Chapter 368
Oregon Laws 2011
AN ACT
HB 2788
Relating to
the Oregon transparency website; creating new provisions; amending ORS 184.480
and 184.483; and declaring an emergency.
Be It Enacted by the People of the State of Oregon:
SECTION 1. ORS 184.480 is amended to
read:
184.480. As used in ORS 184.480 to
184.488, “state agency” means any officer, board, commission, department,
division or institution of state government, as defined in ORS 174.111. [“State agency” does not mean the State
Treasurer.]
SECTION 2. ORS 184.483 is amended to
read:
184.483. (1) The Oregon Department of
Administrative Services shall develop and make available an Oregon transparency
website. The website shall allow any person to view information that is a
public record and not exempt from disclosure under ORS 192.410 to 192.505,
including but not limited to information described in subsection (3) of this
section.
(2) State agencies, to the extent
practicable and subject to laws relating to confidentiality, when at no additional
cost, using existing data and existing state agency resources and without
reallocation of resources, shall:
(a) Furnish information to the Oregon
transparency website by posting reports and providing links to existing
information system applications in accordance with standards established by the
Oregon Department of Administrative Services; and
(b) Provide the information in the
format and manner required by the Oregon Department of Administrative Services.
(3) To the extent practicable and
subject to laws relating to confidentiality, when at no additional cost, using
existing data and existing state agency resources and without reallocation of
resources, the Oregon transparency website shall contain information about each
state agency, including but not limited to:
(a) Annual state agency revenues;
(b) Annual state agency expenditures;
(c) Annual state agency human
resources expenses, including compensation;
(d) Annual state agency tax
expenditures, including, where possible, the identity of the recipients of each
tax expenditure;
(e) State agency contracting and
subcontracting information, to the extent allowed by law;
(f) A prominently placed graphic
representation of the primary funding categories and approximate number of
individuals served by the state agency;
(g) A description of the mission,
function and program categories of the state agency;
(h) Information about the state agency
from the Oregon Progress Board; and
(i) A copy of any audit report issued
by the Secretary of State for the state agency.
(4) In addition to the information
described in subsection (3) of this section, each state agency shall post on
the Oregon transparency website notices of public meetings required to be
provided by the state agency under ORS 192.640.
[(4)]
(5) In creating, operating, refining and recommending enhancements to
the Oregon transparency website, the Oregon Department of Administrative
Services and the Transparency Oregon Advisory Commission created in ORS 184.486
shall consider and, to the extent practicable, adhere to the following
principles:
(a) The website must be accessible
without cost and be easy to use;
(b) Information included on the Oregon
transparency website must be presented using plain, easily understandable
language; and
(c) The website should teach users
about how state government works and provide users with the opportunity to
learn something about how state government raises and spends revenue.
[(5)]
(6) If a state agency is not able to include information described in
this section on the Oregon transparency website because of the lack of
availability of information or cost in acquiring it, the Transparency Oregon
Advisory Commission created in ORS 184.486 shall list the information that is
not included for that state agency in the commission’s report to the
Legislative Assembly required under ORS 184.486.
SECTION 3. (1) The amendments to
ORS 184.480 and 184.483 by sections 1 and 2 of this 2011 Act become operative
on January 1, 2012.
(2) A state agency, including the
State Treasurer, may take any action before the operative date specified in
subsection (1) of this section that is necessary to enable the state agency or
the State Treasurer to exercise, on and after the operative date specified in
subsection (1) of this section, all the duties, functions and powers conferred
on the state agency or the State Treasurer by the amendments to ORS 184.480 and
184.483 by sections 1 and 2 of this 2011 Act.
SECTION 4. This 2011 Act being
necessary for the immediate preservation of the public peace, health and
safety, an emergency is declared to exist, and this 2011 Act takes effect on
its passage.
Approved by
the Governor June 16, 2011
Filed in the
office of Secretary of State June 16, 2011
Effective date
June 16, 2011
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