Oregon Statutes 171.725 – Definitions for ORS 171.725 to 171.785
As used in ORS § 171.725 to 171.785, unless the context requires otherwise:
Terms Used In Oregon Statutes 171.725
- Amendment: A proposal to alter the text of a pending bill or other measure by striking out some of it, by inserting new language, or both. Before an amendment becomes part of the measure, thelegislature must agree to it.
- Contract: A legal written agreement that becomes binding when signed.
- 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.
- Gift: A voluntary transfer or conveyance of property without consideration, or for less than full and adequate consideration based on fair market value.
- Person: includes individuals, corporations, associations, firms, partnerships, limited liability companies and joint stock companies. See Oregon Statutes 174.100
- state government: means the executive department, the judicial department and the legislative department. See Oregon Statutes 174.111
- Testimony: Evidence presented orally by witnesses during trials or before grand juries.
- Veto: The procedure established under the Constitution by which the President/Governor refuses to approve a bill or joint resolution and thus prevents its enactment into law. A regular veto occurs when the President/Governor returns the legislation to the house in which it originated. The President/Governor usually returns a vetoed bill with a message indicating his reasons for rejecting the measure. In Congress, the veto can be overridden only by a two-thirds vote in both the Senate and the House.
(1) ‘Compensation’ has the meaning given that term in ORS § 292.951.
(2) ‘Consideration’ includes a gift, payment, distribution, loan, advance or deposit of money or anything of value, and includes a contract, promise or agreement, whether or not legally enforceable.
(3) ‘Executive agency’ means a commission, board, agency or other body in the executive branch of state government that is not part of the legislative or judicial branch.
(4) ‘Executive official’ means any member or member-elect of an executive agency and any member of the staff or an employee of an executive agency. A member of a state board or commission, other than a member who is employed in full-time public service, is not an executive official for purposes of ORS § 171.725 to 171.785.
(5) ‘Judge’ means an active judge serving on the Oregon Supreme Court, Court of Appeals, Oregon Tax Court, or an Oregon circuit court.
(6) ‘Legislative action’ means introduction, sponsorship, testimony, debate, voting or any other official action on any measure, resolution, amendment, nomination, appointment, or report, or any matter that may be the subject of action by either house of the Legislative Assembly, or any committee of the Legislative Assembly, or the approval or veto thereof by the Governor.
(7) ‘Legislative official’ means any member or member-elect of the Legislative Assembly, any member of an agency, board or committee that is part of the legislative branch, and any staff person, assistant or employee thereof.
(8) ‘Lobbying’ means influencing, or attempting to influence, legislative action through oral or written communication with legislative officials, solicitation of executive officials or other persons to influence or attempt to influence legislative action or attempting to obtain the goodwill of legislative officials.
(9) ‘Lobbyist’ means:
(a) Any individual who agrees to provide personal services for money or any other consideration for the purpose of lobbying.
(b) Any person not otherwise subject to paragraph (a) of this subsection who provides personal services as a representative of a corporation, association, organization or other group, for the purpose of lobbying.
(c) Any public official who lobbies.
(10) ‘Public agency’ means a commission, board, agency or other governmental body.
(11) ‘Public official’ means any member or member-elect of any public agency and any member of the staff or an employee of the public agency. [1973 c.802 § 2; 1975 c.747 § 1; 1977 c.588 § 1; 1987 c.566 § 1; 1991 c.378 § 1; 2001 c.751 § 1; 2007 c.877 § 6]