Chapter 175 Oregon Laws 2011

AN ACT

SB 739

Relating to witnesses in legislative proceedings; amending ORS 171.200 and 171.206.

Be It Enacted by the People of the State of Oregon:

SECTION 1. ORS 171.200 is amended to read:

171.200. As used in ORS 171.206, “publications” does not include materials published under ORS 171.236 or 171.275, but does include:

(1) Bills, resolutions and memorials and amendments thereto.

(2) Reports of statutory, standing, special or interim legislative committees.

(3) Periodic legislative calendars and periodic journals, if any of these are published.

(4) Reports of witnesses who appear before legislative committees, setting forth the name of each witness, the measure concerning which the witness provides testimony and the entity, if any, that the witness represents or is affiliated with.

[(4)] (5) Other documents or papers which the Legislative Assembly, or either house thereof, orders printed.

SECTION 2. ORS 171.206 is amended to read:

171.206. (1) Except as provided in ORS 171.236 and 171.275, all publications printed for either house of the Legislative Assembly and their committees, including joint committees created by law, rule or joint resolution, shall be published and distributed by the Legislative Administrator, subject to the rules of each house and under the direction of the Legislative Administration Committee.

(2) Unless otherwise directed by joint resolution and except as otherwise provided by law, the Legislative Administrator may cause to be distributed the publications of the Legislative Assembly among such state officers, departments and agencies, public officers and state institutions of higher learning as the Legislative Administration Committee determines necessary for their requirements. Each house shall receive from the Legislative Administrator such number of publications as it deems necessary.

(3) The Legislative Administrator shall make public documents available to the State Librarian for distribution to depository libraries as required by ORS 357.090.

(4) Unless otherwise directed by joint resolution, the Legislative Administration Committee shall determine the form, number and distribution of and charges for, if any, the materials referred to in subsection (1) of this section. In determining charges, the committee shall take into account the cost of publishing and distributing copies other than those it distributes under subsections (2) and (3) of this section.

(5) All moneys received under subsection (4) of this section are continuously appropriated to the Legislative Administration Committee for its actual costs incurred in publishing and distributing the copies for which it charges a fee.

(6) The Legislative Administration Committee may order the disposition of legislative publications that in its judgment are no longer of value to the state.

(7) The reports of witnesses described in ORS 171.200 (4) shall be posted on the legislative website in an arrangement that allows a member of the public to view a legislative measure and the list of witnesses who have testified in relation to the measure.

Approved by the Governor June 1, 2011

Filed in the office of Secretary of State June 2, 2011

Effective date January 1, 2012

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