Bill Text: OR SB765 | 2013 | Regular Session | Introduced

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Bill Title: Relating to housing discrimination audit testing records.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 2-0)

Status: (Failed) 2013-07-08 - In committee upon adjournment. [SB765 Detail]

Download: Oregon-2013-SB765-Introduced.html

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     77th OREGON LEGISLATIVE ASSEMBLY--2013 Regular Session

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LC 2228

                         Senate Bill 765

Sponsored by Senator FERRIOLI, Representative HUFFMAN

                             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 recipients of public funds for purpose of conducting
housing discrimination audit testing to furnish audit testing
records upon request. Establishes record retention schedule and
applies public records law to housing discrimination audit
testing records. Imposes criminal penalty for tampering with
housing discrimination audit testing records.

                        A BILL FOR AN ACT
Relating to housing discrimination audit testing records.
Be It Enacted by the People of the State of Oregon:
  SECTION 1.  { + (1) As a condition of the receipt of public
funds for the purpose of conducting housing discrimination audit
testing, a recipient shall:
  (a) Furnish to a requester all records relating to the conduct
of housing discrimination audit testing, including but not
limited to original test narratives, records obtained by persons
conducting housing discrimination audit testing, preliminary
notes and work product and other records that support or refute
conclusions made in housing discrimination audits.
  (b) Retain records described in paragraph (a) of this
subsection that pertain to a particular housing discrimination
audit for a period of at least two years following the date that
the housing discrimination audit testing was performed or the
date that auditors disclosed a finding with respect to the
housing discrimination audit, whichever is later.
  (c) Retain records described in paragraph (a) of this
subsection that are unrelated to a particular housing
discrimination audit for a period of at least two years following
the date the records were prepared, owned, used or retained by
the recipient.
  (d) Retain records described in paragraph (a) of this
subsection that are responsive to a request made of the recipient
until there has been a final disposition of the request, even if
the records would otherwise not need to be retained under
paragraph (b) or (c) of this subsection.
  (2) ORS 192.410 to 192.505 apply to a recipient described in
subsection (1) of this section, except that the recipient may not
charge fees for furnishing copies of requested records or
permitting a requester to inspect requested records. The
recipient may elect to furnish copies of records to a requester
or permit the requester to inspect the records.
  (3) ORS 162.305 applies to the destruction, mutilation,
concealment, removal or false alteration of records described in
this section. + }
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