Oregon Statutes 291.050 – Definitions for ORS 291.050 to 291.060
As used in ORS § 291.050 to 291.060:
Terms Used In Oregon Statutes 291.050
- 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
- Jurisdiction: (1) The legal authority of a court to hear and decide a case. Concurrent jurisdiction exists when two courts have simultaneous responsibility for the same case. (2) The geographic area over which the court has authority to decide cases.
- state government: means the executive department, the judicial department and the legislative department. See Oregon Statutes 174.111
(1) ‘Fee’ means an amount imposed and collected by a state agency to defray or recover the costs of administering the law involved in providing a service to the public and used by the state agency to carry out or enforce a law under its jurisdiction. ‘Fee’ does not include:
(a) Fines, civil penalties or court judgments.
(b) Proceeds from the sale of products or charges for rents, leases or other real estate transactions.
(c) Interest and other charges for bonding and loan transactions.
(d) Charges levied by one state agency on another state agency.
(e) Copying charges for public records as defined in ORS § 192.311.
(f) Charges for attendance at informational seminars.
(2) ‘Legislatively adopted budget’ has the meaning given that term in ORS § 291.002.
(3) ‘Legislatively approved budget’ has the meaning given that term in ORS § 291.002.
(4) ‘Products’ means goods and publications purchased voluntarily that have a commercial value. ‘Products’ does not include licenses or permits issued by state agencies.
(5) ‘State agency’ means every state officer, board, commission, department, institution, branch or agency of the state government that is subject to the provisions of ORS § 291.201 to 291.222 and 291.232 to 291.260. ‘State agency’ includes the Legislative Assembly, including legislative committees and service agencies, the Secretary of State, the State Treasurer and the Judicial Department. ‘State agency’ does not include a commodity commission established under ORS § 576.051 to 576.455 or the Oregon Beef Council created under ORS § 577.210. [1995 c.576 § 1; 2003 c.604 § 99; 2007 c.827 § 1; 2011 c.688 § 2]
291.050 to 291.060 were enacted into law by the Legislative Assembly but were not added to or made a part of ORS Chapter 291 or any series therein by legislative action. See Preface to Oregon Revised Statutes for further explanation.