76th OREGON LEGISLATIVE ASSEMBLY--2011 Regular Session
Enrolled
House Bill 2788
Sponsored by Representative THATCHER (Presession filed.)
CHAPTER ................
AN ACT
Relating to the Oregon transparency website; creating new
provisions; amending ORS 184.480 and 184.483; and declaring an
emergency.
Be It Enacted by the People of the State of Oregon:
SECTION 1. ORS 184.480 is amended to read:
184.480. As used in ORS 184.480 to 184.488, 'state agency '
means any officer, board, commission, department, division or
institution of state government, as defined in ORS 174.111.
{ - ' State agency' does not mean the State Treasurer. - }
SECTION 2. ORS 184.483 is amended to read:
184.483. (1) The Oregon Department of Administrative Services
shall develop and make available an Oregon transparency website.
The website shall allow any person to view information that is a
public record and not exempt from disclosure under ORS 192.410 to
192.505, including but not limited to information described in
subsection (3) of this section.
(2) State agencies, to the extent practicable and subject to
laws relating to confidentiality, when at no additional cost,
using existing data and existing state agency resources and
without reallocation of resources, shall:
(a) Furnish information to the Oregon transparency website by
posting reports and providing links to existing information
system applications in accordance with standards established by
the Oregon Department of Administrative Services; and
(b) Provide the information in the format and manner required
by the Oregon Department of Administrative Services.
(3) To the extent practicable and subject to laws relating to
confidentiality, when at no additional cost, using existing data
and existing state agency resources and without reallocation of
resources, the Oregon transparency website shall contain
information about each state agency, including but not limited
to:
(a) Annual state agency revenues;
(b) Annual state agency expenditures;
(c) Annual state agency human resources expenses, including
compensation;
(d) Annual state agency tax expenditures, including, where
possible, the identity of the recipients of each tax expenditure;
(e) State agency contracting and subcontracting information, to
the extent allowed by law;
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(f) A prominently placed graphic representation of the primary
funding categories and approximate number of individuals served
by the state agency;
(g) A description of the mission, function and program
categories of the state agency;
(h) Information about the state agency from the Oregon Progress
Board; and
(i) A copy of any audit report issued by the Secretary of State
for the state agency.
{ + (4) In addition to the information described in
subsection (3) of this section, each state agency shall post on
the Oregon transparency website notices of public meetings
required to be provided by the state agency under ORS
192.640. + }
{ - (4) - } { + (5) + } In creating, operating, refining
and recommending enhancements to the Oregon transparency website,
the Oregon Department of Administrative Services and the
Transparency Oregon Advisory Commission created in ORS 184.486
shall consider and, to the extent practicable, adhere to the
following principles:
(a) The website must be accessible without cost and be easy to
use;
(b) Information included on the Oregon transparency website
must be presented using plain, easily understandable language;
and
(c) The website should teach users about how state government
works and provide users with the opportunity to learn something
about how state government raises and spends revenue.
{ - (5) - } { + (6) + } If a state agency is not able to
include information described in this section on the Oregon
transparency website because of the lack of availability of
information or cost in acquiring it, the Transparency Oregon
Advisory Commission created in ORS 184.486 shall list the
information that is not included for that state agency in the
commission's report to the Legislative Assembly required under
ORS 184.486.
SECTION 3. { + (1) The amendments to ORS 184.480 and 184.483
by sections 1 and 2 of this 2011 Act become operative on January
1, 2012.
(2) A state agency, including the State Treasurer, may take any
action before the operative date specified in subsection (1) of
this section that is necessary to enable the state agency or the
State Treasurer to exercise, on and after the operative date
specified in subsection (1) of this section, all the duties,
functions and powers conferred on the state agency or the State
Treasurer by the amendments to ORS 184.480 and 184.483 by
sections 1 and 2 of this 2011 Act. + }
SECTION 4. { + This 2011 Act being necessary for the immediate
preservation of the public peace, health and safety, an emergency
is declared to exist, and this 2011 Act takes effect on its
passage. + }
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Passed by House April 26, 2011
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Ramona Kenady Line, Chief Clerk of House
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Bruce Hanna, Speaker of House
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Arnie Roblan, Speaker of House
Passed by Senate May 31, 2011
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Peter Courtney, President of Senate
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Received by Governor:
......M.,............., 2011
Approved:
......M.,............., 2011
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John Kitzhaber, Governor
Filed in Office of Secretary of State:
......M.,............., 2011
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Kate Brown, Secretary of State
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