Title 17, State Legislative Department and Laws

(1) The Legislative Policy and Research Director shall, subject to available resources: (a) Prepare or assist in the preparation of legislative research and otherwise facilitate the development of legislative policy, when requested to do so by a member or committee of the Legisla…

The Legislative Administration Committee hereby is established as a joint committee of the Legislative Assembly. The committee shall select a Legislative Administrator who shall serve at the pleasure of the committee and under its direction. [1969 c.620 §1; 1971 c.638 §8]

(1) Pursuant to the policies and directions of the Legislative Administration Committee, the Legislative Administrator shall: (a) Coordinate administrative operations of the Legislative Assembly in order to ensure efficient work flow. (b) Develop standard formats for legislative …

(1) The Legislative Administration Committee shall consist of the Speaker of the House of Representatives, the President of the Senate, members of the House appointed by the Speaker and members of the Senate appointed by the President. The Speaker of the House of Representatives …

(1) Subject to the approval of the Legislative Administration Committee, the Legislative Administrator may employ and fix the compensation of such assistants and clerks as the Legislative Administrator finds necessary for the effective conduct of the work under the charge of the …

The expiration of the terms of members of the Legislative Administration Committee, as provided in ORS 173.730, does not affect the employment of any individual filling a position previously approved by the committee. Upon the expiration of the terms of members and until the newl…

(1) The Legislative Administration Committee from time to time may appoint such advisory committees consisting of members of the Legislative Assembly and others as are necessary to assist the committee in carrying out its functions as provided by law. (2) A member of an advisory …

(1)(a) The Legislative Administration Committee in conjunction with the Legislative Counsel Committee shall, with the advice of the President of the Senate, through the Secretary of the Senate, and the Speaker of the House of Representatives, through the Chief Clerk of the House …

(1) The Legislative Administration Committee shall make available to each member of the Legislative Assembly an electronic mail address accessible by Oregonians on the Internet. (2) All state agencies shall cooperate with the Legislative Administration Committee in the implementa…

(1) The Legislative Administration Committee may adopt rules to carry out its duties under statute or legislative rules or directives, including setting and collecting fees for facilities and services and obtaining copyrights and patents on copyrightable or patentable materials d…

Subject to the approval of the Legislative Administration Committee, the Legislative Administrator may cause to be sold, leased or otherwise made available data processing programs, information or materials developed by committee staff to any agency or legislative body of any sta…

(1) The Legislative Administration Committee directly or by contract may establish a gift shop in the Capitol to provide for the retail sale of Oregon products approved for sale by the committee. Wholesale purchase of such products is not subject to competitive bidding. (2) All n…

(1) There is established for the Legislative Administration Committee a Stores Revolving Account. The committee may pay for rent, staff, stocks of supplies, materials, equipment and fixtures used under ORS 173.785 from the Stores Revolving Account for the purpose of supplying cur…

(1) As used in ORS 173.800 to 173.850, during the interim between sessions of the Legislative Assembly, “appointing authority” means the Interim Committee on Revenue if created, or, if no Interim Committee on Revenue is created, means the Speaker of the House of Representatives a…

(1) Subject to the approval of the appointing authority, the Legislative Revenue Officer may employ and fix the compensation of such professional assistants and clerical and other employees as the Legislative Revenue Officer finds necessary for the effective conduct of the work u…

(1) Pursuant to the policies and directions of the appointing authority, the Legislative Revenue Officer shall: (a) Upon written request of a member of the Legislative Assembly or any committee thereof, prepare or assist in the preparation of studies and reports and provide infor…

(1) The Legislative Revenue Officer may accept, receive, receipt for, disburse and expend federal moneys and other moneys, public or private, for the accomplishment of the purposes of ORS 173.800 to 173.850. (2) All federal moneys accepted under this section shall be accepted and…

The Legislative Revenue Officer is designated as the eligible applicant for the State of Oregon for the purposes of section 842 of the Education Amendments of 1974 (Pub. L. 93-380). [1975 c.789 §4a]

(1) Subject to subsection (2) of this section, when requested to do so, the Department of Revenue shall: (a) Advise and assist the Legislative Revenue Officer, staff and employees with respect to the duties imposed upon the Legislative Revenue Officer by ORS 173.800 to 173.850 or…

The Legislative Revenue Officer or any employee of the Legislative Revenue Officer may not reveal to any person not an employee of the Legislative Revenue Officer the contents or nature of any confidential draft measure provided to the Legislative Revenue Officer by the Legislati…

(1) The Joint Committee on Conduct is established as a joint committee of the Legislative Assembly. (2) The Legislative Equity Office is established as a nonpartisan office of the Legislative Assembly that is independent of any other nonpartisan office. (3) By concurrent resoluti…

(1) The Joint Committee on Conduct has a continuing existence and may meet, act and conduct its business during the sessions of the Legislative Assembly or any recess thereof, and in the interim period between sessions, but the committee has no authority to affect the rules of ei…

Notwithstanding ORS 173.900 and 173.903, if a vacancy occurs in the position of the Legislative Equity Officer before the expiration of the term of the officer, the Joint Committee on Conduct may select an acting replacement for the vacated officer. The acting equity officer sele…

(1) The Legislative Equity Officer shall: (a) Prepare and present an annual report to the Joint Committee on Conduct. The annual report shall include: (A) A description of the activities of the officer since the last report; (B) A detailed description of the training curricula an…

(1) Under the direction of the Joint Committee on Conduct, the Legislative Equity Officer shall contract with one or more individuals who are unaffiliated with the legislative branch and who meet the standards and criteria established by the committee for performing services for …

(1) The Legislative Equity Officer shall at least once each calendar quarter conduct a minimum of two hours of respectful workplace training, including training on: (a) Legislative branch workplace harassment avoidance policies and rules; (b) Legislative branch procedures and rul…

The Joint Committee on Conduct established under ORS 173.900 may adopt policies that establish content and duration requirements for training sessions described in ORS 171.742. [2019 c.604 §24]

(1) The Legislative Equity Officer shall regularly conduct culture and climate surveys of legislators, legislative staff, lobbyists and others who regularly interact with the legislative branch to ascertain the alignment between stated legislative branch policies and goals relati…

(1) The Legislative Equity Officer shall be available to receive information from any individual about harassing behavior occurring in the State Capitol or involving legislators, legislative staff, lobbyists or others who are present in the State Capitol or who engage with legisl…

(1) The Legislative Equity Officer shall establish and maintain a Capitol Leadership Team, consisting of legislators, legislative staff, lobbyists, executive and judicial branch staff who regularly interact with the legislative branch, employees of contractors who regularly inter…

(1) At the direction of the Joint Committee on Conduct, the Legislative Equity Officer shall contract with one or more offsite process counselors to perform the duties described in ORS 173.933 or such other duties as are assigned by legislative rule or by the committee. (2) The c…

(1) An offsite process counselor under contract with the Legislative Equity Officer under ORS 173.930 shall be available to receive information from any individual about harassing behavior occurring in the State Capitol or involving legislators, legislative staff, lobbyists or ot…

Records and information of the Legislative Equity Officer appointed in ORS 173.900 that relate to disclosures, reports or other allegations made to the equity officer or that relate to investigations, reports or counseling undertaken by the equity officer or by an independent inv…

In the construction of a statute, the office of the judge is simply to ascertain and declare what is, in terms or in substance, contained therein, not to insert what has been omitted, or to omit what has been inserted; and where there are several provisions or particulars such co…

(1)(a) In the construction of a statute, a court shall pursue the intention of the legislature if possible. (b) To assist a court in its construction of a statute, a party may offer the legislative history of the statute. (2) When a general provision and a particular provision ar…

Where a statute is equally susceptible of two interpretations, one in favor of natural right and the other against it, the former is to prevail.

It shall be considered that it is the legislative intent, in the enactment of any statute, that if any part of the statute is held unconstitutional, the remaining parts shall remain in force unless: (1) The statute provides otherwise; (2) The remaining parts are so essentially an…

When one statute refers to another, either by general or by specific reference or designation, the reference shall extend to and include, in addition to the statute to which reference was made, amendments thereto and statutes enacted expressly in lieu thereof unless a contrary in…

The repeal of a validating or curative Act shall not affect any validation or cure theretofore accomplished.

Whenever a statute which repealed a former statute, either expressly or by implication, is repealed, the former statute shall not thereby be revived unless it is expressly so provided.

Whenever a constitutional provision which repeals or suspends in whole or in part a former constitutional provision, either expressly or by implication, is repealed, the former constitutional provision so repealed or suspended thereby shall not be revived unless it expressly is s…

As used in the statute laws of this state, unless the context or a specially applicable definition requires otherwise: (1) “Any other state” includes any state and the District of Columbia. (2) “City” includes any incorporated village or town. (3) “County court” includes board of…

(1) As used in the statutes of this state, “manufactured structure” has the meaning given that term in this section only if the statute using “manufactured structure” makes specific reference to this section and indicates that the term used has the meaning given in this section. …

As used in the statute laws of this state and in any administrative rule adopted pursuant thereto unless the context or a specifically applicable definition requires otherwise: (1) The term “agricultural commodity” or “agricultural product” includes straw. (2) The harvesting or b…

As used in the statute laws of this state, unless the context or a specially applicable definition requires otherwise, “public notice” means any legal publication which requires an affidavit of publication as required in ORS 193.070, or is required by law to be published. [Former…

(1) As used in the statute laws of this state, “person with a disability” means any person who: (a) Has a physical or mental impairment which substantially limits one or more major life activities; (b) Has a record of such an impairment; or (c) Is regarded as having such an impai…

(1) As used in the statutes of this state, a term defined in ORS 174.108 to 174.118 has the meaning provided by ORS 174.108 to 174.118 only if the statute using the term makes specific reference to the provision of ORS 174.108 to 174.118 that defines the term and indicates that t…

Subject to ORS 174.108, as used in the statutes of this state “public body” means state government bodies, local government bodies and special government bodies. [2001 c.74 §2]

Subject to ORS 174.108, as used in the statutes of this state “state government” means the executive department, the judicial department and the legislative department. [2001 c.74 §3]

(1) Subject to ORS 174.108, as used in the statutes of this state “executive department” means all statewide elected officers other than judges, and all boards, commissions, departments, divisions and other entities, without regard to the designation given to those entities, that…