Oregon Statutes 192.005 – Definitions for ORS 192.005 to 192.170
As used in ORS § 192.005 to 192.170, unless the context requires otherwise:
Terms Used In Oregon Statutes 192.005
- City: includes any incorporated village or town. See Oregon Statutes 174.100
- Corporation: A legal entity owned by the holders of shares of stock that have been issued, and that can own, receive, and transfer property, and carry on business in its own name.
- 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
(1) ‘Archivist’ means the State Archivist.
(2) ‘Photocopy’ includes a photograph, microphotograph and any other reproduction on paper or film in any scale.
(3) ‘Photocopying’ means the process of reproducing, in the form of a photocopy, a public record or writing.
(4) ‘Political subdivision’ means a city, county, district or any other municipal or public corporation in this state.
(5) ‘Public record’:
(a) Means any information that:
(A) Is prepared, owned, used or retained by a state agency or political subdivision;
(B) Relates to an activity, transaction or function of a state agency or political subdivision; and
(C) Is necessary to satisfy the legal, administrative, fiscal, tribal cultural or historical policies, requirements or needs of the state agency or political subdivision.
(b) Does not include:
(A) Records of the Legislative Assembly, its committees, officers and employees.
(B) Library and museum materials made or acquired and preserved solely for reference or exhibition purposes.
(C) Records or information concerning the location of archaeological sites or objects as those terms are defined in ORS § 358.905.
(D) Extra copies of a document, preserved only for convenience of reference.
(E) A stock of publications.
(F) Messages on voice mail.
(G) Records of the Judicial Department or its officers and employees.
(H) Spoken communication that is not recorded.
(6) ‘State agency’:
(a) Means any state officer, department, board or commission created by the Constitution or statutes of this state.
(b) Does not include:
(A) The Legislative Assembly or its committees, officers and employees; or
(B) The Judicial Department or its officers and employees. [1961 c.160 § 2; 1965 c.302 § 1; 1983 c.620 § 11; 1989 c.16 § 1; 1999 c.55 § 1; 1999 c.140 § 1; 2011 c.645 § 1; 2023 c.35 § 2]
[Repealed by 1973 c.794 § 34]