(1) Notwithstanding ORS § 659A.309 and except as provided in subsections (2) to (4) of this section, a public official acting in an official capacity may not directly supervise a person who is a relative or member of the household.

Terms Used In Oregon Statutes 244.179

  • 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
  • Jurisdiction: (1) The legal authority of a court to hear and decide a case. Concurrent jurisdiction exists when two courts have simultaneous responsibility for the same case. (2) The geographic area over which the court has authority to decide cases.
  • Member of the household: means any person who resides with the public official or candidate. See Oregon Statutes 244.020
  • 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
  • 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

(2) A member of the Legislative Assembly may directly supervise a person who:

(a) Is a relative or member of the household; and

(b) Serves as a public official in a position on the personal legislative staff of the member of the Legislative Assembly.

(3)(a) A public official acting in an official capacity may directly supervise a person who is a relative or member of the household if the person serves as an unpaid volunteer.

(b) Paragraph (a) of this subsection does not apply to service by a person in a position as an unpaid member of a governing body that a public official of whom the person is a relative or member of the household serves or over which the public official exercises jurisdiction or control.

(c) A relative or member of the household serving as an unpaid volunteer described in paragraph (a) of this subsection may receive reimbursement of expenses provided in the ordinary course of business to similarly situated unpaid volunteers.

(4) A public body may adopt policies specifying when a public official acting in an official capacity may directly supervise a person who is a relative or member of the household. [2007 c.865 § 26d]

 

[1975 c.216 § 2; 1987 c.566 § 16; 2005 c.22 § 186; repealed by 2007 c.865 § 41]

 

[1975 c.216 § 3; 1987 c.566 § 17; 2005 c.22 § 187; repealed by 2007 c.865 § 41]

 

[1979 c.332 § 2; 2007 c.865 § 10; renumbered 244.162 in 2007]

 

[1975 c.216 § 5; repealed by 1983 c.350 § 62 (244.201 enacted in lieu of 244.200 and 244.210)]

 

[1983 c.350 § 63 (enacted in lieu of 244.200 and 244.210); 1995 c.712 § 95; repealed by 2007 c.865 § 41]

 

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