Current through Register Vol. 63, No. 9, September 1, 2024
(1) The Department may solicit, receive and
use Private Sector Support in the following contexts:
(a) Special projects for public information,
publicity or promotional activities related to economic and community
enhancement in this state;
(b)
Employees who are hired by the state government but whose compensation is
entirely or partially attributable to donations received by the Department or
by the state government on the Department's behalf from one or more private
entities;
(c) Personnel employed by
the contributing entity who are loaned to the Department for performing certain
purposes, and who receive no compensation from the Department except for
reimbursement of expenses;
(d)
Activities related to the expansion, retention or recruitment of businesses,
employment or commerce in and for this state;
(e) Efforts to organize, educate or increase
institutional or human capacity for and among persons engaged in local economic
and community development;
(f) Free
or discounted provision of or access to public speakers, expertise, printing,
advertisement, transportation, accommodations and so forth; or
(g) Similar reasons and
circumstances.
(2)
Solicitation of Private Sector Support by the Department shall be approved by
the Director.
(3) Contributors to
the Department shall not receive any special benefit, service, consideration,
publicity or information as a result of their contribution to the Department,
other than, for example, satisfaction with the mutual outcomes accomplished as
a result of collaboration with the Department
(4) Any Private Sector Support received in
the form of money shall be paid into and disbursed from an appropriate account
or fund and its origins recorded.
(5) Private Sector Support shall be used only
for the purposes for which it was contributed or returned to the contributor
when appropriate.
(6) Private
Sector Support involving loaned personnel, privately supported compensation of
state employees or similar arrangements shall be:
(a) Used only for temporary, limited duration
or specially dedicated roles or for unusual circumstances, and not to fill a
regular, permanent position of the state government or to displace or replace
any existing employee;
(b) Approved
directly by the Director;
(c)
Reported to appropriate state agencies, in addition to OAR 123-087-0040, within
30 days of the commencement of such a person's work or service for the state,
if the period of that work or service is expected to be at least that
long;
(d) For no more than an
overall period of two years and not repeated;
(e) Preceded by any affected person's
orientation with the Department, including but not limited to facilitation and
instruction by the Department for the person to read and understand the laws
and guidelines described in subsection (f) of this section; and
(f) Done in accordance with all applicable
laws and guidelines of the State of Oregon and of the Department relating to
personnel, compensation, volunteers, state liability, ethics, and the
identification and prevention of conflicts of interest, including but not
limited to ORS 171.725 to
171.785, ORS chapters 179 and
244, and OAR 123-087-0030.
Stat. Auth.: ORS
285A.075
Stats. Implemented: ORS
285A.200
