Bill Text: OR SB739 | 2011 | Regular Session | Enrolled

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Bill Title: Relating to witnesses in legislative proceedings.

Sponsorship: Slight Partisan Bill (Republican 2-1)

Status: (Passed) 2011-06-01 - Effective date, January 1, 2012. [SB739 Detail]

Download: Oregon-2011-SB739-Enrolled.html

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     76th OREGON LEGISLATIVE ASSEMBLY--2011 Regular Session

                            Enrolled

                         Senate Bill 739

Sponsored by Senators ATKINSON, STARR; Senator MONNES ANDERSON

                     CHAPTER ................

                             AN ACT

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

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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. + }
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Passed by Senate April 21, 2011

    .............................................................
                               Robert Taylor, Secretary of Senate

    .............................................................
                              Peter Courtney, President of Senate

Passed by House May 18, 2011

    .............................................................
                                    Bruce Hanna, Speaker of House

    .............................................................
                                   Arnie Roblan, Speaker of House

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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

    .............................................................
                                   Kate Brown, Secretary of State

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