ORS 192.640: Public notice required; special notice for executive sessions or special or emergency meetings.
Edition: 2025 EditionEffective: 2026-01-01Last verified: 2026-09-07
(1) The governing body of a public body shall provide for and give public notice, reasonably calculated to give actual notice to interested persons including news media which have requested notice, of the time and place for holding regular meetings. The notice shall also include a list of the principal subjects anticipated to be considered at the meeting, but this requirement shall not limit the ability of a governing body to consider additional subjects. (2) If an executive session only will be held, the notice shall be given to the members of the governing body, to the general public and to news media which have requested notice, stating the specific provision of law authorizing the executive session. (3) No special meeting shall be held without at least 24 hours’ notice to the members of the governing body, the news media which have requested notice and the general public. In case of an actual emergency, a meeting may be held upon such notice as is appropriate to the circumstances, but the minutes for such a meeting shall describe the emergency justifying less than 24 hours’ notice. [1973 c.172 §4; 1979 c.644 §3; 1981 c.182 §1]
Administrative rules citing this section
- OAR 115-010-0020: Board Meetings and Contested Case Hearings — implements
- OAR 199-050-0005: Definitions — implements
- OAR 199-050-0040: Notice Requirements — implements
- OAR 255-020-0020: Procedure — implements
- OAR 255-020-0020: Procedure — authority
- OAR 345-011-0015: Meetings — implements
- OAR 345-011-0020: Agendas for Regular Meetings — implements
- OAR 345-011-0035: Requests to Place Items on the Agenda — implements
- OAR 345-011-0050: Council Files — implements
- OAR 459-001-0015: Conduct of Meetings of the Board — authority
- OAR 629-010-0005: Board Administration — Definitions — implements
- OAR 629-010-0010: Rules of Order — implements
- OAR 629-010-0020: Chairperson — implements
- OAR 629-010-0030: Agendas — implements
- OAR 629-010-0040: Order of Business — implements
- OAR 629-010-0050: Quorum — implements
- OAR 629-010-0060: Meetings and Notice — implements
- OAR 629-010-0080: Committees — implements
- OAR 629-010-0090: Attendance — implements
- OAR 813-112-0030: Public Meeting — implements
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Cited by
- ORS 192.660: Executive sessions permitted on certain matters; procedures; news media representatives’ attendance; limits.
- ORS 305.700: Officers; meetings; quorum; director as nonvoting member.
- ORS 332.045: Board meetings.
- ORS 456.561: Loans, grants and funding awards; review.
- OAR 141-005-0005: Regular Meetings
- OAR 177-038-0070: Source Selection Methods
- OAR 255-001-0010: Rulemaking Procedure
- OAR 750-010-0050: Board Meetings.
- OAR 813-112-0030: Public Meeting
Official source: https://www.oregonlegislature.gov/bills_laws/ors/ors192.html