Dates for legislatively prescribed elections; emergency election.

(1) Except as provided in subsection (2) of this section, an election called by the Legislative Assembly shall be held only on: (a) The second Tuesday in March; (b) The third Tuesday in May; (c) The fourth Tuesday in August; or (d) The first Tuesday after the first Monday in November. (2) An election may be held on a date other than that provided in subsection (1) of this section, if the Legislative Assembly by resolution or Act finds that an election sooner than the next available election date is required on a measure to finance repairs to property damaged by fire, vandalism or a natural disaster. [1979 c.316 §2; 1981 c.639 §1; 1987 c.267 §63; 1989 c.923 §3; 1991 c.71 §1; 1993 c.713 §50; 1995 c.712 §112; 2021 c.551 §17]
OR Rev Stat § 171.200 (2021)
2021 Oregon Revised Statutes|Volume : 05 - State Government, Government Procedures, Land Use|Chapter 171 - State Legislature|Section 171.200 - "Publications" defined for ORS 171.206.

As used in ORS 171.206, "publications" does not include materials published under ORS 171.236 or 171.275, but does include: (1) Bills, resolutions and memorials and amendments thereto. (2) Reports of statutory, standing, special or interim legislative committees. (3) Periodic legislative calendars and periodic journals, if any of these are published. (4) Reports of witnesses who appear before legislative committees, setting forth the name of each witness, the measure concerning which the witness provides testimony and the entity, if any, that the witness represents or is affiliated with. (5) Other documents or papers which the Legislative Assembly, or either house thereof, orders printed. [1961 c.167 §18; 1965 c.424 §4; 2011 c.175 §1]
OR Rev Stat § 171.206 (2021)
2021 Oregon Revised Statutes|Volume : 05 - State Government, Government Procedures, Land Use|Chapter 171 - State Legislature|Section 171.206 - Legislative publications; distribution; form and number; charges; disposition; reports of witnesses.

(1) Except as provided in ORS 171.236 and 171.275, all publications printed for either house of the Legislative Assembly and their committees, including joint committees created by law, rule or joint resolution, shall be published and distributed by the Legislative Administrator, subject to the rules of each house and under the direction of the Legislative Administration Committee. (2) Unless otherwise directed by joint resolution and except as otherwise provided by law, the Legislative Administrator may cause to be distributed the publications of the Legislative Assembly among such state officers, departments and agencies, public officers and state institutions of higher learning as the Legislative Administration Committee determines necessary for their requirements. Each house shall receive from the Legislative Administrator such number of publications as it deems necessary. (3) The Legislative Administrator shall make public documents available to the State Librarian for distribution to depository libraries as required by ORS 357.090. (4) Unless otherwise directed by joint resolution, the Legislative Administration Committee shall determine the form, number and distribution of and charges for, if any, the materials referred to in subsection (1) of this section. In determining charges, the committee shall take into account the cost of publishing and distributing copies other than those it distributes under subsections (2) and (3) of this section. (5) All moneys received under subsection (4) of this section are continuously appropriated to the Legislative Administration Committee for its actual costs incurred in publishing and distributing the copies for which it charges a fee. (6) The Legislative Administration Committee may order the disposition of legislative publications that in its judgment are no longer of value to the state. (7) The reports of witnesses described in ORS 171.200 (4) shall be posted on the legislative website in an arrangement that allows a member of the public to view a legislative measure and the list of witnesses who have testified in relation to the measure. [1981 c.517 §7 (enacted in lieu of 171.205, 171.211, 171.215 and 171.625); 1991 c.842 §6; 2005 c.33 §7; 2005 c.755 §1; 2011 c.175 §2]
OR Rev Stat § 171.220 (2021)
2021 Oregon Revised Statutes|Volume : 05 - State Government, Government Procedures, Land Use|Chapter 171 - State Legislature|Section 171.220

[Amended by 1959 c.577 §2; renumbered 171.405]
OR Rev Stat § 171.236 (2021)
2021 Oregon Revised Statutes|Volume : 05 - State Government, Government Procedures, Land Use|Chapter 171 - State Legislature|Section 171.236 - Session laws; publication; distribution; form and number; charges; disposition.

(1) The Legislative Counsel, under the direction of the Legislative Counsel Committee, shall publish and distribute the laws enacted by the Legislative Assembly. (2) The Legislative Counsel Committee shall determine the form, number and distribution of and charges for, if any, the publications referred to in subsection (1) of this section and may perform other functions necessary for the publication and distribution thereof. (3) The Legislative Counsel shall provide sufficient copies of the publications prepared under this section to the Legislative Administrator for distribution in accordance with ORS 171.206 (2). (4) The Legislative Counsel Committee may order the disposition of any publications referred to in this section which in its judgment are no longer of value to the state. [1981 c.517 §9 (enacted in lieu of 171.225 and 171.235)]
OR Rev Stat § 171.245 (2021)
2021 Oregon Revised Statutes|Volume : 05 - State Government, Government Procedures, Land Use|Chapter 171 - State Legislature|Section 171.245 - Legislative Publications Account.

(1) There is established in the General Fund an account to be known as the Legislative Publications Account. All moneys collected or received under ORS 171.236 shall be paid into the account. All moneys in the account are appropriated continuously for and shall be used for the purposes described in ORS 171.236. (2) Disbursements of moneys from the Legislative Publications Account shall be approved by either of the presiding officers of the Legislative Assembly; but the presiding officers may jointly designate an individual to approve disbursements from the account. A statement designating the individual, together with a sample of the individual’s signature, shall be filed as provided in ORS 293.335. [1965 c.424 §3; 1969 c.174 §2; 1981 c.517 §16; 1999 c.117 §9]
OR Rev Stat § 171.255 (2021)
2021 Oregon Revised Statutes|Volume : 05 - State Government, Government Procedures, Land Use|Chapter 171 - State Legislature|Section 171.255 - Evidentiary status of published session laws.

The laws enacted by the Legislative Assembly and by the people, when published in accordance with the provisions of ORS 171.236, shall be received in all courts of this state as an authorized publication of the laws of Oregon published therein. [1965 c.424 §2; 1981 c.517 §17]
OR Rev Stat § 171.270 (2021)
2021 Oregon Revised Statutes|Volume : 05 - State Government, Government Procedures, Land Use|Chapter 171 - State Legislature|Section 171.270 - Legislative materials furnished to public officers without charge are public property.

Except as otherwise provided by or pursuant to law, the copies of the legislative materials referred to in ORS 171.236 furnished free of charge to the public officers of this state pursuant to law are public property and shall be delivered over by them to their successors in office. [Amended by 1969 c.174 §3; 1981 c.517 §18]
OR Rev Stat § 171.272 (2021)
2021 Oregon Revised Statutes|Volume : 05 - State Government, Government Procedures, Land Use|Chapter 171 - State Legislature|Section 171.272

[1953 c.546 §1; 1961 c.167, §27; renumbered 173.152]
OR Rev Stat § 171.275 (2021)
2021 Oregon Revised Statutes|Volume : 05 - State Government, Government Procedures, Land Use|Chapter 171 - State Legislature|Section 171.275 - Oregon Revised Statutes; committee policy; charges.

(1) Each biennium, the Legislative Counsel, under the direction of the Legislative Counsel Committee, shall publish and distribute the Oregon Revised Statutes, including an index and annotations. (2) Each biennium, the Legislative Counsel shall solicit bids for the printing of the Oregon Revised Statutes. (3) The Legislative Counsel Committee shall establish policies for the revision, clarification, classification, arrangement, codification, annotation, indexing, printing, binding, publication, copyrighting, sale and distribution of the publications referred to in subsection (1) of this section. (4) The Legislative Counsel Committee shall establish the charges necessary to recover the costs of publishing the materials sold and distributed under this section. [1981 c.517 §11 (enacted in lieu of 173.150); 2003 c.207 §1; 2009 c.554 §1]
OR Rev Stat § 171.295 (2021)
2021 Oregon Revised Statutes|Volume : 05 - State Government, Government Procedures, Land Use|Chapter 171 - State Legislature|Section 171.295 - Preservation and use of ORS medium.

(1) In any contract for the printing of the Oregon Revised Statutes, the Legislative Counsel Committee may provide for preservation or purchase, on behalf of the state, of the medium from which the statutes were printed. (2) The committee may permit the use of the medium or material printed from the medium for the production of pamphlets of particular portions of the statutes requested by any public agency, under the terms and conditions that the committee considers reasonable. [Formerly 173.180; 2003 c.207 §2]
OR Rev Stat § 171.305 (2021)
2021 Oregon Revised Statutes|Volume : 05 - State Government, Government Procedures, Land Use|Chapter 171 - State Legislature|Section 171.305 - ORS Revolving Account.

(1) The proceeds from the sale of an edition or publication made pursuant to ORS 171.275 shall be deposited in the State Treasury to the credit of a revolving account for the use of the Legislative Counsel Committee in publishing and distributing future editions or publications. The account, to be known as the ORS Revolving Account, is continuously appropriated to the committee for this purpose. (2) There shall also be deposited to the credit of the ORS Revolving Account any moneys received through the sale of a medium of publication belonging to the Legislative Counsel Committee or any moneys received by the committee in connection with the use of a medium, or material printed with a medium pursuant to ORS 171.295. (3) The Legislative Counsel Committee, from time to time, may cause to be transferred from the ORS Revolving Account to the General Fund the moneys that the committee considers unnecessary for use in publishing and distributing future editions or publications. (4) Any unexpended and unobligated balance in the ORS Revolving Account in excess of $500,000 as of July 1 of any odd-numbered year, as certified by the Legislative Counsel, shall be transferred from the account to the General Fund to be available for general governmental expenditures. [Formerly 173.250; 1983 c.178 §4; 1991 c.579 §1; 2003 c.207 §3; 2011 c.630 §81]
OR Rev Stat § 171.315 (2021)
2021 Oregon Revised Statutes|Volume : 05 - State Government, Government Procedures, Land Use|Chapter 171 - State Legislature|Section 171.315 - Distribution of ORS.

(1) The Legislative Counsel shall provide one set of Oregon Revised Statutes, including an index and annotations: (a) For each member of the Legislative Assembly. (b) For each judgeship, the salary of which is paid by the state. (2)(a) The costs of providing sets to members of the Legislative Assembly shall be paid from the appropriations made for the payment of the expenses of the Legislative Assembly. The Legislative Counsel shall provide the sets to the Legislative Administrator. (b) The costs of providing sets pursuant to subsection (1)(b) of this section shall be paid from the state appropriations made for the payment of the expenses of the various judgeships. [Formerly 173.152; 2003 c.207 §4]
OR Rev Stat § 171.325 (2021)
2021 Oregon Revised Statutes|Volume : 05 - State Government, Government Procedures, Land Use|Chapter 171 - State Legislature|Section 171.325 - Certified copy of statute or rule of civil procedure published in Oregon Revised Statutes; form; fee.

(1) Upon request of any person, the Secretary of State may certify under the seal of the State of Oregon: (a) A copy of any statute of this state published in the Oregon Revised Statutes. (b) A copy of any rule contained in the Oregon Rules of Civil Procedure and published in the Oregon Revised Statutes. (2) The certification of the Secretary of State shall state that the statute or rule was published in the Oregon Revised Statutes and shall specify the edition of the Oregon Revised Statutes in which the statute or rule appeared. (3) The Secretary of State may charge a fee for the cost of reproducing and certifying a copy of a statute or rule requested under this section. [1983 c.245 §1]
OR Rev Stat § 171.405 (2021)
2021 Oregon Revised Statutes|Volume : 05 - State Government, Government Procedures, Land Use|Chapter 171 - State Legislature|Section 171.405 - Binding original enrolled laws and joint resolutions.

The Legislative Counsel Committee shall cause the original enrolled laws and joint resolutions passed at each session of the Legislative Assembly to be bound in a volume in a substantial manner in the order in which they are approved. The Legislative Counsel Committee is not required to keep any further record of the official acts of the Legislative Assembly, so far as relates to Acts and joint resolutions. [Formerly 171.220; 1971 c.638 §3; 2016 c.88 §6]
OR Rev Stat § 171.407 (2021)
2021 Oregon Revised Statutes|Volume : 05 - State Government, Government Procedures, Land Use|Chapter 171 - State Legislature|Section 171.407 - Sound recordings of legislative proceedings; public access.

(1) Sound recordings, produced on equipment selected by the Legislative Administration Committee for compatibility with equipment for reproduction by the State Archives, shall be made of every meeting of the Legislative Assembly and of every hearing and meeting of every standing, special and interim committee of the Legislative Assembly, or subcommittee thereof. (2) The sound recordings required under subsection (1) of this section are part of the legislative records of the Legislative Assembly or committee and shall be subject to the provisions of ORS 171.410 to 171.430. (3) Except as provided in ORS 171.425, the State Archivist shall not loan any sound recording required under subsection (1) of this section, but may arrange to have such recordings copied in an appropriate manner and may make a reasonable charge therefor. [1973 c.555 §1]
OR Rev Stat § 171.410 (2021)
2021 Oregon Revised Statutes|Volume : 05 - State Government, Government Procedures, Land Use|Chapter 171 - State Legislature|Section 171.410 - "Legislative record" defined for ORS 171.410 to 171.430.

As used in ORS 171.410 to 171.430, unless the context requires otherwise, "legislative record" means a measure or amendment thereto, a document, book, paper, photograph, sound recording or other material exclusive of personal correspondence, regardless of physical form or characteristics, made by the Legislative Assembly, a committee or employee thereof, in connection with the exercise of legislative or investigatory functions, but does not include the record of an official act of the Legislative Assembly kept by the Secretary of State under section 2, Article VI of the Oregon Constitution. [1961 c.150 §1; 1981 c.517 §19]
OR Rev Stat § 171.415 (2021)
2021 Oregon Revised Statutes|Volume : 05 - State Government, Government Procedures, Land Use|Chapter 171 - State Legislature|Section 171.415 - Delivery to Legislative Administration Committee; exception.

(1) Except as provided in subsections (2) and (3) of this section, a committee or employee of the Legislative Assembly having possession of legislative records that are not required for the regular performance of official duties shall, within 10 days after the adjournment sine die of a regular or special session, deliver all such legislative records to the Legislative Administration Committee. (2) The chairperson, member or employee of a legislative interim committee responsible for maintaining the legislative records of that committee shall, within 10 days after the committee ceases to function or before January 1 next preceding the beginning of an odd-numbered year regular session of the Legislative Assembly, whichever is earlier, deliver all such legislative records to the Legislative Administration Committee. (3) This section does not apply to the records of the Emergency Board, the Legislative Administration Committee, the Legislative Counsel Committee, the Legislative Policy and Research Committee, the Joint Committee on Conduct and the Legislative Equity Officer or the Joint Committee on Ways and Means. [1961 c.150 §2; 1969 c.620 §10; 1973 c.555 §4; 1981 c.517 §20; 2011 c.545 §4; 2016 c.88 §7; 2019 c.604 §20]
OR Rev Stat § 171.420 (2021)
2021 Oregon Revised Statutes|Volume : 05 - State Government, Government Procedures, Land Use|Chapter 171 - State Legislature|Section 171.420 - Classification and arrangement; delivery to State Archivist.

The Legislative Administrator shall classify and arrange the legislative records delivered to the Legislative Administrator pursuant to ORS 171.415, in a manner that the Legislative Administrator considers best suited to carry out the efficient and economical utilization, maintenance, preservation and disposition of the records. The State Archivist shall assist the Legislative Administrator in the performance of this work. The Legislative Administrator shall deliver to the State Archivist all legislative records in the possession of the Legislative Administrator when such records have been classified and arranged. The State Archivist shall thereafter be official custodian of the records so delivered. [1961 c.150 §3; 1969 c.620 §11]
OR Rev Stat § 171.425 (2021)
2021 Oregon Revised Statutes|Volume : 05 - State Government, Government Procedures, Land Use|Chapter 171 - State Legislature|Section 171.425 - Borrowing by certain legislative personnel.

The State Archivist shall allow the Legislative Fiscal Officer, the Legislative Administrator, the Legislative Counsel, the Legislative Revenue Officer or the Legislative Policy and Research Director to borrow and temporarily have possession of such legislative records as such officer requests. [1961 c.150 §4; 1969 c.620 §12; 1975 c.789 §6; 2016 c.88 §8]
OR Rev Stat § 171.427 (2021)
2021 Oregon Revised Statutes|Volume : 05 - State Government, Government Procedures, Land Use|Chapter 171 - State Legislature|Section 171.427 - Schedule for retention, destruction or disposition of records.

The Legislative Administration Committee and State Archivist shall establish and from time to time may revise a schedule that shall govern the retention and destruction or other disposition of legislative records delivered to and in the custody of the archivist under ORS 171.420 or 171.430 and of sound recordings retained by a committee under ORS 171.430 (2). The schedule agreed upon by the committee and archivist shall be set forth in the rules and regulations issued by the archivist. [1973 c.555 §3]