Current through 2024 Regular Session legislation
Section 2.150 - Publication and distribution of court decisions and other official documents(1) The Supreme Court shall arrange for the publication and distribution of bound volumes of reports of decisions of the Supreme Court and Court of Appeals, of bound volumes of reports of decisions of the Oregon Tax Court determined to be of general public interest under ORS 305.450, of unbound copies of those decisions to be used as advance sheets and press summaries, rules and other official judicial department publications. The bound volumes of reports or advance sheets shall contain additional material as the Supreme Court may direct.(2) The bound volumes of reports or advance sheets or both may be printed and bound, as the Supreme Court shall determine, by:(a) The Oregon Department of Administrative Services in the same manner as other state printing; or(b) A private printer pursuant to a contract entered into by the Supreme Court with the printer and not subject to ORS 282.020.(3) The bound volumes of reports or advance sheets or both may be distributed, as the Supreme Court shall determine, by: (a) The State Court Administrator; or(b) A private distributor pursuant to a contract entered into by the Supreme Court with the distributor.(4) The bound volumes of reports and advance sheets shall be distributed without charge as determined by the Supreme Court or sold by the distributor. Except as otherwise provided in a contract entered into under subsection (3)(b) of this section, the State Court Administrator shall determine sale prices and all moneys collected or received from sales shall be paid into the Court Publications Account established by ORS 2.165.(5) In addition to bound volumes of reports or advance sheets under the provisions of this section, the Supreme Court may make any of the decisions of courts or other court publications available in electronic format. Access to the electronic publications may be without charge or subject to such charge as may be established by the Supreme Court. All moneys collected or received from sales shall be paid into the Court Publications Account established by ORS 2.165. Amended by 1961 c.103 §1; 1973 c.781 §2; 1975 c.69 §5; 1979 c.876 §2; 1982 s.s. 1 c. 7, § 1; 1987 c.328 §1; 1993 c.98 §10; 1995 c.79 §2; 1997 c.801 §111