Oregon Statutes - Chapter 173 - Legislative Service Agencies - Section 173.338 - Law revision program; drafting services.

(1) The specific subject areas to be part of the law revision program of the Oregon Law Commission include but are not limited to:

(a) The common law and statutes of the state and current judicial decisions for the purpose of discovering defects and anachronisms in the law and recommending needed reforms.

(b) Proposed changes in the law recommended by the American Law Institute, the National Conference of Commissioners on Uniform State Laws, any bar association or other learned bodies.

(c) Suggestions from judges, justices, public officials, lawyers and the public generally as to defects and anachronisms in the law.

(d) Such changes in the law as the commission considers necessary to modify or eliminate antiquated and inequitable rules of law and to bring the law of Oregon into harmony with modern conditions.

(e) The express repeal of all statutes repealed by implication or held unconstitutional by state and federal courts.

(2) The Legislative Counsel shall provide necessary drafting services as legislative priorities permit. [1997 c.661 §3]

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