and 173.450, �appointing authority� means the Joint Committee on Ways

173.420 and 173.450, �appointing authority� means the Joint Committee on Ways and Means during a session of the Legislative Assembly and the Emergency Board during the interim between sessions of the Legislative Assembly.

����� (2) The appointing authority shall select the Legislative Fiscal Officer who shall serve at the pleasure of the appointing authority and under its direction. [1959 c.70 �1; 1971 c.679 �1]

����� 173.420 Duties of Legislative Fiscal Officer. (1) Pursuant to the policies and directions of the appointing authority, the Legislative Fiscal Officer shall:

����� (a) Ascertain facts and make recommendations to the Legislative Assembly concerning the Governor�s budget.

����� (b) Ascertain facts concerning state expenditures and make estimates concerning state expenditures.

����� (c) Ascertain facts and make recommendations concerning the fiscal implications of the organization and functions of the state and its agencies.

����� (d) Ascertain facts and make recommendations on such other matters as may be provided for by joint or concurrent resolution.

����� (e) Furnish such assistance in the performance of their duties as is requested by the House Revenue Committee, the Senate Revenue Committee, the Legislative Revenue Officer and other legislative standing and interim committees and members of the Legislative Assembly.

����� (2) Pursuant to the policies and directions of the appointing authority, the Legislative Fiscal Officer may enter into contracts to carry out the functions of the Legislative Fiscal Officer.

����� (3) The Legislative Fiscal Officer shall cause a study to be conducted prior to the beginning of each odd-numbered year regular session of the Legislative Assembly that reports the preceding two years� administrative costs and the transfer rate of the Oregon State Lottery Commission, in order to determine if additional funds may be made available for public purposes. [1959 c.70 �2; 1971 c.679 �2; 1975 c.789 �7; 1999 c.207 �2; 2001 c.158 �1; 2016 c.117 �39; 2017 c.746 �6; 2021 c.678 �3]

����� 173.430 [1959 c.70 �11; 1961 c.167 �14; repealed by 1971 c.679 �7]

����� 173.440 [1959 c.70 ��3,4,5; 1961 c.41 �1; 1961 c.167 �33a; repealed by 1971 c.679 �7]

����� 173.450 Employment of staff; compensation and expenses of staff members. (1) Subject to the approval of the appointing authority, the Legislative Fiscal Officer may employ and fix the compensation of such professional assistants and clerical and other employees as the Legislative Fiscal Officer finds necessary for the effective conduct of the work under the charge of the Legislative Fiscal Officer.

����� (2) The appointing authority shall fix the salary of the Legislative Fiscal Officer.

����� (3) Subject to the limitations otherwise provided by law for expenses of state officers, the Legislative Fiscal Officer and members of the staff of the Legislative Fiscal Officer shall be reimbursed for all actual and necessary expenses incurred in performing their duties. [1959 c.70 ��6,7,8; 1971 c.679 �3]

����� 173.455 Maintaining confidentiality of draft measures. The Legislative Fiscal Officer or any employee of the Legislative Fiscal Officer may not reveal to any person not an employee of the Legislative Fiscal Officer the contents or nature of any confidential draft measure provided to the Legislative Fiscal Officer by the Legislative Counsel. [2001 c.45 �5]

����� 173.460 [1965 c.113 �2; repealed by 1971 c.679 �7]

����� 173.465 Legislative Fiscal Office Operating Fund. The Legislative Fiscal Office Operating Fund is established in the State Treasury, separate and distinct from the General Fund. Interest earned by the Legislative Fiscal Office Operating Fund shall be credited to the fund. All moneys in the fund are continuously appropriated to the Legislative Fiscal Officer for the purpose of paying the expenses incurred in the administration of the duties of the Legislative Fiscal Office. [2013 c.723 �61]

OREGON STATE CAPITOL FOUNDATION

����� 173.500 Establishment; directors; powers and duties. (1)(a) There is established the Oregon State Capitol Foundation. The foundation shall be composed of not fewer than nine and not more than 25 voting directors, who shall each serve a term of four years. The President of the Senate shall appoint not more than three voting directors from members of the Senate. The Speaker of the House of Representatives shall appoint not more than three voting directors from members of the House of Representatives. The voting directors shall appoint all remaining voting directors who were not appointed by the President of the Senate or the Speaker of the House of Representatives. A voting director is eligible for reappointment. In order to ensure that the foundation has authority to act under subsection (6) of this section, the appointing authority may appoint a new voting director or reappoint an existing voting director upon a vacancy occurring or at any time within six months preceding the expiration of the term of a voting director.

����� (b) The foundation may appoint honorary, nonvoting members to the foundation.

����� (c) The foundation shall elect a chair from among the voting directors of the foundation. A voting director shall serve as chair for a two-year term and may thereafter be reelected as chair, except that:

����� (A) The foundation may replace a chair by majority vote of the voting directors of the foundation; and

����� (B) A chair must at all times be a voting director of the foundation.

����� (2) The Oregon State Capitol Foundation shall:

����� (a) Advise the Legislative Administration Committee on the terms and conditions of contracts or agreements entered into under ORS 276.002.

����� (b) Recommend to the committee renovations, repairs and additions to the State Capitol.

����� (c) Recommend to the committee exhibits and events for the State Capitol.

����� (d) Deposit gifts, grants, donations and moneys converted from gifts or donations of other than money into separate trust accounts reserved for the purposes of the gifts, grants and donations.

����� (e) Develop, maintain and implement plans to:

����� (A) Enhance and embellish the State Capitol in keeping with the design and purpose of the building and adjacent areas; and

����� (B) Preserve the history of activities of state government that have occurred in the State Capitol and of persons who have participated in state government in the State Capitol.

����� (f) Establish such funds and accounts as are reasonably prudent for a nonprofit corporation of the scope and mission of the foundation.

����� (3) The Oregon State Capitol Foundation may:

����� (a) Solicit and accept gifts, grants and donations from public and private sources in the name of the foundation.

����� (b) Convert gifts or donations other than money into moneys.

����� (c) Advise and educate in relation to changes in statutory law in order to implement or promote the policies and objectives of the foundation, except that such advice and education is limited to:

����� (A) Activities permitted within the limits afforded to organizations established under section 501(c)(3) of the Internal Revenue Code; and

����� (B) Advice or education undertaken by the foundation that furthers the purposes of the foundation under subsection (2) of this section.

����� (4) The Oregon State Capitol Foundation shall cause an independent audit to be performed biennially of all foundation finances. The auditor shall prepare a biennial financial report according to generally accepted accounting principles and shall submit the report to the foundation.

����� (5) The chair of the Oregon State Capitol Foundation may enter into contracts to carry out those functions and policies of the foundation for which the foundation has granted the chair contract authority. ORS 279.835 to 279.855 and ORS chapters 279A, 279B and 279C do not apply to a contract or agreement entered into by the foundation.

����� (6) The Oregon State Capitol Foundation may take action under this section upon a majority vote of a quorum of voting directors. A majority of the voting directors of the foundation constitutes a quorum for the transaction of business.

����� (7) The Oregon State Capitol Foundation may adopt its own rules and bylaws and is not subject to the rules of either house of the Legislative Assembly or Mason�s Manual of Legislative Procedure. The foundation shall adopt rules and bylaws to guide the foundation and implement the foundation�s responsibilities under this section.

����� (8) The Oregon State Capitol Foundation is not a part of the legislative department as defined in ORS 174.114 or a public body as defined in ORS 174.109. For purposes of ORS chapter 244, neither the Oregon State Capitol Foundation nor any director or nonvoting member of the foundation may be considered to have a legislative or administrative interest. [2001 c.118 �1; 2003 c.794 �197; 2011 c.272 �10; 2015 c.35 �1; 2025 c.194 �1]

����� 173.505 [2016 c.118 �16; repealed by 2025 c.194 �3]

����� 173.510 [1965 c.581 �1; repealed by 1971 c.679 �7]

����� 173.515 [2016 c.118 �15; repealed by 2025 c.194 �3]

����� 173.520 [1965 c.581 �2; repealed by 1971 c.679 �7]

����� 173.530 [1965 c.581 �4; repealed by 1971 c.679 �7]

����� 173.540 [1965 c.581 ��6, 10; 1969 c.314 �11; repealed by 1971 c.679 �7]

����� 173.550 [1965 c.581 �11; repealed by 1971 c.679 �7]

����� 173.560 [1965 c.581 �12; repealed by 1971 c.679 �7]

����� 173.570 [1965 c.581 �9; repealed by 1971 c.679 �7]

����� 173.580 [1965 c.581 �7; repealed by 1971 c.679 �7]

����� 173.590 [1965 c.581 �8; repealed by 1971 c.679 �7]

����� 173.600 [1965 c.581 �5; repealed by 1971 c.679 �7]

LEGISLATIVE POLICY AND RESEARCH COMMITTEE

����� 173.605 Legislative Policy and Research Committee established; director. (1) The Legislative Policy and Research Committee is established as a joint committee of the Legislative Assembly.

����� (2) The committee shall select a Legislative Policy and Research Director to serve as its executive officer. The director shall serve at the pleasure of the committee.

����� (3) The committee shall fix the annual salary of the director. Subject to the limitations otherwise provided by law for expenses of state officers, the director shall be reimbursed for actual and necessary expenses incurred or paid by the director in the performance of duties of the director. [2016 c.88 �1]

����� 173.610 [1999 c.1048 �1; repealed by 2017 c.532 �12]

����� 173.615 Membership; term; continuing existence; advisory committees; quorum. (1)(a) The Legislative Policy and Research Committee shall consist of the Speaker of the House of Representatives, the President of the Senate, members of the House appointed by the Speaker so that there is an equal number of majority party and minority party members of the House including the Speaker, and members of the Senate appointed by the President so that there is an equal number of majority party and minority party members of the Senate including the President. The Speaker of the House of Representatives and the President of the Senate may each designate, from among the members of the appropriate house, majority party and minority party alternates to exercise powers as members of the committee.

����� (b) The appointing authorities shall appoint members of a new committee within 30 days after the earlier of:

����� (A) The date of the convening of an odd-numbered year regular session of the Legislative Assembly; or

����� (B) The date of the convening of an organizational session of the odd-numbered year regular session of the Legislative Assembly.

����� (2)(a) The term of a member of the committee shall expire upon the earlier of:

����� (A) The date of the convening of the odd-numbered year regular session of the Legislative Assembly next following the member�s appointment; or

����� (B) The date of the convening of an organizational session of the odd-numbered year regular session of the Legislative Assembly next following the member�s appointment.

����� (b) Vacancies occurring in the membership of the committee shall be filled by the appointing authority so as to ensure an equal number of majority party and minority party members from the appropriate house.

����� (3) The committee has a continuing existence and may meet, act and conduct its business during the sessions of the Legislative Assembly or any recess thereof, and in the interim period between sessions, but the committee has no authority to affect the rules of either house.

����� (4) The committee may appoint advisory committees or subcommittees. Individuals other than members of the Legislative Assembly may serve on such advisory committees or subcommittees. A member of an advisory committee or subcommittee who is not a member of the Legislative Assembly shall be compensated and reimbursed in the manner provided in ORS 292.495.

����� (5) The committee may not transact business unless a quorum is present. A quorum consists of a majority of committee members from the House of Representatives and a majority of committee members from the Senate.

����� (6) Action by the committee requires the affirmative vote of a majority of committee members from the House of Representatives and a majority of committee members from the Senate. [2016 c.88 �3; 2017 c.17 �14; 2025 c.2 �6]

����� 173.620 [1999 c.1048 �2; 2001 c.158 �2; repealed by 2017 c.532 �12]

����� 173.625 Effect of expiration of terms of committee members; director vacancy. (1) The expiration of the terms of members of the Legislative Policy and Research Committee, as provided in ORS