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If public law librarians had a motto, it might be:

We don’t make it easy, but we try to make it possible.

This underwater logging reference question came to us (the 3 Oregon county law librarians who answer email legal reference questions for L-net, the online Oregon Statewide Reference Service). My Lane County Law Librarian counterpart crafted a masterful response and I thought it would be worth posting (and it is edited to protect the innocent).

The question was about laws and regulations governing underwater logging, who has rights to logs, what kinds of permits are required, etc.

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In our continued exploration of the Oregon Legislature, in particular the information on their website, don’t forget the Committee Services webpages. Click on Committee Services Publications for, among other things, previous session summaries. You can find full session publications or view these reports section by section, e.g. 2008 Judiciary.

These and other useful publications are from the Legislative Administration Services Committee Office. (I last blogged about them when reporting on the demise of the legislative minutes.)

Lawyers, and their clients, and law librarians, live in the present, future, and especially in the past – seriously. There is a reason we need to keep superseded laws, regulations, and rules in our libraries, many of which are “out of print” and not online, so we are thrilled to see “retrospective conversion” digitization projects going on.

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The Oregon State Bar (OSB), Winter 2009 issue of the Debtor-Creditor Section newsletter (online only to section members) has a sobering article by Oregon attorney Terrance J. Slominski:

“Foreclosure Rescuers: Good Samaritans or Scam Artists?” with a description of 4 categories of foreclosure scams, including: Sale-Leasback, Equity Stripping, Loan Modification, and Stealing the Home.

These sound harmless enough, don’t they? Beware. Please talk to an attorney who is qualified and experienced in creditor-debtor matters if you have serious financial problems.

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We ask a lot of that airplane seatback in front of us. It has to be a tray, a TV, as far away as possible (and not sticky), and now it might soon contain an airbag.

Here’s a story from the always interesting Popular Mechanics website: Airbags on Planes: Will a New FAA Regulation Pave the Way for Airbag Seatbelts, March 12, 2009.

Here are some related FDA documents on airplane cabin safety, Fact Sheet and the 2005 regulation. There is a lot more out there, so go forth and research. One day that seatback will connect us to a Web browser, but use your headphones, please.

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In Washington County (Oregon), April 2, 2009:

‘Day for Grandparents Raising Grandchildren: 37,536 Oregon children live with their grandparents

“In Oregon, over 20,000 grandparents have stepped forward to raise children because their parents struggle with drug and alcohol abuse, incarceration, HIV/AIDS, mental illness, domestic violence, divorce, unemployment or military deployment,” notes Deborah Letourneau, Program Coordinator for Washington County’s Family Caregiver Support Program of Disability, Aging and Veteran Services.

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We meet a lot of people who want to start a business but don’t know where to begin. Entrepreneurs with great ideas don’t always have good business sense, but they can acquire it (usually) – or find business partners who have it.

Before you plonk down the first month’s rent on a store front, or invest in any alleged money-making endeavor (especially if it eats), read the Starting a Business guides from the Oregon Corporation Division.

Other business start-up websites that are sometimes overlooked include ones you can find or link to from these:

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The Portland metro-area Landlord Training has set its Spring 2009 class dates. This is 8-hours of specialized training – and it’s free!

Excerpt: “Program Information: Since 1989, this nationally recognized program has taught over 13000 Portland-area owners and managers how to keep illegal activity out of rentals, maintain property in compliance with City maintenance regulations, and partner with City services/programs both to provide habitable housing and protect their residential property investment.

This program is constantly updated to current laws and issues, and has been adopted by over 400 cities and counties across the nation. The content of the course reflects in-depth research with organizations and individuals in police work, housing maintenance, property management, law, and public housing.

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I’ve been talking a lot lately with others about public sector blogging and I thought it might be useful to start posting about the issue.

(And, some of the best, and most productive, discussions I’ve had have been with the people at the Multnomah County Library who drafted these: a) Social Software Policy for Multnomah County Library Users and b) Blog Comment Guidelines)

Blogging issues that arise in the Public Sector World include technological, budget, practical, policy, politics, and literary ones, and, of course, legal questions and puzzles. I’m sure there are others, but one has to start somewhere.

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We are occasionally asked if we have police or sheriff’s inventory checklists of property seized. I suppose some libraries somewhere have printed checklists, but for the most part the general research rule is:

Each jurisdiction has its own procedure and you usually need to look in the code (the city code, county code, state police regulations, etc.). It is still important to look at the ORS and the OAR, just in case, and some local codes will refer back to these statewide codes.

For example, in the Washington County (Oregon) Code index (which is online), you find:

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May 2, 2009: Foreclosure Prevention Event at the Memorial Coliseum (Oregon)

If you haven’t quite grasped the magnitude of the foreclosure problem, notice that this is a foreclosure “event” (not a “meeting,” a “presentation,” or “seminar,” but a foreclosure EVENT) that is being held in the Memorial Coliseum, which has a seating capacity of over 12,000.

Save the Date:
Saturday, May 2
Come to a Foreclosure Prevention Event at the Memorial Coliseum
Sponsored by:
City of Portland
Oregon Department of Consumer & Business Services
Federal Reserve Bank of San Francisco
For more info call (503) 823-3486

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