71st OREGON LEGISLATIVE ASSEMBLY--2001 Regular Session
 
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LC 210
 
                         Senate Bill 465
 
Sponsored by Senator FERRIOLI
 
 
                             SUMMARY
 
The following summary is not prepared by the sponsors of the
measure and is not a part of the body thereof subject to
consideration by the Legislative Assembly. It is an editor's
brief statement of the essential features of the measure as
introduced.
 
  Requires Legislative Counsel Committee to provide Secretary of
State with Oregon Revised Statutes in searchable electronic form.
Requires Secretary of State to provide Oregon Revised Statutes
and Oregon Blue Book in searchable electronic form to schools and
public officials. Limits price secretary may charge per license.
  Appropriates moneys from General Fund.
 
                        A BILL FOR AN ACT
Relating to distribution of state records in electronic form;
  creating new provisions; amending ORS 177.120; and
  appropriating money.
Be It Enacted by the People of the State of Oregon:
  SECTION 1.  { + Notwithstanding ORS 171.275 and 173.763, the
Legislative Counsel Committee shall provide the Oregon Revised
Statutes in a searchable electronic form to the Secretary of
State free of charge. + }
  SECTION 2.  { + In addition to and not in lieu of any other
appropriation, there is appropriated to the Legislative Counsel
Committee, for the biennium beginning July 1, 2001, out of the
General Fund, the sum of $___ for the purpose of carrying out the
provisions of section 1 of this 2001 Act. + }
  SECTION 3. ORS 177.120 is amended to read:
  177.120. (1) The Secretary of State shall compile and issue
biennially on or about February 15 of the same year as the
regular sessions of the Legislative Assembly, an official
directory of all state officers, state institutions, boards and
commissions and district and county officers of the state, to be
known as the Oregon Blue Book, and include therein the
information regarding their functions that the secretary
considers most valuable to the people of the state, together with
such other data and information as usually is included in similar
publications. The Secretary of State may cause the Oregon Blue
Book to be copyrighted.
  (2) In order to fully carry out the intent and purposes of this
section, the Secretary of State may request of any state,
district and county officials any information concerning their
offices, institutions or departments that the secretary desires
to include in the Oregon Blue Book. The officials shall furnish
the information.
  (3) The Secretary of State may distribute the Oregon Blue Book
free of charge, under such regulations as the secretary may
establish, to schools and to federal, state, county and city
officials of the State of Oregon. The copies distributed under
this subsection shall not be sold.
  (4) The Secretary of State shall determine a reasonable price,
and charge such price, for each copy of the Oregon Blue Book
distributed to the general public. The secretary may also
establish a discount price for dealers and shall set the price
for resale by dealers in order to maintain a uniform price. The
sum collected shall be paid over to the State Treasurer and
credited to the Secretary of State Miscellaneous Receipts Account
established under ORS 279.833.
   { +  (5) Notwithstanding subsections (3) and (4) of this
section, the Secretary of State shall distribute the Oregon
Revised Statutes and Oregon Blue Book in a searchable electronic
form to schools and to federal, state, county and city officials
of the State of Oregon. For copies distributed under this
subsection, the secretary may not charge more than $___ per
license. The sum collected under this subsection shall be paid
over to the State Treasurer and credited to the Secretary of
State Miscellaneous Receipts Account established under ORS
279.833. + }
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