Bill Text: OR SB158 | 2013 | Regular Session | Introduced

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Bill Title: Relating to government ethics.

Spectrum: Committee Bill

Status: (Failed) 2013-07-08 - In committee upon adjournment. [SB158 Detail]

Download: Oregon-2013-SB158-Introduced.html

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     77th OREGON LEGISLATIVE ASSEMBLY--2013 Regular Session

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                         Senate Bill 158

Printed pursuant to Senate Interim Rule 213.28 by order of the
  President of the Senate in conformance with presession filing
  rules, indicating neither advocacy nor opposition on the part
  of the President (at the request of Senate Interim Committee on
  Rules)

                             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.

  Allows use of proceeds from legal expense trust fund to pay
expenses incurred by public official in connection with Oregon
State Bar disciplinary proceedings.

                        A BILL FOR AN ACT
Relating to government ethics; amending ORS 244.205.
Be It Enacted by the People of the State of Oregon:
  SECTION 1. ORS 244.205 is amended to read:
  244.205. (1) Subject to the authorization of the Oregon
Government Ethics Commission as described in ORS 244.209, a
public official may establish a legal expense trust fund if the
public official incurs or reasonably expects to incur legal
expenses described in subsection (2) of this section.
  (2) Proceeds from the trust fund may be used by the public
official to defray legal expenses incurred by the public official
in any civil, criminal or other legal proceeding or investigation
that relates to or arises from the course and scope of duties of
the person as a public official. The legal expenses must be
incurred in connection with:
  (a) The issuance of a court's stalking protective order under
ORS 30.866 or 163.738;
  (b) The issuance of a citation under ORS 163.735;
  (c) A criminal prosecution under ORS 163.732;
  (d) A civil action under ORS 30.866;   { - or - }
  (e) Defending the public official in a proceeding or
investigation brought or maintained by a public body as defined
in ORS 174.109  { - . - }  { + ; or
  (f) Disciplinary proceedings under ORS 9.534. + }
  (3) Except as provided in subsection (2) of this section, a
public official may not use proceeds from the trust fund for any
personal use.
  (4) A public official may not establish or maintain more than
one legal expense trust fund at any one time.
  (5) The provisions of ORS chapter 130 do not apply to a trust
fund established under ORS 244.205 to 244.221.
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