Oregon · statute · Or. Rev. Stat. ch. 358 · 137 active provisions
The state recognizes a continuing obligation to contribute to the support of the Oregon Historical Society. The amount appropriated each biennium will be considered the continuing level of state aid for operation of the society for the next biennium. Supplements may also be added to acknowledge inflationary factors and…
(1) The Oregon Historical Society shall advise the Department of Transportation on acquisition, development and operation of historic places. (2) The Department of Transportation shall consider the advice of the Oregon Historical Society, particularly advice regarding the designation of historic buildings, sites and ot…
(1) The State Archivist shall establish the Oregon Historic Families database to provide genealogy research material and to encourage genealogy studies of historic families of Oregon. (2) The State Archivist shall compile Oregon data taken from decennial censuses prior to 1910. The State Archivist shall consolidate inf…
The Oregon Historical Society shall prepare, administer and periodically revise a comprehensive program for the development of the Oregon Trail as a major historical attraction in this state. The program prepared by the Oregon Historical Society shall provide for: (1) Coordination of local, regional and national effort…
The Oregon Business Development Department shall promote the Oregon Trail as a major tourist attraction in this state, consistent with maintaining the historical integrity of the Oregon Trail by: (1) Preparing and distributing maps, brochures and other promotional literature that publicize the historical, cultural and…
Oregon recognizes the value and significance of its historic trails, including: (1) The Lewis and Clark National Historic Trail; (2) The Oregon National Historic Trail; (3) The Applegate National Historic Trail; (4) The Nez Perce National Historic Trail; (5) Alternate routes of the Oregon Trail including: (a) The Whitm…
(1) This section establishes the procedure for determining whether a county historical fund should be created. The question shall be decided by election. The governing body of a county: (a) May order the election on its own resolution; or (b) Shall order the election when a petition is filed as provided in this section…
(1) When authorized by the electors as set forth in ORS 358.171, the governing body of the county may levy, in addition to the taxes now permitted by law to be levied, an ad valorem tax upon the taxable property in the county for the purpose of creating a county historical fund. (2) The levy shall be a continuing levy…
The county historical fund is not subject to the provisions of the Local Budget Law and shall be a continuing fund.
Upon the creation of a county historical fund, the president and secretary of any historical society organized as a nonprofit organization under the laws of Oregon, affiliated with and approved by the Oregon Historical Society and including in its purposes the acquisition by gift, purchase or other means and the preser…
Upon the filing of the detailed estimate and approval thereof by the governing body of the county, all moneys in the county historical fund are subject to disbursal by warrants drawn by the historical society and signed by the president and secretary of the society. No money withdrawn from the fund shall be expended ex…
On or before January 1 of each year, every historical society specified in ORS 358.200 which has received moneys from a county historical fund shall submit a report in writing to the governing body of the county showing in detail how such moneys have been expended during the preceding fiscal year ending June 30.
The authority to levy taxes for the county historical fund shall be deemed terminated in any county by the majority vote of the electors of the county voting to that effect on such question at any general election. Such termination shall be without prejudice to any subsequent authorization of such levy under ORS 358.17…
As used in ORS 358.310 to 358.405, unless the context requires otherwise: (1) “Governing body” means the city council in relation to a city museum or the respective city councils of the two or more cities in relation to a joint city museum. (2) “Museum” includes any collection of archaeological specimens, artifacts, pi…
Any city acting through its governing body or a museum commission established under ORS 358.320, may, for public museum purposes: (1) Accept deeds, gifts, devises or bequests of land, money or other valuable things and hold, control or dispose of such things according to the terms of the deed, gift, devise or bequest,…
(1) The governing body of a city may appoint a museum commission, which shall consist of seven members chosen with reference to their fitness for the position. (2) The members of a city museum commission shall be residents of the city in which the museum is or is to be located. When two or more cities jointly establish…
Two of the first members of a museum commission shall be appointed for one year, two shall be appointed for two years and three shall be appointed for three years, as determined by the governing body. Except for the first members and appointments to fill vacancies, the terms of members of a museum commission shall be t…
A museum commission shall: (1) Elect a chairperson and secretary to serve until the next succeeding first Monday in January and until their successors are elected. The secretary shall keep permanent and complete records of the proceedings of the museum commission. (2) Adopt rules governing the transaction of its busine…
A vacancy in the position of member of a museum commission shall be filled by a qualified person appointed by the governing body for the remainder of the unexpired term of the appointee’s predecessor in the position.
The members of a museum commission shall receive no compensation as members, but shall be reimbursed for expenses incurred in the performance of their duties and approved by the chairperson of the museum commission.
(1) Any city may establish, maintain and operate a public museum. (2) Any two or more cities may jointly establish, maintain and operate a public museum.
In the event that a public museum is established under ORS 358.345, the city or two or more cities, acting through the governing body or museum commission, may: (1) Acquire a site or sites for the museum. (2) Construct a structure or structures to house the museum collection, or lease a structure or structures for such…
A museum commission shall: (1) Determine the kind and class of museum to be established and submit such determination to the governing body. (2) Investigate and determine the most suitable location for the museum and the adequacy of roads or streets and parking areas therefor, and submit its proposals relating thereto…
When a museum is established under ORS 358.345, a museum commission shall: (1) Maintain and operate the museum for and in the name of the city or two or more cities. (2) Subject to the approval of the governing body before they become effective, adopt and publish rules relating to the operation of the museum, admission…
The governing body may provide for the payment of the expense incident to museum operation, care and maintenance of museum objects, structures and grounds, and compensation of employees by means of annual budgeting and appropriation.