Oregon Statutes - Chapter 357 - Libraries; Archives; Poet Laureate

357.001 Legislative findings.
The State of Oregon recognizes that: (1) An informed citizenry is indispensable to the proper functioning of a democratic society. (2) Libraries constitute a cultural,...
357.003 Policy.
It is the policy of the people of the State of Oregon: (1) To promote the establishment, development and support of library services for all...
357.004 Definitions for ORS 357.001 to 357.200.
As used in ORS 357.001 to 357.200, unless the context requires otherwise: (1) �Depository library� means a library that is designated as such under ORS...
357.005 State Library duties and powers; free book loans.
(1) The State Library shall be the agency of government responsible for executing the functions as set forth in ORS 357.001 and 357.003. (2) To...
357.007 Location of State Library.
Subject to ORS 276.004, the principal library of the State Library shall be in the state capitol mall area. Other quarters may also be obtained,...
357.010 Trustees of State Library.
(1) The Governor shall appoint seven persons, who shall constitute the Trustees of the State Library. All appointments shall be for a term of four...
357.015 Functions of trustees; rules.
The Trustees of the State Library shall be the policy-making body for the State Library and shall: (1) Appoint the State Librarian who shall be...
357.020 [Repealed by 1975 c.476 §34]
357.030 [Amended by 1953 c.300 §5; repealed by 1961 c.251 §1 (357.031 enacted in lieu of 357.030)]
357.031 Authority of trustees.
The Trustees of the State Library may: (1) Enter into contracts with any person or governmental entity: (a) To provide, extend, improve or coordinate library...
357.035 Trustees as agency to apply for federal or private funds.
Subject to the provisions of ORS 291.260 and 291.375, the Trustees of the State Library are designated as a state agency empowered to apply for...
357.040 Authority of trustees over real and personal property.
(1) The Trustees of the State Library may acquire control and dispose of any and all real and personal property given to or for the...
357.050 Duties of State Librarian as secretary and administrator.
The State Librarian shall: (1) Serve as Secretary to the Trustees of the State Library and keep the official record of their actions. (2) Be...
357.060 [Amended by 1969 c.706 §64e; 1975 c.476 §5; renumbered 357.007]
357.070 [Amended by 1953 c.300 §5; repealed by 1961 c.251 §4 (357.071 enacted in lieu of 357.070)]
357.071 General duties of State Librarian.
The State Librarian shall: (1) Pursuant to the State Personnel Relations Law, appoint and fix the compensation of, and prescribe the working conditions for such...
357.080 [Amended by 1953 c.300 §5; 1961 c.251 §6; 1975 c.476 §4; renumbered 357.005]
357.090 Issuing agency to make public documents available for distribution; public documents liaison officer; list of all public documents; no charge for access by library.
(1) Unless a greater or lesser number is agreed upon by the State Librarian and the issuing agency, the Oregon Department of Administrative Services or,...
357.095 Designation of depository libraries.
The Trustees of the State Library shall designate no more than 10 libraries as depository libraries, which shall be entitled to receive copies of public...
357.100 State Library responsible for receipt of and access to public documents.
(1) The State Library shall be the agency responsible for receiving copies of public documents and making them available to depository libraries. (2) The State...
357.105 Free access to certain public documents.
Depository libraries shall make available for free access by all persons the public documents made available to them by the State Librarian under ORS 357.090...
357.195 State Library Donation Fund; Talking Book and Braille Library Endowment Fund.
(1) The State Library Donation Fund is established separate and distinct from the General Fund. The following moneys shall be placed in the fund: (a)...
357.200 Miscellaneous Receipts Account.
(1) The State Librarian shall deposit with the State Treasurer all moneys received for materials furnished and for services rendered and all federal grants and...
357.203 Assessment against state agencies for operating costs of State Library and State of Oregon Law Library.
(1) The State Library and State of Oregon Law Library operating budget for services to state agencies shall be assessed against all state agencies except...
357.206 Financial assistance to public, school, tribal and academic libraries; grants.
(1) The state shall provide financial assistance for library resource sharing activities to public, school, tribal and academic libraries from funds specifically appropriated therefor in...
357.209 Rules; contracts.
The Trustees of the State Library shall administer the provisions of ORS 357.203 to 357.212 and shall adopt rules governing the application for and granting...
357.210 [Amended by 1953 c.136 §4; 1963 c.49 §3; repealed by 1975 c.476 §34]
357.212 Application.
Public libraries, established in accordance with ORS 357.410, school libraries, tribal libraries, as defined in ORS 357.206, or any academic library in Oregon may apply...
357.216 Definitions for ORS 357.216 to 357.286.
As used in ORS 357.216 to 357.286, unless the context requires otherwise: (1) �County governing body� means the county court or board of county commissioners...
357.220 [Amended by 1975 c.476 §10; renumbered 357.035]
357.221 District formation; petition requirements.
(1) A library district may be created as provided in ORS 198.705 to 198.955 and 357.216 to 357.286. (2) In addition to other required matters,...
357.223 Multicounty district formation; procedure.
(1) In addition to other methods for formation of a district authorized under ORS chapter 198 and ORS 357.216 to 357.286, the governing body in...
357.226 District board members; appointment of librarian.
(1) The officers of the district shall be a board of five members, to be elected by the electors of the district. The district board...
357.230 [Amended by 1975 c.476 §8; renumbered 357.015]
357.231 Number of board members; terms.
(1) Five district board members shall be elected at the election for district formation. Nominating petitions or declarations of candidacy described in ORS 249.031 shall...
357.233 Election laws applicable.
(1) ORS chapter 255 governs the following: (a) The nomination and election of district board members. (b) The conduct of district elections. (2) The electors...
357.236 Election of board members; vacancy.
(1) If two or three board members are to be elected at a regular district election at large, the candidates receiving the highest number of...
357.240 [Amended by 1965 c.378 §7; repealed by 1975 c.476 §34]
357.241 Method of electing board members.
(1) The district board members may be elected in one of the following methods or a combination thereof: (a) Elected by the electors of zones...
357.246 Change in method of electing board members.
(1) This section establishes the procedure for determining whether the method adopted in a district for nominating and electing board members should be changed to...
357.250 [Repealed by 1975 c.476 §34 and 1975 c.614 §9a]
357.251 Zone boundaries.
The board shall adjust the boundaries of zones established within a district as necessary to make them as nearly equal in population as is feasible...
357.253 Boundary change to be filed with county assessor and Department of Revenue.
For purposes of ad valorem taxation, a boundary change must be filed in final approved form with the county assessor and the Department of Revenue...
357.256 Board as district governing body; selection of president.
(1) The district board shall be the governing body of the district and shall exercise all powers thereof. (2) At its first meeting or as...
357.260 [Repealed by 1975 c.476 §34]
357.261 District; powers.
A library district has the power: (1) To have and use a common seal. (2) To sue and be sued in its name. (3) To...
357.266 Financing district activities; limitation on assessment.
Each year the district board shall determine and fix the amount of money to be levied and raised by taxation, for the purposes of the...
357.270 [Amended by 1975 c.476 §14; renumbered 357.195]
357.271 Sinking funds for acquisition of facilities; limitation on use of funds.
The board, by resolution duly adopted, may establish sinking funds for the purpose of defraying the costs of acquiring land for library sites, and for...
357.276 Deposit and disbursement of district funds.
(1) The money of the district shall be deposited, in the discretion of the district board, either with the county treasurer of the county, in...
357.280 [Repealed by 1953 c.300 §5]
357.281 Legal assistance.
The district board may call upon the district attorney for the advice as to any district business. The district attorney shall give advice when called...
357.286 Retirement system for employees.
A district may establish an employees� retirement system as provided for rural fire protection districts under ORS 478.355 to 478.370. [1981 c.226 §15]
357.290 [1965 c.378 §§1,2,3; repealed by 1975 c.476 §34]
357.330 Definitions for ORS 357.330 to 357.370.
As used in ORS 357.330 to 357.370, except where the context otherwise requires: (1) �Compact� means the Interstate Library Compact. (2) �Public library agency�, with...
357.340 Interstate Library Compact.
The Interstate Library Compact hereby is enacted into law and entered into by this state with all states legally joining therein in the form substantially...
357.350 Library compact administrator; deputy; library agreements to be submitted to State Librarian.
The State Librarian shall be the compact administrator pursuant to Article X of the Interstate Library Compact. The State Librarian shall appoint one or more...
357.360 Compliance with laws on taxes and bonds required.
No unit of local government or public library board shall be a party to a library agreement which provides for the construction or maintenance of...
357.370 Duty of compact administrator upon withdrawal from compact.
In the event of withdrawal from the Interstate Library Compact the compact administrator shall send and receive any notices required by Article XI (b) of...
357.400 Definitions for ORS 357.400 to 357.621.
As used in ORS 357.400 to 357.621: (1) �Governing body� means the board, commission, council or other body which governs the local government unit. (2)...
357.410 Authority of local government units for public libraries.
Any local government unit may: (1) Establish, equip and maintain a public library. (2) Contract with an established public library or with a private society...
357.415 [1955 c.432 §3; repealed by 1975 c.476 §34]
357.417 Methods of establishing public library by local government unit.
(1) A public library may be established by a local government unit by any of the following ways: (a) The governing body may pass and...
357.420 [Amended by 1955 c.432 §6; repealed by 1975 c.476 §34]
357.430 Methods of financing public library by local government unit.
If a governing body acts under ORS 357.417 (1)(a) or (c), its order shall state the manner in which the local government unit proposes to...
357.435 Local government required to file plan with State Library.
Any local government unit acting under ORS 357.417 shall notify in writing the State Library of its plan for establishing a public library. The State...
357.440 [Repealed by 1975 c.476 §34]
357.445 [Amended by 1955 c.432 §8; repealed by 1975 c.476 §34]
357.450 [Repealed by 1961 c.251 §10 (357.451 enacted in lieu of 357.450)]
357.451 [1961 c.251 §11 (enacted in lieu of 357.450); 1975 c.112 §2; 1975 c.476 §18; renumbered 357.417]
357.455 [1961 c.251 §14; 1975 c.112 §3; 1975 c.476 §26; renumbered 357.525]
357.460 Financial interest of public library board and appointive body; compensation.
(1) No member of any public library board or the body appointing such board shall have any financial interest, either directly or indirectly, in any...
357.465 Public library board.
(1) Each public library established under ORS 357.417 shall be governed by a library board unless some other method is specified in the charter, ordinance...
357.470 Board organization; name of library.
After appointment, the public library board shall meet and organize by the election of a chairperson from among its members. The librarian shall serve as...
357.480 [Amended by 1955 c.432 §10; 1975 c.112 §6; repealed by 1975 c.476 §34]
357.490 Library board general powers.
In the ordinance or resolution establishing the library, the governing body shall determine the library board�s responsibility for: (1) Appointment of the librarian and staff,...
357.500 [Amended by 1955 c.432 §12; repealed by 1975 c.476 §34]
357.510 [Repealed by 1975 c.476 §34]
357.520 Annual report.
Each public library established under ORS 357.417 shall make an annual report to the State Library and to the governing body on a form supplied...
357.525 Election to authorize local option tax.
(1) A local option tax for any of the purposes stated in ORS 357.410, 357.417 or 357.490 shall be submitted at an election as provided...
357.530 [Amended by 1953 c.238 §1; 1955 c.432 §13; 1975 c.112 §8; repealed by 1975 c.476 §34]
357.540 [Amended by 1961 c.251 §16; 1975 c.112 §9; repealed by 1975 c.476 §34]
357.545 [1955 c.432 §15; repealed by 1975 c.476 §34]
357.550 [Amended by 1955 c.432 §16; 1961 c.251 §17; repealed by 1975 c.476 §34]
357.560 [Amended by 1955 c.432 §17; repealed by 1975 c.476 §34]
357.570 [Amended by 1955 c.432 §18; repealed by 1967 c.67 §20 (enacted in lieu of 357.570)]
357.571 [1967 c.67 §21; repealed by 1975 c.476 §34]
357.580 [Amended by 1955 c.432 §19; 1965 c.354 §10; repealed by 1975 c.476 §34]
357.590 [Repealed by 1975 c.476 §34]
357.600 [Amended by 1965 c.354 §11; 1967 c.67 §22; repealed by 1975 c.476 §34]
357.610 Conformity to ORS 357.400 to 357.621 by libraries organized prior to enactment of those statutes; effect on executed library contracts.
(1) Libraries organized under Oregon laws prior to September 13, 1975, are continued, and may have their organizations changed so as to conform to ORS...
357.620 [Repealed by 1975 c.476 §28 (357.621 enacted in lieu of 357.620)]
357.621 Public hearings required prior to abolishing or withdrawing support from public library.
No governing body which has established a public library under the laws of this state shall abolish or withdraw support for such library without first...
357.625 [1955 c.432 §23; repealed by 1975 c.476 §34]
357.630 [Amended by 1955 c.432 §20; repealed by 1975 c.476 §34]
357.640 [Amended by 1955 c.432 §21; 1965 c.354 §12; 1975 c.112 §10; 1975 c.476 §20; renumbered 357.435]
357.650 [Repealed by 1953 c.136 §4]
357.655 [1971 c.676 §1; repealed by 1975 c.476 §34]
357.660 [Repealed by 1953 c.136 §4]
357.665 [1971 c.676 §2; repealed by 1975 c.476 §34]
357.670 [Repealed by 1953 c.136 §4]
357.675 [1971 c.676 §3; repealed by 1975 c.476 §34]
357.680 [Repealed by 1953 c.136 §4]
357.685 [1971 c.676 §§4, 5; repealed by 1975 c.476 §34]
357.690 [Repealed by 1953 c.136 §4]
357.700 [Repealed by 1953 c.136 §4]
357.705 [1957 c.358 §1; 1959 c.112 §1; 1975 c.476 §3; renumbered 357.003]
357.710 [Repealed by 1953 c.136 §4]
357.715 [1957 c.358 §§2, 3; 1959 c.112 §2; 1961 c.251 §18; repealed by 1975 c.476 §34]
357.720 [Repealed by 1957 c.136 §4]
357.721 [1959 c.265 §3; repealed by 1961 c.198 §4]
357.725 [1957 c.358 §§4, 5; repealed by 1959 c.112 §4]
357.730 [1957 c.358 §6; 1959 c.112 §3; 1961 c.251 §19; repealed by 1975 c.476 §34]
357.740 State grants to local units of government.
The state shall provide financial assistance for public library service to public libraries established pursuant to law from funds specifically appropriated therefor by annual grants...
357.750 Applications for grants; uses of grant moneys; rules.
Units of local government and counties may apply to the Trustees of the State Library for annual establishment and development grants. The grants may be...
357.760 State Library Trustees to administer ORS 357.740 to 357.780.
The Trustees of the State Library shall administer the provisions of ORS 357.740 to 357.780 and shall adopt rules governing the application for and granting...
357.770 [1977 c.291 §5; 1985 c.257 §1; 1991 c.602 §1; repealed by 2005 c.128 §1]
357.780 Grants for public library services to children; basis of distribution of funds.
(1) The Trustees of the State Library shall disburse moneys under this section based on the estimated total population of children, from birth to 14...
357.805 Definitions for ORS 357.805 to 357.895.
As used in ORS 357.805 to 357.895, unless the context requires otherwise, �photocopy,� �political subdivision,� �public record� and �state agency� are defined by ORS 192.005....
357.810 [Renumbered 357.955]
357.815 State Archivist.
The office of State Archivist hereby is created. It shall be under the control and supervision of the Secretary of State, who shall, subject to...
357.820 [Renumbered 357.965]
357.825 Acquisition and custody of public records; rulemaking authority.
(1) The State Archivist may negotiate for, acquire and receive public records, writings and illustrative materials of value or interest for legal, administrative or research...
357.830 [Renumbered 357.975]
357.835 Transfer of public records to State Archivist.
(1) Except as otherwise provided by law, when the State Archivist has determined that public records are stored under conditions where they are no longer...
357.845 Seal of State Archivist.
The State Archivist shall have a seal which shall have the coat of arms of the state engraved in the center thereof, with the following...
357.855 Advice and assistance on public record problems.
The State Archivist, without charge therefor, shall give advice and assistance on public record problems to any legislative, executive or judicial officer of this state...
357.865 Filing copy of public record with State Archivist; loss of original.
(1) With the approval of the State Archivist, an original or duplicate photocopy or other copy of any public record or writing may be filed...
357.875 Access to public records; privileged information.
The State Archivist shall be accorded, for the purposes of ORS 357.805 to 357.895, access to and may examine and receive any public records or...
357.885 Fees of State Archivist.
The Secretary of State shall prescribe fees to be charged and collected by the State Archivist for official services rendered as State Archivist. All moneys...
357.895 Rules.
In accordance with ORS chapter 183, the State Archivist shall issue rules and regulations to carry out the powers and duties of the State Archivist...
357.910 [Amended by 1963 c.519 §35; renumbered 358.810]
357.920 [Renumbered 358.820]
357.925 Poet Laureate office; qualifications; term.
(1) There is established the office of Poet Laureate of the State of Oregon for the purpose of honoring the resident poets of Oregon who...
357.930 [Amended by 1955 c.276 §1; renumbered 358.830]
357.940 [Repealed by 1955 c.276 §2]
357.950 [Renumbered 358.840]
357.955 [Formerly 357.810; repealed by 1973 c.259 §20]
357.960 [Amended by 1955 c.276 §2; renumbered 358.850]
357.965 [Formerly 357.820; repealed by 1971 c.743 §432]
357.975 Willful detention of library property.
It shall be unlawful for any person willfully or maliciously to detain any library materials belonging to a publicly supported library or privately supported school,...
357.990 Penalties.
Violation of ORS 357.975 is a Class B violation. Such conviction and payment of the fine shall not be construed to constitute payment for library...

Last modified: August 7, 2008