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2023 Oregon Revised Statutes › Volume : 09 - Education and Culture › Chapter 353 - Oregon Health and Science University › Section 353.455 - Family medicine residency network.

(1) The Area Health Education Center program created in ORS 353.450 is encouraged to create a family medicine residency network that:
(a) Facilitates an increase in the number of family medicine residency positions in this state in order to train more highly qualified family physicians who are likely to practice in this state.
(b) Supports and assists hospital systems in this state to work collaboratively with existing family medicine residency programs to develop new family medicine residency programs throughout this state.
(c) Helps family medicine residency programs in this state share resources through the creation of standardized curriculum, a common faculty development center, initiation of physician training in quality improvement, medical home development, chronic disease management, interprofessional team-based care and population care management, facilitation of primary care research projects through joint regulatory monitoring and other support and provision of grant writing resources for outside funding.
(2) The Area Health Education Center program may accept gifts, grants or contributions from any public or private source for the purpose of carrying out this section. [2011 c.289 §1]
Note:
353.455 was enacted into law by the Legislative Assembly but was not added to or made a part of ORS chapter 353 or any series therein by legislative action. See Preface to Oregon Revised Statutes for further explanation.
2023 Oregon Revised Statutes › Volume : 09 - Education and Culture › Chapter 353 - Oregon Health and Science University › Section 353.460 - Oregon Institute of Occupational Health Sciences.

(1) There is created the Oregon Institute of Occupational Health Sciences. The Oregon Health and Science University shall administer the institute.
(2) The purposes of the institute may include, but are not limited to, reducing the incidence of disease and reducing the costs and dangers to employers and employees associated with occupational disease. Specific functions of the institute may include:
(a) Basic and applied research into the incidence and causes of occupational diseases.
(b) Epidemiology and other data collection.
(c) Design of programs for clinical management of occupational diseases.
(d) Education and training programs.
(3) Although the output of the institute’s programs is intended to be of statewide use for employers, employees, health professionals and the public concerning occupational disease, it is not intended that the institute shall assume any of the responsibilities or functions of the physical rehabilitation facility operated by the Director of the Department of Consumer and Business Services. The institute may offer programs of diagnosis and treatment of occupational disease, but it is expected that such services shall be compensable under ORS chapter 656. [Formerly 352.073; 2013 c.111 §1]
2023 Oregon Revised Statutes › Volume : 09 - Education and Culture › Chapter 353 - Oregon Health and Science University › Section 353.470 - Funding of institute.

The Oregon Institute of Occupational Health Sciences shall operate, on an ongoing basis, from funds provided by the Department of Consumer and Business Services, in addition to any gifts, grants or donations made to carry out the activities of the institute. Oregon Health and Science University is not expected to provide funds for operation of the institute from any other sources of funds for operation of the university. [Formerly 352.083; 1999 c.291 §20; 2013 c.111 §2]
2023 Oregon Revised Statutes › Volume : 09 - Education and Culture › Chapter 353 - Oregon Health and Science University › Section 353.480 - Pediatric dental residency program.

Subject to the availability of funding, the Oregon Health and Science University shall establish the pediatric dental residency program only to the extent that funds are appropriated to the Oregon Department of Administrative Services for the Oregon Health and Science University public corporation to establish the program under section 1, chapter 1083, Oregon Laws 1999. [1999 c.1083 §2]
Note:
353.480 was enacted into law by the Legislative Assembly but was not added to or made a part of ORS chapter 353 or any series therein by legislative action. See Preface to Oregon Revised Statutes for further explanation.
2023 Oregon Revised Statutes › Volume : 09 - Education and Culture › Chapter 353 - Oregon Health and Science University › Section 353.485 - Oregon Psychiatric Access Line program.

(1) There is established the Oregon Psychiatric Access Line program in the Oregon Health and Science University.
(2) The Oregon Psychiatric Access Line program shall provide telephone or electronic real-time psychiatric consultations, from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. on all business days, to primary care providers who care for patients with mental health disorders.
(3) Psychiatrists providing advice to primary care providers through the Oregon Psychiatric Access Line program regarding prescription drug treatment options shall be informed by any applicable guidelines:
(a) In the Practitioner-Managed Prescription Drug Plan adopted by the Oregon Health Authority under ORS 414.334; or
(b) Recommended by the Pharmacy and Therapeutics Committee established by ORS 414.353. [2019 c.87 §1]
Note:
353.485 was enacted into law by the Legislative Assembly but was not added to or made a part of ORS chapter 353 or any series therein by legislative action. See Preface to Oregon Revised Statutes for further explanation.
2023 Oregon Revised Statutes › Volume : 09 - Education and Culture › Chapter 353 - Oregon Health and Science University › Section 353.550 - Definitions for ORS 353.550 to 353.559 and sections 10, 12, 14, 16 and 18, chapter 921, Oregon Laws 2001.

As used in ORS 353.550 to 353.559 and sections 10, 12, 14, 16 and 18, chapter 921, Oregon Laws 2001:
(1) "Bond-related costs" means:
(a) The costs and expenses of issuing, administering and maintaining bonds issued under ORS 353.550 to 353.559 and sections 10, 12, 14, 16 and 18, chapter 921, Oregon Laws 2001, and the bond program under ORS 353.550 to 353.559 and sections 10, 12, 14, 16 and 18, chapter 921, Oregon Laws 2001, including but not limited to:
(A) Paying or redeeming the bonds;
(B) Paying amounts due in connection with credit enhancement or any reserve instruments; and
(C) Paying the administrative costs and expenses of the State Treasurer and the Oregon Department of Administrative Services, including costs of consultants, attorneys and advisors retained by the State Treasurer or the Oregon Department of Administrative Services for the bonds or the bond program;
(b) The costs of funding any bond reserves;
(c) Capitalized interest for the bonds;
(d) Rebates or penalties due to the United States in connection with the bonds; and
(e) Any other costs or expenses that the State Treasurer or the Oregon Department of Administrative Services determines are necessary or desirable in connection with issuing the bonds or maintaining the bond program.
(2) "Capital costs" means the costs of acquiring, constructing, improving or equipping capital projects or other capital expenditures necessary or desirable to create, develop, maintain or directly or indirectly finance the Oregon Opportunity program.
(3) "Indirect financing" means financing capital costs of Oregon Health and Science University unrelated to the Oregon Opportunity program so that an equivalent amount of moneys may be used to pay capital costs and noncapital costs of the Oregon Opportunity program.
(4) "Master Settlement Agreement" means the Master Settlement Agreement, and related documents, entered into on November 23, 1998, by the State of Oregon and leading United States tobacco products manufacturers.
(5) "Noncapital costs" means the costs of programs, scholarships, endowments, research infrastructure and recruitment of scientists and researchers, or other noncapital costs or expenses, necessary or desirable to create, develop, maintain or directly or indirectly finance the Oregon Opportunity program.
(6) "Oregon Opportunity program" means the program created by Oregon Health and Science University pursuant to ORS 353.559. [2001 c.921 §3]
2023 Oregon Revised Statutes › Volume : 09 - Education and Culture › Chapter 353 - Oregon Health and Science University › Section 353.553 - Short title.

ORS 353.550 to 353.559 and sections 10, 12, 14, 16 and 18, chapter 921, Oregon Laws 2001, shall be known and may be cited as the Oregon Opportunity Act. [2001 c.921 §2]
2023 Oregon Revised Statutes › Volume : 09 - Education and Culture › Chapter 353 - Oregon Health and Science University › Section 353.559 - Creation; university duties; expenditure of proceeds.

(1) Oregon Health and Science University shall create the Oregon Opportunity program to usher in a new era of breakthroughs in health care and biotechnology for Oregonians. Through the program, the university shall invest in facilities, endowments, research infrastructure, recruitment of scientists and researchers, scholarships and programs including but not limited to:
(a) Research on cancer, heart disease, multiple sclerosis, Parkinson’s disease and Alzheimer’s disease;
(b) Research on autism spectrum disorder;
(c) Children’s health and women’s health;
(d) Hearing research;
(e) Advanced eye research;
(f) Aging research;
(g) Rural health initiatives;
(h) Research on public health, health care ethics, health information science and health outcomes; and
(i) Other health care, biotechnology and related research.
(2) Oregon Health and Science University shall dedicate:
(a) Not less than five percent of the university’s share of the net proceeds of royalties and licenses attributable to the Oregon Opportunity program to meeting the university’s missions of providing access to medical services to people who are underserved and promoting further study in the areas of public health, health care ethics, health information science and health outcomes. The proceeds shall be distributed as follows:
(A) 50 percent to providing access to medical services to people who are underserved; and
(B) 50 percent to establishing endowments to support research on public health, health care ethics, health information science and health outcomes.
(b) Not less than five percent of the university’s share of the net proceeds of royalties and licenses attributable to the Oregon Opportunity program to the payment of bond-related costs then due and payable by the state and deposit those amounts into the Oregon Health and Science University Bond Fund established in section 14, chapter 921, Oregon Laws 2001. If the dedicated amount exceeds the amount necessary to pay bond-related costs, the excess shall be deposited in the General Fund.
(3) Notwithstanding subsection (2) of this section, any obligation of the university to dedicate or distribute a share of the net proceeds of royalties and licenses attributable to the Oregon Opportunity program under subsection (2) of this section:
(a) Shall be subordinate to the university’s obligation to pay obligations issued under the university’s Master Trust Indenture, dated December 1, 1995, as amended or supplemented; and
(b) Does not constitute a lien on the gross revenues of the university as "Lien" and "Gross Revenues" are defined in the Master Trust Indenture. [2001 c.921 §5]
2023 Oregon Revised Statutes › Volume : 09 - Education and Culture › Chapter 353 - Oregon Health and Science University › Section 353.600 - Definitions for ORS 353.600 to 353.612.

As used in ORS 353.600 to 353.612:
(1) "Committee" means the Oregon Nursing Shortage Coalition Committee created in ORS 353.606.
(2) "Post-secondary education institution" means:
(a) A public university listed in ORS 352.002;
(b) A community college operated under ORS chapter 341;
(c) A school or division of Oregon Health and Science University; or
(d) An Oregon-based, generally accredited, not-for-profit private institution of higher education. [2003 c.697 §2; 2011 c.637 §260]
2023 Oregon Revised Statutes › Volume : 09 - Education and Culture › Chapter 353 - Oregon Health and Science University › Section 353.603 - Grant distribution; administrative expenses; contributions.

(1) Oregon Health and Science University shall distribute grants to post-secondary education institutions to support nursing education programs based on the selections of the Oregon Nursing Shortage Coalition Committee and in accordance with appropriate university policies and procedures. If the university is not able to distribute a grant to a post-secondary education institution selected by the committee, the university shall report to the committee the reason for not distributing the grant.
(2) Grants distributed under this section to a community college or a public university listed in ORS 352.002 may be based on an intergovernmental agreement entered into by Oregon Health and Science University and the college or public university.
(3) Oregon Health and Science University may not use more than five percent of the amount received from the Nursing Education Grant Fund established in ORS 353.612 for the grant program in any biennium for administrative expenses incurred in administering ORS 353.600 to 353.612.
(4) Oregon Health and Science University may accept contributions of funds and assistance from the United States Government or its agencies, or from any other source, public or private, and agree to conditions placed on the funds not inconsistent with the purposes of ORS 353.600 to 353.612. The university shall use funds and assistance received under this subsection for grants distributed under this section or for administering ORS 353.600 to 353.612.
(5) Oregon Health and Science University shall deposit moneys received by the university for purposes of ORS 353.600 to 353.612 in the Nursing Education Grant Fund. The total amount of grants distributed under this section may not exceed the amount of moneys available for distribution in the fund. [2003 c.697 §3; 2011 c.637 §261]
2023 Oregon Revised Statutes › Volume : 09 - Education and Culture › Chapter 353 - Oregon Health and Science University › Section 353.606 - Oregon Nursing Shortage Coalition Committee.

(1) There is created the Oregon Nursing Shortage Coalition Committee.
(2) The committee consists of 10 members, as follows:
(a) Two members who represent the Oregon State Board of Nursing appointed by the board.
(b) Two members who represent the Northwest Organization of Nurse Executives appointed by the Oregon State Board of Nursing from a list of persons submitted to the board by the Northwest Organization of Nurse Executives.
(c) Two members who represent the Oregon Nurses Association appointed by the Oregon State Board of Nursing from a list of persons submitted to the board by the Oregon Nurses Association.
(d) One member appointed by the Oregon State Board of Nursing who represents Oregon-based, generally accredited, not-for-profit private institutions of higher education from a list of persons submitted to the board by the Oregon Independent Colleges Association.
(e) Two members appointed by the Director of the Office of Community Colleges and Workforce Development from a list of persons submitted to the director by the Oregon Community College Association.
(f) One member who represents Oregon Health and Science University appointed by the university.
(3) When appointing members to the committee, the Oregon State Board of Nursing, the Director of the Office of Community Colleges and Workforce Development and Oregon Health and Science University shall ensure that there is at least one member from each of the following areas of the state:
(a) Rural western Oregon.
(b) Coastal Oregon.
(c) Eastern Oregon.
(d) Urban areas.
(4) The term of office of each member is four years, but a member serves at the pleasure of the appointing authority. Before the expiration of the term of a member, the appointing authority shall appoint a successor whose term begins on July 1 next following. A member is eligible for reappointment. If there is a vacancy for any cause, the appointing authority shall make an appointment to become immediately effective for the unexpired term.
(5) The committee shall elect one of its members to serve as chairperson and another to serve as vice chairperson, for the terms and with the duties and powers necessary for the performance of the functions of such offices as the committee determines.
(6) The committee shall meet at times and places specified by the call of the chairperson or of a majority of the members of the committee.
(7) A majority of the members of the committee constitutes a quorum for the transaction of business.
(8) Members of the committee are entitled to actual and necessary travel expenses in the manner and amounts provided for in ORS 292.495. Claims for expenses incurred in performing functions of the committee shall be paid out of funds received by Oregon Health and Science University for that purpose.
(9) Oregon Health and Science University shall provide staff support to the committee. [2003 c.697 §4; 2015 c.366 §85]
2023 Oregon Revised Statutes › Volume : 09 - Education and Culture › Chapter 353 - Oregon Health and Science University › Section 353.609 - Duties of committee; grant criteria; use of grant funds.

(1) The Oregon Nursing Shortage Coalition Committee shall:
(a) Adopt criteria for awarding grants to post-secondary education institutions under this section;
(b) Based on the criteria, select post-secondary education institutions to receive grants to support nursing education programs; and
(c) Determine the amounts of the grants to be distributed under ORS 353.603.
(2) The goal of the committee in adopting criteria and selecting grant recipients shall be to increase the capacity of nursing education programs statewide.
(3) The criteria adopted by the committee shall include, but not be limited to, consideration for:
(a) Whether the grant funds will be used to increase the capacity of a nursing education program;
(b) Whether the grant funds will be matched with funds from other sources or used to leverage additional funds from other sources;
(c) Ensuring that grant funds are awarded for nursing education programs in both urban areas and rural areas of the state;
(d) Ensuring that grant funds are used to increase the capacity for all levels of nursing education; and
(e) Ensuring that grant funds are used to increase the diversity of people who enter nursing education programs, including targeting underrepresented groups of people in the nursing profession.
(4) The total amount of grants awarded by the committee may not exceed the amount of moneys available for distribution as grants.
(5) A post-secondary education institution awarded a grant under this section may use the grant funds to:
(a) Develop nursing education program infrastructure;
(b) Train additional nurse educators;
(c) Develop regional learning laboratories;
(d) Provide technical support to nursing education programs;
(e) Create learning materials that supplement available faculty expertise;
(f) Coordinate student clinical experiences statewide; and
(g) Expand the capacity of nursing education programs to train new nurses across the state. [2003 c.697 §6]
2023 Oregon Revised Statutes › Volume : 09 - Education and Culture › Chapter 353 - Oregon Health and Science University › Section 353.612 - Nursing Education Grant Fund.

(1) The Nursing Education Grant Fund is established separate and distinct from the General Fund. All moneys received by the Oregon Department of Administrative Services or Oregon Health and Science University for purposes of ORS 353.600 to 353.612 shall be deposited into the State Treasury and credited to the Nursing Education Grant Fund.
(2) Interest earned from the Nursing Education Grant Fund shall be credited to the fund.
(3) All moneys in the Nursing Education Grant Fund are continuously appropriated to the department for allocation to the university for the purposes of ORS 353.600 to 353.612. [2003 c.697 §3a]
2023 Oregon Revised Statutes › Volume : 09 - Education and Culture › Chapter 354 - Educational Television and Radio; Distance Learning; Translator Districts › Section 354.090 - Management of state radio station at Oregon Institute of Technology.

The Oregon Institute of Technology is declared the managing agency of the FM radio station KTEC, licensed to the Oregon Institute of Technology, and as such shall prescribe standards in conformity with the regulations and laws of the United States Government relating to educational FM radio stations. By such standards the Oregon Institute of Technology shall make the facilities of the radio station available in the training programs of the Oregon Institute of Technology. [1957 c.389 §16; 1961 c.126 §1; 2013 c.768 §162a; 2015 c.767 §§167,168]
2023 Oregon Revised Statutes › Volume : 09 - Education and Culture › Chapter 354 - Educational Television and Radio; Distance Learning; Translator Districts › Section 354.410 - Definitions for ORS 354.410 to 354.430.

As used in ORS 354.410 to 354.430, unless the context requires otherwise:
(1) "Educational television and radio and distance learning" means programs for direct teaching and instructional enrichment which are transmitted for viewing, listening or interactive instruction in connection with instruction in public elementary and secondary education by state-operated educational television and radio stations or by program providers approved by the State Board of Education.
(2) "Direct teaching" means instruction primarily by educational television or radio or by live interactive transmission in a subject or course of study which is a part of the public school curriculum as authorized by the State Board of Education.
(3) "Instructional enrichment" means instruction by means of educational television or radio or live interactive transmission which is designed to improve, supplement, complement, or strengthen instruction in a subject or course of study which is a part of the public school curriculum. [1961 c.535 §2; 1989 c.285 §1]
2023 Oregon Revised Statutes › Volume : 09 - Education and Culture › Chapter 354 - Educational Television and Radio; Distance Learning; Translator Districts › Section 354.420 - Purpose of ORS 354.410 to 354.430.

(1) The purpose of ORS 354.410 to 354.430 is to encourage the development of and provide means for making educational television and radio and distance learning programs of direct instruction and instructional enrichment for pupils available to the public schools of the state and to provide for the authorization and approval of such programs by the State Board of Education.
(2) Subject to the approval of the state board, school districts may use educational television and radio and distance learning to provide instruction in the public schools of Oregon. [1961 c.535 §§1,3; 1965 c.100 §453; 1989 c.285 §2; 1989 c.491 §59; 2005 c.22 §252]
2023 Oregon Revised Statutes › Volume : 09 - Education and Culture › Chapter 354 - Educational Television and Radio; Distance Learning; Translator Districts › Section 354.430 - Authority of Department of Education; disposition of sale proceeds.

The Department of Education may utilize its appropriate personnel and facilities and any funds made available to it:
(1) To stimulate interest by school districts in the appropriate use of educational television and radio and distance learning in the public schools.
(2) To plan and produce suitable educational television and radio and distance learning programs of direct instruction and instructional enrichment for pupils in the public schools.
(3) To cooperate with officials of state-operated educational television and radio stations and providers of distance learning programs in planning and producing suitable programs of direct teaching and instructional enrichment for the public schools.
(4) To assist local school districts in planning suitable programs of educational television and radio and distance learning for the public schools, and to cooperate with officials of state-operated educational television and radio stations and providers of distance learning programs in producing such programs.
(5) To employ personnel and pay expenses for services, materials, equipment and supplies necessary for the administration of ORS 354.410 to 354.430.
(6) To contract for and pay for professional services utilized in the development and production of programs for educational television and radio and distance learning.
(7) To purchase, rent, lease or contract for use of filmed, taped or otherwise recorded educational television and radio or distance learning programs from available sources and to sell programs or to exchange them for others of a similar nature.
(8) All moneys received under subsection (7) of this section shall be deposited in the State Treasury to the credit of the Department of Education and shall be used exclusively for the purposes authorized by this section. [1961 c.535 §5; 1965 c.100 §454; 1967 c.570 §1; 1989 c.285 §3]
2023 Oregon Revised Statutes › Volume : 09 - Education and Culture › Chapter 354 - Educational Television and Radio; Distance Learning; Translator Districts › Section 354.605 - Definitions for ORS 354.605 to 354.715.

As used in ORS 354.605 to 354.715, unless the context requires otherwise:
(1) "County board" means the governing body of the county in which a district is principally situated.
(2) "District" means a translator district formed under ORS 354.605 to 354.715.
(3) "District board" means the governing board of a district.
(4) "Translator" means any UHF facility or Federal Communications Commission approved equipment owned by a district which serves the district by receiving, amplifying and transmitting signals broadcast by one or more television stations and public service signals which are allowed by Federal Communications Commission regulations. When the district transmits signals through VHF equipment, the district shall provide for an automatic encoder to prevent signal deviation. [1975 c.286 §1; 1979 c.108 §7; 1997 c.518 §1]
2023 Oregon Revised Statutes › Volume : 09 - Education and Culture › Chapter 354 - Educational Television and Radio; Distance Learning; Translator Districts › Section 354.615 - Application of ORS 354.605 to 354.715.

Except as provided in ORS 354.690 (5), nothing in ORS 354.605 to 354.715 shall apply to the construction or operation of community antenna systems or the redistribution of any signals, writings, images, sounds or intelligence of any nature by cable. [1975 c.286 §2(2); 1979 c.108 §8; 1985 c.445 §3]
2023 Oregon Revised Statutes › Volume : 09 - Education and Culture › Chapter 354 - Educational Television and Radio; Distance Learning; Translator Districts › Section 354.625 - Creation of translator district; boundaries of district; annexation.

(1) A translator district may be created as provided by ORS 354.605 to 354.715 for the construction, maintenance and operation of translator stations and the transmission and reception of television broadcast signals in areas so remote from regular transmission points that adequate television programming is not available to the public. The translator transmitting facilities shall conform to all FCC rules and regulations and shall be prohibited from interfering with all existing reception facilities, including but not limited to off-air antennas, CATV or MATV.
(2) The boundaries of any district organized under ORS 354.605 to 354.715 shall be determined pursuant to the provisions of ORS 198.720.
(3) Notwithstanding subsection (2) of this section, if a city is entirely surrounded by a district and the city is either served by a cable television corporation or a cable television corporation has ceased operations in the city, the electors of the city may petition, or the district board may decide, to determine whether the city should be annexed into the district. A petition or decision by the board to annex the city into the district must satisfy the requirements of ORS 198.705 to 198.845.
(4) If the question of annexation is authorized to be submitted to electors under ORS 198.705 to 198.845, the question shall be submitted to electors of the city at an election called for that purpose under ORS 198.705 to 198.845.
(5) Following the successful passage of an annexation measure described in subsection (4) of this section, a district need not thereafter again submit the question of annexation to electors of a city within which a cable television corporation again has begun or renewed operations in that city. [1975 c.286 §2(1),(3); 1979 c.108 §9; 2019 c.548 §1]
2023 Oregon Revised Statutes › Volume : 09 - Education and Culture › Chapter 354 - Educational Television and Radio; Distance Learning; Translator Districts › Section 354.635 - Contents of petition of formation.

(1) In addition to matters named in ORS 198.750, the petition to form a translator district shall include:
(a) A brief description of the proposed system including the type of construction, location, number of translators to be erected and the number of television channels to be provided.
(b) The maximum service charge that may be charged by the district.
(2) The petition shall be addressed to and filed with the county board of the principal county and the proceeding conducted as provided in ORS 198.705 to 198.845. [1975 c.286 §3; 1979 c.108 §10; 2005 c.22 §253]
2023 Oregon Revised Statutes › Volume : 09 - Education and Culture › Chapter 354 - Educational Television and Radio; Distance Learning; Translator Districts › Section 354.645 - When election on formation and first board to be held.

The formation and changes of organization of a district shall take place in the manner provided in ORS 198.705 to 198.955. [1975 c.286 §4; 1979 c.108 §11]
2023 Oregon Revised Statutes › Volume : 09 - Education and Culture › Chapter 354 - Educational Television and Radio; Distance Learning; Translator Districts › Section 354.650 - Election laws applicable.

(1) ORS chapter 255 governs the following:
(a) The nomination and election of district board members.
(b) The conduct of district elections.
(2) The electors of a district may exercise the powers of the initiative and referendum regarding a district measure, in accordance with ORS 255.135 to 255.205. [1983 c.350 §216]
2023 Oregon Revised Statutes › Volume : 09 - Education and Culture › Chapter 354 - Educational Television and Radio; Distance Learning; Translator Districts › Section 354.655 - District board; membership; quorum; term; expenses.

(1) The district board shall consist of five members, each of whom shall be an elector of the district or a person who pays service charges under ORS 354.690. The terms of office for the district board members first elected shall be determined by lot. The terms of two shall expire June 30 next following the first regular district election and the terms of three shall expire June 30 next following the second regular district election.
(2) As soon as possible after the election and the taking of the oath of office by the members, an organizational meeting shall be held and officers selected. A majority of the members shall constitute a quorum for the transaction of business.
(3) Except as provided in subsection (1) of this section, the term of office of each district board member is four years.
(4) The members of the district board shall serve without compensation, but shall be entitled to receive actual and necessary travel and other expenses incurred in the performance of their duties.
(5) The district board shall fill any vacancy on the board in the manner provided in ORS 198.320. [1975 c.286 §5; 1979 c.108 §12; 1983 c.83 §78; 1983 c.350 §214; 2019 c.548 §2]
2023 Oregon Revised Statutes › Volume : 09 - Education and Culture › Chapter 354 - Educational Television and Radio; Distance Learning; Translator Districts › Section 354.665 - Board duties; rules.

A district board shall:
(1) Manage and conduct the affairs of the district.
(2) Establish and maintain funds and accounts for the district.
(3) Establish reasonable rules for the administration of the district. [1975 c.286 §6]
2023 Oregon Revised Statutes › Volume : 09 - Education and Culture › Chapter 354 - Educational Television and Radio; Distance Learning; Translator Districts › Section 354.675 - Powers of district.

A translator district shall have full power to carry out the objectives of its formation and to that end may:
(1) Acquire by purchase, devise or gift or voluntary grant real and personal property or any interest therein including any rights of way or easements necessary or convenient for its purposes.
(2) Sue and be sued in its own name.
(3) Build, construct, improve, operate and maintain, subject to other applicable provisions of law, any translators necessary for the transmission of signals intended to be received by the general public.
(4) Perform all acts necessary to insure an efficient and equitable distribution of television programming within the district subject to the availability of funds in the approved budget.
(5) Make contracts of any lawful nature, employ personnel, including any technical or professional consultants necessary to carry out the provisions of ORS 354.605 to 354.715.
(6) Apply for, accept and hold any licenses or permits required under federal or state law.
(7) Transmit signals utilizing Advanced Television Systems Committee 1.0 and 3.0 standards.
(8) Aggregate and distribute emergency alerts from federal, state and local authorities over transmitted signals or via alternative methods utilized to distribute signals.
(9) Transmit low power television signals originating on district translators.
(10) Distribute video-on-demand content via the transmission of signals and alternative methods.
(11) Own and operate low power television channels, or lease and manage subchannels when authorized by television stations, and:
(a) Distribute signals for the channels and subchannels via alternative methods; and
(b) Finance operations described in this subsection through the sale of commercial matter. [1975 c.286 §7; 1979 c.108 §13; 2019 c.261 §1]
2023 Oregon Revised Statutes › Volume : 09 - Education and Culture › Chapter 354 - Educational Television and Radio; Distance Learning; Translator Districts › Section 354.680 - Revenue generation.

(1) A district may, without elector approval but with permission from the broadcasting television station, generate revenue in the district’s transmissions through the acknowledgment or solicitation of financial support considered necessary for the continued operation of the translator.
(2) A district may, without elector approval but with the permission of the producer of video-on-demand content, generate revenue in the district’s transmissions and alternative distribution methods through the acknowledgement or solicitation of financial support considered necessary for the continued operation of the translator. [1979 c.108 §3; 2005 c.22 §254; 2019 c.261 §2]
2023 Oregon Revised Statutes › Volume : 09 - Education and Culture › Chapter 354 - Educational Television and Radio; Distance Learning; Translator Districts › Section 354.685 - Methods of finance.

When authorized by its electors, a district board may finance the acquisition, purchase, lease, operation or maintenance of the district by any of the following methods:
(1) Imposition of a service charge upon property within the district for use of the translator signals as provided in ORS 354.690. A district created before May 7, 1979, shall be considered to have received elector authorization for imposition of the service charge.
(2) Issuance of revenue bonds. The revenue bonds shall be issued as prescribed in ORS chapter 287A, but are not subject to the requirements of ORS 287A.150. The revenue bonds are payable both as to principal and interest from revenues only. The revenue bonds shall not be subject to the percentage limitation applicable to general obligation bonds and shall not be a lien on any of the taxable property within the limits of the district and shall be payable solely from such part of revenues of the district as remains after the payment of obligations having a priority and of all expenses of operation and maintenance of the district. All revenue bonds shall contain a provision that both the principal and interest are payable solely from the operating revenues of the district remaining after paying such obligations and expenses. [1975 c.286 §8; 1979 c.108 §14; 2007 c.783 §159]
2023 Oregon Revised Statutes › Volume : 09 - Education and Culture › Chapter 354 - Educational Television and Radio; Distance Learning; Translator Districts › Section 354.705 - Referral of increase in minimum tax rate to voters.

(1) Subject to limitations of the Oregon Constitution, the district board may refer to the electors of the district any proposal to increase the maximum service charge as provided in ORS 354.635 to maintain the financial stability of the district in an emergency. The proposal shall state that an emergency exists and specify with distinctness the facts and reasons constituting the emergency.
(2) The district board may refer to the electors of the district proposed additional or alternate means of financing allowed under ORS 354.685. [1975 c.286 §10; 1979 c.108 §15; 1983 c.350 §217]
2023 Oregon Revised Statutes › Volume : 09 - Education and Culture › Chapter 354 - Educational Television and Radio; Distance Learning; Translator Districts › Section 354.990 - Penalties.

Any property owner who knowingly makes any false verified declaration in order to obtain a service charge exemption under the provisions of ORS 354.690 is guilty of unsworn falsification and upon conviction shall be punished as provided in ORS 162.085. [1975 c.286 §12; 1979 c.108 §16; 1985 c.445 §2]
2023 Oregon Revised Statutes › Volume : 09 - Education and Culture › Chapter 357 - Libraries; State Archivist; Poet Laureate › Section 357.001 - Legislative findings.

The State of Oregon recognizes that:
(1) An informed citizenry is indispensable to the proper functioning of a democratic society.
(2) Libraries constitute a cultural, informational and educational resource essential to the people of this state.
(3) Library services should be available widely throughout the state to bring within convenient reach of the people appropriate opportunities for reading, study and free inquiry.
(4) Providing and supporting adequate library services is a proper and necessary function of government at all levels.
(5) It is a basic right of citizens to know about the activities of their government, to benefit from the information developed at public expense and to have permanent access to the information published by state agencies. [1975 c.476 §2; 1995 c.69 §1; 2005 c.33 §1]
2023 Oregon Revised Statutes › Volume : 09 - Education and Culture › Chapter 357 - Libraries; State Archivist; Poet Laureate › Section 357.002 - Policy.

It is the policy of the State of Oregon to have a State Library that:
(1) Provides library services suitable to support state government needs and operations;
(2) Provides efficient library services for Oregonians who are print-disabled;
(3) Promotes the establishment, development and support of local library services;
(4) Promotes and supports library services for children and youth;
(5) Eliminates duplication of state agency library services;
(6) Leverages federal, state and local funding for the benefit of state and local libraries;
(7) Promotes the electronic delivery of library and information resources and services;
(8) Promotes public, nonprofit and private partnerships; and
(9) Maintains free access for the public to State Library materials. [2015 c.328 §1]
2023 Oregon Revised Statutes › Volume : 09 - Education and Culture › Chapter 357 - Libraries; State Archivist; Poet Laureate › Section 357.004 - Definitions for ORS 357.001 to 357.200.

As used in ORS 357.001 to 357.200, unless the context requires otherwise:
(1) "Depository library" means a library that is designated as such under ORS 357.095.
(2)(a) "Issuing agency" means state government, as that term is defined in ORS 174.111.
(b) "Issuing agency" does not include any public university listed in ORS 352.002 or office, department or activity under the control of the university.
(3)(a) "Public document" means informational matter produced for public distribution or access regardless of format, medium, source or copyright, originating in or produced with the imprint of, by the authority of or at the total or partial expense of any state agency. "Public document" includes informational matter produced on computer diskettes, CD-ROMs, computer tapes, the Internet or in other electronic formats.
(b) "Public document" does not include:
(A) Correspondence, forms, interoffice or intraoffice memoranda;
(B) Legislative bills;
(C) Oregon Revised Statutes or any edition thereof; or
(D) Reports and publications of the Oregon Supreme Court, the Oregon Court of Appeals and the Oregon Tax Court. [1995 c.69 §4; 2005 c.33 §2; 2011 c.637 §262; 2013 c.768 §140; 2015 c.767 §169]
2023 Oregon Revised Statutes › Volume : 09 - Education and Culture › Chapter 357 - Libraries; State Archivist; Poet Laureate › Section 357.006 - State Archives, databases, libraries and other services or resources to which ORS 357.001 to 357.200 do not apply.

Unless specifically identified, ORS 357.001 to 357.200 do not apply to:
(1) The State Archives, or to databases, information resources, subscription licenses or other services or resources provided by the State Archives; or
(2) The State of Oregon Law Library or county law libraries, or to legal databases, information resources, subscription licenses or other law-related services or resources. [2015 c.328 §31]
Note:
357.006 was enacted into law by the Legislative Assembly but was not added to or made a part of ORS chapter 357 or any series therein by legislative action. See Preface to Oregon Revised Statutes for further explanation.
2023 Oregon Revised Statutes › Volume : 09 - Education and Culture › Chapter 357 - Libraries; State Archivist; Poet Laureate › Section 357.007 - Location of State Library.

Subject to ORS 276.004, the principal library of the State Library shall be in the State Capitol mall area. Other quarters may also be obtained, leased, acquired or provided at other locations when necessary to carry out the functions of the State Library. [Formerly 357.060]
2023 Oregon Revised Statutes › Volume : 09 - Education and Culture › Chapter 357 - Libraries; State Archivist; Poet Laureate › Section 357.008 - State Library duties; free book loans.

The State Library shall carry out the functions prescribed in ORS 357.001 and 357.002 as follows:
(1) The State Library shall support the needs and operations of state government by maintaining and developing appropriate collections of library services to supplement the collections and services of other libraries in this state and to meet the reference and research needs of state government.
(2) The State Library shall provide library services to persons who are print-disabled by:
(a) Acting in cooperation with the Library of Congress in the provision of library materials and services for persons who are print-disabled; and
(b) Contracting with other entities to provide such materials and services.
(3) The State Library shall promote the establishment, development and support of local library services by:
(a) Expending moneys as may be available to the State Library to demonstrate, develop and support library services in accordance with long-range plans for statewide development and coordination of library services;
(b) Providing advice and assistance to libraries, library boards, units of local government empowered to establish libraries and departments of state government in matters concerning the establishment, support, operation, improvement and coordination of library services and the cooperation among libraries; and
(c) Providing for in-service and continuing education programs for library personnel in this state.
(4) The State Library shall promote library services for children and youth by distributing to local libraries state grant funds appropriated to the State Library for library services and programs for children and youth.
(5) The State Library shall prescribe the conditions for the use of government publications in depository libraries and provide for public access to state government publications.
(6) The State Library shall biennially report to the Legislative Assembly and the Oregon Department of Administrative Services statistical data on:
(a) The effectiveness of library services provided to state government;
(b) The effectiveness of services provided to persons who are print-disabled;
(c) The degree to which local and school libraries in this state provide library services to the people of this state; and
(d) The scope and effectiveness of library services for children and youth funded by state grant funds.
(7) The State Library shall carry out all other activities authorized by law for the development of library services for the people of this state.
(8) The State Library shall lend State Library books free of charge to the people of Oregon through existing libraries. [2015 c.328 §2]
2023 Oregon Revised Statutes › Volume : 09 - Education and Culture › Chapter 357 - Libraries; State Archivist; Poet Laureate › Section 357.018 - State Library networks.

The State Library may:
(1) With the advice of the libraries of this state, establish and provide a network whereby the library resources in this state are made available to all of the people of this state under reasonable conditions and subject to appropriate compensation to libraries providing library services to persons outside their normal service areas; and
(2) Provide for state participation in regional, national or international library networks and systems designed to increase the quality of library services for the people of this state. [2015 c.328 §3]
2023 Oregon Revised Statutes › Volume : 09 - Education and Culture › Chapter 357 - Libraries; State Archivist; Poet Laureate › Section 357.021 - State Library Board; members; terms.

(1) The State Library Board is established, consisting of nine voting members.
(2) The Governor, after consultation with the Oregon Library Association, shall appoint seven voting members as follows:
(a) Two members from two different state agencies;
(b) One member representing a public library in eastern Oregon;
(c) One member representing a public library in western Oregon;
(d) One public member from eastern Oregon;
(e) One public member from western Oregon; and
(f) One member representing a community college library or a public university library in this state.
(3) The Deputy Superintendent of Public Instruction, or a designee of the deputy superintendent, shall be a voting member of the board.
(4) The administrator of the Commission for the Blind, or a designee of the administrator, shall be a voting member of the board.
(5) The State Librarian shall serve ex officio as a nonvoting member of the board.
(6) A board member described in subsection (2) of this section shall serve a four-year term, but a member described in subsection (2) of this section serves at the pleasure of the Governor. Before the expiration of the term of a member, the Governor shall appoint a successor whose term begins on July 1 next following. A member is eligible for reappointment. If there is a vacancy for any cause, the Governor shall make an appointment to become immediately effective for the unexpired term.
(7) A board member described in subsection (2) of this section shall be eligible for reappointment for only one additional term, but any person may be reappointed to the board after an interval of one year.
(8) The appointment of a board member described in subsection (2) of this section is subject to confirmation by the Senate in the manner prescribed in ORS 171.562 and 171.565.
(9) A member of the State Library Board is entitled to compensation and expenses as provided in ORS 292.495. [2015 c.328 §4]