Oregon Revised Statutes

Or. Rev. Stat. § 244.130 (2026)

Recording of notice of conflict; effect of failure to disclose conflict

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      244.130 Recording of notice of conflict; effect of failure to disclose conflict. (1) When a public official gives notice of an actual or potential conflict of interest, the public body as defined in ORS 174.109 that the public official serves shall record the actual or potential conflict in the official records of the public body. In addition, a notice of the actual or potential conflict and how it was disposed of may in the discretion of the public body be provided to the Oregon Government Ethics Commission within a reasonable period of time.

      (2) A decision or action of any public official or any board or commission on which the public official serves or agency by which the public official is employed may not be voided by any court solely by reason of the failure of the public official to disclose an actual or potential conflict of interest. [1974 c.72 §11; 1975 c.543 §8; 1993 c.743 §16; 2007 c.865 §9]

 

      244.135 [Formerly 215.035 and 227.035; repealed by 2015 c.664 §1]

 

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Notes of Decisions
Cited in 4 cases, 1987–2011 · leading case: 1000 Friends of Oregon v. Wasco Cnty. Court, 742 P.2d 39 (Or. 1987).
1000 Friends of Oregon v. Wasco Cnty. Court, 742 P.2d 39 (Or. 1987). · cites it 2× “” ORS 244.130(2). That term does not necessarily preclude reversal by higher or subsequent agency action; however, the LUBA majority found no legal basis to set aside Cantrell’s vote, and therefore the county board’s decision, on grounds of his undisclosed communications with…”
Gallant v. Bd. of Med. Examiners, 974 P.2d 814 (Or. Ct. App. 1999). “; see also ORS 244.130(2) (“No decision * * * of * * * any board * * * shall be voided solely by reason of the failure of the public official to disclose an actual or potential conflict of interest.”
Knutson Towboat Co. v. Oregon Bd. of Mar. Pilots, 885 P.2d 746 (Or. Ct. App. 1994). “ORS 244.130(2) provides: “No decision or action of any public official or any board or commission on which the public official serves or agency by which the public official is employed shall be voided by any court solely by reason of the failure of the public official to…”
Bullock v. City of Ashland, 250 P.3d 947 (Or. Ct. App. 2011). “3 To whatever extent petitioner complains of a failure to disclose Brown’s conflict of interest at the formation hearing as a condition of her participation in that hearing, ORS 244.130(2) provides that “[a] decision or action of any public official or any board or commission on…”
— Or. Rev. Stat. § 244.130(2) — 4 cases
1000 Friends of Oregon v. Wasco Cnty. Court, 742 P.2d 39 (Or. 1987). “” ORS 244.130(2). That term does not necessarily preclude reversal by higher or subsequent agency action; however, the LUBA majority found no legal basis to set aside Cantrell’s vote, and therefore the county board’s decision, on grounds of his undisclosed communications with…”
Gallant v. Bd. of Med. Examiners, 974 P.2d 814 (Or. Ct. App. 1999). “; see also ORS 244.130(2) (“No decision * * * of * * * any board * * * shall be voided solely by reason of the failure of the public official to disclose an actual or potential conflict of interest.”
Knutson Towboat Co. v. Oregon Bd. of Mar. Pilots, 885 P.2d 746 (Or. Ct. App. 1994). “ORS 244.130(2) provides: “No decision or action of any public official or any board or commission on which the public official serves or agency by which the public official is employed shall be voided by any court solely by reason of the failure of the public official to…”
Bullock v. City of Ashland, 250 P.3d 947 (Or. Ct. App. 2011). “3 To whatever extent petitioner complains of a failure to disclose Brown’s conflict of interest at the formation hearing as a condition of her participation in that hearing, ORS 244.130(2) provides that “[a] decision or action of any public official or any board or commission on…”
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