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OR Rev Stat § 293.733 (2021)
2021 Oregon Revised Statutes|Volume : 07 - Public Facilities and Finance|Chapter 293 - Administration of Public Funds|Section 293.733 - Venture capital investments; council’s duty.

(1) In making and implementing investment decisions related to venture capital, the Oregon Investment Council and the investment officer have a duty to look first at Oregon opportunities for diversification unless, under the circumstances, it is not prudent to do so. (2) At any given time, the council shall have at least $100 million in venture capital investments in Oregon unless, under the circumstances, it is not prudent to do so. (3) As used in this section: (a) "Emerging growth business" means an individual or group of individuals or a new or small company, including but not limited to any new or small partnership, limited liability company, corporation, firm, association or other business entity, that has the capacity, upon obtaining appropriate capital, to generate significant high-skill, high-wage employment. (b) "Venture capital" includes but is not limited to emerging growth businesses. [2003 c.606 §3; 2012 c.90 §23] Note: 293.733 was added to and made a part of 293.701 to 293.857 by legislative action but was not added to any smaller series therein. See Preface to Oregon Revised Statutes for further explanation.
OR Rev Stat § 293.734 (2021)
2021 Oregon Revised Statutes|Volume : 07 - Public Facilities and Finance|Chapter 293 - Administration of Public Funds|Section 293.734 - Report on venture capital investments.

The Oregon Investment Council shall submit an annual report to the Speaker of the House of Representatives and the President of the Senate detailing the investments and commitments made by the council in accordance with ORS 293.733. [2003 c.606 §5] Note: 293.734 was enacted into law by the Legislative Assembly but was not added to or made a part of ORS chapter 293 or any series therein by legislative action. See Preface to Oregon Revised Statutes for further explanation.
OR Rev Stat § 293.736 (2021)
2021 Oregon Revised Statutes|Volume : 07 - Public Facilities and Finance|Chapter 293 - Administration of Public Funds|Section 293.736 - Duties of investment officer.

(1) Except as provided in ORS 293.741, in amounts available for investment purposes and subject to the policies formulated by the Oregon Investment Council, the investment officer shall invest and reinvest moneys in the investment funds and acquire, retain, manage, including exercise of any voting rights, and dispose of investments of the investment funds. (2) Subject to the direction of the council, the investment officer shall perform the functions described in subsection (1) of this section with respect to the investment in mutual funds of moneys in the Deferred Compensation Fund. The council must approve all mutual funds in which Deferred Compensation Fund moneys are invested. [1967 c.335 §9; 1997 c.179 §23; 2005 c.295 §1]
OR Rev Stat § 293.741 (2021)
2021 Oregon Revised Statutes|Volume : 07 - Public Facilities and Finance|Chapter 293 - Administration of Public Funds|Section 293.741 - Council may contract with others to perform investment officer functions; compensation; bond.

The Oregon Investment Council may enter into contracts with one or more persons whom the council determines to be qualified, whereby the persons undertake, in lieu of or in addition to the investment officer, to perform the functions specified in ORS 293.736 to the extent provided in the contract. Performance of functions under a contract shall be paid for out of the gross interest or other income of the investments with respect to which the functions are performed, and the net interest or other income of the investments after that payment shall be considered income of the investment funds. The council may require a person contracted with to give to the state a fidelity bond in a penal sum as may be fixed by law or, if not so fixed, as may be fixed by the council, with corporate surety authorized to do business in this state. Contracts entered into under this section and functions performed under the contracts are not subject to ORS chapter 240 or ORS 279A.140. [1967 c.335 §10; 2003 c.794 §248; 2005 c.295 §2]
OR Rev Stat § 293.746 (2021)
2021 Oregon Revised Statutes|Volume : 07 - Public Facilities and Finance|Chapter 293 - Administration of Public Funds|Section 293.746 - Opinion of bond attorney or Attorney General; investment counseling and mortgage services.

(1) In the acquisition or disposition of bonds with which approving legal opinions ordinarily are furnished, the investment officer may require an original or certified copy of the written opinion of a reputable bond attorney or attorneys, or the written opinion of the Attorney General, certifying to the legality of the bonds. (2) The Oregon Investment Council may arrange for the furnishing to the investment officer of investment counseling services. The furnishing and acquisition of those services are not subject to the State Personnel Relations Law or ORS 279A.140. (3) The investment officer, with the approval of the council, may arrange for services with respect to mortgages in which moneys in the investment funds are invested. Those services shall be paid for out of the gross interest of the mortgages with respect to which the services are furnished, and the net interest of the mortgages after that payment shall be considered income of the investment funds. The furnishing and acquisition of those services are not subject to the State Personnel Relations Law or ORS 279A.140. [1967 c.335 §11; 2003 c.794 §249]
OR Rev Stat § 293.751 (2021)
2021 Oregon Revised Statutes|Volume : 07 - Public Facilities and Finance|Chapter 293 - Administration of Public Funds|Section 293.751 - Custody of title instruments; deposit for safekeeping; form; collection and disposition of principal and interest; default proceedings.

(1) Except as provided in ORS 293.741 and this subsection, all instruments of title of all investments of the investment funds shall remain in the custody of the investment officer. The investment officer may deposit with one or more custodial agents or banks those instruments of title that the State Treasurer considers advisable, to be held in safekeeping by the agents or banks for collection of the principal and interest or other income, or of the proceeds of sale or maturity. For purposes of this section, instruments of title of investments of the investment funds may include such evidence of title as the investment officer shall consider secure and consistent with modern investment, banking and commercial practices, and may include book entry and automated recordation of such title. (2) Except as provided in ORS 293.741 and 293.746 (3) and subsections (1) and (3) of this section, the investment officer shall collect the principal and interest or other income of investments of the investment funds, title of which is in the investment officer’s custody, when due and payable, and shall pay the principal and interest or other income, when so collected, into the appropriate fund. Except as otherwise provided by law, interest or other income of investments of funds in the hands of the State Treasurer that are not required to meet current demands shall be paid into the General Fund to be available for the payment of general governmental expenses. (3) In the event of default in the payment of principal or interest or other income of any investment of the investment funds, the investment officer, with the approval of the Oregon Investment Council, may: (a) Institute the proper proceedings to collect the matured principal or interest or other income. (b) Accept for exchange purposes refunding bonds or other evidences of indebtedness at interest rates to be agreed upon by the investment officer and obligor. (c) Make compromises, adjustments or disposition of the matured principal or interest or other income as the investment officer considers advisable for the purpose of protecting the moneys invested. (d) Make compromises or adjustments as to future payments of principal or interest or other income as the investment officer considers advisable for the purposes of protecting the moneys invested. [1967 c.335 §12; 1979 c.475 §1; 1981 c.194 §2; 1991 c.88 §3]
OR Rev Stat § 293.756 (2021)
2021 Oregon Revised Statutes|Volume : 07 - Public Facilities and Finance|Chapter 293 - Administration of Public Funds|Section 293.756 - Separate accounting for funds.

The investment officer shall keep, for each fund included in the investment funds for which investments are made, a separate account, which shall record the individual amounts and the totals of all investments of moneys in the fund. [1967 c.335 §13]
OR Rev Stat § 293.761 (2021)
2021 Oregon Revised Statutes|Volume : 07 - Public Facilities and Finance|Chapter 293 - Administration of Public Funds|Section 293.761 - Duty of investment officer to provide information for financial reporting.

(1) The investment officer shall follow generally accepted accounting practices and provide to the officer or body having control and administration of any investment funds any information necessary for financial reporting required by law. (2) The investment officer shall separately identify investments held in the Oregon Growth Account established in ORS 348.702 as part of the information provided under this section on the Education Stability Fund. [1967 c.335 §14; 1993 c.210 §21; 1999 c.42 §2; 1999 c.274 §19; 2001 c.835 §11; 2001 c.922 §§16a,16b; 2002 s.s.3 c.6 §§10,11; 2005 c.748 §§17,18; 2009 c.805 §5; 2009 c.821 §21; 2012 c.90 §§24,33; 2013 c.732 §9]
OR Rev Stat § 293.766 (2021)
2021 Oregon Revised Statutes|Volume : 07 - Public Facilities and Finance|Chapter 293 - Administration of Public Funds|Section 293.766 - Monthly reports by investment officer to council.

Not later than 15 days after the last day of each month, the investment officer shall submit to the Oregon Investment Council a report of the investments made during the preceding month. The report shall include a detailed summary of investment, reinvestment, purchase, sale and exchange transactions, setting forth, among other matters, the investments bought, sold and exchanged, the dates thereof, the prices paid and obtained, the names of the dealers involved and a statement of the accounts referred to in ORS 293.756. The investment officer may send copies of the report to investment bankers and brokers recommended by the council. [1967 c.335 §15]
OR Rev Stat § 293.771 (2021)
2021 Oregon Revised Statutes|Volume : 07 - Public Facilities and Finance|Chapter 293 - Administration of Public Funds|Section 293.771 - Reports by council to Governor and legislature.

The Oregon Investment Council shall report to the Governor and Legislative Assembly on the investment funds investment program at each odd-numbered year regular session of the Legislative Assembly and at other times as the council considers in the public interest. [1967 c.335 §16; 2011 c.545 §38]
OR Rev Stat § 293.776 (2021)
2021 Oregon Revised Statutes|Volume : 07 - Public Facilities and Finance|Chapter 293 - Administration of Public Funds|Section 293.776 - Examination and audit of investment program; report.

The Oregon Investment Council shall provide for an examination and audit of the investment funds investment program, and for submission to the council of a report based on the examination and audit, at least once every four years and at other times as the council may require. The examination and audit, and the report based thereon, shall include an evaluation of current investment funds investment policies and practices and of specific investments of the investment funds in relation to the objective set forth in ORS 293.721, the standard set forth in ORS 293.726 and other criteria as may be appropriate, and recommendations relating to the investment funds investment policies and practices and to specific investments of the investment funds as are considered necessary or desirable. The council shall make copies of the report or a summary thereof available for distribution to interested persons. [1967 c.335 §17]
OR Rev Stat § 293.778 (2021)
2021 Oregon Revised Statutes|Volume : 07 - Public Facilities and Finance|Chapter 293 - Administration of Public Funds|Section 293.778 - Investment holding companies; use; directors and officers; effect of conflict of interests.

(1) The investment officer singly, or jointly with other public or institutional investors, may authorize establishment of investment holding companies, which may be corporations, partnerships or limited liability companies, and placement of investment funds or investments in such companies, when it is appropriate to do so under the investment standard prescribed in ORS 293.726. An investment holding company authorized by this section has the powers and authority granted by the laws of the jurisdiction in which the company is established. (2) Any person qualified under the laws of the jurisdiction in which an investment holding company is established may serve as an officer, director, member or manager of the company. Officers and employees of the office of the State Treasurer may serve as directors, officers and members of investment holding companies authorized by this section. However, if a conflict arises between the duties of the officer or employee of the office of the State Treasurer under state law and the duties of the officer or employee of the office of the State Treasurer as a director, officer or member of the investment holding company, the officer or employee shall abstain from acting on behalf of the company. If the conflict cannot be avoided by abstention, the officer or employee shall immediately resign from the company. [1993 c.76 §2; 1999 c.481 §1]
OR Rev Stat § 293.780 (2021)
2021 Oregon Revised Statutes|Volume : 07 - Public Facilities and Finance|Chapter 293 - Administration of Public Funds|Section 293.780 - Group annuity contracts with insurers on behalf of Public Employees Retirement System and Board.

The Oregon Investment Council, for and on behalf of the Public Employees Retirement System and Public Employees Retirement Board, may enter into group annuity contracts with one or more insurance companies authorized to do business in this state. In lieu of any investment of moneys in the Public Employees Retirement Fund as provided in ORS 293.701 to 293.857, the council may pay, from time to time under contracts so entered into, any moneys in that fund available for investment purposes. Contracts so entered into are not subject to ORS 279A.140. [1967 c.335 §18; 2003 c.794 §250]
OR Rev Stat § 293.790 (2021)
2021 Oregon Revised Statutes|Volume : 07 - Public Facilities and Finance|Chapter 293 - Administration of Public Funds|Section 293.790 - Holding, investing and disposing of corporate stock.

(1) Under authority of Article XI, section 6, of the Oregon Constitution, the state, subject to subsection (2) of this section, may hold and dispose of the stock of any company, association or corporation, including stock already received, that is donated or bequeathed, and the state, acting on behalf of the governing board of a public university listed in ORS 352.002, subject to subsection (2) of this section, may invest and reinvest in the stock of any company, association or corporation, any funds or moneys of the public university held in the Public University Fund established under ORS 352.450 that is permitted to be held, disposed or invested under Article XI, section 6, of the Oregon Constitution. (2) The state, including any of its agencies having control of, or authority to invest and reinvest in, any stock described in subsection (1) of this section, in holding, disposing of or investing and reinvesting in such stock, shall be governed by ORS 130.750 to 130.775, notwithstanding the date of acquisition of such stock. Moneys received from the disposition of such stock, including dividends, shall be maintained separate and distinct from the General Fund, and those moneys, including interest earned thereon, are appropriated continuously for the purposes of the donation or bequest and of the investments and reinvestments. Except as specifically authorized by law, the state or any of its agencies may not purchase stock. (3) This section does not apply to investment and reinvestment of moneys in the Public Employees Retirement Fund, the Industrial Accident Fund, the Deferred Compensation Fund and the Education Stability Fund or to acquisition, retention, management and disposition of investments of those funds as provided in ORS 293.701 to 293.857. [Formerly 291.630; 1967 c.335 §32; 1971 c.339 §1; 1989 c.966 §21; 1995 c.12 §4; 1995 c.157 §25; 1997 c.179 §24; 2001 c.835 §13; 2002 s.s.3 c.6 §12; 2005 c.348 §122; 2015 c.767 §12]
OR Rev Stat § 293.793 (2021)
2021 Oregon Revised Statutes|Volume : 07 - Public Facilities and Finance|Chapter 293 - Administration of Public Funds|Section 293.793 - Purchase or acquisition of state government bonds.

(1) As used in this section: (a) "Related agency" has the meaning given that term in ORS 286A.001. (b) "State government" has the meaning given that term in ORS 174.111. (2) If the State Treasurer, acting as investment officer, or a trustee, investing moneys for a related agency, purchases or acquires bonds issued by state government, the purchase or acquisition does not cancel or extinguish the bonds. [2009 c.537 §6]
OR Rev Stat § 293.796 (2021)
2021 Oregon Revised Statutes|Volume : 07 - Public Facilities and Finance|Chapter 293 - Administration of Public Funds|Section 293.796 - Findings regarding venture capital for new businesses.

(1) The Legislative Assembly finds that: (a) The availability of venture capital for the start-up and subsequent expansion of new businesses is critical to the continued growth and development of the economy of Oregon. (b) There exists an estimated gap of between $100 million and $200 million between available venture capital resources and the need of Oregon businesses for such resources. (c) Investments in start-up and expanding businesses, in minority-owned businesses, woman-owned businesses and businesses that service-disabled veterans own and in emerging growth businesses can produce substantial positive returns for long-term investors. (d) Pension funds managed by the Oregon Investment Council constitute a major financial resource of the State of Oregon, and that such funds may be prudently invested in start-up and emerging growth businesses in this state under policies established by the Oregon Investment Council. (2) As used in this section: (a) "Emerging growth business" means an individual or group of individuals or a new or small company, including but not limited to any new or small partnership, limited liability company, corporation, firm, association or other business entity, that has the capacity, upon obtaining appropriate capital, to generate significant high-skill, high-wage employment. (b) "Minority-owned business," "woman-owned business" and "business that a service-disabled veteran owns" have the meanings given those terms in ORS 200.005. [1995 c.811 §1; 2003 c.606 §1; 2005 c.22 §221; 2012 c.90 §25; 2015 c.565 §19] Note: 293.796 was enacted into law by the Legislative Assembly but was not added to or made a part of ORS chapter 293 or any series therein by legislative action. See Preface to Oregon Revised Statutes for further explanation.
OR Rev Stat § 293.811 (2021)
2021 Oregon Revised Statutes|Volume : 07 - Public Facilities and Finance|Chapter 293 - Administration of Public Funds|Section 293.811 - Short title.

ORS 293.811 to 293.832 may be cited as the Oregon Human Rights and Anti-Genocide Act of 2005. [2005 c.774 §2]
OR Rev Stat § 293.812 (2021)
2021 Oregon Revised Statutes|Volume : 07 - Public Facilities and Finance|Chapter 293 - Administration of Public Funds|Section 293.812 - Definitions for ORS 293.811 to 293.832.

As used in ORS 293.811 to 293.832: (1) "Company" means any sole proprietorship, organization, firm, association, corporation, utility, partnership, venture, public franchise, franchisor, franchisee or its wholly owned subsidiary that exists for profit-making purposes or otherwise to secure economic advantage. (2) "Fund of funds" means investment funds that function by secondary investment in a portfolio of other investments, including investment funds. (3) "Index funds" means pooled investments that are passively managed with an intent to match or track the performance of a market index. (4) "Invest" means to commit funds or other assets to a company. "Invest" includes making a loan or other extension of credit to a company, or owning or controlling a share or interest in a company or a bond or other debt instrument issued by a company. (5) "Investment" means the commitment of funds or other assets to a company for an interest in the company. "Investment" includes the ownership or control of a share or interest in a company or of a bond or other debt instrument issued by a company. (6) "Scrutinized company" means any company that currently has an investment, in the Sudan, from which federal law specifically allows public pension plans to divest. (7) "Sudan" means the Republic of the Sudan and any territory under the administration, legal or illegal, of Sudan, including but not limited to the Darfur region. [2005 c.774 §3; 2013 c.722 §67]
OR Rev Stat § 293.813 (2021)
2021 Oregon Revised Statutes|Volume : 07 - Public Facilities and Finance|Chapter 293 - Administration of Public Funds|Section 293.813 - Findings.

(1) The people of Oregon condemn the human rights abuses, enslavement and genocide in Sudan and declare these atrocities to be absolutely contrary to the fundamental principles of human rights and standards of justice and individual freedom. (2) The Legislative Assembly finds: (a) The Congress of the United States has declared that genocide is occurring in the Darfur region of Sudan; (b) The National Black Caucus of State Legislators Resolution 05-144 declares that the atrocities unfolding in Darfur are genocide under Articles 1 to 3 of the 1948 United Nations Convention; (c) The United Nations International Commission of Inquiry on Darfur found that government forces and militias of Sudan have conducted indiscriminate attacks, including the killing of civilians, torture, enforced disappearances, the destruction of villages, rape and other forms of sexual violence, pillaging and forced displacement throughout Darfur; (d) Sudanese government forces and government-supported militia forces have implemented a coordinated policy of ethnic cleansing; (e) More than 2.2 million people are affected by the crisis in Sudan, with 1.2 million displaced inside Sudan, 200,000 living as refugees and more than 50,000 people having died, according to the Catholic Relief Services; (f) Sixty percent of the villages in Northern Darfur have been destroyed or abandoned according to the Intermediate Technology Development Group; (g) Sudanese government forces have pursued a scorched earth policy aimed at removing populations from around a newly constructed oil pipeline and other oil production facilities, according to the United States Department of State Report on Human Rights Practices in Sudan; (h) Fourteen thousand Dinka women and children have been abducted in Sudan according to the United States Department of State 2005 Trafficking in Persons Report; (i) Christian Solidarity International reports that the government of Sudan is responsible for the revival of the evil institution of slavery; (j) The Methodist Church of Southern Africa reports mass rapes of girls and women, the displacement of millions of people and genocide and ethnic cleansing in Darfur; (k) The Committee on Conscience of the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum has declared a genocide emergency in Sudan; (L) Genocide, enslavement and such atrocities are repugnant to the basic principles of liberty and justice in the Bill of Rights, Article I of the Oregon Constitution, which are fundamental to the character of a free society; and (m) The investment of investment funds consisting of the Public Employees Retirement Fund referred to in ORS 238.660 in scrutinized companies is inconsistent with the moral and political values of the people of Oregon. [2005 c.774 §4; 2015 c.27 §26]