Oregon Statutes 2.150 – Publication and distribution of court decisions and other official documents
(1) The Supreme Court shall arrange for the publication and distribution of bound volumes of reports of decisions of the Supreme Court and Court of Appeals, of bound volumes of reports of decisions of the Oregon Tax Court determined to be of general public interest under ORS § 305.450, of unbound copies of those decisions to be used as advance sheets and press summaries, rules and other official judicial department publications. The bound volumes of reports or advance sheets shall contain additional material as the Supreme Court may direct.
Terms Used In Oregon Statutes 2.150
- Contract: A legal written agreement that becomes binding when signed.
- judicial department: means the Supreme Court, the Court of Appeals, the Oregon Tax Court, the circuit courts and all administrative divisions of those courts, whether denominated as boards, commissions, committees or departments or by any other designation. See Oregon Statutes 174.113
(2) The bound volumes of reports or advance sheets or both may be printed and bound, as the Supreme Court shall determine, by:
(a) The Oregon Department of Administrative Services in the same manner as other state printing; or
(b) A private printer pursuant to a contract entered into by the Supreme Court with the printer and not subject to ORS § 282.020.
(3) The bound volumes of reports or advance sheets or both may be distributed, as the Supreme Court shall determine, by:
(a) The State Court Administrator; or
(b) A private distributor pursuant to a contract entered into by the Supreme Court with the distributor.
(4) The bound volumes of reports and advance sheets shall be distributed without charge as determined by the Supreme Court or sold by the distributor. Except as otherwise provided in a contract entered into under subsection (3)(b) of this section, the State Court Administrator shall determine sale prices and all moneys collected or received from sales shall be paid into the Court Publications Account established by ORS § 2.165.
(5) In addition to bound volumes of reports or advance sheets under the provisions of this section, the Supreme Court may make any of the decisions of courts or other court publications available in electronic format. Access to the electronic publications may be without charge or subject to such charge as may be established by the Supreme Court. All moneys collected or received from sales shall be paid into the Court Publications Account established by ORS § 2.165. [Amended by 1961 c.103 § 1; 1973 c.781 § 2; 1975 c.69 § 5; 1979 c.876 § 2; 1982 s.s.1 c.7 § 1; 1987 c.328 § 1; 1993 c.98 § 10; 1995 c.79 § 2; 1997 c.801 § 111]
[Amended by 1961 c.103 § 2; 1971 c.193 § 10; 1973 c.781 § 3; 1975 c.69 § 6; repealed by 1979 c.976 § 4]