ORS 192.483: Duties of Public Records Advisory Council; rules.
Edition: 2025 EditionEffective: 2026-01-01Last verified: 2026-09-07
(1) The Public Records Advisory Council created under ORS 192.481 shall periodically perform all of the following: (a) Survey state agency and other public body practices and procedures for: (A) Receiving public records requests, identifying the existence of records responsive to the requests and gathering and disclosing responsive records; (B) Determining fee estimates and imposing or waiving fees under ORS 192.324; and (C) Determining and applying exemptions from required disclosure of public records. (b) Examine practices similar to those described in paragraph (a) of this subsection in other jurisdictions. (c) Identify inefficiencies and inconsistencies in application of the public records law that impede transparency in public process and government. (d) Make recommendations on changes in law, policy or practice that could enhance transparency in public process and government, and facilitate rapid dissemination of public records to requesters. (e) Make recommendations on the role of the Public Records Advocate as facilitator in disputes between custodians of public records and public record requesters. (2) No later than December 1 of each even-numbered year, the council shall submit to the Governor, and to the Legislative Assembly in the manner provided by ORS 192.245, a report that describes the findings of the council since the council’s last report. The report may include recommendations for legislation. (3) The council or the Public Records Advocate may prepare reports and studies more frequently than required under subsection (2) of this section. (4) The council may adopt rules governing the operations of the office of the Public Records Advocate, including but not limited to rules establishing procedures for the conduct of facilitated dispute resolution under ORS 192.464. The council shall consider efficiencies and the preference for a policy of transparency and openness in government in this state in adopting rules under this subsection. (5) The Public Records Advocate shall serve as the custodian of all council records. [2017 c.728 §10; 2021 c.582 §3] PUBLIC RECORDS OVERSIGHT
Administrative rules citing this section
- OAR 115-040-0040: Exemption from Disclosure Under ORS 192.410 to 192.505 and Inadmissibility of Mediation Communication Pursuant to OEC Rule 408 — implements
- OAR 115-040-0041: Applicability of Mediator Disclosure Rules — implements
- OAR 115-040-0042: Mediator May Not Disclose Mediation Communications in Subsequent Proceedings — implements
- OAR 115-040-0043: Mediator May Disclose Certain Mediation Communications — implements
- OAR 115-040-0044: Notice of Disclosure of Mediation Communications — implements
- OAR 123-005-0000: Applicability of Rules and Definitions — implements
- OAR 123-005-0010: Access to Records — implements
- OAR 123-005-0020: Requests to Inspect or Obtain Copies of Public Records — implements
- OAR 123-005-0030: Payment for Inspection and Copies of Public Records — implements
- OAR 123-052-2400: Confidential Records — implements
- OAR 123-052-2400: Confidential Records — authority
- OAR 125-020-0010: Definitions — implements
- OAR 125-020-0020: Applicability of Rules — implements
- OAR 125-020-0030: Access to Public Records — implements
- OAR 125-020-0040: Requests to Inspect or Obtain Copies of Public Records — implements
- OAR 125-020-0050: Fees for Public Records and Other Services — implements
- OAR 330-001-0025: Public Records Request — implements
- OAR 340-011-0310: Public Records Access and Reproduction: Purpose — authority
- OAR 340-011-0320: Public Records Access and Reproduction: Scope — implements
- OAR 340-011-0320: Public Records Access and Reproduction: Scope — authority
- OAR 340-011-0330: Public Records Access and Reproduction: Requests for Review or to Obtain Copies of Public Records — authority
- OAR 340-011-0340: Public Records Access and Reproduction: Costs for Record Review and Copying — authority
- OAR 340-011-0360: Public Records Access and Reproduction: Collecting Fees — authority
- OAR 340-011-0370: Public Records Access and Reproduction: Certification of Copies of Records — authority
- OAR 340-011-0380: Public Records Access and Reproduction: Fee Waivers and Reductions — authority
- OAR 340-011-0390: Public Records Access and Reproduction: Exempt Records — authority
- OAR 340-100-0005: Public Availability of Information — implements
- OAR 340-214-0130: Reporting: Information Exempt from Disclosure — implements
- OAR 410-120-1980: Requests for Information and Public Records — implements
- OAR 410-133-0340: Client Rights and Record Confidentiality — implements
- OAR 413-010-0068: Disclosure of Information Exempt Under the Public Records Law — implements
- OAR 440-005-0001: Authority for Rules — implements
- OAR 440-005-0005: Applicability of Rule — implements
- OAR 459-060-0001: Definitions — implements
- OAR 581-021-0280: Fees for Copies of Education Records — authority
- OAR 690-003-0100: Purpose — implements
- OAR 690-003-0240: Exempt Public Records — implements
- OAR 695-003-0010: Purpose — implements
- OAR 695-003-0020: Requests to Inspect or Obtain Copies of Public Records — implements
- OAR 695-003-0030: Fees for Inspections or Copies of Public Records — implements
- OAR 695-003-0040: Exception to Fee Charge; Fee Waivers and Reductions — implements
- OAR 733-001-0025: Public Records Request Requirements and Fees — implements
- OAR 736-001-0030: Fees for Public Records — authority
- OAR 860-001-0040: Commission Publications — implements
- OAR 860-001-0070: Confidential Information — implements
This rule cites
- ORS 192.481 — resolved
- ORS 192.324 — resolved
- ORS 192.245 — resolved
- ORS 192.464 — resolved
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Official source: https://www.oregonlegislature.gov/bills_laws/ors/ors192.html