74th OREGON LEGISLATIVE ASSEMBLY--2007 Regular Session
Enrolled
Senate Bill 79
Printed pursuant to Senate Interim Rule 213.28 by order of the
President of the Senate in conformance with presession filing
rules, indicating neither advocacy nor opposition on the part
of the President (at the request of Secretary of State Bill
Bradbury)
CHAPTER ................
AN ACT
Relating to records of disability of elector; creating new
provisions; and amending ORS 247.973.
Be It Enacted by the People of the State of Oregon:
SECTION 1. ORS 247.973 is amended to read:
247.973. (1) Subject to subsection (2) of this section, an
individual's signature submitted under this chapter for purposes
of registering to vote is subject to inspection as a public
record under ORS 192.410 to 192.505. The signature may be
inspected in the office of the county clerk.
(2) A person may not make a copy of or provide to another
person a copy of an individual's signature submitted under this
chapter for purposes of registering to vote.
(3) Subsection (2) of this section does not apply to copies
made by any elections official acting in an official capacity for
purposes of administering the provisions of ORS chapters 246 to
260 or any rules adopted thereunder.
(4) Identifying information or documents submitted by an
individual for purposes of registering to vote as required under
the Help America Vote Act of 2002 (P.L. 107-252) are exempt from
disclosure under ORS 192.410 to 192.505.
{ + (5) Identifying information relating to a disability of
an elector that is entered into official voter registration
records by an elections official is exempt from disclosure under
ORS 192.410 to 192.505. + }
SECTION 2. { + The amendments to ORS 247.973 by section 1 of
this 2007 Act apply to requests for disclosure of public records
made on or after the effective date of this 2007 Act. + }
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Passed by Senate March 5, 2007
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Secretary of Senate
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President of Senate
Passed by House May 11, 2007
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Speaker of House
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Received by Governor:
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Approved:
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Governor
Filed in Office of Secretary of State:
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Secretary of State
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