Bill Text: OR SB766 | 2013 | Regular Session | Introduced

Oregon Senate Bill 766 (Prior Session Legislation)

Bill Title: Relating to nonprofit entities.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 2-0)

Status: (Failed) 2013-07-08 - In committee upon adjournment. [SB766 Detail]

Download: Oregon-2013-SB766-Introduced.html



     77th OREGON LEGISLATIVE ASSEMBLY--2013 Regular Session

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                         Senate Bill 766

Sponsored by Senator FERRIOLI, Representative HUFFMAN

                             SUMMARY

The following summary is not prepared by the sponsors of the
measure and is not a part of the body thereof subject to
consideration by the Legislative Assembly. It is an editor's
brief statement of the essential features of the measure as
introduced.

  Provides that private nonprofit entities that receive at least
25 percent of their annual operating budgets from public moneys
are subject to disclosure requirements of public records law.

                        A BILL FOR AN ACT
Relating to nonprofit entities.
Be It Enacted by the People of the State of Oregon:
  SECTION 1.  { + (1) As a condition of the receipt of public
moneys, a private nonprofit entity that receives at least 25
percent of its annual operating budget from public moneys must
comply with the disclosure requirements of ORS 192.410 to 192.505
for all records of the entity relating to the conduct of the
entity's business.
  (2) The State Archivist by rule shall establish record
retention requirements for entities subject to the requirements
of this section.
  (3) A denial of a request for records under this section may be
judicially reviewed as provided under ORS 192.480 and 192.490 for
denials of requests for public records.
  (4) As used in this section:
  (a) 'Nonprofit entity' means an institution, organization or
other entity exempt from taxation under section 501(c) of the
Internal Revenue Code.
  (b) 'Public moneys' mean moneys disbursed by the federal
government or a public body as defined in ORS 174.109 as
appropriations, direct payments, grants or by any other method to
or for the benefit of a private nonprofit entity for purposes of
financing the operations of the entity, including, but not
limited to, moneys distributed to the Oregon State Bar under ORS
9.577 and moneys attributable to interest on lawyer trust
accounts under the regulation of the Oregon State Bar. + }
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