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2023 Oregon Revised Statutes › Volume : 04 - Criminal Procedure, Crimes › Chapter 169 - Local and Regional Correctional Facilities; Prisoners; Juvenile Facilities › Section 169.630 - Joint establishment or operation of facilities; agreement.

(1) Two or more counties, two or more cities, any combination of them, or the State of Oregon in combination with one or more cities or counties or both, may by agreement entered into pursuant to ORS 190.003 to 190.620, construct, acquire or equip, or may by such agreement operate, a regional correctional facility.
(2) An agreement pursuant to this section shall set forth at least:
(a) The party or combination of parties to the agreement that shall be responsible for the operation and administration of the facility;
(b) The amount of funding to be contributed by each party toward the construction or acquisition and equipping of the facility, or toward the operation of the facility, or toward both, as the case may be; and
(c) The number of beds to be reserved to the use of each party to the agreement. [1971 c.636 §3; 1985 c.708 §3]
2023 Oregon Revised Statutes › Volume : 04 - Criminal Procedure, Crimes › Chapter 169 - Local and Regional Correctional Facilities; Prisoners; Juvenile Facilities › Section 169.635 - Provision of personal hygiene products.

Regional correctional facilities shall make available tampons, sanitary pads, postpartum pads and panty liners at no cost to all prisoners for use in connection with vaginal discharge. Facilities shall maintain a sufficient supply, which shall be stored, dispensed and disposed of in a sanitary manner. The supply of products available shall include at least the following:
(1) Regular absorbent and super absorbent tampons;
(2) Regular absorbent and super absorbent sanitary pads;
(3) Postpartum pads; and
(4) Regular absorbent panty liners. [2019 c.489 §4]
2023 Oregon Revised Statutes › Volume : 04 - Criminal Procedure, Crimes › Chapter 169 - Local and Regional Correctional Facilities; Prisoners; Juvenile Facilities › Section 169.640 - Status of facility for custody of misdemeanants and violators.

(1) For purposes of sentencing and custody of a misdemeanant, a regional correctional facility shall be considered a county local correctional facility.
(2) For purposes of sentencing or custody of a person for violating a city ordinance, the regional correctional facility shall be considered a city local correctional facility. [1971 c.636 §4; 1973 c.740 §27]
2023 Oregon Revised Statutes › Volume : 04 - Criminal Procedure, Crimes › Chapter 169 - Local and Regional Correctional Facilities; Prisoners; Juvenile Facilities › Section 169.650 - Status of facility operated by Department of Corrections.

A regional correctional facility operated under agreement by the Department of Corrections is not a state institution but it may be located in the same buildings as are used for a facility authorized by ORS 421.805. [1971 c.636 §7; 1987 c.320 §100]
2023 Oregon Revised Statutes › Volume : 04 - Criminal Procedure, Crimes › Chapter 169 - Local and Regional Correctional Facilities; Prisoners; Juvenile Facilities › Section 169.660 - Status of persons confined in facility operated by Department of Corrections; assignment to regional facility.

(1) Persons confined in a regional correctional facility operated by the Department of Corrections shall be considered to be in the custody of the department and shall be subject to such rules as the department may prescribe.
(2) Persons committed to the custody of the Department of Corrections may be assigned to Department of Corrections bedspace at a regional correctional facility when the department is a party to the operation of the facility. Prisoners so assigned are subject to such rules as the department may prescribe and shall be considered to remain in the custody of the department regardless of whether, pursuant to agreement, the regional correctional facility is or is not under the actual administration of the department. [1971 c.636 §5; 1985 c.708 §4; 1987 c.320 §101]
2023 Oregon Revised Statutes › Volume : 04 - Criminal Procedure, Crimes › Chapter 169 - Local and Regional Correctional Facilities; Prisoners; Juvenile Facilities › Section 169.670 - Transfer of persons to facility operated by Department of Corrections; costs; return; exception.

Whenever the governing body of a county or city transfers a misdemeanant or violator or a person with pretrial or post-trial status to a regional correctional facility operated by the Department of Corrections, the county or city shall pay the cost of transportation to and from the facility and other expenses incidental thereto, including the expenses of law enforcement officers accompanying the misdemeanant, violator or person with pretrial or post-trial status. The Department of Corrections shall cause at the expense of the county or city, each misdemeanant, violator or person with pretrial or post-trial status transferred to its custody under ORS 169.660 to be returned upon request of the governing body of the county or city. However, such return is not required when the release is pursuant to work release or parole where other arrangements have been made for the placement of the misdemeanant, violator or person with pretrial or post-trial status. [1971 c.636 §6; 1987 c.320 §102]
2023 Oregon Revised Statutes › Volume : 04 - Criminal Procedure, Crimes › Chapter 169 - Local and Regional Correctional Facilities; Prisoners; Juvenile Facilities › Section 169.673 - Conversion of state correctional institutions into regional correctional facilities.

(1) The Department of Corrections shall negotiate with Marion County and Umatilla County, respectively, the conversion of Oregon State Correctional Institution and Eastern Oregon Correctional Institution into regional correctional facilities to house both state and county prisoners. The department shall include in the negotiations any other nearby counties desiring to participate in the operation of the regional correctional facility.
(2) If agreement is reached with Marion County, in the case of the Oregon State Correctional Institution, and with Umatilla County, in the case of Eastern Oregon Correctional Institution, the department shall proceed to operate those institutions, or either of them as to which agreement is negotiated, as regional correctional facilities according to the terms of the agreement. [1985 c.708 §6; 1987 c.320 §103]
2023 Oregon Revised Statutes › Volume : 04 - Criminal Procedure, Crimes › Chapter 169 - Local and Regional Correctional Facilities; Prisoners; Juvenile Facilities › Section 169.677 - Converted facilities to house felony or misdemeanant prisoners.

If a Department of Corrections institution is made to operate as a regional correctional facility pursuant to agreement under ORS 169.673, the purposes of the institution shall include the imprisonment of either felony or misdemeanant prisoners, or both, of the parties to the agreement under which the facility is operated. [1985 c.708 §7; 1987 c.320 §104]
2023 Oregon Revised Statutes › Volume : 04 - Criminal Procedure, Crimes › Chapter 169 - Local and Regional Correctional Facilities; Prisoners; Juvenile Facilities › Section 169.681 - Limit on telephone service provider fee or commission; quarterly report; rules.

(1) An inmate telephone service provider may not provide a fee or commission to a local or regional correctional facility, city or county for the provision of inmate telephone services other than a fee of five cents per minute or less, or other amount authorized by the Public Utility Commission by rule, for completed interstate, intrastate or international calls.
(2) The per-minute rate limits described in ORS 169.683 apply to the fee described in subsection (1) of this section.
(3) Any fee or commission received by a local or regional correctional facility, city or county under subsection (1) of this section must be deposited in the Inmate Welfare Fund Account, established under ORS 169.685, of the city or county receiving the fee or commission, or of the city or county in which the correctional facility receiving the fee or commission is located.
(4)(a) A local or regional correctional facility, city or county that receives a fee or commission described in subsection (1) of this section shall prepare a quarterly report with the following information:
(A) A monthly accounting of the total revenue received from the inmate telephone service provider;
(B) The total per-minute fees received;
(C) The share of revenue received by the correctional facility, city or county; and
(D) A detailed list of expenditures during the previous quarter from the Inmate Welfare Fund Account established under ORS 169.685.
(b) The correctional facility, city or county shall make the report described in paragraph (a) of this subsection available to the public and shall place a link to the report on the website of the correctional facility, city or county.
(5) The Public Utility Commission may adopt rules to carry out the provisions of this section, including rules that authorize fees in an amount other than that described in subsection (1) of this section.
(6) As used in this section, "regional correctional facility" has the meaning given that term in ORS 169.620. [2019 c.335 §4]
2023 Oregon Revised Statutes › Volume : 04 - Criminal Procedure, Crimes › Chapter 169 - Local and Regional Correctional Facilities; Prisoners; Juvenile Facilities › Section 169.685 - Inmate Welfare Fund Account.

(1) A city or county that maintains a local or regional correctional facility shall establish an Inmate Welfare Fund Account, separate and distinct from the general fund of the city or county. All moneys in the account may be expended only for inmate welfare and may not be used for regular inmate meals, inmate clothing, inmate medical care, facility maintenance or staff salaries, staff clothing or staff equipment.
(2) As used in this section:
(a) "Inmate welfare" means items or programs that enhance the lives of inmates, including but not limited to education programs, job training programs, drug and alcohol treatment programs, exercise equipment, televisions, cable subscriptions, electronic law library access, magazine subscriptions, books, board games, microwaves available for inmate use and meals or other foods provided for special events.
(b) "Regional correctional facility" has the meaning given that term in ORS 169.620. [2019 c.335 §6]
2023 Oregon Revised Statutes › Volume : 04 - Criminal Procedure, Crimes › Chapter 169 - Local and Regional Correctional Facilities; Prisoners; Juvenile Facilities › Section 169.730 - Definitions for ORS 169.740 to 169.760.

As used in ORS 169.740 to 169.760:
(1) "Isolation" means confinement of a juvenile in any room which lacks toilet facilities, furniture, reading and recreation materials or access to light and air comparable to that in other rooms used for the detention of juveniles.
(2) "Roomlock" means confinement of a juvenile in any sleeping room, other than an isolation room, except during regular sleeping periods; except that, in the case of facilities serving counties with a population less than 70,000, based on the 1980 census, "roomlock" does not include confining a juvenile in a sleeping room when all detained juveniles of the same sex are similarly confined due solely to the limitations of physical facilities or staff. [1981 c.869 §1a]
2023 Oregon Revised Statutes › Volume : 04 - Criminal Procedure, Crimes › Chapter 169 - Local and Regional Correctional Facilities; Prisoners; Juvenile Facilities › Section 169.760 - Juvenile detention facilities to establish written policy.

All juvenile detention facilities, within six months following November 1, 1981, shall have established comprehensive written policies providing for the least restrictive alternative consistent with the safety and security of the facility, ORS 169.076, 169.078, 169.740 and 169.750, with respect to:
(1) The admission and release of juveniles to and from the facility and proper notification of the juvenile’s parent, guardian or other person responsible for the juvenile;
(2) The use of physical restraints, physical force, chemical agents, internal searches and isolation of or upon a detained juvenile;
(3) A detained juvenile’s access to medical and dental treatment, education, counseling and exercise;
(4) Access to the facility by the public and news media;
(5) Access to reading materials for detained juveniles;
(6) Dress and groom code which will allow for individual identity of detained juveniles;
(7) Access to visitation and telephone calls for a detained juvenile with family and friends;
(8) Sanctions for violating rules of prisoner conduct made pursuant to ORS 169.076 (12) and procedures for fact-finding and imposition of discipline or punishment; and
(9) Access to records and grievance procedures for complaints by the detained juvenile, the attorney of the detained juvenile, parent or guardian or other interested person as provided for in ORS 419A.255. [1981 c.869 §5; 1993 c.33 §314; 2019 c.213 §47]
2023 Oregon Revised Statutes › Volume : 04 - Criminal Procedure, Crimes › Chapter 169 - Local and Regional Correctional Facilities; Prisoners; Juvenile Facilities › Section 169.770 - Release of detained juvenile when detention facility violates standards.

Notwithstanding the procedures set out in ORS 169.080 and 419A.061, the juvenile court in which venue lies pursuant to 419B.100 or 419C.005 shall, upon motion of any party or on its own motion, and after prompt hearing, release any juvenile detained in a facility which violates ORS 169.076 (7) to (11) or (13) to (15), 169.740 or 169.750, unless the court finds that such violation is not likely to reoccur. The court may comply with the release provisions of this section by transferring a detained juvenile to an available juvenile detention facility which it finds complies with ORS 169.076 (7) to (11) or (13) to (15), 169.740 and 169.750, or by placing the juvenile in shelter care, or by releasing the juvenile to the custody of a responsible adult under terms and conditions specified by the court, or by releasing the juvenile on personal recognizance under terms and conditions specified by the court. The appeal of a final order under this section does not suspend the jurisdiction of the juvenile court while the appeal is pending. No subsequent order of the juvenile court shall moot the appeal. [1981 c.869 §4; 1985 c.499 §8; 1985 c.618 §11; 1993 c.33 §315; 2001 c.480 §12; 2019 c.489 §9]
2023 Oregon Revised Statutes › Volume : 04 - Criminal Procedure, Crimes › Chapter 169 - Local and Regional Correctional Facilities; Prisoners; Juvenile Facilities › Section 169.800 - Detention of juveniles before conviction and execution of sentence.

Notwithstanding a waiver order under ORS 419C.349, 419C.352, 419C.364 or 419C.370, if a person under 16 years of age is detained prior to conviction or after conviction but prior to execution of sentence, such detention shall be in a facility used by the county for detention of juveniles. [1985 c.631 §3; 1993 c.33 §316; 1993 c.546 §120]
2023 Oregon Revised Statutes › Volume : 05 - State Government, Government Procedures, Land Use › Chapter 171 - State Legislature › Section 171.010 - Time and place of holding regular legislative sessions.

The regular sessions of the Legislative Assembly shall be held at the capital of the state and shall commence:
(1) In the case of an odd-numbered year regular session, on the Tuesday after the holiday for Martin Luther King, Jr.’s Birthday.
(2) In the case of an even-numbered year regular session, on the first day of February, except that if the first day of February is a Thursday, Friday, Saturday or Sunday, the regular session shall commence on the following Monday. [Amended by 2010 c.98 §1; 2018 c.78 §1]
2023 Oregon Revised Statutes › Volume : 05 - State Government, Government Procedures, Land Use › Chapter 171 - State Legislature › Section 171.023 - When member-elect may resign.

Any person who receives a certificate of election as a member of the Legislative Assembly is at liberty to resign the office, though the person may not have entered upon the execution of its duties or taken the requisite oath of office. [1981 c.517 §1]
2023 Oregon Revised Statutes › Volume : 05 - State Government, Government Procedures, Land Use › Chapter 171 - State Legislature › Section 171.062 - Filling vacancies in multicounty legislative districts.

(1) When a legislative district in which a vacancy occurs encompasses two or more counties, each county shall be entitled to one vote for each 1,000 of its electors or major fraction thereof residing within the legislative district at the time when either the office becomes vacant, or a resignation becomes binding under ORS 236.325, whichever occurs first. However, any county having electors in the district shall be entitled to at least one vote.
(2) A major fraction of electors shall be a number greater than 500 but less than 1,000. [Formerly 248.175; 2019 c.675 §9]
2023 Oregon Revised Statutes › Volume : 05 - State Government, Government Procedures, Land Use › Chapter 171 - State Legislature › Section 171.064 - Apportioning votes for filling vacancies in multicounty legislative districts.

The number of votes apportioned to each county commissioner in filling a legislative vacancy shall be equal to the total number allotted to the respective county of the county commissioner in the manner set forth in ORS 171.062 divided by the total number of county commissioners of the respective county. [Formerly 248.180]
2023 Oregon Revised Statutes › Volume : 05 - State Government, Government Procedures, Land Use › Chapter 171 - State Legislature › Section 171.068 - Procedure when vacancy filled after reapportionment.

(1) For purposes of ORS 171.060, 171.062 and 171.064, the county court or the board of county commissioners which shall fill the vacancy in the Legislative Assembly in a district created by reapportionment shall be the county court or board of county commissioners of each county any part of which is in the district that is created by the reapportionment and includes the residence from which the former Senator or Representative was elected.
(2) Each person nominated by a major political party to fill a vacancy in the Legislative Assembly occurring as described by ORS 171.051 in a district created by reapportionment must be registered to vote in the district from which the former Senator or Representative was elected and must have been a member of the same major political party at least 180 days before the date the vacancy to be filled occurred.
(3) This section shall apply only to a vacancy in the Legislative Assembly occurring after the primary election next following reapportionment and before a person has been elected and qualified to fill the vacancy. [1983 c.25 §1; 1985 c.771 §3; 1987 c.267 §62; 1987 c.380 §3; 1993 c.797 §18; 1995 c.712 §81]
2023 Oregon Revised Statutes › Volume : 05 - State Government, Government Procedures, Land Use › Chapter 171 - State Legislature › Section 171.113 - Use of state provided telephones.

It is the policy of the Legislative Assembly that all use of state provided phones by members or by legislative staff at the members’ direction, including phones assigned either at the member’s residence or at the Capitol, shall be considered to be used on state business for purposes of the Legislative Assembly. [1987 c.879 §25]
2023 Oregon Revised Statutes › Volume : 05 - State Government, Government Procedures, Land Use › Chapter 171 - State Legislature › Section 171.115 - Revolving fund; warrants.

(1) When requested in writing by the Legislative Administrator, the Oregon Department of Administrative Services shall draw a warrant in favor of the Legislative Assembly for use as a revolving fund. Warrants drawn to establish or increase the revolving fund, rather than to reimburse it, may not exceed the aggregate sum of $3,000. The State Treasurer shall hold the revolving fund in special account against which the Legislative Assembly may draw checks.
(2) All claims for reimbursement of advances paid from the revolving fund are subject to approval by the Legislative Administrator. When such claims have been approved, a warrant covering them shall be drawn in favor of the Legislative Assembly, charged against the appropriate funds and accounts, and used to reimburse the revolving fund. [1987 c.867 §3]
2023 Oregon Revised Statutes › Volume : 05 - State Government, Government Procedures, Land Use › Chapter 171 - State Legislature › Section 171.117 - Lounge Revolving Account.

There is established for the Legislative Assembly a Lounge Revolving Account. The Legislative Administration Committee may pay for the costs of food served in the members’ lounges from the Lounge Revolving Account for the purpose of supplying current requirements, the cost of which shall be reimbursed to the revolving account through receipts on the basis of sales or by payroll deductions from members. The moneys in the Lounge Revolving Account are appropriated continuously for the purposes of this section. [1995 c.408 §7; reenacted by 1997 c.688 §7]
2023 Oregon Revised Statutes › Volume : 05 - State Government, Government Procedures, Land Use › Chapter 171 - State Legislature › Section 171.120 - Purpose of ORS 171.120 to 171.125; unlawful employment practices.

(1) It is the purpose and intent of the Legislative Assembly in enacting this section and ORS 171.122 and 171.125 that, subject to the conditions set forth in these sections, any member of the Legislative Assembly whose employment is interrupted because of attendance at regular or special sessions of the Legislative Assembly or the performance of official duties as a member of the Legislative Assembly shall be restored to the employment status the member would have enjoyed if the member had continued in employment during any such attendance or performance of duties.
(2) As a part of the public policy to encourage public service, an employer may not discharge or threaten to discharge, intimidate or coerce any employee by reason of the employee’s service or scheduled service as a member or prospective member of the Legislative Assembly.
(3) The member or prospective member may not be subject to discipline or harassment or placed at any employment disadvantage as a consequence of the leave of absence. It is an unlawful employment practice under ORS chapter 659A for a member or prospective member to be subject to discipline or harassment or placed at any employment disadvantage as a consequence of any leave of absence related to regular or special session attendance or duties. A member or prospective member may file a complaint with the Commissioner of the Bureau of Labor and Industries under ORS 659A.820, or a civil action under ORS 659A.885, alleging violation of this subsection. [1957 c.549 §1; 1989 c.1066 §2; 1991 c.454 §1; 2001 c.621 §69; 2005 c.199 §2]
2023 Oregon Revised Statutes › Volume : 05 - State Government, Government Procedures, Land Use › Chapter 171 - State Legislature › Section 171.125 - Proceeding to require compliance with ORS 171.120 and 171.122.

(1) If any employer fails to comply with the provisions of ORS 171.120 and 171.122, the circuit court for any county in which such employer maintains a place of business has jurisdiction, upon the filing of a petition by the Attorney General on behalf of the person entitled to such benefits by reason of noncompliance of the employer, specifically to require the employer to comply with the provisions of ORS 171.120 and 171.122.
(2) If any employer fails to comply with ORS 171.120 and 171.122, the member or prospective member may bring an action under ORS chapter 659A employing counsel of the member’s or prospective member’s own choosing. [1957 c.549 §3; 1989 c.1066 §3; 1991 c.454 §3; 2001 c.621 §70]
2023 Oregon Revised Statutes › Volume : 05 - State Government, Government Procedures, Land Use › Chapter 171 - State Legislature › Section 171.127 - When proposed measure to bear name of person other than member requesting introduction; statement of chief sponsor.

(1) Each proposed legislative measure shall at the time of submission for filing bear the name of any state or other public agency or representative thereof, any private organization or representative thereof, or any person other than a member of the Legislative Assembly at whose specific formal request the measure is being introduced. As used in this subsection, "formal request" means the presentation, submission or providing of a drafted measure to a member or committee of the Legislative Assembly.
(2) Each proposed legislative measure shall bear a statement signed by the chief sponsor thereof, stating that all agencies, organizations and persons that have formally requested the measure are named thereon. [1975 c.783 §§1,2; 1981 c.517 §14; 1999 c.1074 §6]
2023 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 Oregon Public Defense 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; 2023 c.281 §45]
Note:
The amendments to 171.133 by section 82, chapter 281, Oregon Laws 2023, become operative January 1, 2025. See section 92, chapter 281, Oregon Laws 2023. The text that is operative on and after January 1, 2025, is set forth for the user’s convenience.
(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; and
(b) The Secretary of State, the State Treasurer, the Attorney General and the Commissioner of the Bureau of Labor and Industries.
2023 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]
2023 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)]
2023 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]
2023 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]
2023 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]
2023 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]
2023 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)]
2023 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]
2023 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]
2023 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]
2023 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]
2023 Oregon Revised Statutes › Volume : 05 - State Government, Government Procedures, Land Use › Chapter 171 - State Legislature › Section 171.285 - Legislative Counsel certificate.

(1) When any edition of the statutes, or part or supplement designed to replace parts of or to supplement a previous edition and to bring such edition up to date, is published by the Legislative Counsel Committee, the Legislative Counsel shall cause to be printed in the edition, part or supplement a certificate that the Legislative Counsel has compared each section in such edition, part or supplement with the original section in the enrolled bill or, if the enrolled bill is stored in a computer or similar device, with any printout or other output readable by sight, shown to reflect the enrolled bill accurately, and that, with the exception of the changes in form permitted by ORS 173.160 and other changes specifically authorized by law, the sections in the published edition, part or supplement are correctly copied.
(2) Any edition, part or supplement certified as provided in subsection (1) of this section shall constitute prima facie evidence of the law in all courts and proceedings, and any section in such edition, part or supplement may be amended or repealed by amending or repealing such section of the edition, part or supplement without reference to the legislative Act from which it was derived. No compilation of the statute laws of Oregon not bearing such certificate, or a similar certificate of the Reviser of Statutes, shall be admissible as evidence of the law in any court or proceeding. [Formerly 173.170; 1983 c.740 §37]
2023 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]
2023 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]
2023 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]
2023 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]
2023 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]
2023 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]
2023 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]
2023 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]
2023 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]