Oregon Statutes 192.311 – Definitions for ORS 192.311 to 192.478
As used in ORS § 192.311 to 192.478:
Terms Used In Oregon Statutes 192.311
- 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.
- Deed: The legal instrument used to transfer title in real property from one person to another.
- Partnership: A voluntary contract between two or more persons to pool some or all of their assets into a business, with the agreement that there will be a proportional sharing of profits and losses.
- Person: includes individuals, corporations, associations, firms, partnerships, limited liability companies and joint stock companies. See Oregon Statutes 174.100
- public body: means state government bodies, local government bodies and special government bodies. See Oregon Statutes 174.109
(1) ‘Business day’ means a day other than Saturday, Sunday or a legal holiday and on which at least one paid employee of the public body that received the public records request is scheduled to and does report to work. In the case of a community college district, community college service district, public university, school district or education service district, ‘business day’ does not include any day on which the central administration offices of the district or university are closed.
(2) ‘Custodian’ means:
(a) The person described in ORS § 7.110 for purposes of court records; or
(b) A public body mandated, directly or indirectly, to create, maintain, care for or control a public record. ‘Custodian’ does not include a public body that has custody of a public record as an agent of another public body that is the custodian unless the public record is not otherwise available.
(3) ‘Person’ includes any natural person, corporation, partnership, firm, association or member or committee of the Legislative Assembly.
(4) ‘Public body’ includes every state officer, agency, department, division, bureau, board and commission; every county and city governing body, school district, special district, municipal corporation, and any board, department, commission, council, or agency thereof; and any other public agency of this state.
(5)(a) ‘Public record’ includes any writing that contains information relating to the conduct of the public’s business, including but not limited to court records, mortgages, and deed records, prepared, owned, used or retained by a public body regardless of physical form or characteristics.
(b) ‘Public record’ does not include any writing that does not relate to the conduct of the public’s business and that is contained on a privately owned computer.
(6) ‘State agency’ means any state officer, department, board, commission or court created by the Constitution or statutes of this state but does not include the Legislative Assembly or its members, committees, officers or employees insofar as they are exempt under section 9, Article IV of the Oregon Constitution.
(7) ‘Writing’ means handwriting, typewriting, printing, photographing and every means of recording, including letters, words, pictures, sounds, or symbols, or combination thereof, and all papers, maps, files, facsimiles or electronic recordings. [Formerly 192.410]
(Public Records Request Processing)