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Code · Oregon · ORS Chapter 357 · Libraries; State Archivist; Poet Laureate

357.004 Definitions for ORS 357

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357.004 Definitions for ORS 357.001 to 357.200. As used in ORS 357.001 to 357.200, unless the context requires otherwise:
(1)“Depository library” means a library that is designated as such under ORS 357.095.
(2)(a) “Issuing agency” means state government, as that term is defined in ORS 174.111.
(b)“Issuing agency” does not include any public university listed in ORS 352.002 or office, department or activity under the control of the university.
(3)(a) “Public document” means informational matter produced for public distribution or access regardless of format, medium, source or copyright, originating in or produced with the imprint of, by the authority of or at the total or partial expense of any state agency. “Public document” includes informational matter produced on computer diskettes, CD-ROMs, computer tapes, the Internet or in other electronic formats.
(b)“Public document” does not include:
(A)Correspondence, forms, interoffice or intraoffice memoranda;
(B)Legislative bills;
(C)Oregon Revised Statutes or any edition thereof; or
(D)Reports and publications of the Oregon Supreme Court, the Oregon Court of Appeals and the Oregon Tax Court. [1995 c.69 §4; 2005 c.33 §2; 2011 c.637 §262; 2013 c.768 §140; 2015 c.767 §169]
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