243.005
Definitions for ORS 243.005 to 243.045. As used in ORS 243.005 to 243.045:
(1) “Firefighter”
means persons employed by a city, county or district whose duties involve fire
fighting and includes a volunteer firefighter whose position normally requires
less than 600 hours of service per year.
(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) Police
officers commissioned by a university under ORS 352.121 who are classified as
police officers by the university;
(C) Sheriffs and
those deputy sheriffs whose duties, as classified by the county governing body
are the regular duties of police officers;
(D) Employees of
districts, whose duties, as classified by the governing body of the district
are the regular duties of police officers;
(E) Employees of
the Department of State Police who are classified as police officers by the
Superintendent of State Police;
(F) Employees of
the Criminal Justice Division of the Department of Justice who are classified
by the Attorney General as criminal investigators or criminal financial
investigators;
(G) Employees of
the Oregon State Lottery Commission who are classified by the Director of the
Oregon State Lottery as enforcement agents;
(H) Employees of
Department of Corrections institutions as defined in ORS 421.005 whose duties,
as assigned by the superintendent, include the custody of persons committed to
the custody of or transferred to the Department of Corrections institution; and
(I) Parole and
probation officers employed by the Department of Corrections.
(b) “Police
officer” does not include:
(A) Volunteer or
reserve police officers; or
(B) Persons
considered by the respective governing bodies to be civil deputies or clerical
personnel.
(3) “Public
employer” means a city, a county or the state, or one of its agencies or
political subdivisions that employs police officers or firefighters. [1971
c.692 §6; 1985 c.302 §11; 1987 c.320 §149; 1991 c.67 §61; 2001 c.33 §1; 2011
c.506 §35; 2019 c.5 §1]
243.010 [Amended by 1955 c.203 §1; 1959
c.162 §1; 1969 c.597 §141; repealed by 1971 c.692 §14]
Notes of Decisions
City of La Grande v. Pub. Employes Ret. Bd., 576 P.2d 1204 (Or. 1978).
· cites it 7× “640 and ORS 243.005 to 243.055 are matters of "local concern," so as to be subject to the exclusive "home rule" power of the cities.”
City of La Grande v. Pub. Employes Ret. Bd., 586 P.2d 765 (Or. 1978).
· cites it 5× “035: "(1) The premiums and administrative costs incurred by the Department of General Services for the insurance provided for in ORS 243.005 to 243.045 shall be paid by the affected public employers and shall not come from funds of the Public Employes' Retirement System.”
Am. Fed'n of State v. Exec. Dep't, 628 P.2d 1228 (Or. Ct. App. 1981).
· cites it 3× “[26] ORS 243.005(2) provides a definition of "police officer," but only for insurance purposes: "`Police officer' includes police chiefs and policemen of a city who are classified as police officers by the council or other governing body of the city; sheriffs and those deputy…”
City of Portland v. Bartlett, 509 P.3d 99 (Or. 2022).
“640; ORS 243.005 - 243.055, and the statute in City of Damascus, which established statewide procedures for local govern- ment disincorporation elections, Or Laws 2019, ch 545.”
City of LaGrande v. Pub. Employes Ret. Bd., 558 P.2d 1236 (Or. Ct. App. 1977).
· cites it 5× “ORS 243.005 through 243.055. In both LaGrande and Astoria the municipal retirement programs were for all employes, including police and firemen, and were adopted prior to July 1,1973, as a result of collective bargaining between the respective cities and their employes.”
State v. Haynes, 942 P.2d 295 (Or. Ct. App. 1997).
“610(6) (“ ‘[p]ersonal estate’ means all income and benefits as well as all assets * * * of a living person, and includes assets held by the person’s authorized representative”); ORS 243.005(1) (“ ‘[flirefighter’ means persons employed by a city, county or district whose duties…”
— Or. Rev. Stat. § 243.005(1) — 1 case
State v. Haynes, 942 P.2d 295 (Or. Ct. App. 1997).
“610(6) (“ ‘[p]ersonal estate’ means all income and benefits as well as all assets * * * of a living person, and includes assets held by the person’s authorized representative”); ORS 243.005(1) (“ ‘[flirefighter’ means persons employed by a city, county or district whose duties…”
— Or. Rev. Stat. § 243.005(2) — 1 case
Am. Fed'n of State v. Exec. Dep't, 628 P.2d 1228 (Or. Ct. App. 1981).
“[26] ORS 243.005(2) provides a definition of "police officer," but only for insurance purposes: "`Police officer' includes police chiefs and policemen of a city who are classified as police officers by the council or other governing body of the city; sheriffs and those deputy…”
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