646.642, in proceedings described in subsection (1)(c) of this section shall, upon receipt, be deposited with the State Treasurer to the credit of the Department of Justice Protection and Education Re

646.642, in proceedings described in subsection (1)(c) of this section shall, upon receipt, be deposited with the State Treasurer to the credit of the Department of Justice Protection and Education Revolving Account. However, if the action or suit was based on an expenditure or loss from a public body or a dedicated fund, the amount of such expenditure or loss, after deduction of attorney fees and expenses awarded to the department by the court or agreed to by the parties, if any, shall be credited to the public body or dedicated fund and the remainder thereof credited to the Department of Justice Protection and Education Revolving Account.

����� (4) If the Department of Justice recovers restitution or refunds in a proceeding described in subsection (1)(c) of this section, and the department cannot determine the persons to whom the restitution or refunds should be paid or the amount of the restitution or refund payable to individual claimants is de minimis, the restitution or refunds may not be deposited in the Department of Justice Protection and Education Revolving Account and shall be deposited in the General Fund.

����� (5) Before April 1 of each odd-numbered year, the Department of Justice shall report to the Joint Committee on Ways and Means:

����� (a) The department�s projection of the balance in the Department of Justice Protection and Education Revolving Account at the end of the biennium in which the report is made and at the end of the following biennium;

����� (b) The amount of the balance held for restitution and refunds;

����� (c) An estimate of the department�s anticipated costs and expenses under subsection (1)(b) and (c) of this section for the biennium in which the report is made and for the following biennium; and

����� (d) Any judgment, settlement, compromise or other recovery, the proceeds of which are used for purposes other than:

����� (A) For deposit into the Department of Justice Protection and Education Revolving Account; or

����� (B) For payment of legal costs related to the judgment, settlement, compromise or other recovery.

����� (6) The Joint Committee on Ways and Means, after consideration of recommendations made by the Department of Justice, shall use the information reported under subsection (5) of this section to determine an appropriate balance for the revolving account. [1965 c.194 �2; 1971 c.85 �6; 1975 c.446 �6; 1993 c.518 �1; 1999 c.184 �1; 2009 c.820 ��1,1a; 2019 c.643 �23; 2020 s.s.2 c.10 �32; 2023 c.369 �10; 2023 c.536 �8; 2024 c.69 �5; 2025 c.629 �8]

����� 180.096 Use of Countrywide Financial Corporation settlement proceeds. (1) Notwithstanding the purposes set forth in ORS 180.095, and except as provided in subsection (2) of this section, the Department of Justice shall use the proceeds of the State of Oregon�s settlement with Countrywide Financial Corporation that are deposited into the Department of Justice Protection and Education Revolving Account to make grants, in consultation with the Housing and Community Services Department, to nonprofit entities to provide foreclosure relief services.

����� (2) The Department of Justice need not use the proceeds identified in subsection (1) of this section if sufficient funding for the purposes identified in subsection (1) of this section is available from another source. [2009 c.864 �7; 2011 c.9 �10]

����� Note: 180.096 was enacted into law by the Legislative Assembly but was not added to or made a part of ORS chapter 180 or any series therein by legislative action. See Preface to Oregon Revised Statutes for further explanation.

����� 180.097 [1971 c.85 ��8,9; 1977 c.445 �1; repealed by 1993 c.518 �4]

����� 180.100 Legislative bills; preparation on request. The Attorney General shall, upon request of any member of or of any person elected to either branch of the Legislative Assembly of the State of Oregon, prepare all bills requested by any such member or person within a reasonable length of time prior to the commencement of any session of the legislature, and furnish the bills to such member or person for introduction on or before the first day of the session. The Attorney General shall during the sessions of the legislature prepare bills at the request of any member of the legislature as expeditiously as the number of deputies in the office of the Attorney General will permit.

����� 180.110 Keeping copies of opinions and records of cases; biennial report; printing and binding opinions. The Attorney General shall keep copies of all the opinions of the Attorney General and a record of all cases, in any of the courts and tribunals, prosecuted or defended by the Attorney General or in which the Attorney General appears. The Attorney General shall make a biennial report to the legislature of all the official business transacted by the Attorney General for the biennial period ending December 31 prior to the meeting of the legislature. The Attorney General may have printed and bound all opinions rendered by the Attorney General during the period, for distribution to the various state officers, public libraries and others entitled to receive them. [Amended by 1971 c.418 �2; 2005 c.659 �6]

����� 180.120 Defending in criminal proceedings for Oregon State Police or member thereof; conducting prosecutions. (1) The Attorney General shall:

����� (a) Defend all criminal actions and proceedings in which the Department of State Police or any member thereof is concerned as a party, which require the services of an attorney or counsel in order to protect the interests of the state and are necessary for the purposes of the Department of State Police or the members thereof.

����� (b) Conduct such prosecutions as shall be directed by the Superintendent of State Police with the approval of the Governor.

����� (2) The Attorney General may appoint an attorney for the purpose of such defense or prosecution and certify the expenses thereof to the Department of State Police for payment from the moneys appropriated for the Department of State Police. [Amended by 1971 c.418 �3]

����� 180.125 Intergovernmental road maintenance agreements. If the Attorney General advises the Department of Transportation under ORS 180.060 about a matter related to an intergovernmental road maintenance agreement described in ORS 366.574 or represents the department in an action related to the agreement, the Attorney General shall:

����� (1) Recognize that the agreement is a cooperative effort between the department and the counties, entered into for the overall benefit to the public and the mutual benefit of the state and the counties; and

����� (2) Prefer and encourage, when possible, mutually agreeable resolution of legal issues through further cooperation or alternative dispute resolution to achieve an overall benefit to the public. [2001 c.565 �2]

����� Note: 180.125 was enacted into law by the Legislative Assembly but was not added to or made a part of ORS chapter 180 or any series therein by legislative action. See Preface to Oregon Revised Statutes for further explanation.

(Personnel)

����� 180.130 Deputy Attorney General. The Attorney General shall appoint a Deputy Attorney General, who shall qualify as required by law, and who may do and perform, in the absence of the Attorney General, all the acts and duties that may be authorized and required to be performed by the Attorney General. The Attorney General shall be responsible for all the acts of the deputy of the Attorney General.

����� 180.140 Other assistants; salaries; representation of indigent clients. (1) The Attorney General shall appoint the other assistants the Attorney General deems necessary to transact the business of the office, each to serve at the pleasure of the Attorney General and perform such duties as the Attorney General may designate and for whose acts the Attorney General shall be responsible. Each assistant shall have full authority under the direction of the Attorney General to perform any duty required by law to be performed by the Attorney General.

����� (2) Each assistant so appointed shall be a person admitted to the practice of law by the Supreme Court of this state and shall qualify by taking the usual oath of office, conditioned upon the faithful performance of duties.

����� (3) The Attorney General may appoint temporary assistants for a period not to exceed 15 months. Such temporary assistants shall be legally trained but are not required to be admitted to the practice of law by the Supreme Court of this state.

����� (4) Each assistant shall receive the salary fixed by the Attorney General, payable as other state salaries are paid. Each assistant so appointed shall devote the full time of the assistant to the business of the state, unless employment on a part-time basis is otherwise fixed by the Attorney General.

����� (5) Special legal assistants or private counsel may be employed by the Attorney General, under the direction and control of the Attorney General, in particular cases or proceedings, whenever the Attorney General deems it appropriate to protect the interests of the state. The cost of such special assistants or counsel shall be charged to the appropriate officer or agency pursuant to ORS 180.160.

����� (6) None of the provisions of this chapter prohibit the Attorney General or any of the Attorney General�s full-time deputies or assistants from voluntarily representing, without compensation or expenditure of state resources, indigent clients referred by a nonprofit civil legal aid office or pro bono program. [Amended by 1969 c.543 �2; 1971 c.418 �4; 1991 c.782 �1]

����� 180.150 Clerks. Subject to any applicable provisions of the State Personnel Relations Law, the Attorney General shall employ the necessary clerical aid required for the discharge of the duties imposed upon the Attorney General by law, and fix compensation therefor, to be paid as other salaries are paid.

DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE

(Fiscal Matters)

����� 180.160 Charges for services to public agencies; rules. (1) Subject to rules prescribed by the Attorney General, in rendering assistance to the respective officers, departments, boards and commissions of state government, and other public bodies, the Department of Justice may charge such officers, agencies and public bodies (including, when appropriate, the Department of Justice itself) separately for the cost of such assistance, said cost including, but not limited to salaries of assistants and administrative and clerical salaries, investigative services, and capital outlay; and shall also charge such officers, departments, boards, commissions or public bodies for other costs incurred and disbursements made pursuant to request or authorization in connection with such assistance, and not paid directly out of moneys appropriated or otherwise available for expenditure by such officers, agencies or public bodies.

����� (2) The Department of Justice may not impose charges under subsection (1) of this section at rates greater than the rates established for the biennium through the legislative budgeting process in the preceding odd-numbered year regular session of the Legislative Assembly unless the department first notifies the Joint Committee on Ways and Means, the Joint Interim Committee on Ways and Means or the Emergency Board. [1969 c.543 �1; 1971 c.85 �4; 2019 c.643 �22]

����� 180.165 [1975 c.458 �9; repealed by 1989 c.633 �3]

����� 180.170 Billing for services to public agencies. The Department of Justice shall estimate in advance the expenses that it will incur during the biennium under ORS 180.160 and