(1) The Legislative Counsel Committee shall establish a public records subcommittee.

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(2) The President of the Senate and the Speaker of the House of Representatives shall appoint to the subcommittee four members of the Legislative Assembly from among the members of the committee as follows:

(a) The President of the Senate shall appoint:

(A) One member who is a member of the Senate and a member of the majority party; and

(B) One member who is a member of the Senate and a member of the minority party.

(b) The Speaker of the House of Representatives shall appoint:

(A) One member who is a member of the House of Representatives and a member of the majority party; and

(B) One member who is a member of the House of Representatives and a member of the minority party.

(c) The President of the Senate and the Speaker of the House of Representatives shall each appoint a cochair from the members described in paragraphs (a) and (b) of this subsection.

(3) The subcommittee shall review and may accept, modify or reject the plan or schedule for review of exemptions from disclosure for public records established by the Oregon Sunshine Committee under ORS § 192.511.

(4) The subcommittee shall review the Oregon Sunshine Committee reports required by ORS § 192.511 and may accept, modify or reject the Oregon Sunshine Committee reports as the reports of the subcommittee. On or before September 1 of each even-numbered year, the subcommittee shall submit the subcommittee report, with the original Oregon Sunshine Committee report as an appendix, to the Legislative Counsel Committee.

(5) The subcommittee shall cooperate with and invite advice and comment from:

(a) The Attorney General;

(b) The Governor;

(c) The Secretary of State;

(d) The State Treasurer;

(e) Any committee or task force appointed by the Attorney General, the Governor or the Secretary of State to examine any aspect of ORS § 192.311 to 192.478 or of the disclosure of public records; and

(f) The Oregon Sunshine Committee.

(6) Interested members of the public may provide comment to the subcommittee. [2017 c.654 § 4]

See note under 192.485.

[1973 c.794 § 11; 1975 c.308 § 1; 1975 c.582 § 150; 1975 c.606 § 41a; 1977 c.107 § 1; 1977 c.587 § 1; 1977 c.793 § 5a; 1979 c.190 § 400; 1981 c.107 § 1; 1981 c.139 § 8; 1981 c.187 § 1; 1981 c.892 § 92; 1981 c.905 § 7; 1983 c.17 § 29; 1983 c.198 § 1; 1983 c.338 § 902; 1983 c.617 § 3; 1983 c.620 § 12; 1983 c.703 § 8; 1983 c.709 § 42; 1983 c.717 § 30; 1983 c.740 § 46; 1983 c.830 § 9; 1985 c.413 § 1; 1985 c.602 § 13; 1985 c.657 § 1; 1985 c.762 § 179a; 1985 c.813 § 1; 1987 c.94 § 100; 1987 c.109 § 3; 1987 c.320 § 145; 1987 c.373 § 23; 1987 c.520 § 12; 1987 c.610 § 24; 1987 c.731 § 2; 1987 c.839 § 1; 1987 c.898 § 26; repealed by 1987 c.764 § 1 (192.501, 192.502 and 192.505 enacted in lieu of 192.500)]

[1987 c.373 23c,23d; 1987 c.764 § 2 (enacted in lieu of 192.500); 1989 c.70 § 1; 1989 c.171 § 26; 1989 c.967 11,13; 1989 c.1083 § 10; 1991 c.636 1,2; 1991 c.678 1,2; 1993 c.616 4,5; 1993 c.787 1,2; 1995 c.604 2,3; 1999 c.155 § 3; 1999 c.169 1,2; 1999 c.234 1,2; 1999 c.291 21,22; 1999 c.380 1,2; 1999 c.1093 3,4; 2001 c.104 § 66; 2001 c.621 § 85; 2001 c.915 § 1; 2003 c.217 § 1; 2003 c.380 § 2; 2003 c.524 § 1; 2003 c.604 § 98; 2003 c.674 § 26; 2003 c.803 § 12; 2003 c.807 2,3; 2005 c.203 1,2; 2005 c.232 33,34; 2005 c.455 § 1; 2007 c.608 § 6; 2007 c.687 § 1; 2008 c.48 § 1; 2009 c.57 § 2; 2009 c.135 § 1; 2009 c.222 § 2; 2009 c.769 § 1; 2011 c.9 § 14; 2011 c.285 § 1; 2011 c.637 § 68; 2013 c.325 § 1; 2013 c.768 § 107; 2014 c.37 1,2; 2014 c.64 1,2; 2015 c.14 § 2; 2015 c.313 1,2; 2015 c.550 5,6; 2015 c.767 56,57; renumbered 192.345 in 2017]

[1987 c.373 § 23e; 1987 c.764 § 3; 1987 c.898 § 27 (enacted in lieu of 192.500); 1989 c.6 § 17; 1989 c.925 § 1; 1991 c.825 § 7; 1993 c.694 § 27; 1993 c.817 § 1; 1995 c.79 § 70; 1995 c.162 § 62a; 1995 c.604 § 1; 1997 c.44 § 1; 1997 c.559 § 1; 1997 c.825 § 1; 1999 c.274 § 17; 1999 c.291 § 24; 1999 c.379 § 1; 1999 c.666 § 1; 1999 c.683 § 3; 1999 c.811 § 2; 1999 c.855 § 4; 1999 c.955 § 23; 1999 c.1059 12,16; 2001 c.377 17,18; 2001 c.915 § 3; 2001 c.922 12,13; 2001 c.962 80,81; 2001 c.965 62,63; 2003 c.14 90,91; 2003 c.524 2,3; 2003 c.733 49,50; 2003 c.803 5,6; 2005 c.397 § 1; 2005 c.561 § 3; 2005 c.659 § 1; 2007 c.152 § 1; 2007 c.181 § 1; 2007 c.513 § 5; 2007 c.687 § 7; 2009 c.57 § 4; 2009 c.500 § 1; 2009 c.541 § 7; 2009 c.604 § 22; 2010 c.76 § 15; 2011 c.9 § 16; 2011 c.424 § 1; 2011 c.645 § 6; 2012 c.45 § 26; 2012 c.90 19,30; 2013 c.325 § 3; 2013 c.550 § 5; 2013 c.587 § 1; 2013 c.732 § 5; 2015 c.26 § 1; 2015 c.313 § 5; 2015 c.383 § 1; 2015 c.481 § 2; 2015 c.805 § 1; 2017 c.340 § 1; 2017 c.475 § 1; renumbered 192.355 in 2017]

[1993 c.224 § 3; repealed by 1997 c.678 § 15]

[2015 c.26 § 4; renumbered 192.377 in 2017]

[1987 c.764 § 4 (enacted in lieu of 192.500); renumbered 192.338 in 2017]