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82nd OREGON LEGISLATIVE ASSEMBLY--2024 Regular Session
Senate Bill 1540
Printed pursuant to Senate Interim Rule 213.28 by order of the President of the Senate in conformance with pre-
session filing rules, indicating neither advocacy nor opposition on the part of the President (at the request
of Senate Interim Committee on Rules and Executive Appointments)
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.The statement includes a measure digest written in compliance with applicable readability
standards.
Digest: Requires PRAC to study public records fees and submit findings. (Flesch Readability
Score:61.3).
Requires the Public Records Advisory Council to study fees charged for public records requests.
Directs the council to submit findings to the interim committees of the Legislative Assembly related
to rules not later than September 15, 2026.
A BILL FOR AN ACT
Relating to fees charged for public records requests.
Be It Enacted by the People of the State of Oregon:
SECTION 1. The Public Records Advisory Council shall study fees charged for public re-
cords requests. The council shall submit a report in the manner provided by ORS 192.245, and
may include recommendations for legislation, to the interim committees of the Legislative
Assembly related to rules no later than September 15, 2026.
SECTION 2.Section 1 of this 2024 Act is repealed on January 2, 2027.
NOTE:Matter in boldfaced type in an amended section is new; matter [italic and bracketed] is existing law to be omitted.
New sections are in boldfaced type.
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