Terms Used In Oregon Statutes > Chapter 205 > Collection and Disposition of Fees

• Affidavit: A written statement of facts confirmed by the oath of the party making it, before a notary or officer having authority to administer oaths.
• Benefits: means family and medical leave insurance benefits. See Oregon Statutes 657B.010
• Claimant: means an individual who has submitted an application or established a claim for benefits. See Oregon Statutes 657B.010
• contributions: means the money payments made by any of the following under ORS § 657B. See Oregon Statutes 657B.010
• County court: includes board of county commissioners. See Oregon Statutes 174.100
• Covered individual: means any one of the following who qualifies under ORS § 657B. See Oregon Statutes 657B.010
• Employer: means any person that employs one or more employees working anywhere in this state or any agent or employee of such person to whom the duties of the person under this chapter have been delegated. See Oregon Statutes 657B.010
• Employment agency: has the meaning given that term in ORS § 658. See Oregon Statutes 657B.010
• Family and medical leave insurance benefits: means the wage replacement benefits that are available to a covered individual under ORS § 657B. See Oregon Statutes 657B.010
• Family leave: means leave from work taken by a covered individual:

  (A) To care for and bond with a child during the first year after the child's birth or during the first year after the placement of the child through foster care or adoption; or

  (B) To care for a family member with a serious health condition. See Oregon Statutes 657B.010

• Grand jury: agreement providing that a lender will delay exercising its rights (in the case of a mortgage,
• local government: means all cities, counties and local service districts located in this state, and all administrative subdivisions of those cities, counties and local service districts. See Oregon Statutes 174.116
• Medical leave: means leave from work taken by a covered individual that is made necessary by the individual's own serious health condition. See Oregon Statutes 657B.010
• Oath: A promise to tell the truth.
• Obligation: An order placed, contract awarded, service received, or similar transaction during a given period that will require payments during the same or a future period.
• Oversight: Committee review of the activities of a Federal agency or program.
• Restitution: The court-ordered payment of money by the defendant to the victim for damages caused by the criminal action.
• Safe leave: means leave taken for any purpose described in ORS § 659A. See Oregon Statutes 657B.010
• state government: means the executive department, the judicial department and the legislative department. See Oregon Statutes 174.111
• Subpoena: A command to a witness to appear and give testimony.
• Third party administrator: means a third party that enters into an agreement with the Director of the Employment Department to implement and administer the paid family and medical leave program established under this chapter. See Oregon Statutes 657B.010
• Transaction: means an action, including but not limited to a transfer, encumbrance or release affecting title to or an interest in real property, that is required or permitted by state law or rule or federal law or regulation to be recorded. See Oregon Statutes 205.010
• Trial: A hearing that takes place when the defendant pleads "not guilty" and witnesses are required to come to court to give evidence.
• Tribal government: has the meaning given that term in ORS § 181A. See Oregon Statutes 657B.010
• Wages: has the meaning given that term in ORS § 657. See Oregon Statutes 657B.010