Oregon Revised Statutes

Or. Rev. Stat. § 243.696 (2026)

Bargaining representatives for executive department state agencies, judicial department and legislative department

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      243.696 Bargaining representatives for executive department state agencies, judicial department and legislative department. (1) The Oregon Department of Administrative Services shall represent all state agencies within the executive department which have bargaining units in collective bargaining negotiations with the certified or recognized exclusive representatives of all appropriate bargaining units of exempt, unclassified and classified employees, except those unclassified employees governed by the provisions of ORS 240.240. The department may delegate such collective bargaining responsibility to operating agencies as may be appropriate.

      (2) The Chief Justice of the Supreme Court shall represent the judicial department in collective bargaining negotiations with the certified or recognized exclusive representatives of all appropriate bargaining units of officers and employees of the courts of this state who are state officers or employees. The Chief Justice may delegate such collective bargaining responsibility to the state court administrator.

      (3) The presiding officers of each house of the Legislative Assembly shall represent the legislative department in collective bargaining negotiations with the certified or recognized exclusive representatives of all appropriate bargaining units of employees of the legislative department. The presiding officers may delegate such collective bargaining responsibility to a chief negotiator who, after consultation with the majority party and the minority party caucus leaders of the Senate and the House of Representatives, shall establish a bargaining team to carry out the collective bargaining negotiations. [1973 c.536 §10; 1979 c.468 §25; 1983 c.763 §64; 2021 c.656 §1]

Notes of Decisions
Cited in 6 cases, 1975–2020 · leading case: Oregon AFSCME Council 75 v. OJD - Yamhill Cnty., 304 Or. App. 794 (Or. Ct. App. 2020).
Oregon AFSCME Council 75 v. OJD - Yamhill Cnty., 304 Or. App. 794 (Or. Ct. App. 2020). · cites it 9× “When ORS 243.696 was amended, multiple petitions were pending before ERB seeking to certify different configurations of bargaining units for OJD employees.”
Am. Fed'n of State v. Exec. Dep't, 628 P.2d 1228 (Or. Ct. App. 1981). · cites it 6× “We conclude this was the intention of the legislature in enacting ORS 243.696 and ORS 243.742. Whether or not an arbitrator may unilaterally modify a salary range for a position, we need not decide here, because the state has presented us with no figures to indicate that this is…”
AFSCME Council 75, Local 350 v. Clackamas Cnty., 687 P.2d 1102 (Or. Ct. App. 1984). · cites it 2× “’ ORS 243.696(1).[ 5 ] “We therefore hold that while the State Personnel Division retains the power to group all job positions into classes and to adopt, pursuant to ORS 240.”
Lent v. Emp. Relations Bd., 664 P.2d 1110 (Or. Ct. App. 1983). · cites it 5× “3 At oral argument in this court plaintiff placed some reliance on ORS 243.696, a section of PECBA which provides: “The Executive Department of the State of Oregon shall represent all state agencies which have bargaining units in collective bargaining negotiations with the…”
AFSCME Local 1246 v. Fairview Training Ctr., 724 P.2d 895 (Or. Ct. App. 1986). “ORS 243.696 to 243.762. Furthermore, *169 Fairview alleged in its redesignation petition that the unit was a mix of guards and non-guards, and the only real issue in that case was whether it was appropriate to retain the mixed unit.”
Exec. Dep't v. AFSCME, Local 2623, 532 P.2d 1146 (Or. Ct. App. 1975). “PERB, 19 Or App 212 , 527 P2d 143 (1974); ORS 243.696.”
— Or. Rev. Stat. § 243.696(1) — 2 cases
Am. Fed'n of State v. Exec. Dep't, 628 P.2d 1228 (Or. Ct. App. 1981). “We conclude this was the intention of the legislature in enacting ORS 243.696 and ORS 243.742. Whether or not an arbitrator may unilaterally modify a salary range for a position, we need not decide here, because the state has presented us with no figures to indicate that this is…”
AFSCME Council 75, Local 350 v. Clackamas Cnty., 687 P.2d 1102 (Or. Ct. App. 1984). “’ ORS 243.696(1).[ 5 ] “We therefore hold that while the State Personnel Division retains the power to group all job positions into classes and to adopt, pursuant to ORS 240.”
— Or. Rev. Stat. § 243.696(2) — 1 case
Oregon AFSCME Council 75 v. OJD - Yamhill Cnty., 304 Or. App. 794 (Or. Ct. App. 2020). “When ORS 243.696 was amended, multiple petitions were pending before ERB seeking to certify different configurations of bargaining units for OJD employees.”
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