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Executive Order 20-16

Keep Government Working: Ordering Necessary Measures to Ensure Safe Public Meetings and Continued Operations by Local Government

Governor Kate Brown · Oregon (State)

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Jurisdiction
Oregon
Level
State
Authority
ORS 433.441; ORS 401.168; ORS 401.175; ORS 401.188; ORS 401.192
Issued
2020-04-15 Apr. 15, 2020
Effective
2020-04-15
End
Rescinded by EO 20-38 (Sept. 1, 2020) after HB 4212 codified its provisions (read as 2020-09-01)
In force
Apr. 15, 2020 to Sept. 1, 2020
Quarters
2020 Q22020 Q3
Limitation types
Gathering capCourts and public offices
Addressees
  • governing bodies of public bodies (ORS 192.610)
  • local budget committees
  • local governments
Functions reached
  • CT public hearings (land use, permits, budgets) moved online
  • PM permits and plan review
  • BD bidding and public meetings
Collection
Oregon OR

Operative words

The governing body of a public body (as defined by ORS 192.610(3) and (4)) shall hold public meetings and hearings by telephone, video, or through some other electronic or virtual means, whenever possible.... the public body does not have to provide a physical space for the public to attend the meeting or hearing.

Enforcement

ORS 401.192(1) full force and effect of law

Notes

Reached every construction, real-estate and professional-services function that depended on in-person hearings before councils, planning commissions and boards.

Retrieval note

OCR of the official scan; the Common Sense for Oregon index dates it Apr. 15, 2020 and NGA Apr. 16.