by an officer acting within the course and scope of the officer�s

190.472 by an officer acting within the course and scope of the officer�s duties under ORS 190.472 is the responsibility of the commissioning agency unless:

����� (a) The officer acts under the direction and control of another agency; or

����� (b) The liability or claim of liability is otherwise allocated under a written agreement between the commissioning agency and another agency.

����� (3) All of the privileges and immunities from liability, exemption from laws, ordinances and rules, and all pension, relief, disability, workers� compensation insurance and other benefits that apply to the activities of officers when performing their duties within the territorial limits of their commissioning agencies apply to them and to their commissioning agencies to the same degree and extent while the officers exercise authority under ORS 190.472.

����� (4) As used in this section, �commissioning agency� means the agency for whom the officer is employed full-time and by whom the officer is compensated. [1997 c.855 �3]

����� Note: See note under 190.472.

����� 190.478 Effect on federal officers. ORS 190.472 does not confer on federal officers, as defined in ORS 133.005, any additional powers. The powers of federal officers are limited to those powers conferred by other laws. [1997 c.855 �4]

����� Note: See note under 190.472.

INTERNATIONAL COOPERATION

����� 190.480 Definition for ORS 190.480 to 190.490. As used in ORS 190.480 to 190.490, �state agency� or �agency� means every state officer, board, commission, department, institution, branch or agency of state government whose costs are paid wholly or in part from funds held in the State Treasury. [1991 c.137 �1]

����� Note: 190.480 to 190.490 were enacted into law by the Legislative Assembly but were not added to or made a part of ORS chapter 190 or any series therein by legislative action. See Preface to Oregon Revised Statutes for further explanation.

����� 190.485 Authority of state agency to exercise authority jointly with nation or national agency of other than United States; contents of agreements. (1) Any power or powers, privileges or authority exercised or capable of exercise by a state agency in this state may be exercised and enjoyed jointly with a nation or a public agency in any nation other than the United States, to the extent that the laws of the United States and of the other nation do not prohibit such joint exercise or enjoyment.

����� (2) A state agency may enter into an agreement with another nation or public agency of another nation for joint and cooperative action.

����� (3) An agreement described in subsection (2) of this section must specify its duration, the organization, composition and nature of any separate legal or administrative entity created to exercise the functions agreed upon, the purpose of the agreement, the method of financing the joint or cooperative undertaking, the methods to be employed to terminate the agreement and other necessary and proper matters.

����� (4) No agreement described in subsection (2) of this section shall relieve any state agency of any obligation or responsibility imposed upon it by the laws of this state or of the United States.

����� (5) Notwithstanding subsection (4) of this section, a state agency may exclude from an agreement under subsection (2) of this section any clause or condition required by ORS 279B.220, 279B.225, 279B.230, 279B.235, 279B.270 or 279C.500 to