Oregon Revised Statutes

Or. Rev. Stat. § 237.610 (2026)

Definitions for ORS 237.610 and 237.620

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237.610 Definitions for ORS 237.610 and 237.620. As used in this section and ORS 237.620:

(1) “Firefighter” means:

(a) Persons employed by a city, county or district whose duties involve firefighting, but does not include volunteer firefighters; and

(b) The State Fire Marshal and the chief deputy fire marshal and deputy state fire marshals appointed under ORS 476.040.

(2)(a) “Police officer” includes:

(A) Police chiefs and police officers of a city who are classified as police officers by the council or other governing body of the city;

(B) Sheriffs and those deputy sheriffs whose duties, as classified by the county governing body, are the regular duties of police officers;

(C) County adult parole and probation officers, as defined in ORS 181A.355, who are classified by the county governing body for purposes of this section and ORS 237.620;

(D) Corrections officers as defined in ORS 181A.355;

(E) Employees of districts whose duties, as classified by the governing body of the district, are the regular duties of police officers; and

(F) Investigators of the Criminal Justice Division of the Department of Justice.

(b) “Police officer” does not include volunteer or reserve police officers or persons considered by the respective governing bodies to be civil deputies or clerical personnel.

(3) “Public employer” means any city, county or district that employs police officers or firefighters. [1971 c.692 §2; 1973 c.19 §2; 1979 c.656 §6; 1981 c.479 §1; 1989 c.614 §2; 1991 c.67 §55; 2005 c.22 §175]

Notes of Decisions

Cited in 4 cases (1 in the last 5 years), 1977–2022 · leading case: City of La Grande v. Pub. Employes Ret. Bd., 576 P.2d 1204 (Or. 1978).

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City of La Grande v. Pub. Employes Ret. Bd., 576 P.2d 1204 (Or. 1978). · cites it 2× “Instead, the sole dispute as presented by such briefs is over the question whether, under the rule as stated in Heinig, the pension program and life insurance policies required by ORS 237.610 to 237.640 and ORS 243.005 to 243.”

City of Portland v. Bartlett, 509 P.3d 99 (Or. 2022). “The public records law is a statute of general appli- cability, like the statute in LaGrande, which required local governments to provide a certain level of retirement bene- fits for police officers and firefighters, ORS 237.610 - 237.640; ORS 243.005 - 243.”

State v. Cooper, 852 P.2d 948 (Or. Ct. App. 1993). · cites it 2× “The state apparently believes that it can designate any witness it desires as its "representative" and the court is without authority to exclude that witness from the courtroom.”

City of LaGrande v. Pub. Employes Ret. Bd., 558 P.2d 1236 (Or. Ct. App. 1977). · cites it 2× “ORS 237.610 through 237.640. Sometime thereafter the City of Astoria brought a similar proceeding in the circuit court for Clatsop County to obtain a declaration as to the same provisions of the state retirement law.”

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