Oregon Statutes 244.045 – Regulation of subsequent employment of public officials; lobbying by former members of Legislative Assembly
(1) A person who has been a Public Utility Commissioner, the Director of the Department of Consumer and Business Services, the Administrator of the Division of Financial Regulation, the administrator of the Oregon Liquor and Cannabis Commission or the Director of the Oregon State Lottery may not:
Terms Used In Oregon Statutes 244.045
- Business: means any corporation, partnership, proprietorship, firm, enterprise, franchise, association, organization, self-employed individual and any other legal entity operated for economic gain but excluding any income-producing not-for-profit corporation that is tax exempt under section 501(c) of the Internal Revenue Code with which a public official or a relative of the public official is associated only as a member or board director or in a nonremunerative capacity. See Oregon Statutes 244.020
- Contract: A legal written agreement that becomes binding when signed.
- Person: includes individuals, corporations, associations, firms, partnerships, limited liability companies and joint stock companies. See Oregon Statutes 174.100
- Public official: means the First Partner and any person who, when an alleged violation of this chapter occurs, is serving the State of Oregon or any of its political subdivisions or any other public body as defined in ORS § 174. See Oregon Statutes 244.020
(a) Within one year after the public official ceases to hold the position become an employee of or receive any financial gain, other than reimbursement of expenses, from any private employer engaged in the activity, occupation or industry over which the former public official had authority; or
(b) Within two years after the public official ceases to hold the position:
(A) Be a lobbyist for or appear as a representative before the agency over which the person exercised authority as a public official;
(B) Influence or try to influence the actions of the agency; or
(C) Disclose any confidential information gained as a public official.
(2) A person who has been a Deputy Attorney General or an assistant attorney general may not, within two years after the person ceases to hold the position, lobby or appear before an agency that the person represented while employed by the Department of Justice.
(3) A person who has been the State Treasurer or the Deputy State Treasurer may not, within one year after ceasing to hold office:
(a) Accept employment from or be retained by any private entity with whom the office of the State Treasurer or the Oregon Investment Council negotiated or to whom either awarded a contract providing for payment by the state of at least $25,000 in any single year during the term of office of the treasurer;
(b) Accept employment from or be retained by any private entity with whom the office of the State Treasurer or the Oregon Investment Council placed at least $50,000 of investment moneys in any single year during the term of office of the treasurer; or
(c) Be a lobbyist for an investment institution, manager or consultant, or appear before the office of the State Treasurer or Oregon Investment Council as a representative of an investment institution, manager or consultant.
(4) A public official who as part of the official’s duties invested public funds may not within two years after the public official ceases to hold the position:
(a) Be a lobbyist or appear as a representative before the agency, board or commission for which the former public official invested public funds;
(b) Influence or try to influence the agency, board or commission; or
(c) Disclose any confidential information gained as a public official.
(5)(a) A person who has been a member of the Department of State Police, who has held a position with the department with the responsibility for supervising, directing or administering programs relating to gaming by a Native American tribe or the Oregon State Lottery and who has been designated by the Superintendent of State Police by rule may not, within one year after the member of the Department of State Police ceases to hold the position:
(A) Accept employment from or be retained by or receive any financial gain related to gaming from the Oregon State Lottery or any Native American tribe;
(B) Accept employment from or be retained by or receive any financial gain from any private employer selling or offering to sell gaming products or services;
(C) Influence or try to influence the actions of the Department of State Police; or
(D) Disclose any confidential information gained as a member of the Department of State Police.
(b) This subsection does not apply to:
(A) Appointment or employment of a person as an Oregon State Lottery Commissioner or as a Tribal Gaming Commissioner or regulatory agent thereof;
(B) Contracting with the Oregon State Lottery as a lottery game retailer;
(C) Financial gain received from personal gaming activities conducted as a private citizen; or
(D) Subsequent employment in any capacity by the Department of State Police.
(c) As used in this subsection, ‘Native American tribe’ means any recognized Native American tribe or band of tribes authorized by the Indian Gaming Regulatory Act of October 17, 1988 (Public Law 100-497), 25 U.S.C. § 2701 et seq., to conduct gambling operations on tribal land.
(6) A person who has been a member of the Legislative Assembly may not, within one year after ceasing to be a member of the Legislative Assembly, receive money or any other consideration for lobbying as defined in ORS § 171.725. [1987 c.360 § 1; 1993 c.743 § 10; 1995 c.79 § 86; 1997 c.750 § 1; 2007 c.877 § 15; 2011 c.68 § 3; 2017 c.17 § 21; 2019 c.52 § 1; 2021 c.351 § 17]