Chapter 260 — Chapter 260

ORS 260.005 As used in this chapter

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ORS 260.006 Definitions for ORS 260.006 to 260.021, 260.059, 260.061, 260.266 and 260.416. As used in ORS 260.006 to 260.021, 260.059, 260.061, 260.266 and 260.416

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ORS 260.007 Exclusions from definitions of “contribution” and “expenditure.” As used in this chapter, “contribute,” “contribution,” “expend” or “expenditure” does not include

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ORS 260.009 Contributions made by multiple membership organizations controlled by same person. (1)(a) For purposes of the contribution limits established in ORS 260.014 and 260.016, contributions made or donations received by multiple membership organizations are considered to be made or received by a single membership organization, if the membership organizations are established, financed, maintained or controlled by the same person or substantially the same group of persons, including any parent, subsidiary, branch, division, department or local unit of the person or group of persons

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ORS 260.010 [Amended by 1969 c.279 §2; 1971 c.749 §25; renumbered 260.305]

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ORS 260.011 Prohibition on using cryptocurrency to make contribution. (1) A person may not make a contribution to a political candidate, a political committee or a petition committee using cryptocurrency

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ORS 260.012 Prohibition on acceptance of physical currency over $100 as contribution. A candidate, political committee or a petition committee may not accept aggregate contributions from a single source of more than $100 per calendar year in the form of physical currency of the United States or of any other country. [2023 c.600 §6]

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ORS 260.014 Permissible contributors; permissible local government contribution limits; limits on acceptance of contributions by specified office; limits on contributions by specified entity; rules. (1)(a) A candidate for state office or the principal campaign committee of a candidate for state office may accept contributions only from the sources and in the amounts described in this section

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ORS 260.016 Prohibition on control of more than one specified entity; exemptions for certain in-kind contributions from contribution limits; rules. (1)(a) A person may not control more than one of each of the following types of committees at one time

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ORS 260.018 Permissible uses of unexpended funds; limit on unexpended funds to carry forward; day on which unexpended funds in excess of limit may not be carried forward. (1) At the end of an election cycle, any unexpended funds that remain in the accounts of a candidate political committee may be used only as follows

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ORS 260.020 [Amended by 1957 c.643 §2; repealed by 1971 c.749 §82]

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ORS 260.021 Campaign Finance Education Fund established. (1) The Campaign Finance Education Fund is established in the General Fund. Moneys in the Campaign Finance Education Fund are continuously appropriated to the Secretary of State for the purpose of carrying out the duties described in ORS 260.264

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ORS 260.025 [1971 c.749 §2; repealed by 1973 c.623 §3]

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ORS 260.027 [1973 c.623 §2; repealed by 1975 c.684 §11]

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ORS 260.030 [Amended by 1957 c.643 §3; 1971 c.749 §26; renumbered 260.315]

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ORS 260.034 Deadline for incumbent seeking reelection to file petition or declaration. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, an incumbent holder of a public office who intends to seek reelection shall file a nominating petition or a declaration of candidacy for an additional term of the same public office at least seven days prior to the corresponding filing deadline for nonincumbent candidates for that public office. [2024 c.9 §17b]

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ORS 260.035 Treasurer and statement of organization for political committees and candidates; change in information. (1) Not later than the third business day after a political committee first receives a contribution or makes an expenditure, the political committee shall

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ORS 260.037 Liability of candidate or treasurer for default or violation of treasurer obligations. (1) The candidate is personally responsible for the performance of the duties referred to in ORS 260.035 (2). Any default or violation by the treasurer shall be conclusively considered a default or violation by the candidate. Any default or violation by the individual designated by the candidate or treasurer under ORS 260.039 or 260.057 is conclusively considered a default or violation by the candidate

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ORS 260.038 Treasurer of more than one candidate or committee; replacement of treasurer. (1) An individual may be appointed and serve as treasurer of a candidate, a political committee or petition committee or of two or more candidates, political committees or petition committees

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ORS 260.039 Content of statement of organization of candidate or principal campaign committee. (1) Except as provided in ORS 260.043, a candidate who serves as the candidate’s own treasurer, or the treasurer of the principal campaign committee, shall file a statement of organization with the filing officer. The statement shall include

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ORS 260.040 [Amended by 1957 c.643 §4; repealed by 1971 c.749 §82]

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ORS 260.041 Principal campaign committee. (1) Notwithstanding ORS 260.005 (18) and except as provided in ORS 260.043, a candidate shall designate a political committee as the candidate’s principal campaign committee. A candidate may designate only one political committee as the candidate’s principal campaign committee

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ORS 260.042 (1) The treasurer of a political committee shall file a statement of organization with the filing officer. The statement must include

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ORS 260.043 Exemptions for candidate who expects neither contributions nor expenditures to exceed $1,500 or $5,000; exemptions; rules. (1) A candidate who serves as the candidate’s own treasurer and who expects neither the aggregate contributions to be received nor the aggregate expenditures to be made by or on behalf of the candidate to exceed $1,500 in total amount during a calendar year is not required to

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ORS 260.044 Statement of independent expenditures; when person considered political committee or principal campaign committee; electronic filing; time frames; rules. (1) If a person makes independent expenditures in a total amount of more than $250 in a calendar year, the person shall use the electronic filing system adopted under ORS 260.057 to file with the Secretary of State a statement of independent expenditures not later than seven calendar days after the total amount of independent expenditures exceeds $250 in a calendar year

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ORS 260.045 [1971 c.749 §4; 1973 c.744 §5; 1975 c.675 §32; 1979 c.190 §346; 1981 c.234 §9; 1991 c.258 §2; 1991 c.719 §13; 1993 c.493 §105; 1999 c.999 §9; 2001 c.732 §7; 2001 c.965 §61; 2003 c.542 §11; 2005 c.797 §8; 2005 c.809 §§29,29a; 2007 c.848 §14; repealed by 2013 c.758 §15]

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ORS 260.046 Discontinuance of statement of organization; rules. (1) A filing officer, in accordance with rules adopted by the Secretary of State, may discontinue the statement of organization of a candidate, principal campaign committee, political committee or petition committee if the candidate or committee has not filed a statement of contributions received or expenditures made under this chapter

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ORS 260.049 Reports to be filed by certain corporations; rules. (1) If the major source of revenue of a corporation is paid-in-capital and the primary purpose of the corporation is to support or oppose any candidate, measure or political party, and the corporation has made a contribution or an expenditure for that purpose, the corporation shall report to the Secretary of State the names, addresses and occupations of its shareholders and shall report the amount of paid-in-capital attributable to each shareholder

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ORS 260.050 [Amended by 1957 c.643 §5; repealed by 1971 c.749 §82]

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ORS 260.052 Political committee identification number. The Secretary of State shall assign an identification number to each political committee required to file a statement with the secretary under ORS 260.057. The political committee shall include the identification number with each contribution made by the political committee. [1991 c.719 §64; 2005 c.809 §31]

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ORS 260.054 Political committee campaign account; petition committee petition account. (1) Each political committee shall establish a single exclusive campaign account and each petition committee organized under ORS 260.118 shall establish a single exclusive petition account in a financial institution, as defined in ORS 706.008. The financial institution must be located in this state and must ordinarily conduct business with the general public in this state

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ORS 260.055 Accounts of contributions and expenditures; inspection; preservation. (1)(a) Each candidate, the treasurer of each political committee, the treasurer of each petition committee and each person that makes independent expenditures in a total amount of more than $250 in a calendar year shall keep detailed accounts. The accounts shall be current as of not later than the seventh business day after the date of receiving a contribution or making an expenditure or independent expenditure with respect to all contributions received and all expenditures or independent expenditures made by or on behalf of the candidate or committee that are required to be reported under ORS 260.044, 260.057, 260.076 or 260.078. Subject to ORS 260.085, the accounts shall list all information required to be reported under ORS 260.083

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ORS 260.056 Written loan agreement; preservation of agreement. (1) A loan made by or to a candidate, political committee or petition committee must be by written agreement

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ORS 260.057 (1) The Secretary of State by rule shall adopt an electronic filing system to be used by

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ORS 260.058 [1981 c. 234 §3 (enacted in lieu of 260.072); 1983 c.71 §1; 1985 c.732 §1; 1987 c.727 §3; 1989 c.503 §§19, 20; 1989 c.1054 §1; 1993 c.493 §60; 1995 c.712 §74; 1999 c.999 §23; 2001 c.732 §2; 2005 c.797 §9; repealed by 2005 c.809 §56]

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ORS 260.059 Addition to electronic filing system for independent expenditures; use of addition by specified persons; required disclosure of specified contributors; rules. (1) The Secretary of State by rule shall adopt an addition to the electronic filing system described in ORS 260.057 to be used by

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ORS 260.060 [Amended by 1957 c.643 §6; 1969 c.279 §1; repealed by 1971 c.749 §82]

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ORS 260.061 Information to be released on campaign finance dashboard; biannual review and report; rules. (1) For elections occurring after January 1, 2028, the Secretary of State shall

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ORS 260.062 [1971 c.749 §6; 1973 c.744 §7; repealed by 1979 c.190 §431]

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ORS 260.063 [1981 c.234 §4 (enacted in lieu of 260.072); 1983 c.71 §2; 1985 c.732 §2; 1987 c.727 §4; 1989 c.503 §§21,22; 1989 c.1054 §3; 1993 c.493 §61; 1995 c.712 §75; 1999 c.225 §1; 1999 c.999 §24; 2001 c.732 §3; 2005 c.797 §21; repealed by 2005 c.809 §56]

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ORS 260.064 In-kind contribution from candidate, political committee or petition committee; insufficient filing; updated information. (1) If a candidate, political committee or petition committee receives updated information that an in-kind contribution received from another candidate, political committee or petition committee reported in a statement filed under ORS 260.057, 260.076 or 260.118 is inaccurate or otherwise insufficient, the candidate, political committee or petition committee that received the in-kind contribution shall, without penalty, file an updated statement with the Secretary of State

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ORS 260.065 [1965 c.110 §2; repealed by 1971 c.749 §82]

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ORS 260.067 [1965 c.289 §2 (260.067, 260.075 and 260.077 enacted in lieu of 260.070); 1969 c.243 §1; repealed by 1971 c.749 §82]

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ORS 260.068 [1981 c.234 §5 (enacted in lieu of 260.072); 1983 c.71 §3; 1985 c.732 §3; 1987 c.267 §60; 1987 c.727 §5; 1989 c.503 §§23,24; 1989 c.1054 §§5,6; 1991 c.911 §§5,6; 1993 c.493 §§62,63; 1995 c.712 §76; 1999 c.999 §25; 2001 c.732 §4; 2005 c.797 §10; repealed by 2005 c.809 §56]

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ORS 260.070 [Amended by 1961 c.75 §1; repealed by 1965 c.289 §1 (260.067, 260.075 and 260.077 enacted in lieu of 260.070)]

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ORS 260.072 [1971 c.749 §7; 1973 c.744 §8; 1975 c.683 §7; 1977 c.678 §2; 1979 c.190 §348; repealed by 1981 c.234 §2 (260.058, 260.063, 260.068, 260.073 and 260.078 enacted in lieu of 260.072)]

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ORS 260.073 [1981 c.234 §6 (enacted in lieu of 260.072); 1983 c.71 §4; 1985 c.732 §4; 1985 c.808 §55; 1987 c.267 §61; 1987 c.727 §6; 1989 c.503 §§25,26; 1989 c.1054 §§7,8; 1991 c.911 §§7,8; 1993 c.493 §§65,66; 1995 c.712 §77; 1999 c.225 §2; 1999 c.999 §26; 2001 c.732 §5; 2005 c.797 §11; repealed by 2005 c.809 §56]

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ORS 260.075 [1965 c.289 §3 (260.067, 260.075 and 260.077 enacted in lieu of 260.070); 1967 c.469 §1; repealed by 1971 c.749 §82]

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ORS 260.076 Statements of contributions received during session of Legislative Assembly. (1) A legislative official, statewide official or candidate therefor, or the official’s or candidate’s principal campaign committee, shall file statements showing contributions received by or on behalf of the official, candidate or committee during the period beginning January 1 and ending upon adjournment of the regular session of the Legislative Assembly, or during any special session of the Legislative Assembly

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ORS 260.077 [1965 c.289 §4 (260.067, 260.075 and 260.077 enacted in lieu of 260.070); 1967 c.339 §3; repealed by 1971 c.749 §82]

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