Chapter 358 — Chapter 358
179 sections in this chapter.
ORS 358.005 [1961 c.160 §18; renumbered 357.805]
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ORS 358.010 [Renumbered 357.815]
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OREGON HISTORICAL SOCIETY
ORS 358.015 State policy to contribute to Oregon Historical Society. The state recognizes a continuing obligation to contribute to the support of the Oregon Historical Society. The amount appropriated each biennium will be considered the continuing level of state aid for operation of the society for the next biennium. Supplements may also be added to acknowledge inflationary factors and as a match for demonstrated increases in membership dues or a combination thereof. [1979 c.72 §2]
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ORS 358.018 Duties of Oregon Historical Society. (1) The Oregon Historical Society shall advise the Department of Transportation on acquisition, development and operation of historic places
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(2) The Department of Transportation shall consider the advice of the Oregon Historical Society, particularly advice regarding the designation of historic buildings, sites and other historic places. [Formerly 358.770] (Temporary provisions relating to the renaming of geographic f…
ORS 358.020 [Renumbered 357.825]
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ORS 358.030 [Amended by 1961 c.160 §20; renumbered 357.835]
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OREGON HISTORIC FAMILIES DATABASE
ORS 358.035 Oregon Historic Families database; duties of State Archivist. (1) The State Archivist shall establish the Oregon Historic Families database to provide genealogy research material and to encourage genealogy studies of historic families of Oregon
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(2) The State Archivist shall compile Oregon data taken from decennial censuses prior to 1910. The State Archivist shall consolidate information pertaining to genealogy of Oregon Historic Families in cooperation with the Oregon Historical Society, county historical societies and …
ORS 358.040 [Renumbered 357.845]
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OREGON HISTORIC TRAILS
ORS 358.045 Oregon Trail; comprehensive program for development. The Oregon Historical Society shall prepare, administer and periodically revise a comprehensive program for the development of the Oregon Trail as a major historical attraction in this state. The program prepared by the Oregon Historical Society shall provide for
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(1) Coordination of local, regional and national efforts to develop the Oregon Trail. (2) Encouragement of Oregon Trail recognition and interpretation in cities situated along the Oregon Trail. (3) Development of an integrated concept plan and economic feasibility study for Orego…
ORS 358.050 [Amended by 1961 c.160 §21; renumbered 357.855]
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ORS 358.055 Oregon Trail; promotion as major tourist attraction. The Oregon Business Development Department shall promote the Oregon Trail as a major tourist attraction in this state, consistent with maintaining the historical integrity of the Oregon Trail by
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(1) Preparing and distributing maps, brochures and other promotional literature that publicize the historical, cultural and recreational opportunities available along the Oregon Trail. (2) Promoting the celebration of the 150th Anniversary of the Great Migration of 1843 on the Or…
ORS 358.057 Value and significance of state historic trails. Oregon recognizes the value and significance of its historic trails, including
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(1) The Lewis and Clark National Historic Trail; (2) The Oregon National Historic Trail; (3) The Applegate National Historic Trail; (4) The Nez Perce National Historic Trail; (5) Alternate routes of the Oregon Trail including: (a) The Whitman Mission Route; (b) The Upper Columbia…
ORS 358.060 [Amended by 1961 c.160 §22; renumbered 357.865]
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ORS 358.070 [Renumbered 357.875]
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ORS 358.080 [Amended by 1961 c.172 §6; renumbered 357.885]
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ORS 358.090 [1961 c.160 §19; renumbered 357.895]
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ORS 358.110 [Repealed by 1981 c.126 §6]
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ORS 358.120 [Repealed by 1981 c.126 §6]
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ORS 358.130 [Repealed by 1981 c.126 §6]
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ORS 358.140 [Repealed by 1981 c.126 §6]
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ORS 358.150 [Repealed by 1981 c.126 §6]
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ORS 358.160 [Repealed by 2005 c.22 §255]
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ORS 358.170 [Amended by 1965 c.327 §1; repealed by 1983 c.350 §227 (358.171 enacted in lieu of 358.170)]
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COUNTY HISTORICAL FUND
ORS 358.171 Election to establish county historical fund. (1) This section establishes the procedure for determining whether a county historical fund should be created. The question shall be decided by election. The governing body of a county
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(a) May order the election on its own resolution; or (b) Shall order the election when a petition is filed as provided in this section. (2) An election under this section shall determine: (a) Whether a county historical fund should be created; and (b) The amount of taxes to be le…
ORS 358.180 Tax levy for county historical fund; limitation. (1) When authorized by the electors as set forth in ORS 358.171, the governing body of the county may levy, in addition to the taxes now permitted by law to be levied, an ad valorem tax upon the taxable property in the county for the purpose of creating a county historical fund
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(2) The levy shall be a continuing levy in the amount required by the detailed estimates annually filed with the governing body under ORS 358.200 less any amount carried forward from the preceding year excepting reserve funds previously set aside and approved by the governing bod…
ORS 358.190 Historical fund not subject to Local Budget Law. The county historical fund is not subject to the provisions of the Local Budget Law and shall be a continuing fund. [Amended by 2003 c.46 §50]
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ORS 358.200 Annual estimate of money required by historical societies. Upon the creation of a county historical fund, the president and secretary of any historical society organized as a nonprofit organization under the laws of Oregon, affiliated with and approved by the Oregon Historical Society and including in its purposes the acquisition by gift, purchase or other means and the preservation of historical objects, real and personal property of historical interest, records, material and data for the purpose of which the fund was created, and the acquisition by gift, purchase, or other means, of real and personal property for use in connection with any of those purposes, may, on or before March 1 of each year, file with the governing body of the county a detailed estimate of the money required during the year commencing the following July 1 for such purposes. [Amended by 1977 c.325 §2; 2023 c.173 §5]
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ORS 358.210 Disbursal of money in county historical fund. Upon the filing of the detailed estimate and approval thereof by the governing body of the county, all moneys in the county historical fund are subject to disbursal by warrants drawn by the historical society and signed by the president and secretary of the society. No money withdrawn from the fund shall be expended except for purposes set forth in ORS 358.200 and included in the detailed estimate. [Amended by 2023 c.173 §6]
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ORS 358.220 Annual historical society report of fund moneys expended. On or before January 1 of each year, every historical society specified in ORS 358.200 which has received moneys from a county historical fund shall submit a report in writing to the governing body of the county showing in detail how such moneys have been expended during the preceding fiscal year ending June 30. [Amended by 1977 c.325 §3; 2023 c.173 §7]
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ORS 358.230 Termination of tax levy for county historical fund. The authority to levy taxes for the county historical fund shall be deemed terminated in any county by the majority vote of the electors of the county voting to that effect on such question at any general election. Such termination shall be without prejudice to any subsequent authorization of such levy under ORS 358.171 and 358.180
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CITY MUSEUMS
ORS 358.310 Definitions for ORS 358.310 to 358.405. As used in ORS 358.310 to 358.405, unless the context requires otherwise
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(1) “Governing body” means the city council in relation to a city museum or the respective city councils of the two or more cities in relation to a joint city museum. (2) “Museum” includes any collection of archaeological specimens, artifacts, pioneer relics, articles, documents …
ORS 358.315 General authority of cities regarding public museums. Any city acting through its governing body or a museum commission established under ORS 358.320, may, for public museum purposes
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(1) Accept deeds, gifts, devises or bequests of land, money or other valuable things and hold, control or dispose of such things according to the terms of the deed, gift, devise or bequest, except that whenever the deed, gift, devise or bequest is conditioned upon any act of the …
ORS 358.320 Museum commission. (1) The governing body of a city may appoint a museum commission, which shall consist of seven members chosen with reference to their fitness for the position
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(2) The members of a city museum commission shall be residents of the city in which the museum is or is to be located. When two or more cities jointly establish, maintain and operate a public museum, four of the members of a joint city museum commission shall be residents of the …
ORS 358.325 Terms of commission members. Two of the first members of a museum commission shall be appointed for one year, two shall be appointed for two years and three shall be appointed for three years, as determined by the governing body. Except for the first members and appointments to fill vacancies, the terms of members of a museum commission shall be three years and until their successors are appointed and qualified. [1953 c.481 §7]
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ORS 358.330 Chairperson and secretary of commission; duties of commission regarding records, rules, reports and budgets. A museum commission shall
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(1) Elect a chairperson and secretary to serve until the next succeeding first Monday in January and until their successors are elected. The secretary shall keep permanent and complete records of the proceedings of the museum commission. (2) Adopt rules governing the transaction …
ORS 358.335 Vacancies on commission. A vacancy in the position of member of a museum commission shall be filled by a qualified person appointed by the governing body for the remainder of the unexpired term of the appointee’s predecessor in the position. [1953 c.481 §8]
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ORS 358.340 Compensation of commission members. The members of a museum commission shall receive no compensation as members, but shall be reimbursed for expenses incurred in the performance of their duties and approved by the chairperson of the museum commission. [1953 c.481 §9]
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ORS 358.345 Authority of city to establish and operate public museum. (1) Any city may establish, maintain and operate a public museum
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(2) Any two or more cities may jointly establish, maintain and operate a public museum. [1953 c.481 §3; 1957 c.200 §2; 1973 c.757 §4; 1983 c.260 §6]
ORS 358.350 [1953 c.481 §4; repealed by 1957 c.200 §3]
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ORS 358.355 Acquisition of site and structure for museum. In the event that a public museum is established under ORS 358.345, the city or two or more cities, acting through the governing body or museum commission, may
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(1) Acquire a site or sites for the museum. (2) Construct a structure or structures to house the museum collection, or lease a structure or structures for such purpose for not more than 50 years. (3) Use public sites or structures or both for museum purposes. [1953 c.481 §5; 1973…
ORS 358.360 Duties of museum commission respecting establishment of museum. A museum commission shall
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(1) Determine the kind and class of museum to be established and submit such determination to the governing body. (2) Investigate and determine the most suitable location for the museum and the adequacy of roads or streets and parking areas therefor, and submit its proposals rela…
ORS 358.365 Duties of museum commission respecting operation of museum. When a museum is established under ORS 358.345, a museum commission shall
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(1) Maintain and operate the museum for and in the name of the city or two or more cities. (2) Subject to the approval of the governing body before they become effective, adopt and publish rules relating to the operation of the museum, admission charges thereto and the administra…
ORS 358.370 Payment of expense of museum operation. The governing body may provide for the payment of the expense incident to museum operation, care and maintenance of museum objects, structures and grounds, and compensation of employees by means of annual budgeting and appropriation. [1953 c.481 §14]
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ORS 358.375 Issuance of bonds to acquire museum site and structure. (1) In the case of a city museum, and when authorized by the electors of the city voting at a primary election or general election, the governing body may issue general obligation or revenue bonds of the city for the purpose of providing all or part of the funds necessary to acquire a museum site or sites and to construct the museum
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(2) In the case of a joint city museum, and when authorized by the electors of the two or more cities voting at a primary election or general election, each city council of the two or more respective cities may issue general obligation bonds or revenue bonds of each of the two or…
ORS 358.380 General bond law applicable to museum bonds. The provisions of ORS chapter 287A apply to bonds issued under ORS 358.375. [1953 c.481 §17; 1983 c.260 §10; 2007 c.783 §160]
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ORS 358.385 Pledge of museum revenues for payment of museum bonds. The governing body may pledge all or part of museum revenues, collected or to be collected, as security for the payment of general obligation bonds or revenue bonds issued under ORS 358.375. [1953 c.481 §18]
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ORS 358.390 Revenue bonds and pledges of revenue not general obligations of city. Revenue bonds issued under ORS 358.375 and pledges of revenue under ORS 358.385 shall not be construed as a general obligation of the issuing city. [1953 c.481 §19; 1983 c.260 §11]
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ORS 358.395 [1953 c.481 §20; repealed by 2007 c.783 §234]
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ORS 358.400 [1953 c.481 §21; repealed by 2007 c.783 §234]
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ORS 358.405 Method of settling disagreement where joint action of cities required. Whenever joint action by the city councils of two or more cities is required or authorized under ORS 358.310 to 358.405, and there is disagreement between or among the city councils of the two or more respective cities, the matter shall be submitted to a judge of the circuit court for the judicial district in which the joint city museum is located, who shall arbitrate and decide the matter. [1953 c.481 §22; 1973 c.757 §8; 1983 c.260 §12]
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LOANS TO MUSEUMS