(1) The trustee of a legal expense trust fund is responsible for:
(a) The receipt and deposit of contributions to the trust fund;
(b) The authorization of expenditures and disbursements from the trust fund;
(c) The filing of quarterly statements required under ORS 244.217; and
(d) The performance of other tasks incident to the administration of the trust fund.
(2) The trustee may not:
(a) Be a public official who serves the same public body as the public official who establishes the trust fund;
(b) Be a relative of the public official who establishes the trust fund;
(c) Be an attorney for the public official in the legal proceeding for which the trust fund is established, or a member, partner, associate or employee of the firm employing the attorney; or
(d) Have a business or employment relationship with the public official who establishes the trust fund. [2007 c.877 §32]
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